Month: January 2025

SpaceX catches Starship booster a second time, loses ship to an ‘anomaly’ in space SpaceX caught the Starship rocket’s Super Heavy booster for a second time, after it launched the upper stage into space on Thursday during a seventh test flight of the system. Soon after the successful catch, SpaceX

Despite VCs investing $75B in Q4 , it’s still hard for startups to raise money, data proves After two years of relatively muted investment activity, it seems that VCs are starting to pour capital into startups at pandemic-era levels once again. But a closer look shows that they aren’t really.

New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits Insight Partners closed another giant flagship fund after big returns in 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/new-york-powerhouse-vc-insight-partners-nabs-another-12-5b-after-8b-in-exits/

constellr’s Sky-Bee-1 launches thermal infrared tech for sustainable resource management German spacetech company constellr has launched its first satellite, Sky-Bee-1, pioneering its thermal infrared technology to precisely monitor global land surface temperatures, offering a completely new view of the planet. This is pivotal to sustainable resource management, transforming how industry and

Swiss aviation fuel startup Metafuels raises $9M Metafuels, a developer of technology for sustainable aviation fuel compatible with existing aircrafts, has raised $9M in a round led by Celsius Industries. Other new investors are RockCreek, Fortescue Ventures, Verve Ventures, with existing investors Energy Impact Partners (EIP) and Contrarian Ventures also

Aonic invests $10M in Turkish mobile gaming platform mega fortuna Stockholm video gaming and technology group Aonic has completed a $10 million minority investment in Mega Fortuna, a mobile gaming discovery and loyalty platform operator based in Bursa, Türkiye. The deal includes an option for Aonic to acquire the entire

Crypto platform Brickken raises $2.5M Seed Spanish RWA Tokenization Platform Brickken has raised $2.5M in a Seed round following its valuation at $20M. Brickken facilitates the tokenization of real-world assets in its SaaS platform that enables businesses to tokenize equity, debt, and revenue-sharing models. RWA tokenization is one of the fastest-growing

Berlin’s Nelly raises €50M Series B to free medical practices from tedious bureaucracy Berlin-based health and fintech company Nelly has raised €50 million Series B. Founded in 2021, Nelly minimises the administrative burden for doctors, medical staff, and patients. As the first digital factoring provider in the DACH region, the

“Giving superpowers to second-hand sellers”: Minimist raises €350k pre-seed Minimist, a Vienna-based machine-learning startup, has raised €350k in a pre-seed funding round aimed at transforming second-hand e-commerce – funds will be used to further develop their platform and partner with more retailers across Europe. The funding round includes contributions from

Berlin’s Nelly raises €50 million to redefine financial operations in European healthcare Berlin-based Nelly, a rising startup at the intersection of health and fintech, has secured €50 million in a Series B funding round to enter new European markets and develop new products. Led by Cathay Innovation and Notion Capital,