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SoftBank invests $200M in Swiss robotics startup Gravis Robotics SoftBank has invested $200m in Swiss robotics startup Gravis Robotics, in what has been billed as a record investment. Gravis says the Series A funding round, in which the Japanese investor was the sole investor, is the largest Series A in
Monzo chairman Gary Hoffman to stand down after nearly eight years The chairman of Monzo’s board, who was reportedly in a boardroom battle with some Monzo shareholders over the departure of its former CEO, is standing down from the role. Banking veteran Gary Hoffman is standing down from the role at the
Defence tech investor and builder Gallos raises $50M A defence tech investor and builder which counts Sir Jeremy Fleming, the former director of the UK’s security and cyber agency GCHQ, as an advisor has raised $50m. The funding round in Gallos Technologies, which is still open, was led by Ventura Capital,
Nebex launches €100M initiative to turn global space spending into revenue for French startups Tejpaul Bhatia, CEO of space trading company Nebex, told me something that he admits will upset many, many, many space entrepreneurs, “with the exception of maybe Elon Musk.” “The only thing that matters right now in
Astute raises $1.2M and launches B2B new media platform Astute, a platform that helps B2B companies manage partnerships with newsletter, podcast and social media creators, has raised an oversubscribed $1.2 million pre-seed round as it launches its new platform. The round was backed by Flyer One Ventures, Silicon Gardens, Marathon
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University of Glasgow spinouts looking to raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/university-of-glasgow-spinouts-looking-to-raise/