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Zurich-based Founderful, a venture capital firm, on Thursday, announced the final close of its second fund – Fund II at $140M (approximately €133M) The Fund II is backed by a range of institutions, family offices, and founders who have successfully scaled their startups into global unicorns such as Duolingo, Climeworks, GetYourGuide, On, Proton, and Scandit. ... Read more
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Elon Musk has amended his lawsuit against OpenAI, adding more anti-trust claims against the company and including Microsoft as a defendant. He also added his company, xAI, as well as Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member and mother to three of his children, as plaintiffs. Musk originally sued OpenAI in March, accusing founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the organization's non-profit mission by teaming up with Microsoft.... Read more ›
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You can trade in any smartwatch model in any condition for a $100 discount, bringing the Galaxy Ring price down to $300. Read more ›
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Amazon’s latest Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a snappy streaming stick with impressive Alexa integration. | Image: Amazon If you missed out on Amazon’s fall Prime Day event, the retailer’s early Black Friday sale is offering everybody another chance to score steep discounts on Amazon devices. One of the best deals currently available is on the latest Fire TV Stick 4K Max, which has dropped to an all-time low... Read more ›
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Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will go head-to-head on Netflix on Friday. Here's what to know about how the fight came to be planned. Read more ›
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Elon Musk has added Microsoft to an amended lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the ChatGPT maker of starving rivals of AI talent. Read more ›
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Android 15 introduces Wi-Fi Ranging. Overcomes GPS limitations in places like malls and airports. With Android 15, Google has introduced something exciting: wi-fi ranging—a technology designed to help us find our way indoors with far better accuracy than before. Think of all the times GPS couldn’t quite get it right inside a mall, airport, or... Read more » Read more ›
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Make kidney health easy by adding these kidney-friendly foods to your meal rotations. Read more ›
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Billionaire’s rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round Read more ›
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My husband and I moved to Mexico in 2020 in our 50s. We feel far more secure about retirement thanks to lower taxes and housing and healthcare costs. Read more ›
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Netflix announced big gains in ad-tier users this week. Its first boxing match will be a test for its advertising business and live-events strategy. Read more ›
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Delayed Obsidian role-playing game Avowed launches for most people on 18th February 2025, but those who pay £89.99 (or $89.99) for the game's Premium Edition can play five days early. Read more Read more ›
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It's official - Ubisoft's beleaguered Splinter Cell movie has been cancelled. Read more Read more ›
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The final piece of Apple’s recent explosion of Mac hardware, the iMac is ready for review — and possible purchase — and it looks the same as ever. One quiet update that transforms the lineup, beyond the powerful M4 chip, is the boost in base memory, finally giving the entry-level models 16GB instead of the miserly 8GB they used to get. With an unchanged design, there might seem to be... Read more ›
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An engineer had left the tool in the engine, thinking someone else would need to use it again later on, a safety report said. Read more ›
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I've used both chips in the same laptop, giving me a unique perspective on the debate. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's Twitter/X alters its terms of service on November 15. In theory, they allow him to feed your tweets to his AI, Grok. Read more ›
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Americans know cyber scammers are out there, but that's not going to stop them from doing their holiday shopping online, McAfee survey says. Read more ›
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Spirit Airlines is reportedly considering bankruptcy protection. That's likely to mean flying fewer routes, allowing competitors to raise prices. 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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Québec, Canada-based Nuvei, a fintech company, has acquired Amsterdam-based Payaut, a fintech startup that provides an automated payment solution for online platforms and marketplaces. Ernst Van Niekerk, CEO of Payaut, announced about the acquisition through a LinkedIn post. “Payaut is entering a new phase. We’re now part of the Nuvei family. Thank you, Phil Fayer ... 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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Copenhagen-based Omnidocs, a provider of document creation software, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Xential, a Dutch provider of document creation & collaboration software. Notably, Main Capital Partners (Main) holds a majority stake in Omnidocs and Xential and will remain the majority shareholder after the transaction. Post-acquisition, Xential will become a part of the ... Read more Read more ›
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Rotterdam-based C2CA, a company focused on transforming waste concrete into sustainable building materials, has raised €10M in a Series A funding round. A consortium of impact-driven investors and strategic partners led the equity round. These include InnovationQuarter’s Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam, Taaleri Bioindustry, Chrysalix Venture Capital, Cimsa Building Materials, Titan Cement, and PI-Impact, who now ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Workflow, an AI software company for design, marketing, and product teams, has secured $3M (approximately €2.84M) in pre-seed funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Venrex, early investors in Revolut, with participation from 8VC, Sequoia scouts, Octopus, and Index Ventures. The round also attracted backing from investors supporting exited founders Will Taylor (Rota.com), Allis ... 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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Zurich-based Founderful, a venture capital firm, on Thursday, announced the final close of its second fund – Fund II at $140M (approximately €133M) The Fund II is backed by a range of institutions, family offices, and founders who have successfully scaled their startups into global unicorns such as Duolingo, Climeworks, GetYourGuide, On, Proton, and Scandit. ... Read more Read more ›
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