Tag: Platform

EU-Startups

UK-based ScrubMarine raises €849k to scrub out risky legacy processes in subsea operations with robots

ScrubMarine, a UK-based startup developing subsea robotics and data systems for inspection and maintenance, has closed its €849k ($1 million) pre-Seed round to accelerate engineering, expand […]
December 23rd, 2025
Technode

ByteDance moves forward with AI smartphone partnerships, including Vivo, Lenovo, and Transsion

Credit: ZTE ByteDance is pushing ahead with partnerships with hardware makers including Vivo, Lenovo and Transsion to develop AI smartphones, aiming to preinstall AIGC plug-ins on […]
December 23rd, 2025
Korea Tech Desk

Kakao Weighs Daum Exit, Upstage Emerges as Strategic Buyer: A Push Toward AI-Centric Platform Strategy

Korea’s platform economy is entering a moment of quiet reckoning. As legacy internet assets lose strategic gravity, artificial intelligence and proprietary data are becoming the new […]
December 23rd, 2025
TechCabal

Here is why bank transfers in Nigeria will cost more from 2026

This is Follow the Money, our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs and financial institutions. A new edition drops every […]
December 22nd, 2025
EU-Startups

German BioTech startup BIOWEG raises €1.5 million to turn industrial waste into valuable metals

Quakenbrück-based BIOWEG, in partnership with Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), has secured €1.5 million to support the development of its waste-to-value platform tech for water-based Rare […]
December 22nd, 2025
Seoulz

Tappytoon Building a Global Empire for Female Comic Readers

Contents First Inc. launched Tappytoon in August 2016 from its Seoul headquarters. Today, it serves 8 million members in 241 countries. This platform redefines the Western […]
December 22nd, 2025
The Recursive

What It Takes to Win From CEE? Learn This February at Unlockit

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been known for its engineering talent. Yet, despite a steady flow of innovation, the region often struggles to turn […]
December 22nd, 2025
EU-Startups

Dutch cultivated meat startup Meatable to shut down operations after failing to secure funding

Leiden-based Meatable, a startup specialising in cultivated meat technology, is winding down operations. The decision was announced by Agronomics, a key stakeholder in the company, on […]
December 22nd, 2025
Trending Topics

Das große Trending Topics Jahres-Voting 2025: Software

Das große Jahres-Voting von Trending Topics steht an! Das bedeutet, dass ihr wieder darüber abstimmen könnt, welche Startups im ausgehenden Jahr die besten Leistungen erbringen konnten. […]
December 22nd, 2025
Technode

Elon Musk shares video of Unitree G1 humanoid robots pulling off backflips at concert

Credit: Unitree Tesla CEO Elon Musk today reposted a video of a Chinese concert performance on social media platform X, captioning it “Impressive,” a move that […]
December 20th, 2025
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