Month: September 2025

Stripe teams up with Paradigm on blockchain geared for stablecoin payments Payments giant Stripe has teamed up with a Silicon Valley crypto firm to launch a blockchain firm geared to improving stablecoin payments- and has already signed up European firms Revolut and Deutsche Bank as partners. Stripe, founded by two

Seaya acquires stake in Adsmurai to boost global growth and AI-driven marketing Barcelona-based Adsmurai announced the completion of this strategic transaction with Seaya, a pan-European venture capital and private equity firm specialising in scaling sustainable, high-growth technology companies. Through its Andromeda fund, Seaya acquired a minority stake, while Adsmurai’s founders

The Next Web (TNW) bows out after almost 20 years in Europe’s tech scene The Next Web, the Amsterdam-based company behind one of Europe’s most recognisable tech events, has confirmed it will be winding down its events and media operations by the end of September following a strategic review. The

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Sept. 01-05) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d

Dutch MedTech startup ViCentra raises €72.4 million to scale their Kaleido insulin patch pump ViCentra, an Utrecht-based medical device company innovating insulin delivery for people with diabetes, announced the successful close of a €72.4 million Series D financing to accelerate manufacturing and launch the Kaleido 2 patch pump in Europe

So you want to work in VC (but not as an investor)? As an educator in the VC space, I’m regularly asked, “Do I have to be an investor to work in VC?” It’s a perfectly reasonable question, and one that highlights something that’s so often overlooked and misunderstood –

Stoic CEO: What ancient philosophy taught me about leading through crisis I was staring out of my London apartment window, 80% revenue drop, less than three months of runway left, and 140 salaries I couldn’t pay. It was April 2020, COVID-19 had just shattered the travel industry, and our funding

Tesla offered Elon Musk a historic trillion-dollar compensation package Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire if he fulfills the terms of a new compensation package offered to him by Tesla. This is according to a company report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Guardian

Swedish CDON partners with Finnish Renow to resell returns and enhance sustainability CDON, one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in the Nordics, has entered a long-term partnership with Finnish recommerce startup Renow to inspect and resell returned products directly in CDON’s marketplace. About Renow  Renow is a Finnish AI-driven recommerce

OpenAI is preparing a job search platform that could rival LinkedIn OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has announced the creation of an AI-driven job search platform that will help candidates find employers using artificial intelligence, CNBC reports. The new service could become a direct competitor to LinkedIn, which is owned