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Solaris raises $42M at a flat $1.6B valuation to expand in embedded finance after a rough 2022

Solaris — the German fintech that, when it was known as Solarisbank, raised hundreds of millions of dollars to build out its embedded finance platform — is today announcing more funding. T

Grover grabs $330M to double down on circular economy with consumer electronics subscriptions

A growing number of people are looking for ways to live more sustainably amid increasing concerns over the environment and what we humans keep doing to pollute it. Today, a startup called Grover, whic

Intergiro de-cloaks as a new fintech startup in ’embedded banking’

“Embedded commerce” started with things like PayPal and has evolved with products like Stripe, many years later. But “embedded finance” is appearing as a new wave in fintech, w

Open Container Initiative Gains Momentum As AT&T, Oracle, Twitter And Others Join

A month ago, Docker and the Linux Foundation announced the Open Container Project at Docker's developer conference. Now called the Open Container Initiative, the project is seeing rapid growth, as the

Crunchdeal: Save $500 on a Toshiba R600 with OpenSolaris

So here’s a deal, but it’s a bit odd. The Toshiba R600 is advertised as being Toshiba’s ultimate notebook, and for the price it better be. You can buy it from Toshiba’s website

Laptop Horror Stories Entry #1: Flame-On!

The first entry in our Laptop Horror Stories contest. I had an RDI laptop for doing enterprise software demos at customer sites. The laptop was a SPARC Solaris workstation (only slightly smaller) that