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Focused Energy raises $240 M, True Layer acquires In3, and London regains top spot
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (250+ words) Either way, let's get you up to speed. " Focused Energy raises $240 M "IQE plc has raised "81 M " We Road lands $58 M to scale real-world travel experiences " True Layer acquires Dutch fintech In3 to offer credit at checkout " Finland's Grundium acquires Denmark's…...
Mok N raises $15 M Series A to grow identity theft protection platform
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (367+ words) Mok N, a French cybersecurity company focused on protecting organisations from credential theft and identity-based attacks, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by GV, marking Google Ventures" first investment in a French startup, and included…...
True Layer acquires Dutch fintech In3 to offer credit at checkout
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (338+ words) True Layer, a UK payments fintech looking to disrupt the dominance of card payments, has acquired a Dutch fintech, in a move to expand its offering to credit products. " Backed by Stripe and Tiger Global, True Layer leverages open banking…...
Kyiv delivers: How Glovo scaled one of its fastest-growing markets in wartime Ukraine
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1727+ words) Earlier this week, an image went viral in Ukraine. It features a dark and apocalyptic image of Kyiv, with a burning shopping and entertainment centre near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke billowing into…...
Kopa. ai raises "2 M to build AI agents for end-to-end e-commerce operations
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (368+ words) Kopa. ai, an agentic AI platform for e-commerce teams, has raised "2 million in seed funding in a round co-led by XTX Ventures and Practica Capital, with participation from Inovia Capital and angel investor Etan Ilfeld. The company is building what…...
Orbital Industries secures $50 M to scale data centre infrastructure systems
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (366+ words) Orbital Industries, a London-based company developing industrial hardware and infrastructure using AI-driven engineering and materials discovery systems, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Plural, with participation from existing investors including NVentures, Radical Ventures, Compound, and…...
London topples Paris to regain European tech top spot
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (442+ words) London has reclaimed its position'as'Europe's top tech ecosystem, knocking Paris off the top spot, driven by record AI investment, according to new data. The Dealroom Global Tech Ecosystem Index'data also shows that Europe is home to more of the world's…...
Marvelous and Joachim Herz Foundation launch "20 M deeptech fund to bridge Germany's commercialisation gap
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (457+ words) Germany conducts research at a world-class level. Yet many technologies fail to make the transition from the laboratory to the market, not because of their quality but because of a lack of capital. The Joachim Herz Foundation'and the Berlin-based investment…...
Interview: Oliver Prill, CEO of London fintech unicorn Tide
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (1293+ words) The boss of Tide, a British fintech which offers banking services to SMEs, says he is not one for showing off. " "I am quite a humble person, maybe too humble to be in our industry," says Oliver Prill, its CEO,…...
Pacifico Biolabs raises "7 M to turn brewery infrastructure into protein production
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (175+ words) Pacifico Biolabs, a mycelium fermentation protein company, has raised "7 million in a Series A funding round backed by Stray Dog Capital, TGFS, Sprout & About Ventures, Simon Capital, Food Labs, and a regional brewery partner. The approach comes as breweries across…...