Bird.com raises $450 million in JPMorgan-led debt financing
Bird.com, a customer messaging company, raised $450 million in debt financing led by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bloomberg reported. The company is seeking to return cash to its investors and employees. The transaction adds debt capital...
Hubble Network raises $200 million for satellite Bluetooth network
Satellite startup Hubble Network raised $200 million in a new funding round, Bloomberg reported, taking its valuation to $1.6 billion. The company is working on a network of spacecraft intended to provide global Bluetooth connecti...
F5 patches exploited BIG-IP APM flaw as U.S. agencies face Friday deadline
F5 has released security updates for a critical BIG-IP APM flaw that it says attackers have exploited to run code remotely. BIG-IP APM manages access to organizational networks and applications. The vulnerability affects configura...
German and Dutch agencies launch €40 million AI chip design challenge
Germany's SPRIND and the Netherlands' NADI have launched a joint €40 million challenge to fund European AI chip design. The agencies plan to select seven teams for an initial stage, awarding each €2.6 million, then advance three t...
American Supercritical raises $8 million for data-center turbine retrofit plan
American Supercritical emerged from stealth with $8 million in funding and a plan to sell equipment that extracts more electricity from gas turbines used to power data centers. Its proposed unit would circulate pressurized carbon ...
German tax software startup mika raises €6 million
Berlin-based mika has raised €6 million in seed funding to expand its accounting and tax platform for small German limited companies. Smedvig Ventures led the round, with participation from Wecken & Cie., individual investors and ...
