Year: 2025

Swedish legal tech Legora raising $100m at a $1.7bn valuation, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/reports-legal-tech-legora-raising-100m/

AI cloud startup Nscale raises $433m days after billion-dollar Series B Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nscale-raises-433m/

Robotics startup Sereact aims to upend the labour market: ‘It will require a massive amount of capital’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/robotics-startup-sereact-aims-to-upend-the-labour-market/

Visa crackdowns are blocking students’ study-abroad dreams, so India’s Leverage Edu is rerouting them Leverage Edu places over 10,000 students annually into universities across 11 countries. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/visa-crackdowns-are-blocking-students-study-abroad-dreams-so-indias-leverage-edu-is-rerouting-them/

Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to) The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory — and one that the company has disputed

Self-driving trucks startup Einride raises $100M Einride raised the funds five months after founder Robert Falck left the CEO role and took over as executive chairman of the board. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/self-driving-trucks-startup-einride-raises-100m/

OpenAI staff grapples with the company’s social media push Current and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company’s Sora app fits in with its broader mission. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/openai-staff-grapples-with-the-companys-social-media-push/

Better Tomorrow Ventures closes $140M, remains bullish on fintech The six-year-old firm’s third fund is nearly the size of it previous fund raised during the fintech boom in early 2022. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/better-tomorrow-ventures-closes-140m-remains-bullish-on-fintech/

Spotify’s Daniel Ek to stand down as CEO Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is standing down as CEO of the Stockholm-based streaming giant after nearly two decades in the role. Ek has served as Spotify’s CEO since he co-founded the company in 2006 with Martin Lorentzon. Ek is moving to the role

Supernova raises $9.2 million Series A to bring AI efficiency to enterprise product teams Czech startup Supernova has secured a $9.2 million Series A round to support the launch of Portal, an AI-powered product development tool that enables professional teams to accelerate workflows from ideation through to code. The round