An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax

Lucas Ropek / techcrunch - The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.

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ETH Zurich spinout Chiral bags $12M to scale robotic platform for graphene chip integration

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Swiss deeptech startup Chiral has secured $12 million in seed funding to commercialise its robotic platform designed for…

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Tether Backs Federal Crypto Bank with $100 Million Investment

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Tether invested $100 million in Anchorage Digital Bank, valuing the crypto bank at $4.2 billion The investment builds on an existing partnership where Anchorage issues Tether’s USAT stablecoin for the U.S. market Anchorage Digital holds a federal ban…

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Dutch FinTech startup Duna raises €30 million to expand compliant AI for business identity and onboarding

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Amsterdam-based Duna, an identity FinTech founded by two Stripe alumni, today announced a €30 Million Series A funding round to build global trust infrastructure by providing a digital passport for every business. The round was led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s…

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Gardia Raises €8.5M To Expand Mobile Emergency System For Seniors

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Healthtech startup Gardia has raised €8.5 million in a Series A round to expand its mobile fall-detection emergency system for seniors. The round was led by European VC firm Peak, with participation from amberra (the corporate venture studio of Germany’s …

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Sweden Startup Fintower Raises €1.5M In Oversubscribed Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Gothenburg-based Fintower has successfully closed an oversubscribed €1.5 million seed round, drawing support from both new and existing investors. Participants include Chalmers Ventures, Akka, the Stena family via William Olsson, several entrepreneurs and…

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Funding Europe’s “second renaissance”: Barcelona’s Kembara hits €750 million first close for €1 billion DeepTech fund

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Barcelona-based Kembara, which claims to be Europe’s largest dedicated DeepTech growth fund, today announced a €750M first close toward its €1 billion target. The fund is now actively investing in “breakthrough” DeepTech science and engineering companies.…

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Rent-a-Human wants AI Agents to hire humans as gig workers

mashable - Rent-a-Human wants AI agents to hire you. It's TaskRabbit for the AI era.

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Positron AI raises $230M at over $1B valuation to build energy-efficient AI accelerator hardware

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Positron AI, a builder of custom silicon and hardware for energy-efficient artificial intelligence inference, today announced it has raised an oversubscribed $230 million funding round at a $1 billion valuation. The Series B round was co-led by Arena Priv…

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Crypto analytics firm TRM Labs reaches unicorn status following $70M Blockchain Capital-led Series C

Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - TRM Labs has reached unicorn status after closing a $70 million funding round that values the crypto crime-fighting startup at $1 billion.

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KU Leuven spinout Runeasi lands €1M to scale movement analysis

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Belgian AI startup Runeasi has raised €1 million in fresh funding to expand its running and movement analysis…

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Spotify-backed Soundtrack acquires Tunify and Ambie to combine local expertise with global scale

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Soundtrack Technologies has acquired Tunify, a B2B music provider operating in Belgium and the Netherlands, along with Ambie, a UK-based background music service focused on the hospitality sector. Ambie’s client base includes global brands such as Rocco F…

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Linda AI secures €2.6M to scale AI-powered workflows for dental practices

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Linda AI, a healthtech startup that automates front-desk operations for dental clinics, has raised €2.6 million in a pre-seed funding round led by 6 Degrees Capital. The funding comes at a time when voice AI is being adopted rapidly across service-heavy i…

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QT Sense raises €4M to advance real-time single-cell analysis

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Dutch startup QT Sense has raised €4 million to further develop Quantum Nuova, its quantum-based platform that monitors cellular stress in living cells at single-cell resolution. The funding includes a €3 million seed round led by Cottonwood Technology Fu…

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Madrid-based BCAS secures €30M in debt funding to expand flexible, barrier-free education financing

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - BCAS, a Madrid-based EdTech startup focused on flexible education financing, has announced the closing of a €30 million debt funding round led solely by Spanish neobank MyInvestor. The fresh capital will be used to scale BCAS’s operations, launch traditio…

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enclaive closes €4.1M round focused on multi-cloud confidential computing

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - enclaive, a German cybersecurity company specialising inconfidential computing, has raised €4.1 million in seed funding, with the roundco-led by Join Capital and the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and s...

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London-based AI startup Polaron raises €6.7 million to build the “intelligence layer for materials science”

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - London-based Polaron, an AI-first materials company building the intelligence layer for the physical world, has raised €6.7 million ($8 million) to expand its engineering team, accelerate deployment of generative design tools, and support customer demand …

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French IT Scale-Up Fleet Raises First External Capital At €100M Valuation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Fleet, a Paris-based scale-up specialising in IT fleet management, equipment, and security for SMEs, has welcomed ISAI Expansion into its capital via the ISAI Expansion III fund, at a valuation of €100 million. ISAI Expansion, part of ISAI Gestion, target…

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