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German startup Kern AI nabs seed funding for modular NLP development platform
Natural language processing (NLP), while hardly a new discipline, has catapulted into the public consciousness these past few months thanks in large part to the generative AI hype train that is ChatGP
Meet Crowd.dev, an open source user-led growth platform for fostering developer communities
Community-led growth (CLG) has emerged as a popular mechanism for driving business, as companies strive to foster an ecosystem of fervent users that draws in new customers organically, serves as a sup
Sequoia Capital reportedly raising two funds, and despite slower VC environment, it’s not alone
This news comes out just over a month after the venture capital giant warned founders to expect a longer economic recovery.
LocalGlobe becomes Phoenix Court Group, hits $500M first close for new funds, adds an Impact twist
Saul Klein is a busy man. As co-founder with his father Robin, of LocalGlobe, one of the longest-running VCs in Europe, he has overseen a wide range of initiatives. Among other things, the pair are pa
Maze raises $40M to help facilitate software product research
Product research generally involves determining whether an idea for a new product might be successful and how to best develop and sell that product. It’s a straightforward process, in theory, bu
A look at six new funds begs the question: Is a slowdown really coming?
If that slowdown comes, however, it could happen slowly, given that our inboxes are filled with news about newly raised venture funds.
Contingent targets broken procurement processes
Evaluating and keeping an eye on the suppliers to your business is crucial, and fantastically complicated. Contingent leaps to the rescue, armed with a freshly printed $8.2 million check from investor
Gaia, a platform to finance IVF treatments, closes $20M Series A led by Atomico
Gaia is a startup that is effectively out to “de-risk” the whole process of IVF fertility treatment, using products like personalized insurance and payment plans. It’s almost BNPL fo
Juro draws $23M into its browser-based contract automation platform
London-based legaltech startup Juro has grabbed $23 million in Series B funding for its browser-based contract automation platform. In total the startup has raised $31.5M since being founded back in
Fintech startup LiveFlow raises $3.5M seed to automate financial data flows
Fintech startup LiveFlow has raised a $3.5 million seed round, led by Moonfire Ventures with backing from Y Combinator, Seedcamp and WndrCo. Also participating was Victor Jacobsson, co-founder of Klar
GDevelop wants to make game development accessible
GDevelop is a game engine that lets you develop a video game without any specific development experience. While the “no-code” trend has been quite popular this year, GDevelop has been arou
Receeve, a debt recovery and collection platform, takes total funding to $16M with ABN AMRO
Banking is undergoing a huge transformation, and how debt collections operations engage customers is becoming a big issue, especially with things like BNPL schemes. Hundreds of billions of dollars hav
Balderton closes $600M fund, its biggest yet earmarked for early-stage investments
Funding for European startups is at a record-high so far for this year, with €73.7 billion raised in the first three quarters, and the full year on track for more than 8,000 deals, according to rese
Draper Esprit cuts the legacy name apron strings to rebrand as Molten Ventures
Draper Esprit, Europe’s only stock market-listed tech VC firm, is changing its name to Molten Ventures after a change in senior personnel and an increasingly distant relationship with the U.S. VC ne
Resistant AI scores $16.6M for its anti-fraud fintech tools
Resistant AI, which uses artificial intelligence to help financial services companies combat fraud and financial crime — selling tools to protect credit risk scoring models, payment systems, cus
Habitual is using digital support plus food replacement to help reverse type 2 diabetes
London-based Habitual, a health tech startup which offers a weight loss program aimed at people with type 2 diabetes (or prediabetes) that combines “evidence-based” food replacement with d
Toothfairy’s virtual dentist app raises £3M seed round led by ADA Ventures and Slingshot
Platforms for dentists are booming right now as many governments gradually make it harder to access dentistry via social care, especially in the U.K. But the most lucrative market is cosmetic dentistr
Vyne raises $15.5M seed round to grow its merchant-focused open banking solutions
Open banking — a new approach to payments and other financial services that disrupts traditional card-based infrastructure by linking directly into banks — is having a moment. On the heels
‘Thin file’ loans startup Koyo closes $50M Series A led by Force Over Mass
Koyo, a fintech startup using open banking to offer loans to people with poor credit histories, has closed a Series A funding round of $50 million in debt and equity led by Force Over Mass, with parti
Payroll automation startup raises $15.6M Series A led by General Catalyst
Payroll automation is not exactly the sexiest of startup areas but it’s a pretty decent business. The larger startup in the space is Payfit, which has raised upward of $208.4 million to do something