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Last week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €818 million and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.📊 Our latest monthly report, publ...
Gaius Capital, a Berlin-based private equity firm focused on business succession in the DACH Mittelstand, has announced the final close of its debut fund, Gaius Nachfolgekapital I, at €50 million. The oversubscribed fund hit its hard cap…
Wiremind, a Paris-based AI software company serving the transport, air cargo, and events industries, has closed a €35 million funding round, its first since being founded over a decade ago. The round brings three new investors: IronWave…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13-15 in San Francisco. Over 300 startups will show what they’ve built to 10,000 tech leaders. Plus, 250+ speakers are ready to share insights across 200+ sessions. Register before doors open t…
This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €818 million and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.It’s been another busy week for E...
Celebrity investment in startups is nothing new, but the range of businesses attracting famous backers is expanding. Beyond traditional endorsements and brand partnerships, celebrities are putting capital into companies working on artifi…
Aphias Capital has closed its inaugural private equity fund with more than $1.05bn in capital commitments, exceeding its hard cap as institutional investors backed the San Francisco-based firm’s strategy targeting healthcare and essentia…
Carlyle Group’s agreement to acquire most of Russian oil producer Lukoil’s international assets has expired, with the US private equity firm confirming it is no longer actively pursuing the transaction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Institutional investors are increasingly investing directly in companies alongside private equity managers, with co-investments gaining ground as an alternative to committing capital through traditional funds, according to a report by th…
Blackstone has raised approximately $1bn for a private credit continuation vehicle, enabling existing investors to exit while the investment firm retains exposure to the underlying loan portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
SpaceX has agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz wireless spectrum licences from digital infrastructure investment firm Grain Management in a transaction valued at about $8bn, according to Reuters. The agreement covers 100%…
Private investment major KKR has agreed to acquire Gen II Fund Services, a private capital fund administrator backed by Hg and General Atlantic, in a transaction valuing the business at $5.1bn.
Apollo Global Management is assessing opportunities to expand its role in financing governments and state-backed companies as rising debt levels push public-sector borrowers towards private capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Delivery Hero has become Europe’s leading founder factory by number of alumni-founded startups, according to a new analysis published today by startup data platform Dealroom.co. Alumni of Delivery Her...
The British Business Bank (the Bank) announced €11 million (£10 million) to the Fuel Ventures funds, made through the Bank’s Regional Angels Programme. This programme launched in 2019 to address imbalances in access to early-stage equity…
Mistral today unveiled its largest and “most capable” AI model to date, the company said, amid a global race for AI supremacy.The French AI company says its new one trillion-parameter multimodal model...
The leadership team for Skydance, the merged entity of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, will include Bari Weiss, Mark Thompson and Casey Bloys.
Meet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Get your pass now to save up to $100, and get a second at 50% off.
Technology-focused private equity newcomer Niobrara Capital Partners has beaten its target by about 50% to raise more than $1.1bn for its debut buyout fund, less than two-and-a-half years after launching the firm. The post Niobrara Capit…
Hedge funds endured a difficult September as rising bond yields, stronger oil prices and sharp swings in AI-related stocks created a challenging trading environment, according to a report by Reuters citing prime brokerage data and indust…
Last week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €3.9 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. 📊 The top three industries that r...
Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what's next for it.
As Hollywood's financing structures diversify, private capital is increasingly funding the big screen and changing the types of movies that are being made.
Ynon Kreiz's appointment as co-CEO of Skydance answers a key governance question for Ellison's soon-to-be-merged company.
Banks are fueling a hiring surge for AI engineers who are good at "agent orchestration" — the ability to coordinate teams of specialized agents.
Blackstone's Jas Khaira will take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on building next-gen AI. Register for your pass and get 50% off a second.
Ghent-based construction tech company Spotablehas raised €4 million in seed funding to further develop its platform andaccelerate its expansion across Europe and the United States. The round wasarrang...
Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closing, TechCrunch learned exclusively.
Around 40% of EU grids are already more than 40 years old, while Europe may need more than one million additional workers to support the energy transition. These are the findings from a new report by SET Ventures and Future Energy Ventur…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a reminder to asset managers, auditors and other market participants to strengthen their approach to valuing private assets and explaining those valuations to investors as liquidity pr…
Citadel is stepping up its recruitment of quantitative investment specialists, extending its search for talent into artificial intelligence laboratories as hedge funds increasingly compete with technology companies for researchers, accor…
Millennium Management has received more than $30bn of investor commitments for its latest capital-raising initiative, substantially exceeding the $20bn the multi-strategy hedge fund planned to accept, according to a report by Bloomberg c…
AI has become good at understanding what we say. But human communication has never been just about words. We pick up on hesitation, confidence, uncertainty, engagement, and agreement, often without an...
Last week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €2 billion and over 4 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. 📊 The top three industries that rai...
The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.
Goldman Sachs has generated more than $200m in fees this year from Situational Awareness, making the two-year-old AI-focused hedge fund the investment bank’s largest prime brokerage client among hedge funds, according to a report by the…
The VC firm says that AI-native companies are growing faster than any technology, ever.
McDonald's is following the lead of Amazon and Walmart as it starts its own media network.
As concern over AI safety and rogue agents continue to make headlines, it’s no surprise that cybersecurity stocks are rising, or that investors are pouring massive amounts of capital into startups trying to build the next generation of s…
