INDUSTRIES
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Australian fintech AIRWALLEX raises $320 million and opens a new front against STRIPE
The boundary between fintech, banking and software is continuing to fade. With a $320 million funding round valuing the company…
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French health insurer ALAN surpasses €1 billion in total funding as PROSUS joins its shareholder base
French scale-up Alan has reportedly raised €480 million from investment group Prosus in a transaction that would value the company…
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Advertising: US retail giant WALMART acquires French adtech VIBE for €1.2 billion to step up its challenge to AMAZON
Advertising: Walmart’s push to build a media empire The world’s largest retailer is no longer content just selling products —…
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Defense: German startup STARK, backed by Peter Thiel, raises €500 million
Defense: the rearmament race is increasingly playing out in venture capital boardrooms The German startup Stark, which specializes in attack…
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French geolocation startup WHEERE raises €8.5 million to take its indoor positioning technology into orbit
GPS has become one of the most critical infrastructures in the global economy. Every day, billions of smartphones, vehicles, aircraft,…
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Corporate cars enter the circular economy: FLEASE raises €13 million to challenge traditional long-term leasing
Corporate cars enter the circular economy: Flease’s bet against traditional long-term leasing The long-term rental market was built on a…
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COMAND AI raises €32 million: European defense is no longer aiming for sovereignty, but for supremacy
Comand AI keeps accelerating Eighteen months after a first funding round of €8.5 million and a €3 million pre-seed, the…
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Who will pay for AI’s gigawatts?
Artificial intelligence is often presented as a race between models. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and Mistral AI compete through benchmarks,…
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Sweden’s LIGHTBRINGER raises €8.6 million: are patents becoming a commodity?
Pendant des décennies, le brevet a occupé une position particulière dans l’économie de l’innovation. Actif stratégique pour les entreprises technologiques,…
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Digital insurance: BELFIUS aims to build a European champion from Belgium
For years, Europe’s innovation debate focused on the continent’s ability to produce more startups. Belfius Insurance’s acquisition of Leocare invites…
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