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Lyon-based Agicap, a treasury management platform, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €45M in a Series C funding round led by AVP. The announcement comes around three years after raising €82M in its Series B round of funding led by Greenoaks. Fund utilisation The company will use the funds to continue investing in its ... Read more
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The world's wealthiest man is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and he has a number of other roles across his many companies. Read more ›
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Tesla is recalling the Cybertruck for the sixth time in 12 months over a problem with some trucks that could cause them to lose drive power. Read more ›
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The Guardian announced it will no longer be active on X (formerly Twitter) — all its editorial accounts will stop posting on the platform. Users can, of course, still share the outlet's articles on X, and journalists working for The Guardian may link to or embed X posts in their articles or continue using the platform to gather news. According to the statement, X has become rife with “far-right conspiracy... Read more ›
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Spotify is aiming to give YouTube some competition with its new partner program for video creators and content that goes viral. The music and podcast app announced a new “Partner Program” that monetizes audio and video beyond income from advertising starting on January 2, 2025. The new monetization program pays Spotify creators in two ways. Creators can earn a share of ad revenue from their content on all platforms through... Read more ›
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The carmaker has more than 4,000 employees at its Cologne plant. It also has another plant in Saarlouis, in southwestern Germany. Read more ›
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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that two of his most vocal supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the “Department of Government Efficiency.” “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump said. “It will […] Read more ›
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The "SNL" comedian Chloe Fineman said Musk made her cry when he hosted the show in 2021. On Sunday, he said "SNL" had been "slowly dying for years." Read more ›
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Deactivating Twitter and deleting your account only takes a few steps (and you can change your mind later). Read more ›
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Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson told the Cars and Culture podcast that the problem with EVs in the US was "not perception, but reality." Read more ›
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While campaigning, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to dismantle the US Department of Education (DOE), on the basis that the federal education apparatus is “indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material.” “One thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, DC, and […] Read more ›
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In its Mac mini announcement video last month, Apple briefly mentioned an "upcoming" version of Final Cut Pro for the Mac. We believe that Apple will likely announce the update later today, as the annual Final Cut Pro Creative Summit conference begins today and involves a visit to Apple Park starting at 2 p.m. Pacific Time today. Final Cut Pro version 10.7 was shown off during the same Apple Park... Read more ›
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Donald Trump is headed to the White House, again, so it’s not surprising that Americans are again contending with a rise in hate speech. This time around, one of the attack lines is “your body, my choice.” Attributed by some to an election night post on X by white supremacist Nick Fuentes that read “Your […] Read more ›
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A free-range parent was shocked when she was arrested for "reckless conduct." She's been asked to put a tracker on her son's phone, which she refused. Read more ›
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Elon Musk will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency and has already started crowdsourcing suggestions for cuts online. Read more ›
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Japan, NVIDIA, and SoftBank push AI with language models and digital twins. NVIDIA and cloud leaders drive Japan’s leadership in telecom, robotics, and automotive. Becoming a global leader in AI is a top priority for Japan, and it’s all starting with AI-driven language models. Japanese tech experts are working on advanced AI models that understand... Read more » Read more ›
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While overall toy sales are in decline, sales driven by nostalgic adults are on the rise, representing 17% of US toy sales last year, per Circana. Read more ›
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Supersonic aviation startup Exosonic, which was working on commercial and military faster-than-sound jets, shutdown after five years of business. Read more ›
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People awarded its inaugural Sexiest Man Alive title to Mel Gibson in 1985. This year, the honor was bestowed upon John Krasinski. Read more ›
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Amazon is phasing out its free streamer Freevee, which struggled with identity and financial losses while competing with Prime Video for resources. Read more ›
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Travel expert Maria Nuzzolillo reveals Italy's hidden gems for offseason visits, highlighting festivals and seasonal foods in the Campania region. Read more ›
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Dutch e-bike manufacturer Stella Fietsen was declared bankrupt on Friday, according to a spokesperson for the Gelderland court. The announcement comes a few days after the company requested a payment suspension. Stella Fietsen currently has about 440 employees in 48 locations in the Netherlands and Belgium. In a statement, Frans van Oss, who has been ... Read more Read more ›
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Helsinki-based venture capital firm Maki.vc has launched its third fund of €100M to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage startups across the Nordics and Northern Europe. Focused on the Nordic region, the fund leverages deep tech expertise and a supportive public investment landscape. Backed by over 50 limited partners—including leaders from Skype, Wise, RELEX Solutions, WithSecure ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Quantune, a deep tech startup in optics and photonics technology, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €13.5M in seed financing round. Out of the total, the company raised €8.5M in equity financing, led by U.S.-based Point72 Ventures and Munich-based Vsquared Ventures. This funding comes on top of more than €5M in public grants ... Read more Read more ›
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Lyon-based Agicap, a treasury management platform, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €45M in a Series C funding round led by AVP. The announcement comes around three years after raising €82M in its Series B round of funding led by Greenoaks. Fund utilisation The company will use the funds to continue investing in its ... Read more Read more ›
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Oslo-based Verdane, an investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable European businesses, has closed its latest sustainable-focused fund, Idun II, at €700M hard cap. This is more than double the size of its previous Idun I fund, which closed at €300M. Aimed at decarbonising the economy, the Idun funds are designed to support European ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Cogna, a provider of precision software solutions, announced on Monday that it has secured $15M (approximately €14M) in a Series A funding round led by Notion Capital, with participation from Hoxton Ventures and Chalfen Ventures. With this investment, the London-based company plans to expand its platform capabilities, supporting a broader range of sectors and ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based ZE Energy, an independent renewable energy producer specialising in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), has raised €54M in a new funding round. The investment, led by Amundi Transition Énergétique, introduces two new stakeholders: Amundi’s Core+ infrastructure funds, and Demeter’s Climate Infrastructure Fund, a player in energy transition financing. Existing shareholder Sorégies also invested in ... Read more Read more ›
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The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) helps entrepreneurs and organisations to invest, develop and expand their businesses and projects both in the Netherlands and abroad. RVO, which is part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, does this by supporting around 1.9M entrepreneurs every year through funding and network. In 2024, RVO allocated €36M to six ... Read more Read more ›
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The Hague-based UNIIQ, an investment fund focused on the proof-of-concept phase, announced on Thursday, that it has invested €350K in Bionomic, a Dutch agtech company. The investment comes around a month after UNIIQ invested €2.5M in seven startups and signed a partnership with TNO, an independent organisation for applied research. The seven startups, which also ... Read more Read more ›
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Oslo-based Glint Solar, a Norwegian solar developer software, announced that has raised $8M (approximately €7.43M) in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Smedvig Ventures, with support from Momentum, Futurum Ventures, and Antler. Jonathan Lerner, Partner at Smedvig Ventures, says, “The solar industry has done a great job at developing ways ... Read more Read more ›
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