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The British Business Bank has announced a €5.7 million (£5 million) commitment to the London-based British Design Fund (BDF), an early-stage fund and angel network that backs UK product-focused businesses, through its Regional Angels Programme. The fund is managed by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP and seeks to support UK-based startup enterprises that design and manufacture ...
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The OnePlus 15 just launched in late October, but we're already hearing the second rumor about its successor in the past few days. First, the OnePlus 16 was said to be getting a 200MP camera sensor, and now there's some interesting news about its screen too. OnePlus has allegedly started testing a display with a refresh rate of at least 200Hz for its next flagship smartphone. It's unclear exactly what... Read more ›
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Finnish company that brought the world the 3310 has reinvented itself for the AI revolution Read more ›
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Warren Buffett is retiring as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at age 95, ending a 55-year run that reshaped how generations of Americans think about investing. "The 95-year-old, often referred to as the 'Oracle of Omaha' and the 'billionaire next door,' will relinquish the title after a career that saw him turn a failing textile firm into one of the most successful asset managers in the world," reports NBC News. From... Read more ›
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The Trump phone was originally set to be released in August, but won't be shipped until the end of January, Trump Mobile's customer service said. Read more ›
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An abandoned New York City subway station will briefly return to public life when mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is sworn in there on January 1. Read more ›
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European food retail remains one of the most dynamic and strategic sectors within the continental economy, with grocery sales in Europe growing by around 2.4% in 2024 and food sales volumes staying broadly stable following the post-pandemic recovery. At the same time, the sector is being reshaped by digitalisation, sustainability requirements, and changing consumer expectations around ... Read more ›
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Octopus Energy Group has raised €850 million ($1 billion) for its technology company, Kraken. The round is the first standalone investment into Kraken and values the business at €7.3 billion ($8.65 billion). This transaction establishes Kraken’s formal independence and demerger from Octopus. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners, with participation from Fidelity International, ... Read more ›
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Raising a funding round does not start when you share your deck. It starts long before that moment, with the reputation, presence, and profile you build in the months leading up to it. Investors form early impressions well before a formal process begins, and those impressions are shaped by how clearly you communicate your vision, ... Read more ›
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Let’s talk about something your sales team probably isn’t doing but should be: turning social media into an actual revenue stream. Most companies limit their social media presence to generic updates that generate little engagement. But real impact comes from using these channels strategically, to create a pipeline, book qualified meetings and close actual deals. ... Read more ›
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NanoXplore, a French fabless company, has secured €20 million in funding to speed up its diversification into the defence sector by developing security-focused products and to back its strategic external growth plans in Europe. The funding was raised from European defence company MBDA and the Defence Innovation Fund managed by Bpifrance. “As an independent French ... Read more ›
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Kyiv-based Reface, a startup that develops AI tools to empower content creation, has secured €15.2 million ($18 million) in non-dilutive user acquisition funding from Singapore’s PvX Partners. PvX Partners is a financial services and data intelligence platform for consumer apps. It co-invests in a company’s sales and marketing budget, and in return, receives a share ... Read more ›
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Europe’s decarbonisation journey is often told through the lens of renewable generation, smart grids and electric passenger cars. Yet one of the biggest and least transformed sectors is only now shifting gears: heavy-duty road freight. Trucks are the backbone of European logistics and the arteries of modern trade. They are also among the hardest segments ... Read more ›
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Oulu-based CleanTech company Filtrabit has secured a €2 million funding commitment from Ajanta Innovations 2 Ky for its coming financing round. The Finnish startup plans to use the capital to expand the deployment of its modular dust extraction technology into new markets outside Finland, primarily, but not exclusively, in the Nordics, Central Europe, and India. ... Read more ›
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The main thing AI has done for business is fundamentally change competition. When AI is in skilled hands, it has effectively reduced the cost of feedback, which is essential for building better products, to almost zero. The rise of AI closely resembles the famous “Pottery Experiment”, an anecdote illustrating the power of quantity over perfection, ... Read more ›
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There is no denying that European tech sovereignty is in vogue. After years of voices from the sidelines warning of the risks of Europe being invisible in the echelons of big tech, such warnings have gone mainstream. But what does it mean to be a European company? For every homegrown champion startup built in and ... Read more ›
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