Ben Raises $27.5M in Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Ben, a London, UK-based provider of a platform using AI to help global enterprises manage employee benefits, raised $27.5M in funding. The round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from existing investors Atomico, Cherry Ventures, DN Capital, an…
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Digital bank Monzo gains a full European banking licence
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - UK-based digital bank Monzo is ready to expand into Europe. The fintech has acquired a full banking licence from the Central Bank in Ireland, as well as from the European Central Bank. Monzo has gone from strength to strength since it launched back in 201…
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Ankar lands $20M Series A to reinvent how Innovation becomes defensible IP
Cate Lawrence / tech - IP patent platform Ankar has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Atomico, with Index Ventures doubling down and Norrsken VC and Daphni participating. This Series A brings Ankar’s total funding...
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(LEAD) Interim CEO of Coupang apologizes for data breach at parliamentary hearing
Kang Jae-eun / co - SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The interim head of e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. ap...
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Crypto exchange HashKey's shares fall 5% on trading debut in Hong Kong
Sam Reynolds / coindesk - Investors questioned whether Hong Kong’s dominant licensed exchange can turn surging volumes and regulatory advantage into sustainable profits.
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Roamless Secures $12M To Expand Global eSIM Connectivity Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Global connectivity provider Roamless has closed a $12 million Series A funding round, led by Rasmal Ventures, with participation from Shorooq, Revo Capital, Finberg, and JIMCO. This new capital brings Roamless’ total funding to $18 million, following a $…
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Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX soar nearly 700% in blockbuster Shanghai debut
cnbc - Shares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared nearly 700% after raising nearly $600 million in its initial public offering.
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Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount bid on funding, terms
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Alphabet-owned Waymo in talks to raise $15 billion in funding
cnbc - The funding round would give Waymo a valuation as high as $110 billion, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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Netflix (NFLX) Stock: Rises as iHeartMedia Video Podcast Deal Unveiled
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR: Netflix teams up with iHeartMedia for video podcasts in 2026. Exclusive deal brings “The Breakfast Club” to Netflix in video. Netflix’s video podcasts aim to rival YouTube and Spotify. New Netflix-iHeartMedia deal expands podcast offerings to video.…
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Firefox maker Mozilla appoints new CEO to navigate it through its AI era
Michael Grothaus / fastcompany - The Mozilla Corporation, maker of the popular Firefox web browser, has announced the appointment of a new CEOAnthony Enzor-DeMeo, general manager of Firefox, will become top boss at a time when Mozilla is trying to rebrand itself as “the world’s most trus…
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Meet MyDello: This Baltic startup lands €3.1M to take on Flexport with AI freight automation
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - The global freight industry is one of the world’s largest markets, yet much of it still depends on…
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Antwerp’s Mindoo secures €5 million to reduce workload for hospital and medical staff using AI agents
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Mindoo, a Belgian platform deploying safe and governed agentic workflows in healthcare, announced today that it has secured €5 million in Seed financing to provide hospitals and practices with a scalable AI workforce layer that performs routine tasks and …
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Jutro Medical extends Series A to €36M for AI-enabled primary care scale
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Warsaw-based Jutro Medical, an AI-firstprimary care operator combining online and in-person care, has raised €24million in new funding led by Warsaw Equity Group, with participation fromVinci, natural...
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Amazon sells MOBA March of Giants to Ubisoft
Kris Holt / engadget - Ubisoft is moving deeper into MOBAs after buying March of Giants from Amazon and acquiring the team that made the game. As part of the agreement, Amazon will help promote March of Giants on Twitch. The deal is expected to close on December 16There’s no re…
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US Tech Force Aims To Recruit 1,000 Technologists
msmash / slashdot - The Trump administration announced Monday the United States Tech Force, a new program to recruit around 1,000 technologists for two-year government stints starting as soon as March -- less than a year after dismantling several federal technology teams and…
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Ford Ends F-150 Lightning Production, Starts Battery Storage Business
BeauHD / slashdot - Ford has effectively pulled the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning, pivoting away from full-size BEV pickups toward hybrids, range-extended EVs (EREVs), and even data-center battery storage. Ars Technica reports: Ford's announcements today can't be …
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Ford takes $19.5 billion charge as it retreats from EVs
Reuters / fastcompany - Ford Motor said on Monday it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is killing several electric-vehicle models, in the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry’s retreat from battery-powered models in response to the Trump administration’s policies…
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Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Luminar, the lidar manufacturer that rode a wave of self-driving car hype to land deals with major automakers like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, filed for bankruptcy Monday. The company has been mired in a legal fight with its founder and former CEO, Austin Ru…
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Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands
John Gruber / wsj - John Keilman, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): The company that makes Roomba robotic vacuums declared bankruptcySunday but said its devices will continue to function normallywhile the company restructures.Massachusetts-based iRobot has s…
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