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Ventech, the French multi-sector early-stage VC firm, today announced the final close of its sixth flagship fund at €175 million – surpassing vintage by 15% and marks the largest in the firm’s 26 year history. With the new fund, the firm bolsters its goal of supporting approximately 35 European tech startups in their Seed and ...
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The Dutch government has taken control of the Chinese-owned Nexperia, an automotive and consumer chip production company, for national security reasons. It's claiming that to prevent key technologies from leaving European and Dutch soil, it needs to put hard blocks in place. Read more ›
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Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone may cost less to manufacture than previously expected thanks to major reductions in hinge component pricing, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new report, Kuo said that the hinge designed for Apple's foldable iPhone is expected to carry an average selling price (ASP) of approximately $70 to $80 when mass production begins, well below the market expectation of $100 to $120 or higher. Kuo attributed... Read more ›
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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg led the wealth declines on Friday as fresh fears of a trade war hammered stocks. Read more ›
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Jamie Dimon warned the US is too reliant on foreign suppliers for key minerals and tech as JPMorgan unveiled a $1.5T plan to boost national security. Read more ›
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Nearly half of restaurants plan to raise menu prices further if concern around inflation continues, the financial services company, Toast, has found. Read more ›
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The latest version of the Windows Media Creation Tool 'might close unexpectedly, displaying no error message' admits Microsoft. Read more ›
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Proposed regulations in China would mean the end of flush handles on car doors, with precious little time to roll out the changes. Read more ›
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If you can’t upgrade to Windows 11 with a simple software update, these are the best Windows 11 laptops to buy right now. Read more ›
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Chinese regulators are investigating Qualcomm over a months-old deal to purchase connected car chip firm Autotalks, in a move that could be just the latest aggressive action from China as part of ongoing high-tech trade negotiations. Read more ›
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"Compassion and capitalism, not greed, are what can make this country far greater," Cuban wrote on X. Read more ›
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Anduril Industries launches EagleEye, military products that use Meta's virtual reality technology for enhanced battlefield awareness. Read more ›
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Whether your chip is running a vintage computer game or the latest DeepSeek model, it’ll reward you for speaking its native language. Read more ›
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Tariff uncertainty, the lack of rare earth minerals in the US, and the undoing of clean energy credits may have kept prices up for Tesla's new models. Read more ›
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Enthusiasm for Sora 2 "wasn't shared in Hollywood," reports the Los Angeles Times, "where the new AI tools have created a swift backlash" that "appears to be only just the beginning of a bruising legal fight that could shape the future of AI use in the entertainment business." [OpenAI] executives went on a charm offensive last year. They reached out to key players in the entertainment industry — including Walt... Read more ›
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If you're struggling with a weak connection, these expert tips will help you get more bars. Read more ›
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The Amsterdam-based online clinic Fellos is scaling rapidly: the platform has raised over €2 million in growth capital from strategic investors, including a group of healthcare professionals, Dutch Operator Fund, and Capital Mills. The platform currently focuses on three areas where men often face barriers to seeking help: sexual health (such as erectile dysfunction and ... Read more ›
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BiMA, a Munich-based startup developing a mindful entertainment platform for children, has raised €500,000 in pre-seed funding to launch its first product, a child-friendly, screen-free projector that transforms bedrooms into immersive, story-driven worlds. The round was led by Antler, the world’s most active early-stage investor, with participation from several prominent angel investors, including the Oetinger ... Read more ›
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Darmstadt’s Energy Robotics, an AI software platform for autonomous inspection with robots and drones, today announced the successful close of €11.5 million Series A funding to commercially deploy their software across energy, chemicals, industrial, and security sectors. The Series A was co-led by Blue Bear Capital and Climate Investment (CI), with participation from Futury Capital, ... Read more ›
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Across Europe, big companies are becoming strong backers of startup innovation, and corporate venturing is widely used as a buzzword these days. Beyond investing money, they open doors to customers, provide technical expertise, and create opportunities for small teams to test and scale their ideas. Programmes like the European Innovation Council’s Corporate Partnership Programme are ... Read more ›
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London-based startup Dragonfly has raised €3 million in a pre-seed funding round to make software decision-making faster and smarter through AI. The round was led by Episode 1, with participation from Dreamcraft and Portfolio Ventures, as well as angel investors including QuantumBlack founder and CTO Sam Bourton and Bolt founder and CEO Markus Villig. Dragonfly ... Read more ›
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Paris-based biotech company Phagos has raised €25 million in a Series A funding round co-led by CapAgro, Hoxton Ventures, CapHorn and Demeter, with additional participation from Acurio Ventures, Citizen Capital, Entrepreneur First, Founders Capital and Station F. The company, founded in 2021 by Alexandros Pantalis and Dr Adèle James, develops bacteriophage-based therapies, a natural alternative ... Read more ›
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No country in Europe has done more to make itself the home for defence startups than France. Over the past two years, Paris has been rewriting the rules of the game, reforming everything from immigration legislation to venture capital funding, from procurement procedures to the way the military deals with companies. The result has been ... Read more ›
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The UK and India-based medical travel startup The Medical Travel Company (TMTC) has raised €3.8 million to bring a new full stack medical solution, offering UK patients world class and affordable treatments in India. The round has been led by prominent global VC Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from 4CAST, an athlete-led collective and investment ... Read more ›
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Agio Ratings, a British source of risk insights in digital assets, has closed a €5 million funding round to expand its research and engineering teams, broadening the scope of its risk ratings and supporting banks as they enter the digital asset market. The round was led AlbionVC, with participation from Portage Ventures and MS&AD – ... Read more ›
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Putignano-based Tuidi, a FoodTech startup specialising in the development of proprietary machine learning platforms for large-scale retail, has announced the closing of a €3 million Seed round. The funding round was backed by two institutional investors. Vertis SGR contributed through its funds Vertis Venture 6 Digital Sud (partially financed by the European Union’s Next Generation ... Read more ›
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