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Enterprise Software🇬🇧Aug 29, 2025 Streetbees Collapses Into Administration Amid Rescue Efforts

🇬🇧Aug 29, 2025 Alexander Gerko: Building a Quantitative Trading Titan from London

Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 27, 2025 Acquired, Abandoned, Reborn: Kustomer’s Shocking Second Life

🇺🇸Aug 27, 2025 Beezer Clarkson: Venture Isn’t Broken—It’s Just Harder Than Ever

FundingMarketing🇺🇸Aug 27, 2025 WizCommerce Secures $8M to Bring AI to Wholesale

Fintech🇮🇩Aug 26, 2025 Pintarnya: Building a Super App for Millions of Indonesian Workers

FundingFintech🇦🇪Aug 26, 2025 Holo Secures $22 Million to Redefine Home Financing in the GCC

FundingHealth🇮🇪Aug 26, 2025 ProVerum lands $80M to scale non-surgical prostate care

Telecom🇳🇱Aug 24, 2025 Firsty and Roods team up to reimagine city travel

PolicySemiconductors🇺🇸Aug 24, 2025 U.S. Government Takes 10% Stake in Intel Amid Semiconductor Push

M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 23, 2025 Strangeworks Acquires Quantagonia to Expand AI and Quantum Computing Capabilities

Big techHosting🇺🇸Aug 23, 2025 Groq Expands to Europe While Eyeing $6 Billion Valuation

🇳🇱Aug 23, 2025 The End of an Era: Why the Netherlands Must Bet Big on Deep Tech

🇬🇧Aug 22, 2025 GOSH Gene Therapy: A Rare Disease Breakthrough

Big techSemiconductors🇯🇵Aug 22, 2025 TSMC Fuels Japan’s Semiconductor Revival

🇬🇧Aug 22, 2025 Growth Partner: Origin and Foundation

FundingFintech🇺🇸Aug 21, 2025 EliseAI Raises $250M to Expand Vertical AI in Healthcare and Housing

FundingRobotics🇺🇸Aug 21, 2025 FieldAI Raises $314M to Power the Next Generation of Robot “Brains”

Semiconductors🇨🇳Aug 21, 2025 Foxconn Bets on Healthcare Robotics With $30M Robocore Investment

Security🇳🇱Aug 21, 2025 Destinus Buys Daedalean to Supercharge AI-Powered Drones

IPOsFood🇮🇳Aug 21, 2025 Captain Fresh Charts ~$350–400M IPO to Fuel Next Growth Phase

Big techGaming🇺🇸Aug 21, 2025 NVIDIA Quietly Doubles Down on AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave

🇺🇸Aug 21, 2025 Ion Stoica’s Billion-Dollar Classroom Legacy

FundingTransportation🇨🇳Aug 21, 2025 SiEngine Secures $139M to Power China’s Smart Mobility Chips

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 20, 2025 Databricks Approaches $100B with Fresh $1B Push into AI Databases

Enterprise Software🇸🇬Aug 20, 2025 Manus Shows Rapid Growth with $100M Revenue Milestone

Robotics🇺🇸Aug 20, 2025 Vayu’s AI Foundation Models Drive Serve’s Next-Gen Robot Development

🇺🇸Aug 20, 2025 Behind the Curtain of AI - The Journey of Ruoming Pang

Investors 🇺🇸Aug 19, 2025 Veteran Ventures Capital closes $60M fund to back veteran-led defense startups

🇺🇸Aug 19, 2025 IFC leads $21.4M Series B in AND Global — scaling fintech in frontier markets

Semiconductors🇯🇵Aug 19, 2025 EdgeCortix nears $100M Series B to scale AI chip production

Telecom🇦🇺Aug 19, 2025 AirTrunk secures record green loan to expand in Singapore

Telecom🇨🇭Aug 19, 2025 Advent Bets $1.3B on u-blox — Europe’s Quiet IoT Chipmaker Joins the Big Leagues

🇬🇧Aug 18, 2025 Wellcome Trust: The Scientist’s Endowment and VC’s Quiet Giant

🇳🇱Aug 18, 2025 Dutch Pensions Pivot: €100bn Shift Into Riskier Assets to Back Europe and Defence

FundingMarketing🇳🇱Aug 17, 2025 Aizy Secures €1.5M to Optimize Marketing Campaigns for SMEs

🇳🇱Aug 17, 2025 Martijn de Kuijper: Building, Selling, and Surviving the Startup Life

FundingEnterprise Software🇮🇹Aug 16, 2025 Bending Spoons secures €500M to fuel further acquisitions

FundingTransportation🇺🇸Aug 16, 2025 Eve Air Mobility raises $230M to accelerate Brazil’s eVTOL ambitions

FundingTelecom🇱🇺Aug 16, 2025 OQ Technology secures €2.5M EIC grant to pioneer direct-to-mobile satellite

Big techEnterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 16, 2025 Perplexity AI’s bold browser ambitions: from Brave to Chrome

Transportation🇧🇪Aug 15, 2025 Cowboy E-Bikes Finds a Lifeline Through Rebirth Group

FundingMedia🇰🇷Aug 15, 2025 Bigc Studio Raises $13.4M Series A to Expand IP-Driven Entertainment Technology

FundingFood🇸🇬Aug 15, 2025 Prefer Secures $4.2M to Develop Sustainable Coffee and Cocoa Alternatives

Media🇰🇷Aug 15, 2025 Naver Backs JNPmedi to Digitize Clinical Trial Data

M&AFintech🇿🇦Aug 15, 2025 Nedbank Expands SME Payments with $94M Acquisition of iKhokha

🇺🇸Aug 15, 2025 Advent International to Take Sapiens Private in $2.5B Deal

PolicyFintech🇩🇪Aug 15, 2025 N26 Investors Move to Reshape Leadership Amid Regulatory Concerns

FundingEnterprise Software🇨🇦Aug 15, 2025 Cohere Raises $500M, Hits $6.8B Valuation to Expand Enterprise AI

SpaceMonacoAug 15, 2025 Europe lays the groundwork for lunar logistics with MONA LUNA