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MariaDB reacquires SkySQL to strengthen cloud, agentic and AI database offering Finnish Open source enterprise database company MariaDB plc today announced it has acquired SkySQL, the company behind an AI-powered, serverless database-as-a-service (DBaaS) platform. MariaDB originally developed SkySQL and, since being spun off as an independent entity in 2023, has
Bitpanda becomes the latest tech company to snub London listing Bitpanda, the crypto exchange backed by Peter Thiel, is snubbing London as a potential IPO destination, preferring New York or Frankfurt instead. Bitpanda co-founder and CEO Eric Demuth cited the lack of liquidity in share trading as the reason for not
Czech retail automation startup Buylo secures €640K to scale checkout tech Czech retail tech startup Buylo has raised €640,000 in funding from Purple Ventures, aiming to bring its RFID-powered checkout and inventory automation technology to a broader international market. The new funding will be used to support international expansion, product
She Shapes AI: a mission to rewrite who builds the future AI is rapidly permeating every corner of technology and society. Yet AI visions, tools, and applications are overwhelmingly shaped and created by a small, privileged section of the population. Despite representing slightly more than half of the global population,
Danish startup Propane secures €1 million to develop AI-powered customer intelligence platform Copenhagen-based Propane, a new entrant in the European AI scene, has announced a €1.2 million pre-Seed round as it sets out to build what it calls the “Operating System for Customer Intelligence”. The funding round attracted backing from
Swiss MedTech startup Rhovica raises €2.5 million for emergency neurosurgical device Rhovica Neuroimaging, a Bern-based MedTech startup, has raised €2.5 million in a financing round to accelerate the development of SoNav, Rhovica’s bedside navigation system for extraventricular drainage (EVD) catheters used in emergency neurosurgery. The round was led by M2care,
Irish MedTech startup ProVerum raises €68.6 million to advance new treatment for urological conditions ProVerum, a MedTech startup based in Dublin, has secured €68.6 million in Series B equity financing to advance the commercialisation of its minimally invasive solution for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The round was led by MVM
London’s Attio raises €44 million to scale the first AI-native CRM for Go-to-Market builders Attio, a British AI-native CRM, today announced it has raised €44 million in Series B funding to build the first AI CRM that understands customers and gives teams the power to shape it exactly to their
Czech startup Buylo raises €640k for “no queues and self-checkout in 10 seconds” Brno-based startup Buylo, which offers advanced radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions for modern retail, has raised €640k from investment fund Purple Ventures. The funds will support further development, continued international expansion, and the hiring of technical and sales
Frontline and ARX Robotics have presented a robotic system for the frontline. How does the system work? The Ukrainian Defense Tech company Frontline and the German developer of autonomous ground systems ARX Robotics have presented a joint combat module that combines the Combat Gereon unmanned ground system and the Storm