Stratospheric tourism balloon maker World View is set to go public via a $350M SPAC deal. The company is based in Tucson, Arizona. More: - World View aims to enable access to the stratosphere for commercial and scientific purposes.
- The company creates balloons that reach the stratosphere. The balloons are named Stratollites.
- They can be remotely controlled and can carry enough weight to make them viable for tourism and commercial use.
- The company, founded in 2012, has raised $48M since its inception.
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Varo Energy has acquired a majority stake in Bio Energy Coevorden to develop one of the largest biogas plants in Europe. Varo Energy is based in Zug, Switzerland. More: - Once the acquisition is completed, VARO's energy generation capacity will reach 650 GWh by 2026, making it one of the three largest biogas plants in Europe.
- The company claims that its biogas solution is 90% less polluting than natural gas and will help Europe reach its CO2 emission reduction goals.
- Varo Energy aims to invest over $3B in its energy projects during the next four years.
- Bio Energy Coevorden is based in the Netherlands.
- The company produces fertilizers that are reused in agriculture and help convert biomass into green gas at an industrial scale.
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Multinational wealth management corporation FNZ has acquired Fondsdepot Bank to provide banking services for the German market. The acquisition will help FNZ provide its services to over 2 million customers in Germany. More: - FNZ has over $1.5T in asset management, with offices across 15 markets in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
- The company has partnerships with Allianz Global Investors, AXA, BNP Paribas, General, Gothaer, etc.
- FNZ was founded in 2004 in New Zealand.
- Fondsdepot Bank is an independent trading platform. The company is considered one of the market leaders in this space in the German market.
- After this acquisition, FNZ will now have over 1,000 employees in Germany, while its asset management portfolio in the country will surpass $130B.
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German arms company Rheinmetall has acquired a stake in hardware company Incooling B.V. The investment amount remains undisclosed so far. More: - Rheinmetall stated that this acquisition would be used to boost its Sensors & Actuators division.
- Rheinmetall is a publically traded company based in Dusseldorf, Germany. It is mainly known for the production of military vehicles, autocannons, anti-aircraft systems, etc.
- The company was founded in 1889.
- Incooling BV is a Dutch company known for creating solutions for servers, automation, sensors, alternative mobility, and artificial intelligence.
- The company is based in Eindhoven and was founded in 2019.
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Arctic Shores has raised a $7M Series B funding round to provide psychometric personality assessments. The company's clients include Siemens, Tieto, and Vitality. More: - Arctic Shores provides behavioral tasks and captures responses to determine personality traits that aim to help companies hire the right people for a specific role.
- These tasks have over 10,000 data points that the user interacts with through an engaging interface.
- The company aims to use this funding to improve its digital platform and expand in the European market.
- The company is based in Manchester, U.K.
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Sprinque has raised a $6.4M funding round to provide pay-by-invoice technology for B2Bs. Connect Ventures led the funding round. More: - Sprinque aims to solve B2B transaction issues between buyers and suppliers. When a company buys something online, suppliers hesitate to start manufacturing the product until they receive payment, while sellers have to wait for a few weeks to be able to provide an invoice.
- The company believes that it can solve this problem by providing a pay-by-invoice solution where suppliers and sellers can transact through a white-label API software solution.
- At the time the transaction is confirmed, Sprinque's software runs a security check that it claims to be 95% accurate and determines if the payment is likely to be sent or not.
- Kraken Ventures, Inference Partners, and SeedX also participated in the funding round.
- Sprinque is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- AI-powered tax search engine Bluetick has been acquired by Dutch company Sdu. for an undisclosed amount.
- Kwara has raised $3M in a Seed extension funding round led by Dob Equity. Kwara is a Kenya-based fintech company that provides help with loans.
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 |  | Arbër is an Inside writer who also has experience in entrepreneurship. He has experience covering Consumer Tech, Venture Capital, NFTs, Crypto, etc. Arbër holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from XAMK University in Finland. When he is not reading(and writing) business news, he chooses to watch sports or anime...and then read news about sports or anime. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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