Venture capital investment in European startups passed $ 52 billion last year, reflecting the market’s long-term growth trajectory and gradual stabilization after the out-sized peaks of 2021-2022 (driven largely by the COVID-19 pandemic), and the comparative slump of 2023, according to a new report. Although 2024 has seen political and regulatory turmoil, Europe’s talent pool […]
Analytics company Dataminr secures $85M to fund growth
Dataminr, a data analytics company that counts NATO and OpenAI among its customers, has raised $ 85 million in a combination of convertible financing and credit, Dataminr announced on Wednesday. It’s chump change for Dataminr, which closed a $ 475 million round at a $ 4.1 billion valuation in 2021. But the company has seen […]
UiPath is looking for a path to growth in agentic AI with its Peak.ai acquisition
A rush of agentic AI solutions is hitting the enterprise market, and now one of the bigger players in automation has scooped up a startup in the space in hopes of taking a bigger piece of that business. UiPath, as part of its quarterly earnings last night, announced that it acquired Peak.ai, a startup out […]
NCT Wish’s Sakuya Goes Viral For His Shocking Growth And Mature Looks
NCT Wish‘s Sakuya debuted when he was just 16-years-old. In the span of one year, he has grown a shocking amount! Naturally, teens grow quickly, but his insane change in visuals have shocked fans. He went from an adorable baby… …to a handsome young man. His jawline is visibly sharper, and he looks less like […]
Virtuous, a fundraising CRM for nonprofits, raises $100M from Susquehanna Growth Equity
I recently adopted a kitten from a local animal shelter. The modern, well-staffed three-story facility relies almost entirely on donations to operate. It’s just one of the 1.8 million nonprofits in the U.S. that need to continually solicit contributions from donors to maintain its services. But Virtuous founder and CEO Gabe Cooper says that many […]