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Paris-based VC firm Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest flagship fund, Sofinnova Capital XI, at an impressive €650 million – a haul that surpasses its original target and reinforces its position as a major player in life sciences investment. Backing for the new fund came from a global pool of top-tier institutional investors, including sovereign ...
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If you love 'Berserk' and 'Vinland Saga,' you'll get a kick out of 'Centuria.' Read more ›
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After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it. Read more ›
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In the latest headache-inducing update, there are now dubious figures surrounding this ultra-dubious phone. Read more ›
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Our neighbors to the north are slashing tariffs on Chinese EVs as tensions with the U.S. continue to rise. Read more ›
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Hunter's new 'Star Trek' captain is taking the Riker maneuver to a whole new level of chair-clambering. Read more ›
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“I would pay no attention whatsoever to Elon Musk. He's an idiot. Very wealthy, but he's still an idiot.” Read more ›
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The final stage of launch preparations officially kicks off tomorrow. Read more ›
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Cloudflare has acquired the core team behind the open source JavaScript framework Astro, bringing its creators in-house while pledging to keep Astro fully open source. The New Stack reports: Astro is used by major brands like IKEA, Unilever, Visa and OpenAI to build fast, content-driven websites. Search engines prioritize fast-loading and clean pages, the Cloudflare statement noted. Websites that rely heavily on JavaScript for initial rendering often struggle to deliver... Read more ›
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A new study from Cornell and University of Toronto researchers has found that polyester microfibers shed from synthetic clothing during laundry can interfere with cherry tomato plant development [non-paywalled source] when these particles accumulate in agricultural soil. Plants grown in contaminated soil were 11% less likely to emerge, grew smaller and took several days longer to flower and ripen. Household laundry is a leading source of this contamination. Treated sewage... Read more ›
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Canada has agreed to drastically reduce its tariffs on imported Chinese EVs from 100 percent to 6.1 percent as part of a new deal between the two countries. In return, China will be reducing tariffs on Canadian canola seeds from 84 percent to about 15 percent. The move is a break from the United States, which maintains a 100 percent tariff on EVs from China, effectively banning them in the... Read more ›
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Here come another influx of refugees to competing sites like Threads and Bluesky. Read more ›
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The German AI startup Black Forest Labs (BFL), founded by former Stability AI engineers, is continuing to build out its suite of open source AI image generators with the release of FLUX.2 [klein], a new pair of small models — one open and one non-commercial — that emphasizes speed and lower compute requirements, with the models generating images in less than a second on a Nvidia GB200. The [klein] series,... Read more ›
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The recent capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro recalls a botched 2020 coup attempt that resulted in the imprisonment of two former US Army Green Berets. Read more ›
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Commentary: Supernatural is now a zombie workout app on the Quest, and the metaverse just lost its best reason to join. Read more ›
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Apple once set the bar for suppliers including TSMC. Now it's being unseated by Nvidia and AI cloud giants. Read more ›
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A new report says that Lucasfilm scrapped both an animated show and a live-action spinoff too. Read more ›
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Solopreneur Yesim Saydan shares how she trained over 17 custom GPT workers and a Steve Jobs—inspired custom GPT to work for her consultancy agency. Read more ›
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There is no war on protein. But pretending there is goes hand-in-hand with the Trump administration’s appeal to traditional masculinity. Read more ›
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Former F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg is once again accelerating forward – this time not on the track, but in the venture capital world. His firm, Rosberg Ventures, has announced the close of its third fund at €86 million (£75 million), pushing total assets under management to approximately €172 million (£150 million). In recent years, ... Read more ›
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Klearly, an Amsterdam-based FinTech startup focused on in-person payment solutions, today announced it has raised €12 million in Series A funding to fuel its mission to build Europe’s best payments system for restaurants. The round was led by PayPal Ventures (PayPal’s venture arm), with participation from Italian Founders Fund and existing investors, including Global PayTech ... Read more ›
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Lausanne-based AlphaLum today announced the close of its €3.6 million (CHF 3.4 million) Seed financing round to scale its optics and sensing platform for smart glasses. The round was led by Vsquared Ventures. With this funding, the Swiss startup aims to accelerate its transition from R&D to becoming a technology supplier for smart glasses and ... Read more ›
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Today, we are once again shining a spotlight on Cyprus, a Southern European startup ecosystem that continues to steadily advance and secure its niche. While it may not yet rival the scale of the continent’s largest innovation hubs, Cyprus is home to a growing startup scene that fosters entrepreneurial ambition and cross-border collaboration. Our annual ... Read more ›
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Over the past few years, France has significantly strengthened its position as one of the most dynamic technology hubs worldwide, with artificial intelligence emerging as a particular area of momentum. The country has seen a wave of large-scale AI funding rounds, including landmark raises by companies such as Mistral AI, which have helped position France ... Read more ›
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Berlin-based NetBird, an open-source network security platform, today announced a €8.5 million ($10 million) Series A round to scale, hire, and establish itself as a European alternative to US vendors for modern remote access and network security. The round was led by Pace Capital, with participation from Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and Antler. Tina He, ... Read more ›
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London-based maritime tech startup Spot Ship has raised €1.15 million (£1 million) in a fresh funding round to modernise global ship chartering. The round was led by the Lisbon-based venture capital fund Ventures.eu, with participation from Improbable’s CEO, Herman Narula, industry-specialist investors Tradeworks.vc and Marcel Kind. This deal marks Ventures.eu’s inaugural investment from its Fund ... Read more ›
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Mannheim-based osapiens, provider of enterprise software for sustainable growth, today announced that it has entered into an agreement for Decarbonization Partners to lead a €85.8 million ($100 million) Series C fundraising round. With this round, osapiens has hit unicorn status. Decarbonization Partners, which is a joint venture (JV) between BlackRock and Temasek, will join existing ... Read more ›
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Dublin-based Equal1, a quantum semiconductor company, today announced it has raised €51 million ($60 million) to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of its datacenter-ready Bell-1 quantum server. The round was led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), with participation from Atlantic Bridge, the European Innovation Council Fund, Matterwave Ventures, Enterprise ... Read more ›
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Spain-based Zepo Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup protecting organisations from AI-powered social engineering, has today announced the closing of a €12.8 million ($15 million) Seed investment round. The round was backed by Kibo Ventures, eCAPITAL, and TIN Capital. The fresh capital will be used to scale its proprietary technology globally and expand its team, with a ... Read more ›
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