Kaaj, a startup aiming to overhaul how lenders evaluate small business borrowers, has raised $3.8 million in seed funding from Kindred Ventures, with participation from Better Tomorrow Ventures.
Kaaj, a startup aiming to overhaul how lenders evaluate small business borrowers, has raised $3.8 million in seed funding from Kindred Ventures, with participation from Better Tomorrow Ventures.
TAHO, a new infrastructure startup founded by former engineers from Meta, Google, and Snap has raised $3.5 million to accelerate the development of a distributed compute platform designed specifically for modern AI workloads.
Deblock, a Paris-based startup building a new category of on-chain banking services, has raised €30 million in a Series A round led by Speedinvest, with additional backing from CommerzVentures, Latitude, and returning investors including 20VC, Headline, Chalfen Ventures, and Kraken Ventures.
Financial automation startup Dost has entered the UK market after closing a £6 million Series A round led by Octopus Ventures, marking the company’s biggest expansion since its founding.
Integral, the Berlin-based AI platform modernizing accounting, taxation, and payroll for SMEs, has acquired cleverlohn, a German provider of digital payroll and HR solutions.
When Nicholas Rudder was building his previous startup — the edtech marketplace ScholarSite — he kept hitting the same wall: tax compliance. “Marketplaces are liable for tax on their entire GMV, not just their take rate. Every new country meant registrations, filings, deadlines, and constant risk,” Rudder told TechCrunch. “It
When the COVID lockdowns hit, Emm founder Jenny Button noticed a gap. Devices like Oura and Whoop could track sleep, stress, and recovery — but nothing offered meaningful insights into one of the most fundamental aspects of women’s health: the menstrual cycle. “It seemed crazy to me,” she told TechCrunch.
Sponsored video performance on YouTube continues to surge — views on sponsored content rose 28% year-over-year, while the number of sponsored videos increased 54% in the first half of 2025, according to Tubefilter. With creator-driven ad spend now rivaling traditional media, demand for scalable influencer partnerships is accelerating. Riding this
Zurich-based AI startup Albatross has raised €10.5 million to advance its real-time product and content discovery platform, which learns, reasons, and adapts instantly to user behaviour.
HoloSolis, the French manufacturer of low-carbon photovoltaic cells and modules, has raised over €220 million in combined public and private funding to build one of Europe’s largest solar gigafactories in Sarreguemines–Hambach.
