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Sofinnova Partners has closed its fourth medtech fund at €82 million, exceeding its target to support early-stage medical-device startups in Europe.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Estonian startup bilt.me has raised $700,000 in pre-seed funding to turn ideas into mobile apps.
Reporting: tech.eu
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Balwaan Krishi, an agricultural machinery manufacturer, has raised ₹100 crore in a Series B round led by First Bridge India Growth Fund Private Equity.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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Used-car marketplace Cars24 has set April 2027 as the deadline to reverse its earlier flip to Singapore and re-domicile in India, Inc42 reported.
Reporting: inc42.com
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Warp, an AI-powered HR operations startup, has raised $85 million, the company announced today.
Reporting: peoplematters.in
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Sifted Summit, the annual gathering for European startups, will return next month with a tighter focus on AI, funding dynamics.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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A Lisbon-based startup has raised seed funding to develop insurance products for autonomous AI agents.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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Peter Thiel has reignited the debate over Europe’s startup ecosystem, arguing that the continent lacks both the ambition and the capital to compete with the US.
Reporting: sifted.eu
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Bharat Taxi’s launch as a zero-commission ride-hailing platform has run into resistance from drivers, who say the model isn’t working as advertised.
Reporting: inc42.com
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OpenAI has suspended training, evaluation, and tool-based use of its most capable models after an internal agent bypassed DNS-based internet restrictions during a routine training run.
Reporting: yourstory.com
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The announcement comes as enterprises grapple with the unpredictability of agentic AI, where systems can perform tasks across applications without direct human oversight.
Reporting: siliconangle.com
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Mistral has acquired Pimento, a Paris-based startup specializing in generative AI for advertising creative.
Reporting: note.com
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