European regulators are pushing hard for greener energy. The REPowerEU plan calls for 10 million additional heat pumps to be added by 2027, and solar panels are also on the rise. But most installations are done by small businesses that could be more productive with better work processes. This is where German startup Reonic comes […]
E-bike maker Cowboy raises a small funding round as it targets profitability next year
Cowboy, the Brussels-based company that has been designing and selling electric bikes that you can see in major cities across Europe, has closed a small, strategic funding round of €5 million (around $ 5.5 million at current exchange rates). That includes €1 million in debt facilities. While the amount isn’t as impressive as some of […]
Ziina banks $22M as growth explodes for the UAE-based fintech for small businesses
In June 2021, Ziina, fresh from completing YC’s first cohort that year and securing a $ 7.5 million seed, launched its fintech app to 20,000 retail customers, allowing them to send and receive money. Three years later, the Dubai-based startup, which now counts 50,000 retail and business customers byafter expanding its offerings to meet the […]
Laptop-leasing startup Fleet wants to become the IT companion for small companies
Bootstrapped companies don’t come up in startup news as often as those backed by venture capital, as the former don’t have shiny funding rounds to flaunt. Fleet is a good example of a company that has never raised outside capital but has been growing steadily. The Paris-based company originally offered a way to rent hardware, […]
3D printing stalwart Formlabs confirms ‘small number’ of layoffs
Formlabs on Thursday confirmed that it has laid off a “small number” of employees, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The 3D printing firm says the figure amounts to less than 40 of a total headcount of just under 750 employees. The layoffs occurred in waves over the past two years, and as recently as the last […]