Google pitches EU on adtech fixes to dodge breakup after €2.95B slap
Richard Speed / theregister - Brussels reviewing proposal as Mountain View insists it will appeal antitrust ruling Google has proposed a plan to the European Commission aimed at addressing antitrust concerns following a €2.95 billion fine imposed on the company for its online advertis…
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WhatsApp to Enable Messaging Interoperability With Two Other Apps in the EU
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Meta will soon enable messaging interoperability in WhatsApp for EU users. BirdyChat and Haiket are the first third-party messaging apps that will be supported.The post WhatsApp to Enable Messaging Interoperability With Two Other Apps in the EU appeared f…
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Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple's request to appeal a landmark UK ruling that its App Store fees are 'excessive and unfair' has been denied, exposing it to over £1.2B in damages.The post Apple Denied Appeal in UK App Store Case, Faces Over £1 Billion in Damages appeared first on W…
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Cronvall Raises €3.9M To Modernize Industrial Procurement In Europe
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Cronvall, a Finnish tech company modernizing industrial procurement, has raised €3.9 million from Greencode Ventures, Stephen Industries, Innovestor, and leading industrial family offices. Cronvall’s platform brings transparency, efficiency, and better da…
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Zilch nets $175M as eyes "strategic" M&A
John Reynolds / tech - Zilch, the UK consumer lending fintech, has netted over $175m in an equity and debt funding round as it eyes acquisition targets. The funding round was led by KKCG, the Czech investment group, with pa...
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Vendep Capital’s €80M AI SaaS fund: ambitious growth, but diversity takes a backseat?
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Vendep Capital, a Finnish venture capital firm specialising in early-stage B2B SaaS investments, has closed its fourth fund,…
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Backed VC closes $100M Fund III and marks 100th investment milestone
Cate Lawrence / tech - European venture firm Backed VC has closed its third fund, Backed 3, at its $100 million cap, alongside making its 100th investment. Backed partners with outlier founders building generational fronti...
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Apple Study Finds Mandated Fee Reductions Never Reached European Consumers
msmash / slashdot - Apple said Wednesday that European Union developers pocketed the savings from mandated commission reductions rather than lowering prices for consumers. The iPhone maker commissioned Analysis Group to study pricing behavior [PDF] after the Digital Markets …
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B2B sales lose 65% of time to admin – Sweden’s Spiich Labs raises €600k to automate it
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Stockholm’s Spiich Labs, a startup developing an agent-first AI assistant, today announced a €600k pre-Seed funding round to eliminate 8+ hours of weekly administrative work. The round was led by Ampli Ventures, with backing from founders of Lovable, Tand…
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CERPRO secures €2M pre-seed to set a new manufacturing quality standard
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Berlin-based CERPRO, a startup for industrial quality assurance, hasraised around €2 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by seed+speed Ventures, with D11Z as co-lead, and participat...
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OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The judgement is not final and OpenAI has said that it is considering next steps. Read more: OpenAI loses music copyright battle in German court
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Only 0.1% make the cut: Oyster Bay raises over €100 million to scale Europe’s best food innovators
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Hamburg-based VC Oyster Bay announces the final closing of its second fund of over €100 million – ranking among the largest European VC funds exclusively dedicated to the future food market. The fund was reportedly significantly oversubscribed, with inves…
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Arkyn receives €4M financing to accelerate growth and expand product suite
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Copenhagen-based enterprise software company Arkyn has closed a €4 million financinground co-led by Compounding Capital and Trifork Labs. As part of the round,Kasper Grundtvig Knokgaard, owner of Comp...
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Monopulse snaps €1.12M to scale modular UAVs, strengthen Europe’s defence tech ecosystem
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Lithuanian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Monopulse has secured €1.12 million in financing from the national development bank…
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Rumble to buy German cloud computing firm Northern Data for $767M
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Video-sharing platform Rumble, known for hosting Truth Social, is set to transform its future with the acquisition of…
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dotega raises €1.3M to expand proptech for homeowner self-management of shared properties
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Stuttgart-basedproptech startup dotega has raised €1.3 million in a pre-seed round fromHigh-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and experienced proptech investors, including thefounders of Casavi.InGermany, abou...
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Denmark passes social media ban for users under 15
mashable - Denmark passes social media ban for users under 15
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Anthropic expands its European footprint with new offices in Paris and Munich
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Anthropic is ramping up its European operations, opening new offices in Paris and Munich to build on its presence in the region.The article Anthropic expands its European footprint with new offices in Paris and Munich appeared first on THE DECODER.
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Anthropic’s European hiring spree continues with Paris and Munich office openings
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Balnord Launches €70M Fund To Back Frontier And Dual-Use Tech In The Baltics
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Balnord, an early-stage investor focused on the Baltic Sea region, has surpassed its €70 million fund target and is aiming for a final close of €100 million by mid-2026. The firm focuses on companies driving Europe’s technological reindustrialisation, wit…
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