Year: 2025

Stockholm’s top entrepreneurs join the defence race Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stockholms-top-entrepreneurs-join-the-defence-race/

Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests South Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory concerns. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/seoul-weighs-approval-for-google-apple-high-resolution-map-requests/

Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO If the company attracts investors at the top of its announced range, it will have a valuation of about $7.2 billion. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/electric-aircraft-startup-beta-technologies-seeks-to-raise-825m-in-ipo/

This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sports Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching in Las Vegas in May 2026, the games promise $1 million bounties for breaking

Spotify spotted working on a ‘SongDNA’ feature that showcases the people behind your favorite music Spotify is developing a new “SongDNA” feature that lets users explore music through the people behind it — from writers and producers to vocalists and engineers. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/spotify-spotted-working-on-a-songdna-feature-that-showcases-the-people-behind-your-favorite-music/

Apple adds 650 megawatts of renewables in Europe with more coming in China Apple is adding renewable power to offset customer charging and support its operations, including third-party manufacturing in China. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/apple-adds-650-megawatts-of-renewables-in-europe-with-more-coming-in-china/

Siri inventor raises over €2M for quantum startup Christopher Savoie, one of the original inventors behind the AI system that led to Apple’s Siri, has raised over €2M for SiC Systems, a startup combining agentic AI and quantum sensing technologies for use in critical industrial and defence applications. The full

Oura raises over $900M, valuing it at “approximately $11BN” Oura, the Finnish health tech startup known for its popular smart rings, has raised over $900m in a new funding round, valuing the startup at “approximately $11bn”, it said. The funding round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from new investor

Strawberry raises $6M to make advanced AI automation intuitive Strawberry, an agentic browser with built-in, personalised AI companions, has raised $6 million led by General Catalyst and EQT Ventures, with participation from founders of Lovable, Supabase, and Hugging Face. While enterprises often deploy AI via large budgets and multi-year programs,

Epiminds exits stealth with $6.6M to power AI-first marketing teams Stockholm-based Epiminds, which develops multi-agent AI systems to run marketing end-to-end, emerged from stealth with $6.6 million in funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from EWOR, Entourage, and high-profile angels, including the former CMO of