Funding is tighter, but climate tech remains structural Venture funding conditions have tightened across the board, but climate technology continues to stand out as a long-term, structural investment area. That is the view of Isabelle Canu, a Partner at GET…
Merge Labs secures $252 million to build brain-computer devices Merge Labs, a company co-founded by Sam Altman, has raised $252 million to develop devices designed to connect human brains to computers, according to information provided in the announcement. The funding…
osapiens announces decarbonization agreement osapiens, a Mannheim-based provider of enterprise software positioned around sustainable growth, announced today that it has entered into an agreement related to Decarbonization. The company did not disclose the counterparty, commercial terms, timeline, or the specific…
SkyFi closes $12.7M oversubscribed Series A SkyFi, an Austin-based satellite imagery and analytics company, has raised $12.7 million in an oversubscribed Series A round as it looks to make Earth-observation data easier to access and use across the defence, agriculture…
Companies push voice AI into customer-facing and back-office roles Across industries, companies are moving quickly to adopt Voice AI for customer support, sales outreach, and internal operations. The appeal is straightforward: voice systems can handle high-volume interactions, reduce wait times,…
Homeownership slips further out of reach for younger generations For many would-be buyers, property ownership is no longer a milestone—it is a distant aspiration. Across major markets, rising prices, higher borrowing costs and constrained supply have left younger generations increasingly…
Ex Nunc Intelligence announces oversubscribed pre-seed Ex Nunc Intelligence, a Lausanne-based developer of the LegalTech platform Silex, said it has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round. The company disclosed the close on Tuesday, positioning the funding as a milestone intended…
Croatia comes into focus in Europe’s annual market review As part of an annual country-by-country series tracking economic and business trends across the continent, attention is turning to Croatia—a market increasingly viewed as a small but steadily strengthening piece of…
In-person startup events are holding their ground In a startup ecosystem defined by rapid iteration and constant change, founders and investors often share a blunt reality: staying still can be the biggest risk. While digital channels have expanded access to…
Communication, not code, is the recurring failure point In the race to build and deploy artificial intelligence, many startups assume their greatest existential risk is technical: model performance, infrastructure costs, or the ability to ship faster than competitors. But according…