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5 days ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
The legal industry has long relied on one-on-one, highly specialised services. But that model doesn’t scale — it’s expensive, time-consuming, and out of reach for most people, especially when they need help. Tasks like case assessments, document reviews, and evidence gathering often drag on for weeks, if not months. For the 12.4 million workers affected by employment law violations in the UK each year, the legal system is more of an obstacle than an ally.
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6 days ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
To enhance its global presence in artificial intelligence infrastructure, Nebius Group N.V. has secured $1 billion through a private placement of convertible notes. The offering comprises two senior unsecured tranches: $500 million in 2.00% convertible notes maturing in 2029 and $500 million in 3.00% convertible notes due in 2031.
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6 days ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
Customer service has long been a maze — complex, fragmented, and frustratingly manual. While a handful of companies have mastered this challenge, most businesses rely on outdated tools: semi-automated platforms requiring hours of human effort or AI solutions that overpromise and underdeliver. Meet deepdots (formerly Magic Feedback), the AI-native customer feedback platform on a mission to change that.
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6 days ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
The aviation industry is at a crossroads. Responsible for around 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, projected to double by 2050 if left unchecked, the sector faces mounting pressure to decarbonise. One Dutch company is leading the charge toward cleaner flight: SkyNRG, an Amsterdam-based pioneer in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), has secured €300 million to accelerate its global expansion. The funding round signals strong confidence in SAF’s future role in aviation.
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6 days ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
In the AI gold rush, small and mid-sized businesses are being left behind. Integrating artificial intelligence into products often presents two poor options: use off-the-shelf tools like OpenAI that don’t understand your business, or spend months (and budgets) building a custom ML stack that rarely delivers. Meet Outter, a Manchester and Bilbao-based startup on a mission to rewrite the rulebook.
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6 days ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
Most language apps will teach you to say “the cat drinks milk.” But when it comes time to order a coffee in Paris or hold an actual conversation, many learners freeze. Sylvi, a UK-based edtech startup, wants to change that. The idea was born out of frustration. When Sylvi’s founder, Tom Standen, took a trip to Paris with his girlfriend Amy Cameron, he expected her to handle the French. After all, she had a 600-day streak on Duolingo. Yet at the café counter, she couldn’t even order a coffee.
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1 week ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have long been frustrated by inflexible contracts, hidden fees, and punishing exit terms from traditional payment providers. Dojo, a London-based payments technology provider, is changing that narrative with faster payments, simpler contracts, transparent pricing, easy compliance, integrated business tools, and reliable service — all designed from the customer’s perspective.
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1 week ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
If you’ve scrolled through TikTok or LinkedIn lately, you might think Klarna, the Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) giant, is on the verge of collapse. Viral videos and posts with millions of views speculate about Klarna’s supposed bankruptcy, with some creators even encouraging users to default on their debts. The narrative is compelling: a fintech unicorn weakened by unpaid loans and a delayed IPO is finally crumbling under its own business model. But what does the data actually tell us?
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1 week ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
As the global energy transition accelerates, a quiet technological revolution is unfolding in one of the world’s most entrenched sectors: fossil fuels. At the forefront is London-based Applied Computing, which has just raised £9 million in seed funding, marking the largest AI seed round ever for a UK company. To put this into perspective: the average UK seed round for AI startups in 2024 was under £2 million.
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1 week ago | 
techfundingnews.com | Sofia Chesnokova
What if preventing chronic illness was as simple as taking a gut test? Eleonora Cavani thinks it might be. A molecular biologist with a background in pharmaceutical engineering and a former BCG consultant, Cavani is now on a mission to transform early childhood health through gut microbiome science. As co-founder of Alba Health, a Swedish-Danish startup backed by Oura co-founder Petteri Lahtela, she’s creating a new frontier in preventative healthcare for children.
