âShould I bother going for this job at all? Iâve never managed anyone.â Clients regularly ask this and my answer tends to be, âYes, of course you should.â A quick glance at a job spec will tell you why. You may not have headed up a team of software engineers but you have most likely done something along the way that proves you could. Good managers are, first and foremost,... Read more âș
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ZeroAvia, one of the leading zero-emission aviation companies in the world, just announced its largest financing round to date. The funding round was co-led by Airbus, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital, and NEOM. Other participants included Bill Gatesâ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Alaska Airlines, and the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund. No exact funding amount has been disclosed due to legal reasons, but a spokesperson for the startup confirmed to TNW that it... Read more âș
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Europeâs dawdling on the Ariane 6 is becoming increasingly costly as the new era of space race exploration â and exploitation â heats up. The Exploration Company, based in Bordeaux and Munich, has just signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in service of its aim of making it to the Moon by 2028. The startup will partner with ISROâs commercial arm, New Space India Limited (NSIL),... Read more âș
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European startups got just $1bn of the âŹ22bn that VCs have invested in generative AI since 2019, according to data from Dealroom. Unsurprisingly, American companies attracted the bulk of the money. A whopping $20bn â 89% of the global total â went to US startups. Their Asian counterparts raised only $790mn, while the rest of the world combined bagged just $454mn. Dealroomâs data collection ended on July 10, 2023. US... Read more âș
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Two spacecraft have taken a giant leap towards revealing why the Sunâs atmosphere is so damn not. The collaboration between NASAÂ and the European Space Agency (ESA) explored an enduring mystery. In theory, the sunâs atmosphere â the corona â should be cooler than its surface. This is because the Sunâs energy comes from the nuclear furnace in its core. As the corona is further away from this heat source,... Read more âș
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Driver monitoring systems (DMS) that assess alertness behind the wheel are rapidly becoming the leading automotive safety feature across the globe. In the EU for example, vehicle safety regulator EuroNCAP is requiring all new cars to incorporate a DMS in order to comply with its safety rating. Amidst this push, startups are benefiting from business opportunities in the DMS space, offering solutions that range from heartmetrics to onset sleep detection.... Read more âș
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Yesterday we reported that UK chip design company Arm was valued at just above $50bn before going public on the Nasdaq stock exchange. At the end of the day, the share price had jumped by close to 25% above the debut price. It rose from $56.10 to $63.59 â much higher than the $51 presented on Wednesday. This made it the largest public listing in the US in nearly two... Read more âș
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And thus, after months of anticipation and speculation, the day of Armâs IPO is upon us. The SoftBank-owned chip design company will begin trading in New York today, Thursday, with shares priced at $51 (âŹ47.51) apiece. This gives Arm a valuation of $52.3bn (âŹ48.7bn). Japanese SoftBank intends to hold onto just above 90% of the company. Still, the heavily oversubscribed round is set to raise about $4.9bn for Armâs owners.... Read more âș
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X Shore, Swedenâs award-winning electric boat manufacturer, is launching its third model â and the first one dedicated to maritime professionals. Dubbed X Shore Pro, the electric vessel has been designed for companies and organisations with operations ranging from shuttle services and diving to commercial traffic and coast guards. Notably, one of the first boats sold will transport students to school in the Swedish archipelago. The X Shore Pro represents... Read more âș
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Amid the increasing commercialisation of space tech, Ubotica has partnered up with IBM to simplify the use of AI applications on board low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. Founded in 2016, the Dublin-headquartered startup provides its CogniSAT edge computing platform for artificial intelligence systems on satellites, which enables AI inference to be performed on data directly in space. This is with the aim of addressing a pressing challenge: the costly and time-consuming storage... Read more âș
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Treefera says it wants to transform the accuracy, transparency, and efficiency of the carbon offset industry with AI and data from a trillion trees across the globe. It just received a vote of confidence in the form of a âŹ2mn seed round led by Concept Ventures and participation from the CTO of Intel, among others. The practice of voluntary offsetting has faced criticism from various quarters, with concerns ranging from... Read more âș
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Europeans have become âpioneers in online rightsâ and now want to lead a âglobal framework for AI,â the EUâs top official said today. Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commissionâs president, revealed the blocâs digital plans during her State of the Union address in Strasbourg. She used the speech to flaunt the achievements of her three-year reign. A particularly large spotlight was shone on her tech policies. âWe have set... Read more âș
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Fintech funding in Europe has been greatly affected by the challenging economic environment, the latest report by Finch Capital has found. Specifically, startups in the sector raised a total of âŹ4.6bn in the first half of 2023 â down 70% from âŹ15.3bn in H1 2022. âSince mid-2022 we have seen an increase in investment discipline in public and private markets, resulting in less funding, lay-offs, less IPOs, flight to quality,... Read more âș
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Climate change anxiety is real, and it can cause feelings of powerlessness, or even apathy. While it is true that no soggy straws in the world will help as long as billion-dollar industries keep indiscriminately pumping oil out of the ground, it is also false to believe that our individual efforts do not matter. In a new game published last week, called The Time is Now: Toolkit for Change, the... Read more âș
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Single-glazing. Old electric-powered heat emitters. Walls with hardly any insulation. Damp throughout the ground floor. Welcome to Europe. While these problems vary in prevalence from country to country, even nations rated highly in assessments of household energy efficiency have room for improvement. Sweden, for instance, often does very well in such analyses. But for Magnus Petersson, cofounder and chief executive of Stockholm-based Dryft, thereâs plenty of work still to do.... Read more âș
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New iPhones always arrive with upgrades, but this yearâs crop will feature one improvement that Apple didnât want to make. As a result of new EU rules, the US tech giant is set to ditch its Lightning charging cable for a USB-C wire. The entire range of iPhone 15s is expected to make the transition. Full details will be revealed at Appleâs Wonderlust event, which begins at 19:00 CEST today.... Read more âș
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Today, the SaĂŻd Business School at the University of Oxford, along with early-stage VC OpenOcean, released what they call âthe worldâs most accurate open access startup insights platformâ â the O3. The platform is the result of three years of research from Oxford SaĂŻd and 13 years of experience of data economy investing from OpenOcean. It leverages public and private data sources and is meant to help improve decision making... Read more âș
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A Swiss startup has unveiled a solution to the global shortage of security guards: an autonomous patrol robot. Named the Ascento Guard, the two-wheeled sentinel is equipped with thermal and infrared cameras, speakers, a microphone, and GPS tracking. The bidepal design promises all-terrain mobility, fall recovery from any position, and top speeds of 5km/h. Using these features, the Ascento Guard can spot trespassers, monitor parking lots, and record property lights.... Read more âș
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NordicNinja, the largest Japanese VC in Europe, has raised a fresh fund of âŹ200mn for early-stage startups active in climate and deep tech, with particular focus on the intersection between sustainability and digitalisation. Alongside the funding, startups will receive support and access to a network of over 120 blue chip Japanese corporations. Founded in 2019, NordicNinja is led by a team of founders, engineers, and operators turned investors from Northern... Read more âș
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Dell and University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland have teamed up to advance cancer research using AI. Specifically, the tech giant will be working with ULâs Digital Cancer Research Centre to help doctors provide more efficient cancer care for patients suffering from B-cell lymphoma. This covers the entire spectrum of care, from speeding up diagnosis to improving treatment and long-term outcomes. To achieve this, Dell has developed an AI platform,... Read more âș
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