Month: August 2025

Europe’s most active debt providers in H1 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/most-active-debt-providers-h1/

Will Apple buy Mistral? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/apple-mistral-acquisition/

Is the European founders’ renaissance real? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-founder-renaissance-real/

Venture firm CRV raises $750M, downsizing after returning capital to investors The 55-year-old VC firm announced its twentieth fund. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/venture-firm-crv-raises-750m-downsizing-after-returning-capital-to-investors/

Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week With two IPOs this week alone, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid has reason to celebrate. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/kleiner-perkins-is-having-a-very-good-week/

A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses News of a backlog at the U.S. federal department comes less than a week after national security experts urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision that allows Nvidia to export H20 chips to China. Powered by

Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M in damages The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot’s capabilities. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/tesla-partly-liable-in-florida-autopilot-trial-jury-awards-200m-in-damages/

Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform STAN, headquartered in Singapore, is trying to position itself as a gaming community platform to rival Discord, but its approach to the market is quite different. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/google-bets-on-stan-an-indian-social-gaming-platform/

Good Job Games secures $60M Series A to build the future of Match-3 gaming Turkish mobile games dev company Good Job Games has raised a $60 million Series A round, co-led by Menlo Ventures and Anthos Capital, with additional participation by Bessemer Venture Partners.  The round brings the total investment

What comes after a €250M Exit? For Martin Klässner, it was building a better way to scale What do you do after your company is acquired?  Live on a tropical island? Buy a fancy house? Take up a hobby like parachuting or art collecting?  In 2021, Martin Klässner achieved the