Month: July 2025

Revolut’s power players: Inside Nik Storonsky’s inner circle Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-power-players-2025/

Jon McNeill brings the operator’s playbook to TechCrunch All Stage At TechCrunch All Stage 2025, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures, will take the Scale Stage to flip the script on conventional startup growth advice. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/jon-mcneill-brings-the-operators-playbook-to-techcrunch-all-stage/

Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman The $10 billion addition to the Artemis architecture, which includes funding for additional Space Launch System rockets and an orbiting station around the moon called Gateway, is a rebuke to critics who wished to see alternative technologies used

ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism The citizen app for anonymously reporting ICE agents and raids went viral after criticism from the U.S. attorney general. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/iceblock-an-app-for-anonymously-reporting-ice-sightings-goes-viral-overnight-after-bondi-criticism/

Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B The financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/figma-moves-closer-to-a-blockbuster-ipo-that-could-raise-1-5b/

Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s gateway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Historic regional competition launches to showcase Central Eurasia’s rising startup ecosystem on Silicon Valley’s biggest stage. For the first time in its history, Central Eurasia will have a direct pathway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield through the launch of “Road to

Trustly sees nearly £5BN worth of payments processed to HMRC via pay-by-bank in UK tax deadline month Swedish fintech Trustly today said nearly £5bn worth of payments were processed through the UK tax authority in a tax deadline month via its card alternative system, marking a major increase from 2024.

Core Optimisation acquires ClearStory to supercharge global expansion Irish digital marketing agency Core Optimisation has today announced the acquisition of international PR agency, ClearStory. The acquisition forms part of a broader €500,000 investment in expanding its operations to North America and the United Arab Emirates.  Founded in 2015 by Caroline Dunlea

Cosma raises €2.5M to map deep-sea ecosystems with autonomous robots French deeptech company Cosma, specialising in mapping deep-sea ecosystems using autonomous vehicles, has raised €2.5 million. Cosma has developed swarms of autonomous underwater robots that collect up to 100,000 images per hectare of seabed, paired with a 3D photogrammetry system and

European Tech Weekly Recap: Over €1.1B Invested in the Tech Ecosystem in the Last Week of June Last week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. Click to read the rest of the