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Apple Slashes App Store Fees in China Following Regulatory Scrutiny

Apple Slashes App Store Fees in China Following Regulatory Scrutiny

Beijing, Friday 13 March 2026
Apple is lowering its standard App Store commission in China to 25%. Prompted by regulatory pressure, this strategic shift will save developers an estimated $873 million annually.

HEC Paris Unveils Elite 2026 Startup Cohort for Investors at Station F

HEC Paris Unveils Elite 2026 Startup Cohort for Investors at Station F

Paris, Friday 13 March 2026
On 3 April 2026, HEC Paris will unveil its ten most advanced startups at Station F, offering Benelux investors a prime opportunity to scout high-growth European digital innovations.

AI Startup Secures Eight Million Dollars to Accelerate Private Investment Deals

AI Startup Secures Eight Million Dollars to Accelerate Private Investment Deals

Amsterdam, Friday 13 March 2026
Ezra secured an 8 million dollar seed round to streamline private capital deals. Crucially, firms managing over 6 billion dollars already use this AI to double their evaluation capacity.

How Sharing Rejected Candidates is Reshaping Recruitment in Finance

How Sharing Rejected Candidates is Reshaping Recruitment in Finance

Brussels, Friday 13 March 2026
With 97.8% of applications rejected, HR platform Huggy is partnering with BNP Paribas to share unsuccessful candidates across the finance sector, drastically reducing costs and retaining local talent.

Bridging the Trans-Atlantic Divide: Professor Guadeloupe Accepts Kingdom Relations Chair in Amsterdam

Bridging the Trans-Atlantic Divide: Professor Guadeloupe Accepts Kingdom Relations Chair in Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Friday 13 March 2026
On 12 March 2026, Professor Francio Guadeloupe accepted Amsterdam University’s Kingdom Relations chair, launching vital research into the profound trans-Atlantic interconnectedness shaping modern Dutch-Caribbean lives and policy.

Dutch AI Firm Wonderful Reaches $2 Billion Valuation Just Months After Initial Funding

Dutch AI Firm Wonderful Reaches $2 Billion Valuation Just Months After Initial Funding

Amsterdam, Friday 13 March 2026
Just four months after its previous round, Amsterdam’s Wonderful secured $150 million, hitting a $2 billion valuation to rapidly expand its highly efficient enterprise AI agents worldwide.

Netherlands Announces €11.3 Million Funding Round to Support Global Innovation

Netherlands Announces €11.3 Million Funding Round to Support Global Innovation

The Hague, Thursday 12 March 2026
Opening on 30 March 2026, the Netherlands’ €11.3 million Impact Clusters fund now requires only three partners, making crucial international innovation subsidies highly accessible for smaller collaborative projects.

Japan's PayPay Secures $880 Million in the Largest US Public Listing in a Decade

Japan's PayPay Secures $880 Million in the Largest US Public Listing in a Decade

Tokyo, Thursday 12 March 2026
SoftBank-backed PayPay priced its US public offering at $16 per share, raising $880 million to become the largest American listing by a Japanese company in ten years.

Former Meta AI Chief Secures $1 Billion to Build Systems That Understand the Physical World

Former Meta AI Chief Secures $1 Billion to Build Systems That Understand the Physical World

Paris, Tuesday 10 March 2026
Valued at $3.5 billion, Yann LeCun’s new startup AMI has raised $1 billion to develop artificial intelligence that reasons and understands the physical world, moving beyond traditional language models.

British AI Firm Nscale Secures $2 Billion in Historic European Funding Round

British AI Firm Nscale Secures $2 Billion in Historic European Funding Round

London, Monday 9 March 2026
Valued at $14.6 billion, British AI firm Nscale has raised a record $2 billion. This historic round notably adds tech veterans Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board.