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Secure private transactions with oversight What is the issue to solve? Addressing risks in private online transactions lacking e-commerce safeguards. Facilitating secure and monitored private transactions between individuals, ensuring financial oversight and buyer protection for seamless online trading. Who is their product for? Private individuals...

VivaTech accelerates innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major companies, and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges. Each year, over four exciting days in Paris, VivaTech creates Europe’s biggest technology and startup event, exploring the most disruptive topics in tech with world-premiere demos, launches, and conferen...

The slowdown in VC investment has been acute across Europe — but in some parts more than others. In CEE, startup funding fell by 68% from $3.5bn in 2022 to $1.2bn in 2023, according to Dealroom. In Europe as a whole, funding dropped by 38%. This year isn’t looking any better. In the first quarter of 2024, CEE startups raised $292m — putting the reg...

Cybersecurity Scottish tech firm Systal Technology Solutions has expanded into the United States, opening a base in Florida. The global managed network, cloud and security transformation specialist has an existing customer base in the US. It says it is one of only two non-Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with a physical US network operations centr...

Trimble has been granted a patent for a geodetic assembly designed for land surveying. The assembly includes magnetic units that interact to lock or unlock elements, with magnetic shields to protect sensitive devices. The innovative design enhances precision and efficiency in surveying applications. GlobalData’s report on Trimble gives a 360-degree...

SNØCAP, a new climate-focused venture capital fund, is launching with $5 million to invest in startups. The team has a somewhat unusual target for its investments, aiming for startups making innovative, environmentally friendly components that are used early in the supply chain when products are being manufactured. “The same core technology actuall...

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here. After a slowdown...

Microsoft announced revenue of $61.9bn for the quarter which ended 31st March 2024, representing an increase of 17% over the same quarter last year. The company’s cloud business grew 23% and contributed $35.1bn in revenue. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud business grew 21%, with revenue of $26.7bn. This business unit comprises the server product line...

UK cybersecurity and AI company Darktrace has agreed a $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to US private equity business Thoma Bravo. Darktrace, whose co-founding investor Mike Lynch is currently on trial for fraud and conspiracy in the US, agreed to an offer 44% higher than its average share price over the past three months. In a statement to investors, the Dark...

An increased use of GenAI and a growing emphasis on industry clouds are driving changes in the Salesforce market in Germany, ISG Provider Lens™ report says FRANKFURT, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$III #GenAI–Demand is rising among German enterprises for consulting services that can optimize Salesforce license usage and reduce associated costs, a new res...

Discover how companies are responsibly integrating AI in production. This invite-only event in SF will explore the intersection of technology and business. Find out how you can attend here. As global enterprises continue to look at generative AI to drive efficiencies across functions and gain a competitive edge, Oracle is building the technology fr...

Target-specific T-cell receptors for cancer therapy. What is the issue to solve? Identifying rare, target-specific T-cell receptors for cancer therapy. Identifying natural T-cell receptors for cell therapy applications, specifically targeting advanced solid tumors. Who is their product for? Biotechnology researchers, scientists, oncologists, cancer...

techUK, the technology trade association, has signed the first strategic agreement for the trade body with TechWM. The agreement, announced during the West Midlands Tech Review in Wolverhampton during UKTech Week, marks an important step in strengthening the region’s technological expertise and fostering the growth of tech-driven enterprises. By fo...

Wistron has been granted a patent for an electronic device and method to configure a head-up display using quantum machine learning. The device obtains and processes data related to a driver’s line of sight to optimize display content and improve user experience. GlobalData’s report on Wistron gives a 360-degree view of the company including its pa...

Startups in sectors that saw steep funding declines may be getting fresh attention from investors, courtesy of new industry-focused funds that closed this year. In areas from consumer products to apps to gaming, U.S. venture firms have raised fresh capital to invest in industries where funding levels remain drastically below peak. This, along with...