After a three-year fund-raise, World Fund has finally closed a €300 million first fund, €50 million short of it’s target in 2021, but still a considerable number given […]
This Swedish startup wants to reduce the cost, and controversy, around stem cells production
With the news yesterday that “mini organs” have been grown for the first time using human stem cells, this futuristic area of bio-medicine is clearly accelerating by leaps […]
The five finalists to emerge from the Four Years From Now 2024 pitch competition
Long ago Mobile World Congress, which we’ve been covering all week, absorbed a side event for startups, the idiosyncratically named “Four Years From Now”. The event is now […]
As one raises $11.2M to hit the US, carbon startups pin hopes on future regulation to boost their fortunes
We last covered carbon credits startup Ceezer in late 2022 when it raised a €4.2 million ($4.5m) seed round. Then, as now, Ceezer was part of the new […]
Regulatory approval for this subscription solar UK startup could mean more are to come
With the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorising what’s believed to be the first time a company can provide solar panels and batteries on a subscription model — […]
Why Norrsken founder Niklas Adalberth is betting on Africa
In 2016, Niklas Adalberth, co-founder of Klarna, exited the buy now, pay later giant to establish the Norrsken Foundation, a nonprofit organization grounded in the principles of effective […]