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2024 was the third-best funding year ever for Dutch startups, following the peak years 2021 and 2022! According to the Quarterly Startup Report, Dutch startups and scale-ups raised an estimated €2.5B in 2024. This is an increase of 19 percent compared to 2023 when €2.1B was invested. The Quarterly Startup Report is a collaborative effort ... Read more
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After months of waiting and numerous social media posts about Donkey Kong, Nintendo has finally unveiled its highly-anticipated Switch successor, now officially known as Switch 2. Let's-a-go! Read more Read more ›
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Hideki Kamiya has called out "shitty leakers" in the wake of Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal, stating they "should be cursed". Read more Read more ›
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Kohl's plans to close 27 underperforming stores out of more than 1,150 locations as it attempts a turnaround. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tesla is declaring the Cybertruck to be “America’s bestselling electric pickup truck in 2024.” And yet for the first time, the company offering discounts of up to $2,600 on the low-poly truck, a sign that demand may not be as strong as Tesla would like you to think. The discounts, which appear on the company’s inventory webpage, are as high as $1,600... Read more ›
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Image: Nintendo Nintendo shared the first details about the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video published Thursday. The console looks a lot like the original, but in the video, the Joy-Con controllers are black with colored accents. There’s also a new button under the home button on the right Joy-Con, which had shown up in leaks. The video also appears to show the Joy-Cons being used similarly to a mouse.... Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3 update, with the third beta coming a week after Apple released the second beta. Registered developers can opt-in to the macOS Sequoia beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. An Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta. macOS Sequoia 15.3 brings Genmoji to the Mac,... Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based uniQure, a biotechnology company specialising in human gene-based therapies, recently announced its public offering of 4,411,764 ordinary shares at $17.00 per share. The expected gross proceeds are around $75M (approximately €73M), before fees and expenses. All shares will be sold by uniQure, which has also given underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional ... Read more Read more ›
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Swedish electric-vehicle battery maker Northvolt sells its remaining shares in battery recycler Hydrovolt to Oslo’s aluminium and energy company Hydro, for NOK 78M (nearly €6.66M). The deal increases Hydro’s ownership in Hydrovolt from 72 per cent to 100 per cent. This development for Northvolt comes amid its financial crisis. In 2024, the company announced a ... Read more Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Utrecht-based Undagrid, a provider of wireless location and asset monitoring technologies, announced that it has been acquired by EnOcean, the German company known for energy-harvesting wireless technology for the Internet of Things (IoT). By combining Undagrid’s AI-driven technologies with EnOcean’s energy-harvesting products, the companies can offer scalable asset tracking and monitoring services and ... Read more Read more ›
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Finland-based Hycamite, a company that produces low-carbon hydrogen and carbon products by splitting methane, announced that it has secured €44M in a two-step series A investment from strategic and financial investors. The second part of the series was closed to start operations of the company’s industrial-scale demonstration unit. Sojitz Group led the round with existing ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Robeauté, a medtech startup focused on neurosurgical microrobots, has raised $28M (approximately €27.28M) in funding led by Plural, Cherry Ventures, and Kindred Ventures. Additional investors include LocalGlobe, Think.Health, and APEX Ventures, with strategic investment from Brainlab. Ian Hogarth, partner at Plural, says, “Robeauté’s technology doesn’t just have the potential to transform neurosurgery — it ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based PHOTON IP, a manufacturer of advanced low-power optical chips, announced that it has secured €4.75M seed round led by Innovation Industries. Other investors, including Faber and Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM), as well as PhotonDelta, participated in the round. The Dutch company will use the funds to accelerate the industrialisation and commercialisation of its breakthrough ... Read more Read more ›
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On Wednesday, Berlin-based Nelly, a health and fintech company, announced that it has €50M in a Series B funding round co-led by Cathay Innovation and Notion Capital. Other existing investors b2venture, Lakestar, Motive Ventures, and arc investors, also participated in the round. The German company will use the funds to accelerate international expansion and solidify ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Bioptimus, a company building the first universal AI foundation model for biology, on Tuesday announced that it has secured $76M (approximately €74M) in funding. This total includes a $41M (approximately €40M) cash injection, led by Cathay Innovation. Other prominent investors, including Sofinnova Partners, Bpifrance through its Large Venture Fund, Andera Partners, Hitachi Ventures, Boom ... Read more Read more ›
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2024 was the third-best funding year ever for Dutch startups, following the peak years 2021 and 2022! According to the Quarterly Startup Report, Dutch startups and scale-ups raised an estimated €2.5B in 2024. This is an increase of 19 percent compared to 2023 when €2.1B was invested. The Quarterly Startup Report is a collaborative effort ... Read more Read more ›
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On Wednesday, London-based Synthesia, an AI video creation platform, announced that it has secured a $180M (approximately €174.5M) Series D funding round led by NEA. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a global venture capital firm that invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’s lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The ... Read more Read more ›
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