Anna Heim

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ETH Zurich spinoff Voliro’s flying robots save lives, but don’t tell its CEO

We have only touched the surface of what drones can do and how ubiquitous they will become. This is also true in industr...
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AI dominated both YC Demo Day and startup news

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your ...
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M&As and AI are in the spotlight, but there’s still capital left for quick commerce and more

This week brought reassuring signs that dealmaking is still happening on both sides of the table. New unicorns are being...
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Some startups and investors are more risk-averse than others

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your ...
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YC alum Odigos aims to help enterprises find errors and stamp out latency in their systems

Companies’ data architecture today looks nothing like it did 20 years ago, but monitoring and tracing tools haven&...
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La French Tech gears up to go in a new direction

After weeks in political limbo, France now has a new prime minister, former EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier....
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Startups have to be clever when fighting larger rivals

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your ...
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Reonic raises €13 million to help small installers of green tech like heat pumps and solar panels

European regulators are pushing hard for greener energy. The REPowerEU plan calls for 10 million additional heat pumps t...
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Dutch clean energy investor SET Ventures lands new €200 million fund, which will go toward digital tech

New climate tech VC firms have emerged in recent years, but existing ones are also raising larger funds. Founded in 2007...
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‘Hospital at home’ startup Doccla raises $46 million for its European expansion

Hospitals around the world regularly face bed shortages — an issue that can get exacerbated to breaking point when...
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Fundraising is a lot easier when you have traction

Some stories emerge and die in a matter of days. Others require us to stay tuned for more, and this week brought us seve...
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Science-heavy Swiss VC firm Redalpine raises fresh $200M fund for early-stage investments

Many VC funds, especially recent vintages, have failed to return money to their investors. Swiss VC firm Redalpine is on...
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M&A can open up the playing field for the competition

No two businesses are the same, and that's good news: As we saw again this week, it opens up space for companies to try ...
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Another week in the circle of startup life

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. I’m Anna Heim fr...
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Caliza lands $8.5 million to bring real-time money transfers to Latin America using USDC

Real-time payments are becoming commonplace for individuals and businesses, but not yet for cross-border transactions. T...
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Deep tech startups with very technical CEOs raise larger rounds, research finds

SaaS founders trying to figure out what it takes to raise their next round can refer to Point Nine’s famous yearly...
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Iceland is dodging the VC doldrums as Frumtak Ventures lands $87 million for its fourth fund

Iceland’s startup scene is punching above its weight. That’s perhaps in part because it kept the 2021 hype i...
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Space for newcomers, biotech going mainstream, and more

Welcome to Startups Weekly — TechCrunch’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Si...
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Europe is still serious about ESG, and Apiday is helping companies comply

Apiday leverages AI to save time for its customers. But like legacy consultants, it also offers human expertise. © 2024 ...
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Defense tech and ‘resilience’ get global funding sources: Here are some top funders

We live in a very different world since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israe...
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YC alum Fluently’s AI-powered English coach attracts $2M seed round

There are plenty of resources to learn English, but not so many for near-native speakers who still want to improve their...
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Feather raises €6 million to go pan-European with its insurance platform for expats

As a foreigner, navigating health insurance systems can often be difficult. German startup Feather thinks it has a solut...
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This is your brain on Pink Floyd

The human brain has long been a subject of fascination for art and science, which are now both mixed into “Brainst...
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With €50 million to invest, Italian Founders Fund looks for entrepreneurs with global ambitions

While funding for Italian startups has been growing, the country still ranks eighth in Europe by VC investment, accordin...
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With €50 million to invest, Italian Founders Fund looks for entrepreneurs with global ambitions

While funding for Italian startups has been growing, the country still ranks eighth in Europe by VC investment, accordin...
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Startups Weekly: Ups, downs, and silver linings

Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Anna will be c...
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SoftBank-backed grocery startup Oda lays off 150, resets focus on Norway and Sweden

It’s not just instant-delivery startups that are struggling. Oda, the Norway-based online supermarket delivery startup, ...
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French startup ten ten finds viral success and controversy in reinventing walkie-talkies

Less than one year after its iOS launch, French startup ten ten has gone viral with a walkie talkie app that allows teen...
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Iceland’s startup scene is all about making the most of the country’s resources

With fewer than 400,000 inhabitants, Iceland receives more than its fair share of tourists — and of venture capital. © ...
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China’s $47B semiconductor fund puts chip sovereignty front and center

China has closed a third state-backed investment fund to bolster its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on other...
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