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42,435 | 19/04/2024 01:08 AM | Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3 | meta-is-already-training-a-more-powerful-successor-to-llama-3 | 19/04/2024 | The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta today is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works. | 19/04/2024 01:35 AM | 4 | |
42,434 | 18/04/2024 04:47 PM | Tesla's Layoffs Won't Solve Its Growing Pains | teslas-layoffs-wont-solve-its-growing-pains | 18/04/2024 | The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next. | 18/04/2024 05:34 PM | 4 | |
42,433 | 18/04/2024 04:00 PM | What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You? | what-if-your-ai-girlfriend-hated-you | 18/04/2024 | AngryGF offers a perpetually enraged chatbot intended to teach men better communication skills. WIRED took it for a spin. | 18/04/2024 04:04 PM | 4 | |
42,432 | 18/04/2024 03:09 PM | ‘Just like meaty sausages!’ Europe hosts first cultivated meat tasting | just-like-meaty-sausages-europe-hosts-first-cultivated-meat-tasting | 18/04/2024 | Dutch startup Meatable has hosted the first legally approved tasting of cultivated meat in Europe. On the menu was a lab-grown pork sausage. Meatable says the produce is “indistinguishable” from traditional meat, but causes no harm to animals or the environment. To replicate the flavours and textures of livestock, Meatable first extracts a single cell sample from a pig. The sample is then cultivated in a bioreactor. Over time, the sample multiplies and forms real muscle tissue, which is shaped into a familiar meat form. In Europe, however, no one was previously allowed to eat the output. That changed when the… This story continues at The Next Web |
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42,431 | 18/04/2024 02:31 PM | Energising the European tech ecosystem: Highlights from the EU Innovation Catalyst event in Brussels | energising-the-european-tech-ecosystem-highlights-from-the-eu-innovation-catalyst-event-in-brussels | 18/04/2024 | The EU Innovation Catalyst event gathered Europe’s policymakers, investors, innovators, and industry insiders on April 16 in Brussels to discuss the state of the startup ecosystem in Europe, future policies and opportunities to foster the growth of European innovation. The event also marked the launch for two ambitious EU-funded initiatives: StepUp Startups and Innovation Radar… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,430 | 18/04/2024 02:18 PM | Maxburg Capital Managemen soars past €1B capital raised with Fund IV | maxburg-capital-managemen-soars-past-euro1b-capital-raised-with-fund-iv | 18/04/2024 | Today private equity firm Maxburg Capital Management (announced the successful closure of Maxburg Capital Fund IV.This brings Maxburg's total capital raised to over €1 billion. Fund IV is 50 percent larger than its predecessor. It drew a broad spectrum of global institutional investors, ranging from public and corporate pension funds to consultants, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and family offices across Europe, North America, and Asia. Several portfolio company founders are also among the investors. Maxburg will continue its partnership with RAG-Stiftung. According to Moritz Greve, partner at Maxburg:
Maxburg invests in both majority and minority stakes, committing between €10 and €100 million in equity per transaction. It has invested in over 55 companies and executed six platform investments across several sectors. Felix Treptow, partner at Maxburg, shared:
Lead image: Moritz Greve, partner at Maxburg. Photo: uncredited. |
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42,429 | 18/04/2024 01:45 PM | FYLD secures £12M funding for AI-powered field management platform | fyld-secures-pound12m-funding-for-ai-powered-field-management-platform | 18/04/2024 | UK AI-powered field world management platform FYLD has closed a £12 million funding round. Critical infrastructure companies in Europe, North America, and South America—from utilities to heavy civil construction and highway maintenance—use FYLD to drive operational efficiency and reduce safety incidents with data. Using natural language processing, computer vision and AI, FYLD analyses what is taking place in the field in real-time, helping managers and operational teams make better decisions and drive more jobs to completion. FYLD was launched by Koru, a venture studio created by Ontario Teachers to help create and launch new digital companies. FYLD initially collaborated with SGN, a UK gas utility in Ontario Teachers' infrastructure and natural resources portfolio, to test and validate its technology. SGN saw immediate productivity benefits from the partnership, as well as a notable drop in worker incidents and injuries. "Software currently deployed into field workforces in the infrastructure sector remains unfit for purpose", said Shelley Copsey, CEO & Co-Founder at FYLD.
To date, FYLD has raised a total of £26 million, which has helped accelerate the adoption of its AI-powered platform and achieve 3x revenue growth in 2023. "As an investor in infrastructure assets around the world, we see the need for fundamental change in how field workforce operations are managed and delivered," said Dale Burgess, Executive Managing Director of Infrastructure & Natural Resources at Ontario Teachers.
FYLD will use this new capital to scale its commercial team, accelerate product development, enhance its AI-driven predictive analytics platform, and expand into new markets globally. Lead image: FYLD. Photo: uncredited. |
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42,427 | 18/04/2024 01:00 PM | Swisspod announce new €7M funding round for hyperloop transport | swisspod-announce-new-euro7m-funding-round-for-hyperloop-transport | 18/04/2024 | Swiss-American startup Swisspod Technologies, backed by Richard Branson, have announced a new fundraising round which they hope to close at €7M, having raised €200K already. Swisspod are aiming to commercialise Hyperloop technology for cargo and freight transport. Hyperloop is an intra-continental passenger and cargo transportation system consisting of an autonomous, fully-electric capsule traveling at near-sonic speeds (1200 km/h) in a low-pressure environment, with almost no air resistance. Swisspod has achieved significant milestones over the years, including the construction of Europe's first hyperloop testing infrastructure in Switzerland. The company has expanded its research and development efforts in Colorado, USA, and, through a partnership with TuTr Hyperloop, is working on developing and deploying this cutting-edge technology in India, backed by an agreement between the governments of Switzerland and India. In addition, Swisspod's role in the European Muspell project, which has received €3.5 million in funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), underlines its commitment to addressing the thermal management challenges associated with hyperloop systems. "The hyperloop solution we are building at Swisspod is not only incredibly fast and sustainable, but also economically viable as we substantially cut the infrastructure costs. We're thrilled to share our vision for the evolution of transportation with the Romanian community of investors who, like us, value innovation and sustainability, and are contributing to shaping a thriving future," said Denis Tudor, CEO and co-founder of Swisspod. "SeedBlink is more than just a fundraising platform, we are a growth environment for transformative projects like Swisspod's hyperloop. Our platform provides a complex ecosystem for innovation, growth and success, and we're happy to team up with Denis and his team again. The opportunity to invest in Swisspod is more than an investment in the company's revolutionary technology; it's a commitment to shaping the future of global connectivity and sustainability," added Eric Bartha, Head of Revenue at SeedBlink. |
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42,428 | 18/04/2024 12:30 PM | Found Energy raise $12M Seed Round to extract energy from aluminium waste | found-energy-raise-dollar12m-seed-round-to-extract-energy-from-aluminium-waste | 18/04/2024 | Cleantech Found Energy have raised a $12M Seed Round led by Glenfield Partners. KOMPAS VC also participated in the round. Found Energy’s technology is able to extract carbon-free energy from various aluminium feedstocks, with an aluminum hydroxide byproduct that can fuel alumina refineries, as an alternative to energy generated by depleting fossil fuel reserves. the technology uses a proprietary catalyst and treatment process in order to crack the protective oxide layer that naturally forms on aluminum as it interacts with oxygen. The round included investments from across Europe, the US and Asia, participation from KOMPAS VC, Munich Re Ventures, Good Growth Capital, the Autodesk Foundation, J-Impact, GiTV, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) as well as Glenfield Partners LTD. The company plans to direct the funding towards the delivery of pilot systems to early adopters within the year as well as further product development. They hope that this technology could be used to decarbonise industries with particularly high carbon emissions such as manufacturing and shipping. Partner at KOMPAS Talia Rafaeli commented:
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42,422 | 18/04/2024 12:00 PM | Kota partners with Vitality to expand its benefits software | kota-partners-with-vitality-to-expand-its-benefits-software | 18/04/2024 | Irish SaaS Kota, which provides automation software for companies, has partnered with health insurer Vitality to expand their benefits software so that companies and employees can manage their health insurance packages. HR and Finance teams will be able to view and manage Vitality group medical schemes within the Kota system, alongside the other plans available for their teams across different countries. The extension of Kota’s existing integrations in the UK makes its platform a comprehensive health and retirement benefits solution for companies operating across the UK and Ireland. They have also announced that their systems can be integrated with HR systems to automate the flow of employee data, removing the manual processes of onboarding and offboarding team members. Kota raised 5M in October in a round led by EQT Ventures with a plan to secure healthcare and embedded finance capabilities within the app. Co-Founder and CEO Luke Mackey commented: “We are delighted to announce the extension of our offering with Vitality as part of our further expansion into the UK and European market. For too long HR Managers and employees have had to deal with frustrating and cumbersome processes to enable easy access to core benefits. We have been working closely with Vitality to deliver a powerful employer and employee experience that changes the game for benefits management. Kota is the first to market with its one-stop hub, which empowers remote and distributed companies to control their benefits and protect their teams in one place.” Liam Kennedy, Director of Key Accounts at Vitality, said: “We’re pleased to be partnering with Kota, making it easier for businesses who have the platform to access and update their Vitality health insurance. Through our insurance, organisations can have access to a wide range of health and wellbeing support to enable them to prioritise and positively impact employee health and the productivity of their workforce, alongside providing access to healthcare when they need it.” |
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42,423 | 18/04/2024 11:54 AM | 4 in 10 translators are losing work to AI. They want remuneration from devs | 4-in-10-translators-are-losing-work-to-ai-they-want-remuneration-from-devs | 18/04/2024 | AI threatens to decimate the translation profession, according to a new survey by a British union. Almost four in ten translators (36%) said they’ve already lost work due to generative AI. Nearly half of them (43%) said the tech has decreased their income. They fear far worse is to come. Over three-quarters of translators (77%) believe GenAI will negatively impact future income from their creative work. The survey was conducted by the Society of Authors (SoA), the UK’s largest trade union for translators, writers, and illustrators. SoA said the livelihoods of translators are at risk. To protect them, the union wants… This story continues at The Next Web |
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42,424 | 18/04/2024 11:25 AM | Riga-based inGain raises €650k to offer no-code SaaS loan management system for fintechs | riga-based-ingain-raises-euro650k-to-offer-no-code-saas-loan-management-system-for-fintechs | 18/04/2024 | Latvian fintech startup inGain announced that it has raised €650k in funding from venture capital funds Trind VC and Fiedler Capital, as well as from the Latvian Business Angels network and several business angels. This is the first publicly announced investment in Latvian startups this year. inGain offers a no-code SaaS loan management system to fintech… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,425 | 18/04/2024 11:06 AM | London-based FilmChain raises €2.8 million to bring automation to payments in film and TV | london-based-filmchain-raises-euro28-million-to-bring-automation-to-payments-in-film-and-tv | 18/04/2024 | UK-based FilmChain, co-founded by Maria Tanjala and Irina Albita, has secured a €2.8 million investment. This financial milestone was achieved through a round led by the Holt IntersXion fund, with support from Roca X, DeBa Ventures, TechAngels Romania, and returning investor HearstLab. The investment, which also converts previous notes, signals a robust vote of confidence… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,426 | 18/04/2024 11:01 AM | UK-based Pathios Therapeutics raises €23.4 million Series B to advance first-in-class immunotherapy approach | uk-based-pathios-therapeutics-raises-euro234-million-series-b-to-advance-first-in-class-immunotherapy-approach | 18/04/2024 | Pathios Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on the development of first-in-class therapies for cancer, today announced that the company has raised €23.4 million in the first close of a Series B financing. The financing consists of a new strategic investment from Bristol Myers Squibb, as well as support from existing investors including Canaan and Brandon… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,420 | 18/04/2024 11:00 AM | The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived | the-real-time-deepfake-romance-scams-have-arrived | 18/04/2024 | Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams. | 18/04/2024 11:04 AM | 4 | |
42,419 | 18/04/2024 10:56 AM | The UK’s second commercial quantum computer has come online | the-uks-second-commercial-quantum-computer-has-come-online | 18/04/2024 | California-based quantum circuitry company Rigetti has brought a commercially available quantum computer to the UK. Only the second in the country, it was installed in collaboration with Oxford Instruments NanoScience — a cryogenics company that provides the cooling needed for superconducting qubits. The system, supported by grants from the UK government, is Rigetti’s first UK-based quantum computer and will be accessible via the company’s cloud computing services. When it comes to quantum computing, you need the actual circuitry hardware that hosts the qubits, advanced cryogenics systems, software to run error-correcting quantum algorithms, and specialised programming languages. And the means to… This story continues at The Next Web |
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42,417 | 18/04/2024 10:15 AM | Luxury assets platform Konvi acquires Diversified and Fractible | luxury-assets-platform-konvi-acquires-diversified-and-fractible | 18/04/2024 | Luxury assets investment platform Konvi has acquired Diversified and Fractible, consolidating their market share among a shared customer base. Financial terms of the deal are undisclosed. Konvi, Diversified and Fractible facilitate investment in luxury items such as fine wines, whiskeys, watches and vintage cars with a minimum investment of €250 in the hope that they will appreciate over time. French shoppers buy more luxury items than any other nation, and both acquired companies lead in France, opening up a key market for Konvi. Items available to invest in also include artwork; Konvi recently partnered with art collectors TGB Contemporary to offer users the opportunity to invest in Banksy pieces. The partnership enables users to access pieces that would usually require significant capital and a broad network of collectors and auction houses to be able to make a purchase. Under the acquisition, all current investments on Diversified and Fractible will automatically transfer to the Konvi app in April. Co-founder and CEO Eran Peer commented:
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42,418 | 18/04/2024 10:00 AM | Early-stage dominance: Insights from PitchBook’s Q1 2024 European Venture report | early-stage-dominance-insights-from-pitchbooks-q1-2024-european-venture-report | 18/04/2024 | While the first quarter of 2024 showed a mixed tone, with robust deal activity indicating a potential increase in deal value compared to 2023, exits demonstrated weakness, and fundraising displayed some resilience, reveals the new "Q1 2024 European Venture Report" published by PitchBook. Although it's too early in the year to determine if these trends will persist, there is cautious optimism regarding deal activity and fundraising, while exit markets are expected to remain restrained. VC deal activityAccording to the report, in Q1 2024 the total deal value increased 19.1 per cent year-over-year, reaching a total value of €16.3 billion. On the other side, the deal count decreased in Q1, compared both to the previous quarter and year which might indicate a shift towards quality within the market, thus having less transactions but with valuations that are more resilient. In Q1 2024, the deal value from mega-rounds (deals valued at €100 million or more) remained robust, reaching €8.2 billion across 18 transactions, nearly half the total mega-round value seen in 2023. In Europe overall, early-stage deals accounted for the majority of both deal volume and value in the first quarter, backed by sizable transactions like the one that had H2 Green Steel, Monzo and Mistral AI in Q1 2024. Share of VC deal by region In the first quarter of 2024, although the UK retained a significant portion of the deal count in Europe, its share of deal value decreased to 17.3 per cent. Meanwhile, regions like the Nordics and France & Benelux saw an increase in deal value, showcasing resilience year-over-year. In France & Benelux, this resilience was supported by the deals within robust sectors like AI, fintech, and cleantech (which in 2023 got a notable chance for growth due to structural demand supported by regulation). Consequently, these sectors, along with the region itself, hosted some of the top transactions in Q1, including investments in companies like Mistral AI, Picnic, and Electra. VC deal activity for female-founded companiesDeal activity for female-founded companies had a weaker start compared to the previous year, with a deal value of €1.9 billion which makes a decrease of 28.6 per cent year-over-year. The female-founded share of European deal value slightly declined to 21.8 per cent in the quarter. All-female-founded companies represented only 4.1 per cent of deal value in Q1 2024. While all-female-founded deals tend to be smaller in size, female-founded exits appeared more buoyant, with €1.3 billion in exit value in Q1 (which is half of the 2023 full-year level). Despite the growth in female-led industries like femtech, there remains a significant disparity between female-founded activity and the wider ecosystem, suggesting potential for growth in female-founded companies. VC exit activityIn the first quarter of 2024, exit activity showed little improvement from 2023, with most exits being acquisitions and European public listings remaining inactive. The current exit activity suggests a potential 46.4 per cent decrease year-over-year if the trend continues. IPO activity in 2024 has been divided, with private equity-backed companies showing more resilience than venture capital-backed ones. Profitability remains a key focus for public equities in Europe, contrasting with the US market's tolerance for unprofitable tech companies. Outside of public listings, as stated, it appears that the exits taking place (acquisitions and buyouts) are being done at lower valuations. |
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42,421 | 18/04/2024 09:53 AM | Lemon a Manchester-based fintech secured over €580K pre-seed to help grow its business. | lemon-a-manchester-based-fintech-secured-over-euro580k-pre-seed-to-help-grow-its-business | 18/04/2024 | Manchester-based fintech, Lemon, is announcing it has successfully raised its pre-seed funding round, securing over €580K to support the business through the next stage of development. Led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active early-stage VC, and Pitchdrive, a European fund specialising in pre-seed and seed investment, this backing offers more than monetary value, as… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,414 | 18/04/2024 09:00 AM | 10 Swedish startups to watch in 2024 | 10-swedish-startups-to-watch-in-2024 | 18/04/2024 | With €5.7 billion raised in total in 2023, Sweden took fifth place among the best-performing countries, as stated in our Annual report. Two companies dominated in the list of the 10 companies that raised the most last year, and both are from the cleantech industry. Northvolt secured a total of €2.7 billion over four deals, followed by H2 Green Steel which closed a €1.5 billion deal. Here is the list of those you should also watch in 2024.
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42,416 | 18/04/2024 08:44 AM | EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 65: Janneke Niessen, Co-Founder of CapitalT | eu-startups-podcast-or-episode-65-janneke-niessen-co-founder-of-capitalt | 18/04/2024 | In this episode, Janneke Niessen, a serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of CapitalT, discusses her journey as an entrepreneur and the transition to becoming an investor. She shares crazy moments from her entrepreneurial career and highlights the importance of team evaluation using proprietary technology. Janneke also talks about her involvement in InspiringFifty, an initiative to increase… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,415 | 18/04/2024 08:40 AM | Meet the Gen Z founders rewiring the graduate job market | meet-the-gen-z-founders-rewiring-the-graduate-job-market | 18/04/2024 | London-based Huzzle has raised £1.43M in Pre-Seed funding for careers-focused social networking. Ingmar Klein was at university in Switzerland when he began to envision a solution for his peers, who were attempting to balance studying with part time jobs and running societies. Student societies aren’t just a surefire way to forge identities, friendships and an unhealthy attachment to threadbare merchandise; increasingly, they’re a key conduit of work experience that propels members on to prestigious graduate jobs. Societies run on volunteers who juggle a bundle of incompatible systems. They stretch across Whatsapp for comms, Facebook for events, Google Forms to solicit feedback, Instagram for promotion and email for outreach. Ideas can’t get off the ground, events go unattended and committees burn out. The labour of building communities around Venture Capital, Neuroscience, Foreign Affairs gets distilled into unverifiable lines on a CV. To solve this, Klein and co-founder Parham Rakshanfar built Huzzle, a social hub to connect communities of young professionals with each other and with employers. In his words? “Like LinkedIn, but less cringe.” You log into Huzzle as either an individual, society or employer. Committees can use the platform to organise and promote events, connect with others and reach out to companies for sponsorship, speaking events or showcases. It has onboarded 600 societies so far, testament to candidates and recruiters' mutual urge to ditch the exhaustive application funnel for a more sustained, authentic relationship. The site integrates a ChatGPT API that tailors students’ applications to specific jobs. “Most applications never get read.” Klein says. “You have to game the system. We’re trying to get you into that upper quartile where someone reads the application.” He moved to London to launch the company there due to the pivotal role of societies within its university ecosystem: the UK hosts 10,000 of them, and many institutions have paid sabbatical officers who manage them. Klein isn’t the first founder to convert his dissatisfaction with online spaces into motivation to rewire them; Alexandra de Brunner’s The Ethos Network, an app where young people connect and mobilise over shared social causes, has raised $1.9M so far. Invesors often run from the suggestion of a social media investment due to the moderation challenges that scaling presents, the ironclad market share of incumbent social giants and unclear paths to profitability, but increasing disillusionment with social media among young people offers an opportunity to disrupt. The round was led by 10X Founders alongside several angel investors including Verena Pausder, Chairwoman of the German Startup Association, Leon Szeli, the Founder of Presize and Alexander Mrozek, a former Global Product Lead at Google. |
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42,412 | 18/04/2024 08:17 AM | Ghent-based AmphiStar secures €6 million to launch eco-friendly and cost-effective biosurfactants derived from waste | ghent-based-amphistar-secures-euro6-million-to-launch-eco-friendly-and-cost-effective-biosurfactants-derived-from-waste | 18/04/2024 | Established in 2021, AmphiStar, a Ghent-based biotech startup offering locally produced microbial biosurfactants to companies seeking to develop sustainable, performant, and affordable products with surfactants as important performance ingredients, announced the conclusion of a €6 million in a funding round. This round was led by the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), with participation from Qbic… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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42,411 | 18/04/2024 08:15 AM | AmphiStar raises €6M to recycle waste | amphistar-raises-euro6m-to-recycle-waste | 18/04/2024 | Ghent-based Bioengineering startup Amphistar has raised €6M from European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Qbic III and Flanders Future Tech Fund (FFTF) to derive surfactants from waste. Surfactants play a pivotal role in everyday products such as shampoo, toothpastes, cosmetics, inks, paints, agrochemicals, food and feed and even construction materials. Over 20 million tonnes of surfactants are produced every year, of which the vast majority are relying heavily on fossil and or palm oil feedstocks and are produced using harsh traditional chemical manufacturing processes. Amphistar produces microbial biosurfactants from locally sourced waste from the agri-food industry and supermarket food waste and uses mild and safe biological processes, similar to brewing beer, to produce them. The funding will expedite collaborations with external partners to produce and develop AmphiStar’s biosurfactants. The team has industrial and start-up experience across synthetic biology, process development, scale up, formulation and commercialization. AmphiStar’s Sophie Roelants commented: “AmphiStar will revolutionize the surfactant market. We have developed a unique platform technology and are the only company in the (bio)surfactant space successfully combining a set of different key technologies: waste- and side stream technologies, synthetic biology, bioprocessing, purification and scaling expertise. "With this capital injection and extended support of these prominent investors we will bring our unique waste based biosurfactant products to market and aim to make biosurfactants mainstream. We have had a first market introduction of one of our waste based biosurfactants with Ecover last year, showcasing the performance, safety and sustainability of our waste based sophorolipids. We are looking for more sustainable partnerships and are open to collaborate. We are also looking for enthousiastic new talent to strengthen our team.” |
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42,413 | 18/04/2024 07:27 AM | Meet the speakers of our “Women and Underrepresented Minorities Empowerment” panel discussion at this year’s EU-Startups Summit | meet-the-speakers-of-our-women-and-underrepresented-minorities-empowerment-panel-discussion-at-this-years-eu-startups-summit | 18/04/2024 | On May 9-10, we’ll be hosting the 10-year anniversary of our annual in sunny Malta! At the event, we’ll have lots of exciting speakers, panel discussions, networking activities, pitch competitions and much more. The EU-Startups Summit will gather over 2,000 founders, startup enthusiasts and investors for two days of networking, inspiration and learning! This year, one… This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.
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