Month: September 2025

The music industry is broken: OpenWav’s new app aims to change that OpenWav is building a direct-to-fan platform for music artists that lets them keep more of the profits. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/the-music-industry-is-broken-openwavs-new-app-aims-to-change-that/

Tesla’s robotaxi plans for Nevada move forward with testing permit Tesla can now test its autonomous vehicle technology on public streets in Nevada, but it still has steps to take if it wants to offer paid rides like in Austin, Texas. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/teslas-robotaxi-plans-for-nevada-move-forward-with-testing-permit/

Eterny raises €400K to tackle the problem of forgotten assets Czech fintech Eterny  secures another €400,000 from JIC Ventures and Purple Ventures, bringing its funding to €800 to advance its aim to change asset insights and management. Globally, more than $300 billion is tied up in forgotten, duplicate, or outdated

Bending Spoons to buy Vimeo in $1.38BN deal Bending Spoons, the acquisitive Italian software conglomerate, is acquiring US video sharing platform Vimeo for around $1.38bn, in a deal which will take Vimeo private. Milan-based Bending Spoons has been in talks about a potential bid for Vimeo since last year, according

Claret Capital Partners secures €350M second close for Fund IV Claret Capital Partners, Europe’s largest independent growth debt fund manager, has announced the second close of its Fund IV, bringing total commitments to over €350 million and total assets under management to over $1 billion.  Claret Capital Partners is Europe’s

Google Cloud launches multicloud data transfer service for EU and UK customers Google Cloud has launched a new service aimed at simplifying and incentivising multicloud strategies for organisations in the European Union and the United Kingdom. Dubbed “Data Transfer Essentials,” the service allows businesses to move data between Google Cloud

BlackRock-backed Scalable Capital wins European banking licence BlackRock-backed neobroker Scalable Capital has won a European Central Bank banking licence and will now boost its investment platform by offering banking services across the EU. The German investment platform, which raised €155m in equity at a valuation of about €1.5bn earlier this year, is

Milan-based Bending Spoons scoops up Vimeo in €1.1 billion cash deal – will cuts follow? Vimeo, the long-standing video platform born from the early days of internet creativity, is officially set to join the portfolio of Milan-based Tech conglomerate Bending Spoons in a deal valued at approximately €1.1 billion. The

From orbit to farm: London’s Messium scores €3.8 million to transform how the world feeds itself Messium, a UK AgriTech innovator using hyperspectral satellites and AI-driven crop growth models to tackle the challenge of nitrogen efficiency in farming, has secured a €3.8 million Seed investment. The round was co-led by

British startup CuspAI Secures €85 million+ to transform materials discovery with AI Cambridge-based CuspAI, the frontier AI company reimagining how the world discovers and develops new materials, today announced the close of its €85+ million Series A funding round. The round was co-led by US fund New Enterprise Associates (NEA)