Month: May 2025

Why Europe needs more women-led agritech and foodtech startups Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-women-agritech-foodtech-brnd/

Deeptech VC Lunar Ventures raises second fund of 50m Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lunar-ventures-raises-50m/

Climeworks eyes expansion despite planned layoffs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/climeworks-expansion-layoffs/

Luminar kicks off another round of layoffs amid CEO’s sudden resignation Luminar, the lidar company founded by recently replaced CEO Austin Russell, is going through another restructuring, according to a recent regulatory filing. This new round of layoffs, which the company did not provide figures for, follows extensive cuts to

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Google’s Sergey Brin: ‘I made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass’ Google co-founder Sergey Brin said he “made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass” during an onstage interview at Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday. Brin was a surprise addition to an interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

The latest Google Gemma AI model can run on phones Google’s family of “open” AI models, Gemma, is growing. During Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday, Google took the wraps off Gemma 3n, a model designed to run “smoothly” on phones, laptops, and tablets. Available in preview starting Tuesday, Gemma 3n

Google commits $150M to develop AI glasses with Warby Parker Google says it will commit up to $150 million to the consumer eyewear company Warby Parker to jointly develop AI-powered smart glasses based on Android XR, the companies said on Tuesday during Google I/O 2025. Google has already committed $75

Andy Murray joins Redrice as founding member of Sports Collective Former world number one tennis player, Andy Murray, has joined venture capital firm Redrice Ventures as an Associate Partner.  Murray will add his unique insight to the Redrice team, drawing on his previous experience as an investor in over 40

Catalyxx fuels expansion with €3M round and €37M EIB backing for French production site Spanish startup Catalyxx, specialized in converting bioethanol into sustainable chemical products, has closed a €3 million funding round led by Axon Partners Group.  Catalyxx has developed a patented, non-fermentative process capable of converting bioethanol into biobutanol,