Deblock Raises €30M Series A To Grow On-Chain Banking Across Europe
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - French crypto-banking startup Deblock has raised €30 million in a Series A round led by Speedinvest, with participation from CommerzVentures and Latitude. Existing investors including 20VC, Headline, Chalfen Ventures and Kraken Ventures also joined the ro…
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Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million a year for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
cnbc - Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus annual deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 16065 / 8 stories in 3 months
Financial technology startup Ramp closes $300M investment at $32B valuation
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Ramp Business Corp. today announced that it has closed a $300 million funding round at a $32 billion valuation, double what it was worth in June. The raise is the company’s third in five months. Returning investor Lightspeed Venture Partners led the finan…
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Bitcoin has sunk to a six-month low amid jitters over the Fed
Alex Daniel / qz - Traders have reacted to renewed uncertainty over whether the central bank will cut interest rates at its next meeting in December
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Copenhagen’s Flatpay Raises €146.5M, Becomes Denmark’s Fastest Unicorn at $1.7B
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Danish fintech Flatpay achieves unicorn status with €146.5M in funding, reaching a $1.7B valuation as it accelerates expansion across European markets. Copenhagen-based Flatpay, a startup providing payment solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, …
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Apple Reaches Deal to Take Billions of Dollars in China's WeChat
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has reached a new agreement with Tencent that will allow the company to process payments and collect a 15% commission on purchases made inside WeChat mini games and mini apps on the iPhone, establishing a major new revenue stream in China after over…
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Introw Raises $3M To Transform Partner Sales With AI
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ghent-based tech startup Introw has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Visionaries Club, with ongoing support from PitchDrive. The company previously raised €1 million from PitchDrive and angel investors, including Pieterjan Bouten (ex-Showpad) a…
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Adclear Raises €2.4M To Use AI For Financial Compliance
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Adclear, an AI compliance platform, has raised an oversubscribed £2.1 million seed round led by Outward VC, with support from AFG Partners, Tenity, angel investors including Clearscore founder Dan Cobley and Coinbase MD Keith Grose (via a16z …
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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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As banks face an “invisible enemy”, London’s FALKIN raises €1.7 million to stop fraud before it starts
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - FALKIN, a British digital safety company that helps users stop scams before payments happen, has today announced it has secured €1.7 million ($2 million) in pre-Seed funding amid rising regulatory and consumer pressure for proactive scam-prevention measur…
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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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Google Boosts Finance Platform with Gemini-Powered ‘Deep Search’ and New Data Tools
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google is upgrading its Finance platform with a Gemini-powered 'Deep Search' for complex queries, prediction market data, and live earnings analysis.The post Google Boosts Finance Platform with Gemini-Powered ‘Deep Search’ and New Data Tools appeared firs…
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Aspirity Partners secures €875 million for debut fund, one of Europe’s largest new private equity launches of 2025
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Aspirity Partners, a London-based private equity firm focused on Financial and Enterprise Technology Services, has announced the final close of its inaugural fund, Aspirity Partners I (AP I), at over €875 million. The fundraise reached its hard cap within…
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Kabilio Secures €4M To Enhance Accountant–Client Collaboration With AI
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Barcelona-based Kabilio, an AI-driven platform that automates accounting and tax processes, has raised €4 million in a pre-seed round led by Visionaries Club and Picus Capital. The round also includes €200,000 in public funding from ENISA, making it one o…
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AI analytical agent caps a wave of new and enhanced Snowflake products
Paul Gillin / siliconangle - Snowflake Inc. today announced the general availability of Snowflake Intelligence, the centerpiece of the company’s latest wave of artificial intelligence-driven products aimed at allowing employees across skill levels to derive insights from enterprise d…
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Trump claims not to know the crypto king he just pardoned
James Farrell / siliconangle - In a CBS 60 Minutes interview aired on Sunday, President Trump said he didn’t know who Changpeng Zhao was, the crypto billionaire with ties to the Trump family’s own crypto venture. Zhao was the co-founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency ex…
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Monzo CEO Passes Torch to Google Vet Diana Layfield
PYMNTS / pymnts - U.K. digital bank Monzo is getting a new chief executive from the ranks of Big Tech. Diana Layfield, former general manager of search international and growth at Google, will become Monzo’s CEO in February, the company’s current head said in a memo sent t…
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Berlin’s AnyTax Raises €1M Pre-seed To Launch Embedded Tax Solutions For Financial Platforms
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Berlin-based AnyTax has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to develop its embedded tax infrastructure for financial platforms, emerging from stealth this week. The funding round attracted investors from the financial, tax, and accounting sectors, inclu…
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AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - PayPal is partnering with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet and an 'Instant Checkout' feature into ChatGPT, escalating the AI commerce race against Walmart and Microsoft.The post AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT…
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Anthropic Challenges Microsoft Copilot with ‘Claude for Excel’ Launch
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic launches 'Claude for Excel,' a new AI tool that directly competes with Microsoft's Copilot by targeting the financial services industry with deep data integrations.The post Anthropic Challenges Microsoft Copilot with ‘Claude for Excel’ Launch ap…
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