UK’s IT recruitment group Focus Cloud acquires Cognitive Group: Know more

Image credits: Focus CloudFocus Cloud, a London-based IT recruitment group, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a specialist Microsoft recruitment firm, Cognitive Group, to form a new global brand…

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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash from for its AI-powered virtual characters – TechCrunch

If software is eating the world, AI isn’t far behind. AI-powered text-, art- and audio-generating systems will soon make — and already are making — their way into the tools…

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[Funding roundup] Winuall, Indium Finance, and Growfitter raise early-stage deals

Winuall raises $2M to enable social commerce for over 10k tutorsWinuall, a social commerce platform that allows educators to share a wide range of curated courses with their students, has…

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Ready Player Me, a platform to build dynamic cross-game avatars for virtual worlds, raises $56M led by a16z – TechCrunch

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg was roundly mocked for the bad graphics in his preview of a new expansion of Horizon Worlds, Meta’s metaverse effort. His quick response promising better avatars…

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KBC Bank invests €1.5M in Belgium-based Setle to make more housing more sustainable

Image credits: SetleLimburg, Belgium-based Setle, a real estate company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €1.5M from KBC Bank to accelerate its growth from startup to scaleup. Founded in 2020,…

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UK’s Propel Finance completes first private securitisation as part of €592M financing round

Image credits: Propel FinancePropel Finance, a London-based asset finance lender, announced on Tuesday  its first private securitisation as part of a £500M (approximately €592M) financing round. Mark Catton, CEO of Propel,…

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