Manufacturers turn to Salesforce to unify fragmented customer data Manufacturing sales and operations teams often operate in a constant balancing act: critical information is scattered across an ERP that only a few specialists can navigate, legacy quoting tools built for…
Lateral raises £2.5M to target UK’s growing over-60s market London-based startup Lateral has raised £2.5 million in seed funding to build insurance and guidance products for people over 60, a demographic the company says is increasingly underserved by traditional insurers…
London startup Refute lands £5M to counter disinformation campaigns Refute, a London-based cybersecurity startup focused on identifying and disrupting online disinformation operations, has raised £5 million in seed funding as demand grows for tools that can keep pace with bot…
Ethos Technologies debuts on Nasdaq with $200M offering Ethos Technologies, a Virginia-based life insurance technology company, raised about $200 million after completing its initial public offering in the United States, marking a major milestone for the insurtech platform as it…
From Series A momentum to Series B structure For many founders, Series A is supposed to be a slingshot: capital, velocity and a clearer path to product-market fit. In practice, it can feel more like a centrifuge—teams expand, decisions multiply…
Series A closes, then the hiring bill arrives For many startup leaders, closing a Series A is supposed to mark the end of uncertainty. The money lands, the runway extends, and the next chapter—scaling—begins. But in practice, the week after…
European startups log fresh funding across AI, robotics, energy and health European venture funding activity remained broad-based in the week of Jan. 26–30, with capital flowing to AI, robotics, energy transition, healthtech and compliance software. Deal sizes ranged from sub-€100,000…
LinkedIn remains the B2B growth engine—yet scaling it is getting harder For many B2B companies, LinkedIn has become the default channel for outbound prospecting, relationship building, and pipeline creation. The platform’s massive professional graph—often cited at more than a billion…
Spain’s startup ecosystem enters 2026 with new momentum Spain is emerging as one of Southern Europe’s most active technology hubs, buoyed by a broader investor base, a growing talent pool, and founders building with international markets in mind. While Barcelona…
Tesla to back xAI with $2B as AI and robotics ties deepen Tesla has agreed to invest roughly $2 billion in xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, as part of a wider $20 billion fundraising round that…