IT総合 Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition...
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IT総合 IT総合 With Equifax in its sights, TransUnion invests $24M in income verification platform Truework
Truework, an income and employment verification platform used by banks, lenders, property managers and employers, today ...
IT総合 Backed by Google’s Gradient, Versed wants to help storytellers create video games using generative AI
Generative AI has undoubtedly been the big buzzword of the past year, driven in large part by Microsoft-backed OpenAI an...
IT総合 Nordic VC Voima Ventures launches €90M fund for deep tech startups
Nordic VC firm Voima Ventures today announced its third fund with an initial closing of €90 million and a final target o...
IT総合 Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B
Nasdaq today revealed that it’s doling out $10.5 billion to acquire Adenza, a company that develops risk-managemen...
IT総合 Cultured meat startup Higher Steaks nabs $30M and rebrands as Uncommon
U.K.-based cultivated meat startup Higher Steaks has raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding and revealed that...
IT総合 Uber toots its eco horn and gears up for big sustainability drive
Uber unveiled a handful of new eco-focused features, services, and expansions today, as the ride-hailing giant doubles d...
IT総合 GetHarley, a skincare telehealth and consultation platform, raises $52M
GetHarley, a platform that connects consumers with skincare clinicians and related products, has raised $52 million in a...
IT総合 Zoom brings local data storage to paying European customers
Zoom has announced a slew of privacy-focused features and services, as the video communication company looks to appease ...
IT総合 How Evroc plans to build sovereign, hyperscale data centers in Europe
While cloud computing has transformed just about every industry on Earth, a burgeoning backlash has led some businesses ...
IT総合 Social mapping platform Atly launches with $18M to be a Reddit for real-world locations
From Foursquare to Zenly, there hasn’t exactly been a shortage of location-centric social networks outside the usu...
IT総合 To avert more UK antitrust woes, Meta to limit how it uses ad data to boost Facebook Marketplace
Facebook’s parent Meta has given key assurances to U.K. antitrust regulators as it looks to counter concerns over ...
IT総合 Laced, a UK-based resale marketplace for authenticated premium sneakers, raises $12M
The $79 billion sneakers (or “trainers,” for our U.K. readers) industry has spawned a lucrative resale marke...
IT総合 Proton launches family subscription plan for privacy app suite starting at $20 per month
Privacy-centric software maker Proton has launched a new family plan starting at $19.99 (€19.99) per month, giving up to...
IT総合 Ballerine brings open source to banks’ risk and identity decision-making
A new startup is launching out of stealth today with $5 million in seed funding, as it looks to bring its flavor of open...
IT総合 Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M
Meta has finally found a willing buyer for Giphy, the animated GIF search engine it acquired for $400 million three year...
IT総合 Patient21, a digital healthcare startup with brick-and-mortar clinics, raises $108M to grow beyond Germany
Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with real-world brick-and-mortar c...
IT総合 Google challenger Neeva gives up on consumer search, goes all in on AI and the enterprise
Challenger search engine Neeva is no more, in its current guise at least, as the Mountain View, California-based company...
IT総合 With government backing, Ireland’s Elkstone closes first VC fund at $108M for early-stage startups
Yet another early-stage VC fund has closed in Europe this week, as Elkstone finalized a €100 million ($108 million) pot ...
IT総合 Finnish VC firm Lifeline Ventures closes $163M fund for early-stage startups
Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stag...
IT総合 Europe greenlights Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision acquisition
The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead to Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion bid for gaming giant Act...
IT総合 UK pension startup Smart banks $95M
Smart, a London-based startup that helps employers and their employees manage and monitor their pensions, said that it h...
IT総合 MediShout wants to bring Amazon-like efficiency to hospital operations
The U.K.’s floundering National Health Service (NHS) is not in the best of shapes by just about any estimation, th...
IT総合 AWS open sources fuzzing tool SnapChange and policy-based access control language Cedar
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched two new open source projects today, a move designed in part to address concerns a...
IT総合 UK greenlights $7.3B merger between satellite rivals Viasat and Inmarsat
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially greenlighted the proposed $7.3 billion merger between ...
IT総合 Prewave pulls in $20M as supply chain tech investments remain on VC radars
Despite the investor caution narrative permeating the startup world throughout the economic downturn, certain startup-ty...
IT総合 Shopify to reduce workforce by 20%, sells logistics business to Flexport for 13% equity
Shopify revealed today that it’s laying off 20% of its workforce, impacting more than 2,000 people, and is selling...
IT総合 Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition falls on UK antitrust radar
The U.K.’s competition authority is adding Adobe’s proposed $20 billion bid for digital design rival Figma t...
IT総合 Google now lets you access your account with passkeys rather than passwords
Google announced today that passkeys are now rolling out to Google Account users globally.
The news comes nearly a year ...
IT総合 Citymapper lowers the paywall for premium features but keeps monthly subscription for removing ads
Citymapper is lowering the paywall around its premium features and introducing a new subscription plan purely for removi...