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London-based Ascension VC, an early-stage VC fund, announced that it has secured £17M (approximately €19.84M) first close for its institutional impact fund, aimed at supporting visionary founders who are using technology to build more resilient societies. The fund’s total target is £50M (approximately €58.36M), with a second close anticipated in 2025. Jean de Fougerolles, Ascension’s […]
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expresses confidence in the resilience of global collaboration. President-elect Trump’s potential tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors could disrupt supply chain. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang believes that global tech collaboration will remain strong, even as the US considers stricter policies on advanced computing products. During a recent visit to Hong Kong, Huang addressed... Read more » Read more ›
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AMPECO, a Bulgarian provider of EV charging management solutions, has secured €24.7 million in a Series B funding round led by Revaia, with participation from existing investors Cavalry Ventures, BMW i Ventures, and LAUNCHub Ventures. Founded in 2019, AMPECO offers a white-label, hardware-agnostic platform that enables charge point operators (CPOs) and e-mobility service providers (eMSPs) ... Read more ›
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Cambridge-based Molyon, a company focused on developing next-gen lithium-sulfur batteries, has raised $4.6M (approximately €4.37M) in its first funding round, co-led by IQ Capital and Plural. The funds will support the expansion of its team, including battery engineers, material scientists, and operations staff, to facilitate manufacturing at its pilot facility in Cambridge. Next-generation lithium-sulfur batteries ... Read more Read more ›
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Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own. Read more ›
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Elon Musk is calling F-35 makers "idiots" for building manned jets while drone technology soars. Here's what experts say on the subject. Read more ›
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The edges of the leaked Galaxy S25 Ultra look much softer than the current S24 Ultra flagship. | Image: 1gzlim3 / Reddit The Samsung Galaxy S25 series is poised to launch in early 2025, but a new leak gives us a good idea of what it will look like. A misleadingly titled “S24 Ultra definitely” video posted to Reddit, determined to be the Galaxy S25 Ultra by reliable leaker Ice... Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Candela, a company specialising in hydrofoiling electric boats and ferries, has finalised its Series C funding round, raising an additional $14M (approximately €13.34M) to surpass $40M in total funding for 2024. The capital will support scaling production to meet growing demand for its electric watercraft, including the Candela P-12. The P-12 has been sold ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Lighthouse, a commercial intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industry, has secured nearly $370M (approximately €351.83M) in Series C growth funding. The company has achieved “unicorn” status with this round. The investment, led by global investment firm KKR, is backed by its Next Generation Technology III Fund. Existing investors, including Spectrum Equity, F-Prime ... Read more Read more ›
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Overijssel, the Netherlands-based Qredits, a microfinance institution, has signed a new credit facility of €15M with ING Nederland. Elwin Groenevelt, CEO of Qredits, made the official announcement on LinkedIn through a post. “After a three-year absence, ING is fortunately part of the financiers of Qredits again,” says Groenevelt. “ING Bank was one of the founding ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Mews, a company specialised in hospitality technology, on Thursday, announced that it has acquired Gothenburg,-based Atomize, the Revenue Management Software (RMS) provider. “We couldn’t be more excited about being part of the Mews family,” says Alexander Edström, CEO of Atomize. “With Atomise now part of Mews, it marks an exciting new chapter for the ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Twenty, the company behind open-source CRM, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $5M (approximately €4.7M) in a seed funding round led by Runa Capital. Other participating investors include the founders of HubSpot, Front, Cal.com, Sentry, and Photoroom, among others. The company will use the funds to further grow its open-source community, enhance its ... Read more Read more ›
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Luxembourg-based emma, a cloud management platform, announced on Monday, that it has secured $17M (approximately €16.2M) in a Series A funding round led by Smartfin, with participation from RTP Global and existing investors. The funding comes over a year after raising $6M (approximately €5.7M) in the Seed round in March 2023, bringing total funding to ... Read more Read more ›
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Lyon, France-based Eden AI, an AI integration platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured €3M in a seed round led by Galion.exe. Other investors, including 50 Partners and several prominent business angels, including Olivier Pomel (Co-Founder of Datadog), Sébastien Pahl (Co-Founder of Docker), and Alix de Sagazan (Co-Founder of ABTasty), also participated. The French ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Treety, an ESG reporting, monitoring & compliance solution for alternative asset managers, has secured fresh funding from venture capital firm Arket Ventures. With this funding, Treety plans to expand its capabilities, furthering its mission to empower businesses and investors to integrate sustainability into their decision-making processes. Resolving ESG data challenges Founded in 2020 by ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based LearnWise, an AI-driven platform enhancing the student experience, has secured €2M in a seed round of funding led by London-based VC firm Emerge. The platform, which has reduced support queries by 50 per cent for over 720,000 students worldwide, aims to use the funding to enhance its product and expand its team. The move ... Read more Read more ›
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US-based Growth Catalyst Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in information, marketing, and tech-enabled services, on Wednesday announced that it has acquired UK-based InspiredMinds! This acquisition helps InspiredMinds! expand into the US market and strengthen its goal of connecting top AI talent through events like World Summit AI and Intelligent Health. However, post-acquisition, ... Read more Read more ›
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