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Customise Consent Preferences US-based SendCutSend just hit unicorn status on a $110 million round backed by Sequoia, Paradigm, and Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison.

Customise Consent Preferences Germany's food ingredient supplier Pacifico Biolabs has closed a €7 million Series A funding round to make meat alternatives in disused or underutilised brewery tanks.

The British Business Bank has anchored Longwall Venture Partners' latest vehicle, Longwall 4, with £50 million.

European IPOs hit a record last year — a record low. Just 19 venture-backed companies went public in Europe in 2025, according to PitchBook, in what analysts and investors are calling a liquidity crisis.

Venture capital is increasingly AI enabled. AI models are trained on historical data -- meaning they could be coding bias into dealmaking. Concern comes

Former Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, partner Michele Griffin has joined Lightning Capital. She will spearhead a new $100 million ‘AI ripple effects’ fund,

Legal tech startup Bayshore has emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed round to turn legal rules into AI agents for compliance teams.

Dutch semiconductor startup Invisix, founded by ASML alumni, has closed a €20 million seed round. The cash injection was led by Hitachi Ventures and will

Poindexter Labs has raised a £2 million seed round led by Episode 1. The London-based company aims to fix what it calls the “broken” data supply chain

Despite widespread hope of a peace deal, US-Iran talks appear to have stalled. Iran suspended peace talks on Monday and threatened the full closure of