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This week, more optimism showed startups than in other corners of the world, with entrepreneurs being confident enough to acquire other companies, collect new funds and even say no to more money.
Most interesting startup stories from the week
Not quite four weddings and a funeral, but almost.
Weakened: Health health, a startup for virtual physiotherapy that uses technology to treat chronic musculoskeletal diseases. submitted to go public And hopes to collect up to 500 million US dollars up to this offer.
fervor: Number energy, a well -financed startup that works with Google in a unique geothermal power plant with Google, is reportedly Planning the IPO In the next two years.
Picked: Peak.ai, a startup that was founded in Manchester, England, the “decision -making process” AI builds up, was acquired by UipathThe now public robot process automation (RPA). Peak had collected $ 121 million, including a round of 75 million US dollars supported by Softbank in 2021.
Butterfly effect: Manus, the KI platform “Agentic”, which was introduced by the Chinese start -up butterfly effect, is create a lot of sumsAlthough some early users warned that it is not a panacea, the newly appointed AI editor of Techcrunch Kyle Wiggers writes. But the butterfly effect is still there: browser use, one of the tools that supply manus with electricity, Will also be viral.
The end: Swedish Battery Manufacturing Startup Northvolt Insolvency registered in Sweden this week. It had already registered bankruptcy for Chapter 11 in the USA in November.
Most interesting VC and financing messages this week
Many offers, but also another week in which the size of the round does not tell you the letter from the round.
Ditto: Startup ditto based in San Francisco collected a series B of 82 million US dollars B With an assessment of $ 462 million after the money to ensure that corporate customers can also access EDGE devices if the connectivity is unstable.
Good karma: Nirvana, a AI-based insurance platform that uses telematics data to create and manage insurance policies for truckers. Collected a Series C financing round of 80 million US dollars With an assessment of $ 830 million after the money.
BI: Omni, a business intelligence platform that helps organizations to analyze their data better, a 69 million US dollar series B round. The company also expects its annual recurring turnover this year to increase of almost 10 million US dollars.
Slopes: Pentera, a cyber security startup that was founded in Tel Aviv, which is now based in Boston A 60 million US dollar series D. With an assessment of over 1 billion US dollars. It is planned to use the financing for M&A and product development.
Problem to be revealed: Zolve, a Neobank for highly qualified foreigners who move to the USA without credit history, collected 51 million US dollars in equity For his series B round. In addition, debts of 200 million US dollars and plans to enter new geographies.
New name, new money: Estonia -based startup Blackwall, formerly known as Botguard, increased A 45 million € series B round (approx. 49.2 million US dollars) to protect KMBS from malicious online traffic via hosting platforms and other service providers in the middle market.
Forecast: Indian Startup Infinite Uptime, with which factories help the use of the equipment thanks to a sensor -based predictive solution solution. collected a financing round of 35 million US dollars C. to extend to the USA and other markets.
Italians do it better? Italian VC company Vento is in the early stage Introduction of a fund of 75 million euros Italian startup founders, including those who live abroad. This is Vento’s second fund; The portfolio already includes around 100 startups.
Not least
Y Combinator’s latest demo day signaled a “Vibe shift” according to a regular participant. Terrence Rohan, an investor with otherwise fund that has been investing in Y Combinator since 2010, found that it is common today that founders deliberately collect less money – and not out of lack of interest. This was discussed Whether it’s a good idea.
