Another development today in Google’s long-term strategy to streamline some of its less-core business operations. Google Nest Renew — a load shifting service for Google Nest owners get […]
Berlin climate startup ecoworks is using a high tech blend to decarbonize buildings
Berlin-based climate startup ecoworks is using digital technologies, AI and industrial robots to tackle a huge and critical problem: Energy inefficient buildings. Around three-quarters of buildings in Europe […]
OpenAI inks deal with Axel Springer on licensing news for model training
Many, if not most, generative AI tech vendors argue that fair use entitles them to train AI models on copyrighted material scraped from the internet — even if […]
British International Investment backs India’s Aye Finance in $37M funding
Aye Finance, an Indian startup that offers its digital lending platform to small firms, has raised $37.18 million in a fresh funding round led by British International Investment, […]
Food tech roundup: VC funding declines again in Q3 amid fewer deals
Venture capital investment into the food tech sector experienced its eighth consecutive quarter of decline in the third quarter of 2023, with 205 deals worth $2 billion, according […]
Keep your business model simple
The perils of premature complexity are huge administrative overhead and technical debt Haje Jan Kamps 9 hours I’m getting pretty frustrated with startups making things way more complex […]
Fiat’s new EV looks like the anti-Cybertruck
Last week, Tesla dropped details on the Cybertruck and maxed-out Cyberbeast. After all that talk of supersized trucks, the North American release of the Fiat 500e buggy hits […]
Why these investors think saving the trees isn’t just for protesters anymore
For more than 25 years, ecologists have been desperately trying to prove the economic worth of the world’s ecosystems, hoping that a markets-based approach would slow the destruction […]
Saviu Ventures’ second fund reaches €12 million first close to back Francophone Africa startups
Saviu Ventures, a VC firm targeting startups in Francophone Africa, has made an initial close of €12 million for its second fund with the backing of private investors, […]