Recap: Europe’s top funding rounds this week (23–29 March) A week that spanned semiconductor physics, orbital logistics, defence interceptors, and carob-based chocolate tells you something about the breadth …
Kandou AI raises $225 million to bet that copper can outlast the optical revolution Kandou AI, a Swiss semiconductor company that builds chip-to-chip interconnect technology, has raised $225 million in what it calls a Series A round…
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EU-Startups Summit returns to Malta in May with 2,500 attendees, and 80+ speakers The 12th edition of one of Europe’s longest-running startup events takes place on 7–8 May in Valletta. Alongside the usual pitch competition and inv…
A new app wants to cure loneliness by getting people off their phones and into the same room A startup called Friending has launched a social platform built around a premise that sounds almost quaint in 2026: helping people make friends by m…
Halter raises $220M at $2 billion valuation as virtual fencing for cattle goes global A cow wearing a GPS collar doesn’t sound like a $2 billion idea. But for the ranchers who have strung virtual fences across 60,000 miles of American…
Energy Vault acquires 175 MW battery project in Texas as it bets on AI-driven power demand In the sprawl north of Dallas, where data centres are multiplying and the Texas grid groans under record demand, Energy Vault has placed a new bet o…