Ripple M&A Target Hidden Road to Open New Office in Abu Dhabi Headed by James Stickland

Hidden Road, a prime broker that focuses on crypto and traditional assets, which recently agreed to…

Finom, a challenger bank aimed at SMBs, lands $105M in growth funding from General Catalyst

Finom, an Amsterdam-based digital bank for small- and medium-sized businesses, has raised €92.7 million (roughly $105…

Agree.com raises $7.2M to take on Docusign, Bill.com with AI

Agree.com says its AI-powered e-signature platform is different from competitors because it includes invoicing and payment…

A stealth AI model beat DALL-E and Midjourney on a popular benchmark. Its creator just landed $30M.

Recraft, the startup behind a mysterious image model that beat OpenAI’s DALL-E and Midjourney on a…

Exclusive: Google Ventures backs AI agents startup StackOne

StackOne, an AI agents startup based in London, has raised a $20m Series A funding round…

Fintech Bench conducts layoff while others still work month-to-month

Bench, the accounting and tax startup that was bought in a fire sale last December, has…

Exclusive: H Company quietly acquires open-source AI agents startup

Secretive French AI startup H Company has quietly acquired Mithril Security, another Paris-based business, Sifted has…

AI sales tax startup Kintsugi has doubled its valuation in 6 months

Kintsugi, a Silicon Valley-based startup that helps companies offload and automate their sales tax compliance, has…

Nuvo, a network for B2B trade, has nabbed $34M from Sequoia and Spark Capital

Nuvo, a company that has built a social-like platform to facilitate easier purchasing of physical goods…

AI sales tax startup Kintsugi had doubled its valuation in 6 months

Kintsugi, a Silicon Valley-based startup that helps companies offload and automate their sales tax compliance, has…

Exclusive: Turkish VC that scored big on Getir closes new fund

Turkey-focused VC Revo Capital, which has previously backed unicorns including speedy grocery startup Getir and app…

Exclusive: UK payments fintech Navro raises $41m to fuel global expansion

Navro, a London-based payments fintech, has raised $41m in funding, which it will use to expand…

Deel officially agrees to be served legal papers in Rippling’s lawsuit

HR tech giant Deel says it has formally accepted to be served legal documents in its…

Amazon-backed Glacier gets $16M to expand its robot recycling fleet

The world has a trash problem. The amount of stuff we throw away is expected to…

Exclusive: Coinbase and Founders Factory to launch UK crypto and AI accelerator

US crypto giant Coinbase has unveiled plans for a new crypto and AI accelerator in the…

Flex acquires a16z-backed Maza for $40M as fintech M&A heats up

Flex, a startup that offers personal finance software for business owners, has acquired Maza, a finance…

RepAir Carbon is making carbon removal machines inspired by batteries

In the span of a decade, direct air capture technology that draws CO2 out of the…

Exclusive: German deeptech VC First Momentum raises €35m fund to back energy, automation and AI

German deeptech VC First Momentum, which invests pre-seed cheques into technical founders, has raised €35m for…

Exclusive: Kindred Capital backs AI agents startup Cakewalk in $7.5m seed round

AI agents startup Cakewalk has raised a $7.5m seed round led by Kindred Capital and San…

Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for the fast-growing Windsurf

Anysphere, maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, is growing so quickly, it’s not in the market…

Ex-Meta engineer raises $14M for Lace AI, a revenue generation software startup

As an AI engineer at Meta, Boris Valkov helped build PyTorch, one of the world’s largest…

Exclusive: Secretive VC firm Hedosophia raises over $200m for secondaries fund, sources say

Secretive London-based VC Hedosophia has raised a dedicated secondaries fund, multiple sources tell Sifted, as the…