Good news from around Europe
Collo’s deeptech fix for the food & beverage industry’s water waste problem Despite efforts to reduce water consumption, the beverage industry is known for its resource-intensive nature: for example, producing each litre of Coca-Cola requires up to 1.8 litres of water, and in dairy, this ratio is twice as high.
UK signals “Quantum Decade” with new investments and deals to fast-track real-world quantum adoption Today, as the National Quantum Technologies Showcase brings thousands of researchers, investors, and global policymakers together in London, the UK government is taking another step forward to unlock quantum’s vast potential to drive economic growth and
Anthropic to open offices in Paris and Munich The US AI lab behind the chatbot Claude is opening offices in Paris and Munich, as it looks to grow its European footprint. San Francisco–based Anthropic has also made a number of personnel appointments across Europe, where it employs nearly 200 people. The
Europe’s urban shared mobility needs a brain — SWITCH built one. Cities are under mounting pressure to manage an increasingly complex mobility landscape. Shared e-scooters, bikes and cars, on-demand delivery fleets, EV-charging needs, shifting commuter patterns, and new regulations have made urban transport harder to plan and optimise than ever.
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Nov. 03-07) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d
Aquark Technologies secures €1.6 million Innovate UK contract to advance deployable quantum timing systems Eastleigh-based Aquark Technologies, innovators in miniaturising deployable sensing and timing technologies based on cold atoms, today announced it has been awarded a €1.6 million (£1.4 million) contract by Innovate UK. The contract will facilitate the future
Anthropic expands from US with Paris and Munich hubs amid booming European growth Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, has announced the opening of new offices in Paris and Munich as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe. Following a year of rapid growth in the EMEA region
€515 billion at stake – Why the UK can’t afford to miss the SpaceTech boom From autonomous agriculture to encrypted finance, satellite-enabled infrastructure underpins 18% of the United Kingdom’s GDP – an estimated €515 million (£454 billion) of economic activity. Yet, as the global space economy booms and European neighbours
The corporate delusion: How to sabotage your own hiring I’m an ex-GM at Uber and am now building a startup in the UK, and I have one very painful question: Why is hiring for a startup in the UK so damn difficult? Within our entrepreneurial network, we often see the
$1 trillion for Musk. Tesla shareholders approve compensation package Tesla shareholders voted in favor of a $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk, Bloomberg reports. On Thursday, during the annual meeting, shareholders voted in favor of Musk’s compensation package. More than 75% of votes supported the remuneration plan. The