Posts by Liam Redmond
France heads into third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies erupt across Europe
France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and pushing the Paris march to the capital’s edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned of a “very high risk” of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween. Paris police banned…
Read MoreAI Agents for Small Business: Easol Raises $30M for Teammates
Every owner has a spreadsheet they dread opening. Easol, a platform for festivals, tours, and venues, just raised an extension on its Series A of $30 million and launched an AI tool called Teammates to take that chore off the table. The announcement lands as AI agents for business move from demos into daily operations.…
Read MoreAI Bookkeeping Firm Inkle Buys Finally’s Bookkeeping Unit
Small business owners who outsource their books should pay attention to a deal announced on October 28. Inkle, as the press release describes, is a bookkeeping and CPA firm. and is powered by AI. The press release shares that the bookkeeping department of Finally, which is a platform helping small business with their financial operations,…
Read MoreVera Health Raises $28.5M With a Free Clinician App
Picture a doctor between patients, phone in hand, searching for the latest evidence on a tricky case. That is the moment Vera Health built a business around, and it just raised a Series A of $28.5 million to grow it. Threshold Ventures led the round, alongside Mantis VC, in addition to SV Angel. The startup…
Read MoreFed Interest Rate Decision: What the October Hold Means for Founders
Wednesday’s Fed interest rate decision left the benchmark rate unchanged, inside a 3.75% to 4% band. Policymakers voted 10 to 2 to pause, and the meeting was the last one before the midterm elections. A pause can sound like a non-event, but it matters to anyone running a company. Your borrowing costs stay where September…
Read MoreSingapore shares fall as chip stocks take a beating; STI down 0.4%
Mapletree Logistics Trust leads the gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index, rising 2.8% or S$0.03 to S$1.10 Published Fri, Oct 30, 2026 · 06:19 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Friday (Oct 30). The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.4 per cent or 19.29 points to finish at 5,376.74. Mapletree Logistics Trust led the…
Read MoreCanadian CEO, daughters shot and wife attacked with hammer as masked suspects invade their multi-million dollar Toronto home
A Canadian real estate CEO and his two daughters were shot while his wife was struck with a hammer during an invasion inside their multi-million-dollar home in an affluent Toronto neighborhood Thursday morning. MAC Group boss David Morton and his family were attacked when three masked men stormed into their gated Bridle Path home at…
Read MoreFinance Automation Startup Hyphenate Raises $45M Series A
Hyphenate, an autonomous finance platform for the office of the CFO, has raised a $45 million Series A, according to FinTech Global. Nexus Venture Partners led the round and B Capital joined. Total funding now stands at $54 million, including a $9 million seed round a year earlier. If you run a small company, your…
Read MoreFirst-Party Fraud Fight: Casap Raises $56M Series B
Fortune reports that Casap, a startup that helps banks and card companies handle disputes and chargebacks, has raised a $56 million Series B led by Base10 Partners. Synchrony and Experian joined as strategic investors, and total funding now stands at $90 million. The pitch is simple: fight the customers who dispute their own legitimate purchases.…
Read MoreMemory Chip Shortage: SK hynix Posts a Record Quarter
SK hynix posted record third-quarter results on October 28, and the Korea Herald reports that quarterly revenue topped 100 trillion won for the first time. The chipmaker credits demand for advanced AI memory. It also says buyers have already locked up much of its output for the next two years. That matters beyond Seoul. A…
Read MoreVendor Risk Management Lessons From the Frontline Breach
School software provider Frontline Education has confirmed that attackers reached its systems in August, and a Cybernews report says the fallout is still unfolding. The company says the intruders got in through a flaw in a third-party product it relies on. The window was only two days, yet the data involved is sensitive. If you…
Read MoreBillionaire tax battle heats up on Instagram with unlikely influencers paid to pick sides
Between cheery Instagram videos about budget-friendly trips to a playground, a Halloween house and the zoo with her kids, Bartley Chavez posted a video for her close to 50,000 followers opposing Proposition 40, the ballot measure to slap California’s billionaires with a new tax. “Look, I’m all for trying new things. A new recipe? Sure.…
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