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Total global VC funding to fintech startups totaled $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech/funding-jumped-big-checks-ai-ye-2025/<…

Fintech Funding Jumped 27% In 2025 With Fewer Deals But Bigger Checks
Global venture funding to fintech startups climbed in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by later-stage deals, Crunchbase data shows.

Deutschland-Stack 2.0: Vom abstrakten Fundament zum digitalen Betriebssystem
Nach der ersten Konsultationsrunde schärft der Bund das Gesamtbild für die nationale Cloud- und IT-Infrastruktur nach – mit neuen Schwerpunkten wie KI-Agenten.

Your Donations at Work: Funding Josh Matthews' Contributions to Servo - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
https://servo.org/blog/2025/09/17/your-donations-at-work-funding…

"Study warns of major funding gap for 30×30 biodiversity goal"
#Environment #Nature #Biodiversity

Study warns of major funding gap for 30x30 biodiversity goal
A new report warns that international funding for the global 30x30 biodiversity goal is rising but still billions short. Despite a 150% increase since 2014, support for protected areas in developing nations remains far below the $6B annually needed by 2030, leaving major regional gaps and heavy reliance on a few donors.

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Arizona challenges EPA decision ending $156 million in solar funding | News From The States
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/arizona-challenges-epa-decision-ending-156-million-solar-funding

Equal1, which was spun out from University College Dublin, raised $60M to deploy its new quantum server for data centers, bringing its total funding to $85M (Ciara O'Brien/The Irish Times)
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/0

Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
UCD spinout has developed a quantum server for data centres

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Von Schwarzem Loch zerstört: Erklärung für mysteriöse blaue Sternenexplosion
Seit Jahren finden Teleskope extrem energiereiche blaue Explosionen von Sternen, die bisher nicht erklärt werden konnten. Jetzt gibt es angeblich eine Antwort.

Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline the process of drafting patent applications for patent attorneys, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/exclusi

Exclusive: Palantir alums using AI to streamline patent filing secure $20 million in Series A venture funding
Palantir alumni Tamar Gomez and Wiem Gharbi founded Ankar which counts L'Oreal and Vorys among early customers