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Funding focus: Biotech dominates Netherlands’ top 10 rounds in H1 2025


Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. After debuting with a look at the biggest rounds so far this year, we now turn to the largest deals in the Netherlands for H1. Startups in the Netherlands raised just $503mn (€429mn) in the first quarter of this year — the lowest quarterly total since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Dealroom data. But three months later, the outlook has improved. Total funding for the first half of 2025 hit $1.4bn (€1.2bn). That’s down from $1.8bn (€1.54bn) at the same point last…

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ThinkBroadband: 78% of UK properties have access to full-fiber broadband, up from 12% in January 2020, which experts credit to Ofcom's 2021 pro-competition push (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
ThinkBroadband: 78% of UK properties have access to full-fiber broadband, up from 12% in January 2020, which experts credit to Ofcom's 2021 pro-competition push  —  Ofcom's decision to boost competition in the sector is credited with driving the rollout of a faster, more reliable internet connection

A look at Yahoo Creators, launched in March 2024, offering creators a 50/50 ad revenue split for posting original written content, with 135 creators signed up (Digiday)

Digiday:
A look at Yahoo Creators, launched in March 2024, offering creators a 50/50 ad revenue split for posting original written content, with 135 creators signed up  —  As Yahoo's creator program matures, the company is increasingly evolving from a publisher into a creator platform in its own right.

California State Senator Scott Wiener makes amendments to SB 53, which has transparency requirements for AI companies but omits SB 1047's provision on liability (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
California State Senator Scott Wiener makes amendments to SB 53, which has transparency requirements for AI companies but omits SB 1047's provision on liability  —  A California lawmaker is making another effort to regulate artificial intelligence in the state after legislation …

US federal prosecutors accuse two US men of operating and promoting OmegaPro, a crypto multi-level marketing scam that allegedly defrauded victims out of $650M+ (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
US federal prosecutors accuse two US men of operating and promoting OmegaPro, a crypto multi-level marketing scam that allegedly defrauded victims out of $650M+  —  Federal prosecutors have charged two men in connection with a sprawling cryptocurrency investment scheme that defrauded victims out of more than $650 million.