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Bending Spoons acquires Vimeo for $1.38B, its largest deal yet

Nickie Louise Posted On September 11, 2025

The Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons announced Wednesday it will acquire video platform Vimeo in an all-cash deal worth $1.38 billion, marking the largest acquisition in the company’s history. Once the transaction closes later this year, Vimeo will be taken […]

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Fintech startup Klarna pops 15% in Wall Street debut, hits $17.3B valuation after $1.37B IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On September 11, 2025

Klarna kicked off its long-awaited Wall Street debut with a pop. Shares of the Swedish buy-now-pay-later fintech startup rose 15% in their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, closing Wednesday at $45.82. The company priced its […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – September 10, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On September 10, 2025

It’s Wednesday, September 10, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From billion-dollar bets on quantum computing and AI-driven coding to healthtech, fintech, and deeptech breakthroughs, capital flowed across every stage […]

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Stanford dropouts’ AI startup Accordance raises $13M from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst for tax & accounting AI

Nickie Louise Posted On September 10, 2025

Accounting firms are running headfirst into a talent crisis. Seventy-five percent of CPAs are expected to retire in the next decade, while younger professionals are increasingly reluctant to take their place. The result is an industry facing more regulations, more […]

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Replit raises $250M at $3B valuation as vibe coding takes off

Nickie Louise Posted On September 10, 2025

Replit just secured a massive vote of confidence. The popular AI coding platform has raised $250 million at a $3 billion valuation, nearly tripling its worth in under two years. The deal signals a rush of investor enthusiasm for tools […]

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Stanford spinout Clockwork raises $20.6M, launches FleetIQ to tackle AI’s GPU bottleneck and inefficiency

Nickie Louise Posted On September 10, 2025

AI’s appetite for compute has outpaced the efficiency of the hardware powering it. Billions of dollars in GPUs sit underutilized, with clusters stalling, jobs restarting, and energy wasted. That’s the problem Clockwork is betting it can fix—and investors are lining […]

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Swedish fintech Klarna debuts on NYSE with $1.37B IPO at $15B valuation, signaling U.S. market rebound

Nickie Louise Posted On September 10, 2025

Klarna’s long-awaited Wall Street debut has finally arrived. The Swedish buy-now, pay-later fintech startup began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday after raising $1.37 billion in its initial public offering, a milestone that comes after years of […]

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Nasdaq invests $50M in Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange Gemini ahead of IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On September 10, 2025

Gemini is stepping into its public debut with a powerful ally by its side. The crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss has locked in a $50 million investment from Nasdaq just days before its IPO. The funding, confirmed […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – September 9, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On September 9, 2025

It’s Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and we’re back with the latest wave of startup and tech funding news from across the globe. From billion-euro AI megadeals and frontier semiconductor bets to early-stage pushes in fintech, healthtech, and clean energy, capital […]

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Unstoppable Domains and 0G launch .ROBOT: The Web3 identity for the robotics revolution

Nickie Louise Posted On September 9, 2025

Robots just got their own corner of the internet. Unstoppable Domains, the Web3 digital identity startup, has teamed up with the 0G Foundation to launch .ROBOT, a new top-level domain built for the age of intelligent machines. The extension, now […]

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Supabase eyes over $5B valuation in new funding round amid AI “vibe coding” boom

Nickie Louise Posted On September 9, 2025

Supabase, the open-source startup that has become the go-to backend for a new generation of AI-fueled app builders, is reportedly negotiating fresh funding that could push its valuation past $5 billion. The Information reports that the San Francisco-based startup is […]

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Healthcare AI startup Teton.ai raises $20M in funding to transform senior care with predictive AI

Nickie Louise Posted On September 9, 2025

Copenhagen-based Teton.ai is betting that the future of senior care lies in predicting problems before they spiral into emergencies. The healthcare AI startup just raised a $20 million Series A round led by Plural, with participation from Bertelsmann Investments, Antler […]

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French AI startup Mistral hits $13.8B valuation with $1.7B series C funding led by ASML, Nvidia among backers

Nickie Louise Posted On September 9, 2025

Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup challenging OpenAI on its home turf, has secured a massive cash infusion that more than doubles its valuation. The two-year-old company just closed a €1.7 billion ($1.8 billion) Series C round led by Dutch chip […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – September 8, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On September 8, 2025

It’s Monday, September 8, 2025 — and today’s startup and tech funding news underscores investor conviction in AI agents, enterprise data tools, fintech infrastructure, space safety, and next-generation biotech. From billion-dollar raises by established giants to scrappy seed rounds fueling […]

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Poke.com launches iMessage AI assistant with $15M seed funding at $100M valuation, used by 6,000 VC insiders

Nickie Louise Posted On September 8, 2025

AI assistants have been popping up everywhere, but most live in standalone apps that force users into yet another interface. A new startup called Poke is betting the future of digital help should live where conversations already happen: inside iMessage. […]

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Alibaba-backed robotics startup X Square Robot raises $100M to build humanoid robot butlers

Nickie Louise Posted On September 8, 2025

The race to bring humanoid robots into everyday life is accelerating, and one of China’s youngest players just pulled in a big check. Shenzhen-based humanoid startup X Square Robot announced Monday that it raised around $100 million in fresh funding, […]

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DataCrunch raises $64M in funding to build Europe’s first AI cloud hyperscaler and challenge US giants

Nickie Louise Posted On September 8, 2025

Europe’s cloud market has long been dominated by American heavyweights, leaving local players with little more than scraps. DataCrunch, a Helsinki-based AI cloud startup betting on sovereign AI infrastructure, just secured $64 million in Series A funding to change that. […]

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Cybersecurity startup Netskope eyes $6.5B valuation in U.S. IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On September 8, 2025

Netskope is pushing ahead with plans to go public, pushing its valuation to up to $6.5 billion as it prepares for a Nasdaq debut. The Santa Clara–based cloud security startup confirmed Monday that it will sell 47.8 million shares priced […]

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AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to authors, largest copyright infringement settlement ever

Nickie Louise Posted On September 8, 2025

Anthropic has struck a $1.5 billion deal to end a high-stakes copyright fight with a group of authors who accused the AI startup of training its models on pirated books, according to a report from CNBC. The agreement, if approved, […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News Roundup – Week Ending September 5, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On September 5, 2025

It’s Friday, September 5, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories that shaped the week. From multibillion-dollar AI financings and enterprise software bets to early-stage breakthroughs in healthtech, fintech, and developer tools, capital continued […]

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