IT総合 Lidl owner and Bosch Ventures co-lead $500M Series B into German AI start-up Aleph Alpha
German AI start-up Aleph Alpha has raised a Series B funding round of $500 million from a consortium of seven new invest...
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IT総合 IT総合 Lab-grown leather scales up as Gozen raises $3.3M from Happiness Capital, SoSV and others
Whether we like it or not, the leather industry significantly contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global w...
IT総合 Oxolo bags €13M for Gen AI-driven video platform which can optimise engagement on the fly
Much has been made of AI-powered videos which can either make a real person speak different words or other languages, or...
IT総合 General Catalyst and European early stage fund La Famiglia ‘join forces’ to invest in European startups
In a move that will help cement the incursion of US-based VCs into the European ecosystem, General Catalyst and La Famig...
IT総合 Palestine’s growing tech industry has been literally blown apart by the war between Israel and Hamas
Gaza, despite being one of the most economically challenged regions in the world, has ironically always been a tech hub ...
IT総合 Tradeshift co-founder accused of sexual assault by company, allegations he denies
Tradeshift, a late-stage fintech startup that has raised over $1 billion in venture and debt, has dismissed its co-found...
IT総合 AI revolutionizing MRI scans — A Munich startup banked $32M to scan eggs, and says humans are next
Germany, France, and Italy are among the countries which last year enacted laws to stop the practice of culling male day...
IT総合 “Be optimistic and innovate” — The legacy of Cowboy founder and e-bike pioneer Karim Slaoui, who has passed away
Cowboy, the e-bike startup that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders, has announced that Karim Slaoui, co-f...
IT総合 Open Banking led to a FinTech boom — As Brite raises $60M, account-to-account payment grows
The move towards Open Banking payments, especially in the EU, effectively kicked-off the FinTech boom. Open Baking stand...
IT総合 Open Banking led to a FinTech boom — As Brite raises $60M, account-to-account payment grows
The move towards Open Banking payments, especially in the EU, effectively kicked-off the FinTech boom. Open Baking stand...
IT総合 Two large equity funds launched this week. What gives?
Two large equity funds came out of the gate this week. So, what gives? Earlier this year we covered how Liquidity Group,...
IT総合 New research: Vast majority of VC-backed UK startups do *nothing* on climate emissions
Some 76% of the top 500 VC-backed UK startups have done nothing to either measure or offset their carbon emissions, acco...
IT総合 Defence AI startup Helsing breaks the record for European AI, raising a $223M Series B
Helsing, a ‘Defence AI’ startup backed by Spotify founder Daniel Ek which had previosuly raised €102.5 milli...
IT総合 UK DeepTech gets another boost with new $100M SCVC fund out of Bristol
Europe has far too few VCs created by former founders, or “Operators” as the industry often likes to call them. Yes, Ato...
IT総合 Nordic-based Unconventional Ventures nears €30M fund close to back diverse European teams
As has been pointed out many, many times, lack of diversity is an ongoing problem in the tech startup and VC landscape. ...
IT総合 Communication using thought alone? Unbabel unveils AI project to give us superhuman capabilities
Sitting in a meeting room in a startup office in Lisbon, I silently typed the answer to a question only the person oppos...
IT総合 ‘Smart bus’ startup Zeelo, aimed at employers and schools, secures $14M to scale in the US
Zeelo — a ‘smart buses’ platform providing bus operators, employers and schools with private bus and shuttle transport p...
IT総合 VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries
We’ve seen the rise of no-code and low-code platforms being applied to any number of applications and use-cases. What wo...
IT総合 Messina joins Ride Home Fund’s new $15M AI vehicle, backed by Andreessen, Dixon, Crowley
Tech veteran Chris Messina and writer/podcaster Brian McCullough are launching a new $15 million fund aimed at AI startu...
IT総合 Pretiosum Ventures hits first close on its second fund to back infrastructure startups
London-based Pretiosum Ventures has reached the first close of what TechCrunch understands could eventually be a $20 mil...
IT総合 EdgeIn hopes to be a faster, community-driven, ‘CrunchBase for Web3’
As we saw with the collapse of FTX, the Web3 space leaves a lot to be desired in terms of transparent information about ...
IT総合 GoStudent adds another $95M to its war-chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring
GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far – has now raised another $95 m...
IT総合 Dial-up a therapist like an Uber? Wangie aims at Gen-Zs and the time-poor
It would be fair to say there’s no global solution for instant 24/7 access to mental health support. Yes, there are a fe...
IT総合 Akhetonics raises capital for its All-Optical processor prototype
Traditional processors from the likes of Intel, AMD, or Nvidia have well-known limitations around speed, energy efficien...
IT総合 What happened when Nous.co hooked-up Generative AI to its users’ household bills
With the cost of living ever more painful, and Generative AI supposedly gunning for your job, at least — for the moment ...
IT総合 Can dltHub solve the Python library problem for AI? Dig Ventures thinks so
Python is the preferred programming language in AI, however, most organisations can’t incorporate their Python developer...
IT総合 Cowboy rides to the rescue of VanMoof owners with app to unlock threatened bikes
Since struggling e-bike startup VanMoof confirmed it had gone into the Dutch version of administration, there has been a...
IT総合 Instant bank payments startup Ivy secured $7.7M in Seed round led by Creandum
Ivy, an API for instant bank payments, has secured €7 million ($7.7 million) in a seed investment round led by European ...
IT総合 Raft, which services freight forwarders, closes $30M Series B led by Eight Roads VC
During the pandemic, the digitisation of the freight industry took off like a rocket, and stayed that way. To date, Fort...
IT総合 Notion hits €300M for its fifth fund, but is unimpressed by big rounds into Generative AI startups
When it first appeared on the scene around ten years ago, Notion Capital was poised to take advantage of the oft-repeat...