TC+ Roundup: Is European venture showing signs of recovery?

Good morning, and happy Tuesday! Today we’re looking at Q3 venture data coming out of Europe. Overall, European venture capital data is down sharply....

WordPress.com owner buys all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50M

WordPress.com and Tumblr owner Automattic is adding another company to its portfolio with today’s news that it’s acquired the all-in-one messaging app Texts.com...

New solar mini-grids in Africa to be powered by Husk Power Systems’ $103M Series...

Husk Power Systems, a clean energy company at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008 and that announced plans to launch 500...

A warning to software founders developing apps with lean teams and open source code

Open source code has exploded in popularity and become an essential building block for modern software (as it can dramatically increase the speed...

Varda Space will land its next capsule in Australia as it continues to coordinate...

In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries will land its next spacecraft in Australia as it continues working with U.S. regulators to get its...

Third Point managing director doubles down on SBF investor fraud in trial testimony

Robert Boroujerdi, managing director at Third Point, testified on Thursday at Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial in assistance with the government’s case to try and...

Temasek’s Xero backs Cosmos Innovation’s next-generation solar cell technology

Perovskite silicon tandem solar cell technology is a mouthful, but it’s basically perovskite crystals layered on top of silicon cells. The combination captures...

Tofu automates content creation for massive omnichannel B2B marketing campaigns

Creating the many types of content needed for large-scale B2B campaigns often result in marketers juggling dozens of tools. This makes it difficult...

Hackers exploit zero-day to compromise tens of thousands of Cisco devices

Hackers have exploited an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Cisco’s networking software to compromise tens of thousands of devices, researchers have warned. Cisco on Monday...

Q3 data for women is just more of the same

Pitchbook’s latest report shows that all-women founding teams have raised 1.9% of all venture capital dollars so far this year, or $2.4 billion...