Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News28m ago
UK SME lender Allica Bank has reported its third consecutive year of profit, with pre-tax earnings up 23% to £36.9m in 2025. The fintech recently completed a 155M USD funding round and is deploying AI agents across its platform. https://tech.eu/2026/04/15/uk-government-backed-fund-aimed-at-backing-female-founders-reaches-ps130m-first-close/ #Tech #Startup #News #Fintech
Allica and ClearBank’s UK businesses report third year of profits

UK SME lender Allica Bank today reported its third consecutive year of profit, while the UK business of another UK fintech, ClearBank, also reported its third consecutive year of profit. Pre-tax profits at fintech Allica were up 23 per cent year-on-year to £36.9m in 2025, on the back of increasing its loan book by 23 per cent year-on-year to £3.7bn, while customer deposits increased by 29 per cent to £5.7bn. Revenues were up 27 per cent to £371.3m.Allica also said that uptake of its business…

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Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News2h ago
Stockholm-based SolvaPay raises 2.4M EUR in pre-seed funding to build payment infrastructure for agentic commerce, enabling AI agents to transact across platforms like Claude and ChatGPT. https://tech.eu/2026/04/15/solvapay-raises-eur24m-to-build-payment-infrastructure-for-agentic-commerce/ #Tech #Startup #News #AI
SolvaPay raises €2.4M to build payment infrastructure for agentic commerce

SolvaPay, a Stockholm-based AI payments platform, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed funding to develop payment infrastructure for the emerging era of agentic commerce. The round was led by European fintech venture capital firm Redstone and Silicon Valley-based MS&AD Ventures, with additional participation from Antler and Greens Ventures.As digital services continue to evolve, existing payment systems remain largely confined to closed ecosystems, limiting interoperability and preventing…

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Best of HR – Berufebilder.de​®4h ago

Berufsbild! Content Creator: Die Personen-Marke als Learning für etablierte Unternehmen - Content Creator ist ein relativ neues Berufsbild: Einzelpersonen, die mit Kreativität, Konsequenz und unternehmerischem Denken aus einer persönlichen Marke ein skalierbares Geschäftsmodell entwickeln. Was können etablierte Unternehmen davon lernen? #Kreativität #Mut #StartUp #Strategie #Unternehmenskultur #Wandel

https://berufebilder.de/berufsbild-contentcreator-personenmarke-inspiration/

Best of HR – Berufebilder.de​®4h ago

Berufsbild! Filmset-Vermieter in Neuseeland: Bed & Breakfast mit Lord of The Rings - Rund um bekannte Filme entstehen oft die spannendsten Geschäftsideen - wie z.B. in Wellington, Neuseeland im Zeichen vor Lord of The Rings. #Berufswahl #Image #Karrieremanagement #Kulturbranche #Marketing #PeterJackson #StartUp #Tourismuswirtschaft #Traumjob #WorkLifeBalance

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Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News4h ago
World Quantum Day celebrated Seattle's growing quantum computing ecosystem. The event showcased advances in quantum hardware and software from local startups and research institutions. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/world-quantum-day-serves-as-a-cause-for-computer-celebration/ #Tech #Startup #News #DeepTech
World Quantum Day serves as a cause for computer celebration

Leaders of the Pacific Northwest's quantum computing realm had lots to celebrate — including a $500,000 boost from Washington state.

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Johann Dr.EO5h ago

EIT Manufacturing Liquidation: 200 Startups Are Waiting For EU Funding That Will Never Come https://blog.mean.ceo/200-startups-are-waiting-for-money-that-will-never-come/
TL;DR: EIT Manufacturing, an EU-backed french association that distributed grants to startups, suddendly filed for liquidation, leaving over 200 companies waiting for funds they were already promised. Then EITM’s CEO announced plans to set up a new legal entity and head back to Brussels for more public money. This is not a one-off fraud story. It is the latest symptom of a structural problem: the EU funding system is designed to protect itself, not the founders it claims to serve.

#eu #startup #funding

EIT Manufacturing Liquidation | 200 Startups Are Waiting For EU Funding That Will Never Come

EIT Manufacturing just collapsed, leaving 200 startups without promised grants. EU funding’s structural failures go deeper than one fraud case. Read this before you apply for anything.

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Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News6h ago
OpenAI's 852 billion USD valuation is facing skepticism from its own investors as Anthropic's annualized revenue jumped from 9B USD to 30B USD. Some investors who backed both companies now see Anthropic as the relative bargain. Iconiq Capital has invested over 1B USD in Anthropic while holding a smaller stake in OpenAI. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/anthropics-rise-is-giving-some-openai-investors-second-thoughts/ #Tech #Startup #News #AI
Anthropic's rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts | TechCrunch

One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI's recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic's current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain.

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Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News8h ago
Europe is ramping up autonomous warfare capabilities with a German-Ukrainian drone production pact. Auterion Airlogix will produce thousands of AI-guided autonomous strike systems annually in Germany. https://tech.eu/2026/04/14/europe-ramps-up-autonomous-warfare-capabilities-with-german-ukrainian-drone-production-pact/ #Tech #Startup #News #DefenseTech
Europe ramps up autonomous warfare capabilities with German–Ukrainian drone production pact

Today Germany signed a cooperation agreement with Ukraine to enable the Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture GmbH to execute its first production contract for thousands of mid-range, heavy AI-guided autonomous strike systems. The contract turns a February 2026 announcement at the Munich Security Conference into fully funded, large-scale production in Germany of thousands of systems per year from German production lines, and is the largest German production order for heavy autonomous strike drones to date.…

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Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News10h ago

Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after being sold to a new corporate owner, planting backdoors affecting thousands of websites.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/someone-planted-backdoors-in-dozens-of-wordpress-plugins-used-in-thousands-of-websites/ #Tech #Startup #News #Security

Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites | TechCrunch

Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner.

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Pirates.BZ Tech Startup News12h ago
AI data centre startup Fluidstack is in talks for a 1B USD funding round at 18B USD valuation, just months after reaching 7.5B USD. The company recently secured a 50B USD deal to build data centres for Anthropic. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/ai-datacenter-startup-fluidstack-in-talks-for-1b-round-at-18b-valuation-months-after-hitting-7-5b-says-report/ #Tech #Startup #News #AI
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report | TechCrunch

Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

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