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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Autonomous EV trucking company Einride going public in SPAC deal valuing it at $1.8 billion
cnbc - Swedish autonomous EV trucking company Einride is planning to go public on the NYSE through a SPAC deal with Legato Merger Corp. III valuing it at $1.8 billion.
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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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Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans exit to launch world-model startup
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is preparing to leave the company to establish a new AI startup focused on world models, prompting investor attention as Meta relies on his leadership for core artificial intelligence research. The Financial Times, cit…
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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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Yann LeCun reportedly leaving Meta to launch new AI startup
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Yann LeCun, Meta's longtime Chief AI Scientist and a pioneer of deep learning, is reportedly preparing to leave the company to launch his own AI startup.The article Yann LeCun reportedly leaving Meta to launch new AI startup appeared first on THE DECODER.
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Delvitech Raises $40M To Expand AI-Driven Optical Inspection Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Swiss deeptech company Delvitech has secured $40 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by EGS Beteiligungen (EGSB), the investment arm of the Ernst Göhner Foundation, alongside CREADD Ventures with additional participation from several pr…
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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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UK tech leaders urge Rachel Reeves to rule out exit tax
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YQuantum Secures €161K To Develop Scalable Next-Generation Quantum Hardware
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Swiss company YQuantum has secured €161,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to advance the development of miniaturized hardware components for next-generation quantum computers. Quantum computers hold immense promise for drug discovery, materials science,…
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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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Sam Altman Denies Seeking Federal Aid for OpenAI, But Leaked Company Letter Contradicts Him
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies seeking federal loan guarantees, but a formal company letter to the White House from October explicitly requested them.The post Sam Altman Denies Seeking Federal Aid for OpenAI, But Leaked Company Letter Contradicts Him appear…
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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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Upway Raises $60M To Expand Refurbished E-Bike Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based Upway, a platform specializing in refurbished e-bikes, has raised $60 million in a Series C round led by A.P. Moller Holding, with participation from Galvanize, Ora Global, and continued support from Korelya Capital, Sequoia Capital, Exor Vent…
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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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Spotawheel Raises €300M In Debt And Equity To Expand Used Car Subscriptions And Sales
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Used car platform Spotawheel, offering vehicles for sale and subscription across Greece, Poland and Romania, has raised €300 million through a combination of debt and equity. The debt portion of the financing was provided by Pollen Street Capital. Spotawh…
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Leil Secures €1.5M To Make Hyperscale Storage Infrastructure Accessible For All
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Tallinn-based data storage software startup Leil has secured €1.5 million in Seed funding, led by Karma Ventures and joined by Specialist VC. The enterprise storage market, valued at around $22 billion and growing nearly 20% annually, faces skyrocketing d…
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