Good news from around Europe
Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing’ In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and founder behind the Don’t Die movement — wants to start “foodome” sequencing. “We’re going to sequence the U.S. ‘foodome,’ which means
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters in size (“parameters” referring to individual components of the model), is under an Apache 2.0 license,
Rad Power Bikes already has a new CEO Rad Power Bikes has named a new CEO, just a few days after its previous leader stepped down. The e-bike company has tapped Kathi Lentzsch, who has spent the last few decades helping turn around underperforming companies in both the consumer and
Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. Flock makes computer vision-enabled video surveillance technology used by law enforcement as well
Android is adding Auracast support, which allows hearing aids to connect to public audio broadcasts Google announced on Thursday that Android phones will soon support Auracast, a new Bluetooth technology that uses a phone to enable a direct connection from hearing aids to audio broadcasts in noisy environments. With Auracast,
125 top European founders unite to fund and mentor the next generation of European founders Today sees the launch of Project Europe, an initiative by some of Europe’s leading founders and entrepreneurs to encourage the next generation to take greater risks and make entrepreneurship a worthwhile endeavour in Europe. At
Thorizon raises €20M for modular nuclear reactors that advance a circular nuclear economy Deeptech startup Thorizon, a pioneer in molten salt reactor technology, has secured €20 million in funding. Thorizon, originally a spin-off from NRG, sees small modular nuclear reactors as an ideal, stable, and clean complement to an energy system
Mimo secures $8.5M to scale up financial management platform Mimo, a platform of financial management tools for SMBs and accountants, has raised $8.5M led by Project A. Previous investors Northzone and Seedcamp also participated in this round. Mimo has also arranged an embedded funding partnership with Froda, in order to provide
Elea raises €4M for automated pathology platform to speed up diagnoses Elea, an AI platform built to optimise medical pathology, has raised €4M from Fly Ventures and Giant Ventures and partneed with one of Germany’s largest hospital groups. Elea provides an AI-powered pathology operating system designed to optimize and transform
Harvesting innovation: xFarm and Checkplant join forces to grow agritech in Latin America Swiss agritech company xFarm Technologies is merging with Checkplant, a Brazilian company that specialises in solutions for field management and monitoring. Brazi is a leading producer of coffee, sugarcane, soybeans, cereals, and legumes, whose agribusiness export value