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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/09/2025 19:01 EDT

Spotify CEO’s Neko Health opens its biggest body-scanning clinic yet

Body-scanning startup Neko Health has opened its largest clinic yet, continuing its expansion in London — just six months after launching its first site in the city. The futuristic new facility expands access to Neko’s high-tech health vision. Blending body scans, lidar sensors, and AI with blood tests, eye pressure checks, and strength tests, the startup maps millions of data points in minutes.  The findings can reveal warning signs about... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/09/2025 12:44 EDT

Mews leads top 10 funding rounds in rough quarter for Dutch tech

Hospitality software firm Mews raised Dutch tech’s biggest funding round in the first quarter of 2025, in what was a tough start to the year for the sector. Dutch startups raised around €460mn in the quarter, with a 59% decline in growth-stage funding raising alarm bells, according to the Quarterly Startup Report. Together, the top 10 deals accounted for over €320mn — more than 75% of all funding raised last... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/08/2025 19:01 EDT

European startup founders are working longer hours than you might think

Despite recent claims that European startups aren’t working hard enough, new research shows the continent’s founders are putting in serious shifts to turn their ideas into successful businesses. A survey of 128 founders by early-stage VC firm Antler found that three-quarters of them work more than 60 hours weekly, with 19% exceeding 80 hours.  German founders emerged as Europe’s hardest workers, with 94% working more than 60 hours weekly and... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/08/2025 19:01 EDT

Cosmic radio station could probe early universe from far side of the Moon

A UK startup wants to build a cosmic radio station in the Moon’s orbit to listen to radio waves from the early universe.   Blue Skies Space has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design a fleet of tiny satellites that could orbit the Moon and listen for signals from the cosmic “dark ages.” That’s the time before the first stars lit up, when the universe was mainly... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/07/2025 08:52 EDT

This Una smartwatch can be taken apart like LEGO and repaired at home

Consumer tech devices, including smartwatches, have deplorably short lives. Most are tossed aside when the screen cracks, the battery dies, or the software falls behind — adding to the world’s whopping great pile of e-waste.   Scottish startup Una aims to upend this take-make-waste cycle. The company’s sports smartwatch is built to be repaired. Users can easily swap, replace, and upgrade individual components like the screen, battery, and health sensors, extending... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/07/2025 02:00 EDT

Meet the 5 Nordic scaleup stars in the finals of TECH5 — the ‘Champions League of Tech’

Five fast-growing Nordic scaleups have reached the finals of TECH5 — the “Champions League of Technology.” They join a standout quintet from Benelux, unveiled last week, in the race to be crowned Europe’s hottest scaleup. The Nordics — comprising Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden — boast just 27 million people but punch well above their weight in innovation. The region has Europe’s highest density of unicorns — privately held... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/03/2025 12:38 EDT

European tech warns Trump tariffs will hit both hardware and software

Europe’s tech industry is bracing for impact after the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs yesterday. The US slapped a 20% tariff on imports from the EU — twice the rate for the UK. Switzerland fared even worse, receiving a hefty 32% levy.  Several European tech firms, investors, and analysts told TNW that the measures could disrupt supply chains, force pricing adjustments, and stem the flow of transatlantic VC capital —... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/03/2025 11:58 EDT

We rode a remote-driven EV through Berlin. Is this the future of car sharing?

“Hello, I will be your driver for today,” says Bartek Szurgot, a software engineer at German startup Vay and my chauffeur for this ride. He disengages the handbrake, gently presses the accelerator and the new Kia Niro EV I’m sitting in slowly pulls out of the parking lot.    As we approach the first intersection, Bartek indicates, turns the steering wheel, makes his observations, and drives out onto a busy road... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/02/2025 13:43 EDT

DeepMind’s new research restrictions threaten AI innovation, warns Iris.ai CEO

Google DeepMind’s reported clampdown on sharing research will stifle AI innovation, warns the CEO of Iris.ai, one of Europe’s leading startups in the space. The UK-based lab has tightened its rules on releasing AI studies, the Financial Times reported this week. Citing seven current and former DeepMind scientists, the newspaper said the company has introduced stricter vetting and additional bureaucracy, making it harder to publish research. The changes aim to... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/02/2025 03:00 EDT

The day a Russian missile hit a Ukrainian tech giant

Every entrepreneur has to overcome obstacles, but few have faced the challenges of Oleksandr Kosovan. As the founder and CEO of Ukrainian scaleup MacPaw, Kosovan runs his business in a country under invasion. The company has even been hit by missile barrages. As relentless Russian bombing and shelling pummel Ukraine, his team presses on with their work. In October, they released a new version of CleanMyMac, MacPaw’s flagship maintenance and... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/01/2025 07:30 EDT

Soaring AI energy use sparks call to ‘fundamentally redesign’ computing  

One of Europe’s leading climate tech VC firms has called for a “fundamental redesign” of traditional computing methods amid surging energy consumption from AI applications. The Berlin-based World Fund warns that simply transitioning data centres to renewable power will not be enough to fully decarbonise AI compute.  “We need to rethink the way we go about computing, from the materials and chips we use to software we run,” Daria Saharova,... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/01/2025 06:01 EDT

Lucien Engelen: Wellbeing tech is the new battleground for top talent

Gone are the days when a bean bag and free kombucha made your office cool. Today’s top tech talent wants something far more valuable: their health. That’s the view of Lucien Engelen, a renowned healthcare innovation expert, who believes workplace wellbeing is about to spark a seismic shift. This transition will not only transform employment perks, but also create a new tech market. Engelen’s vision draws on deep experience. Across... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 03/31/2025 08:53 EDT

Airbus to build lander for Europe’s first Mars rover after Russia dropped

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin rover is back on course for a landmark trip to Mars, where it will probe the red planet for signs of extraterrestrial life.  ESA initially designed the Mars rover alongside Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, as part of the ExoMars programme. The vehicle was set to launch in 2022, but when Russia invaded Ukraine, ESA severed ties with Moscow, putting the mission in jeopardy.... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 03/30/2025 16:38 EDT

Orbital rocket launches from Western Europe for first time

German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport in Norway today, marking the first-ever vertical orbital rocket launch in Western Europe. Spectrum blasted off at 12:30 PM CEST (11:30 BST) but lost control at about 25 seconds into the flight. A video from the launch shows the rocket wobble, pitch over, and then plummet back to the ground, where it collided with the ocean, causing a large... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 1 place · 03/28/2025 03:00 EDT

The 5 hottest scaleups in Benelux enter TECH5’s ‘Champions League of Tech’

Five high-flying scaleups from the Benelux region have made it into TECH5 — the “Champions League of Technology.” The classy quintet joins an exclusive group of Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies. Over the next two months, they will join six other regions — the Nordics, Southern Europe, France, the Baltic States, DACH, and the UK & Ireland — in a competition for the crown of hottest scaleup on the continent.  The... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 2 place · 03/27/2025 17:40 EDT

Landmark digital declaration from EU ministers ignites calls to cut startup regulation

A coalition of European startups has urged swift action to slash burdensome EU regulations after a landmark declaration from the D9+ group of digitally advanced nations. The declaration stressed the need for “removing barriers” and “simplifying EU rules and procedures.” Ministers from all 13 countries in the D9+ — Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden — signed the statement.... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 3 place · 03/27/2025 10:49 EDT

Tesla’s sales slump opens ‘rare window’ for European EV makers

Tesla’s sales in Europe have plummeted by 42% this year, according to the latest figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Tesla’s slip came despite total EV sales on the continent rising 28% over the same period. Analysts have linked the slump to Tesla’s aging model lineup and growing backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s increasingly polarising behaviour.   Whatever the reason, Andrew Fellows, an automotive and mobility expert at global tech... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web · 03/27/2025 06:14 EDT

This wildfire simulator can predict risks to individual homes anywhere on Earth

In the summer of 2018, a devastating fire tore through Greece’s Attica region. In its aftermath, four scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London — including two Greeks — set out to answer a simple yet crucial question: why did some houses burn while others were left untouched? That question set off years of research into computer simulations for predicting wildfire risk and behaviour. In December 2023,... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 03/26/2025 07:04 EDT

Quantum simulations are still slow. A startup says it just made them 10x more efficient

A new algorithm has improved the ability of quantum computers to model new materials and chemicals by a factor of 10. That’s according to its developer, UK startup Phasecraft.  The Bristol- and London-based company describes the breakthrough as the largest single leap in quantum simulations to date — moving us a step closer to real-world quantum applications. Quantum computers improve on classical simulations by accurately modelling complex quantum behaviours —... Read more

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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 1 place · 03/25/2025 13:24 EDT

BlackRock’s first European Bitcoin product hailed as ‘landmark development’ for crypto

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has launched its first Bitcoin product in Europe, a move that industry experts say will help legitimise cryptocurrencies in mainstream finance.  “This is a landmark development for crypto, displaying confidence in Bitcoin for mainstream investments,” Meryem Habibi, chief revenue officer at London-based cryptocurrency trading platform Bitpace, told TNW.  “Through this first in Europe, BlackRock is not only legitimising the asset class but also paving... Read more

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