Vienna-based early-stage VC Speedinvest has closed its fourth early-stage fund, Speedinvest 4, at €350 million (around $380 million at today’s exchange rate), surpassing the initial goal of €300 […]
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A $58M round for this European Mycelium startup shows the tech is on the cusp of big things
Infinite Roots (IR), formerly Mushlabs, is a German biotech company which has been plying the furrow of Mycelium, the material coming from fungi which has been hailed as […]
EU wants to upgrade its supercomputers to support generative AI startups
European Union lawmakers scrambling for the bloc to be a contender in the generative AI race are presenting a package of support measures aimed at charging up homegrown […]
How African startups raised funding in 2023
After defying the global funding slowdown of 2022, VC investments in African startups dropped considerably last year, mirroring the situation in other regions where capital taps were significantly […]
Turn headwinds into opportunity in 2024
Danny Rimer Contributor Danny Rimer is an investor and partner at Index Ventures. The founders I work with know I think about John Coltrane a lot. Lately, I’ve […]
Data ownership is leading the next tech megacycle
André Vellozo Contributor André Vellozo is a Brazilian businessman, cybernetician, inventor, and advocate for data ownership rights. He is the founder and CEO of Palo Alto, California-based DrumWave. […]
Sample Seed pitch deck: Pepper Bio’s $6.5M deck
Happy New Year, and welcome to the 78th installment of Pitch Deck Teardown! This week, we are taking a closer look at Pepper Bio‘s seed pitch deck that […]
In the fight against Methane, a key GHG, Valley investors have hit upon an unusual target: Cow burps
What do iconic Valley investors Zachary Bogue and Chris Sacca have in common? They are both trying to stop cows from burping methane. No, really. And a Sacca […]
A16Z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has announced its intent to begin lobbying the US government, and their plan is as tone-deaf and obtuse as this summer’s dreadful “Techno-Optimist […]