Startups
Lydia expands credit offering in partnership with Younited Credit
9:00 pm PDT • July 5, 2020
French startup Lydia is announcing a new partnership with Younited Credit, which lets you borrow anything between €500 and €3,000 and pay back within six to 36 months. The feature…
Crypto
A vulnerability in some bitcoin wallets leads to double spend attacks and inflated balance
11:00 pm PDT • July 1, 2020
ZenGo, a startup that is building a mobile cryptocurrency wallet, has discovered a vulnerability in some of the most popular cryptocurrency wallets, such as hardware wallet Ledger, BRD and Edge.…
Startups
Point to launch new challenger bank with rewards on debit card purchases
9:00 am PDT • July 1, 2020
Meet Point, a new challenger bank in the U.S. that has been available as a private beta for the past year. Today, the company is announcing new fundraising — later…
Startups
Portfolio companies of startup studio eFounders have raised $148M this year
8:28 am PDT • July 1, 2020
European startup studio eFounders has looked back at the first half of 2020 to share some metrics about its portfolio companies. The startup studio that is focused on building Software…
Like other ride-hailing companies, Bolt has been suffering from the coronavirus-related lockdown and economic downturn around the world. But the company is trying to find another revenue stream by launching…
Société Générale is acquiring French startup Shine. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. According to a source, Shine is getting acquired for around €100 million in an all-cash deal (around…
Startups
Banking platform solarisBank raises $67.5 million at $360 million valuation
7:00 pm PDT • June 29, 2020
Despite the Wirecard fallout, German fintech startup solarisBank has raised a Series C funding round of $67.5 million (€60 million). Following today’s funding round, solarisBank is now valued at $360…
Media & Entertainment
Apple Maps to tell you to refine location by scanning the skyline
9:51 am PDT • June 25, 2020
With iOS 14, Apple is going to update Apple Maps with some important new features, such as cycling directions, electric vehicle routing and curated guides. But the app is also…
Apple will let you port Google Chrome extensions to Safari
9:13 am PDT • June 25, 2020
Apple unveiled macOS 11 Big Sur earlier this week and talked about some of the improvements for Safari. In addition to native extensions, Apple is adding support for web extensions.…
Startups
Privacy assistant Jumbo raises $8 million and releases major update
6:00 am PDT • June 24, 2020
A year after its initial release, Jumbo has two important pieces of news to announce. First, the company has released a major update of its app that protects your privacy…
Startups
Memo Bank unveils its business bank, credit license and $22.5 million in new funding
12:30 am PDT • June 24, 2020
Memo Bank wasn’t always called Memo Bank. It started as Margo Bank and has been flying under the radar for a few years. The French startup is now about to…
Biotech & Health
French contact-tracing app StopCovid has been activated 1.8 million times but only sent 14 notifications
3:11 am PDT • June 23, 2020
France released StopCovid three weeks ago. The government is holding a press conference today to give an update on the app. In particular, this conference is a good opportunity to…
Startups
Swile raises $78.7 million for its corporate lunch card and benefits app
12:30 am PDT • June 23, 2020
French startup Swile, the startup formerly known as Lunchr, raised a $78.7 million (€70 million) Series C round a few months ago. The startup wants to manage all your corporate…
Hardware
Apple will let you emulate old apps and run iOS apps on ARM Macs
12:01 pm PDT • June 22, 2020
Apple has announced a major shift for the Mac. In the future, the company is going to switch from Intel CPU to Apple’s own silicon, based on ARM architecture. If…
During the virtual keynote of WWDC, Apple shared the first details about iOS 14, the next major version of iOS that is going to be released later this year. The…
Apple is holding a keynote today on the first day of its developer conference, and the company is expected to talk about a ton of software updates. WWDC is a…
French constitutional authority rejects law forcing online platforms to delete hate-speech content
4:21 am PDT • June 19, 2020
French regulation on hate speech on online platforms has been widely deemed as unconstitutional by France’s Constitutional Council, the top authority in charge of ruling whether a new law complies…
Meet Vivid, a new challenger bank launching in Germany that promises low fees and an integrated cashback program. The two co-founders, Alexander Emeshev and Artem Yamanov, previously worked as executives…
Startups
Bellman raises $4.5 million for its property management platform
12:30 am PDT • June 18, 2020
French startup Bellman has raised a $4.5 million (€4 million) seed extension round led by Lakestar with existing investors Connect Ventures and Financière Saint-James also participating. Bellman is focused on…
Fintech startup Revolut has expanded its open banking feature to Ireland. The feature first launched in the U.K. back in February. Once again, the startup is partnering with TrueLayer to…
Transportation
Lime closes acquisition of Jump assets in Europe as Jump bikes and scooters disappear
10:11 am PDT • June 16, 2020
If you’ve tried to rent a Jump bike or scooter in London, Paris, Brussels or Rome over the past few days, you may have noticed that they’ve suddenly vanished, as…
Square acquired Verse, a Spanish peer-to-peer payment app that works across Europe. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. According to Crunchbase, Verse had raised $37.6 million from Spark Capital, eVentures,…
Startups
Molotov will provide infrastructure service to other OTT platforms
12:00 am PDT • June 16, 2020
French startup Molotov is better known for its TV streaming service in France. The company has attracted millions of users that use it to watch live TV, record movies and…
Media & Entertainment
Snap lets you play as your Bitmoji in third-party games
10:45 am PDT • June 11, 2020
Snap is announcing at its Snap Partner Summit that the first games that will take advantage of Bitmoji will roll out soon. The feature was announced last year, and it…
Snap is unveiling some important changes for Snapchat at its Snap Partner Summit. The navigation has been rethought with a new action bar at the bottom that lets you access…
Snap is going full speed ahead with its original content strategy. The company announced that it has expanded previous partnerships with ESPN, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, the NBA and the NFL for…
Startups
iBanFirst raises $23.8 million for its borderless financial services
11:00 pm PDT • June 10, 2020
French startup iBanFirst has raised a $23.8 million (€21 million) Series C round from Elaia and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund. Previous investors include Serena, Breega and Xavier Niel — Serena…
Startups
Codat raises $10 million to aggregate all financial data from small businesses
9:00 pm PDT • June 10, 2020
London-based startup Codat has raised a $10 million funding round from Index Ventures. If you’ve ever tried to apply for a loan for your small business or filled out an…
Fintech startup Klarna is launching a rewards program called Vibe this summer. If you use Klarna as your payment method, you’ll start earning points for every $1 you spend. You…
Enterprise
Silverfin wants to modernize accounting software with its cloud service
4:00 pm PDT • June 8, 2020
Meet Silverfin, a startup focused on accounting software. This isn’t about helping small startups handle accounting tasks themselves. Silverfin wants to build the cloud service for small and big accounting…
