2025-07-14

Funding focus: Fusion startups shatter investment records in push for clean energy

Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in the Netherlands, and now we’re honing in on Europe’s bu [...]

2025-07-09

Funding focus: Biotech dominates Netherlands’ top 10 rounds in H1 2025

Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. After debuting with a look at the biggest rounds so far this year, we now turn to the largest deals in the Netherlan [...]

2025-07-09

Biotech startups are facing a new threat

Cuts in federal funding and upheaval at the FDA under Trump have funders keeping their wallets closed — and executives "sounding the alarm" [...]

2025-07-02

Microsoft pulls program that gave a generous Azure boost to AI startups

Microsoft pulls its startups program, replacing it with a new scheme which might not be as favorable for some startups. [...]

2025-07-01

Europe’s 20 largest startup funding rounds this year (so far)

Despite a cautious VC climate and ongoing geopolitical jitters, European startups are still attracting serious cash.  Covering everything from AI drug discovery and space launches to quantum softwar [...]

2025-06-30

Is this Hollywood’s moment of AI reckoning?

As studios, stars, and startups race to harness generative AI, a deep rift is forming within the entertainment industry. Some see opportunity; others see existential threat. [...]

2025-06-27

Switzerland leads the world in deep tech investment, report finds

Switzerland pours more of its venture capital into deep tech than any other country, according to new data. The Swiss Deep Tech Report 2025 found that 60% of all Swiss venture funding between 2019 and [...]

2025-06-24

These sensors ‘listen with light’ to guard Europe from subsea sabotage

Dutch tech scaleup Optics11 has launched an underwater monitoring system that uses light waves to “listen” for the presence of foreign objects. Called OptiBarrier, the system can detect enemy subm [...]

2025-06-24

European startup’s space capsule ‘lost’ after reentry

Communication with a privately funded European space capsule was lost Tuesday shortly after the spacecraft reentered Earth’s atmosphere.  The capsule launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Spa [...]