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European spacetech companies attracted €2.8 billion in H1 2026, with funding concentrated in satellite infrastructure, space intelligence and launch services. France and Finland led investment, while debt financing played a significant role.
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SoftBank has led a $500m funding round in German humanoid robotics startup Agile Robots that automates industrial work.The Japanese multinational led the Series F funding round, which also features Nv...
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Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips.
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Swiss SpaceTech startup SWISSto12 and French startup UNIVITY are advancing Europe’s ambitions for sovereign satellite communications after successfully completing a Critical Design Review (CDR) for two active antenna…
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A new report claims Sequoia's recent changes undo the legacy of the firm's former steward.
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European tech funding slowed considerably in October following a strong September. Companies raised €6 billion across 288 funding deals, compared with €15.8 billion across 300 deals in September. This...
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OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.
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SRTD Biotech, a Jülich-based BioTech startup focused on developing next-generation precision mRNA therapeutics, has completed an oversubscribed €31.5 million Seed financing round. The funding was led by Mérieux Equity…
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Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
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Opdo, an AI-native optical engineering company, has raised $2.3 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate its ambition of automating optical engineering, from initial design to finished components. Th...
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PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.
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Every startup faces the same squeeze: big ambitions, small team and limited budget. Free open-source software, which can be used, modified, and redistributed under its license, can help founders ease the squeeze. It…
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Sequoia pioneered the scouts model and many VC firms followed suit, but a consensus now seems to be forming that the model has reached limits in its current form.
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