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Boutique startup studio super{set} gets another $90 million to co-found data and AI companies

While super{set} is backed by external investors, some of its capital comes from founding managing partners Tom Chavez a...
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French deep tech spinout Diamfab crystallizes hopes for diamond semiconductors to support green transition

Its long-term goal is to make more efficient semiconductors with a lower carbon footprint, while supporting what its CEO...
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Tutoring platform GoStudent reaches profitability amid tradeoffs

In a market that no longer favors growth at all costs, GoStudent's €3 billion valuation and global expansion may belong ...
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Frontline Ventures raises $200M to help B2B companies in Europe and US straddle the Atlantic

The sum will be split roughly evenly between two funds, Frontline Growth and Frontline Seed. The seed fund will favor Eu...
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With backing from NATO Innovation Fund, OTB Ventures will invest $185M into European deep tech

OTB Ventures' new $185 million fund for deep tech in Europe will mostly be deployed at the Series A stage; but up to 10%...
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As European dynamism gathers momentum, Elaia and partners double down with new deep tech fund

Elaia's third deep tech seed fund, DTS3, is double the size of the two previous funds, and signals the momentum that is ...
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French startup Nijta hopes to protect voice privacy in AI use cases

France-based startup Nijta, whose flagship product Voice Harbor anonimizes voices for AI, raised €2 million in funding f...
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Backed by Leonardo DiCaprio, YC alum SolarMente wants to help democratize solar power in Spain

Barcelona-based cleantech startup SolarMente recently added Leonardo DiCaprio to its cap table, hence becoming the actor...
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Showee, a smart shower startup, shines a light on accessibility

Showee's shower is designed for people with disabilities, both physical and intellectual. But Showee has another selling...
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MWC: Ethiopian fintech eQub digitizes peer-to-peer credit

Ethiopian startup eQub won the fintech pitching battle at 4YFN 2024, the startup event of Mobile World Congress. © 2024 ...
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With liquidity rare, VCs may get creative to return investor cash

Welcome to the very last issue of The Exchange! With TechCrunch+ sunsetting this month, The Exchange column and its news...
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Y Combinator wants 100 times more MRI scans

Leveraging resources such as virtual data rooms and shared labs makes it easier for biotech startups to grow. This is go...
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Earlybird Health closes twice-larger second fund, will write bigger checks

Germany-based Earlybird Health announced the final closing of its second fund of €173 million (around $185 million). Thi...
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Safety by design

Tech's ability to reinvent the wheel can mean ignoring truths that others have learned. But new founders are sometimes f...
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Why Latin American SaaS startups are different from their U.S. peers

Many Latin America's SaaS businesses outperform others at efficiency metrics; but capital scarcity also puts a limit to ...
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Is building an ecosystem the way forward for construction tech startups in LatAm?

Argentine construction tech startup Nuqlea recently raised a $750,000 extension round led by construction-focused VC fir...
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Why there’s no clear winning pricing strategy in B2B SaaS

New data from Maxio indicates that both consumption and subscription pricing have their advantages when it comes to grow...
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Can AI do ugly?

Some thoughts on AI aesthetics, the challenge of uninsurability, and how to pitch a biotech startup to non-experts. © 20...
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Yes, the tech layoff surge you are feeling is real

January has thus far seen 23,670 known tech layoffs, sourced from 85 known reductions, and hitting tech shops big and sm...
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Luko’s acquisition won’t make everyone happy, but the insurtech will live on

Allianz Direct, a digital-first German subsidiary of the insurance giant, has acquired the French home insurance busines...
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As the Mac turns 40, a tip of the hat to Mr. Macintosh

Steve Jobs once commissioned Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon to come up with an illustrated character that would "live"...
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VCs are not done betting on fintech

Which startups are drawing the most praise from venture folks? A new list compiled by GGV US provides some hints. © 202...
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It’s a good time to invest in early-stage edtech, investors say

It would be shortsighted to overlook edtech amid the present downturn, especially now that AI is disrupting nearly every...
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The two faces of AI

We all make mistakes. But sometimes we forget that technology does, too — especially when it comes to AI, which is still...
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Private equity could be the last resort for startups struggling to exit

Startups are in a difficult spot. But the good news is that some untraveled and overgrown exit paths have a chance of op...
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Consumer tech is bound for a comeback among unicorns, but maybe not just yet

Cowboy Ventures predicts that "given the hard shift to enterprise," we can "hope and expect more exciting consumer unico...
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Insurtech Getsafe acquires a student loan platform to meet its future clients upstream

This is Getsafe's second acquisition in a few months, after it nabbed the German portfolio of ailing French insurtech co...
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The mobile regulatory landscape is changing at an inconvenient time for Apple

With the tech world fighting to win the AI race while smartphone sales slow and regulations away at its legacy revenue s...
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Age tech at CES was much more than gadgets

CES was definitely worth watching closely, if only just for the rise of age tech. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved...
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Nasdaq CEO’s comments about IPOs portend sunny skies ahead for the tech industry

More than 100 companies are getting ready to go public on Nasdaq after filing confidentially with the SEC, Barron's quot...
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