£125M GoFibre Funding for Rural Scotland, Valentin Stalf Leaves N26 CEO, Doncaster: UK's Quiet AI Hub

£125M GoFibre Funding for Rural Scotland, Valentin Stalf Leaves N26 CEO, Doncaster: UK’s Quiet AI Hub

This week, over 35 tech funding deals totaling more than €404 million were tracked, along with over 15 exits, mergers, acquisitions, rumors, and related news…

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Energy is the New Gold: How Europe Can Harness the Next Electric Tech Wave

Energy is the New Gold: How Europe Can Harness the Next Electric Tech Wave

Europe has yet to launch a €100 billion tech IPO since SAP, while the U.S. and China produce billion-dollar companies at an increasing pace. Tesla…

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Winning the Startup Race in Europe: A Playbook for Investors and Policymakers

Winning the Startup Race in Europe: A Playbook for Investors and Policymakers

Authors’ note: This article presents a growth blueprint from IRB and ESNA, featuring insights from ESNA’s Executive Director, Arthur Jordão. Evidence increasingly supports public innovation…

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Spintop Ventures Expands Nordic Presence with New Danish Office and Principal

Spintop Ventures Expands Nordic Presence with New Danish Office and Principal

Swedish venture capital firm Spintop Ventures is expanding into Denmark with a new base in Copenhagen and the appointment of Jasenko Hadzic as Principal. This…

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€50 Million Series B Insights: Why It Matters at Every Startup Funding Stage

€50 Million Series B Insights: Why It Matters at Every Startup Funding Stage

Before any slide is shown or your practiced opening line is delivered, an investor’s decision is already forming. In recent years, I’ve guided several early-stage…

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Don't Overlook Cohere: Command A Reasoning, Its First Model for Enterprise Customer Service and More

Don’t Overlook Cohere: Command A Reasoning, Its First Model for Enterprise Customer Service and More

I was in more meetings than usual today so I just caught up with the news that Cohere, the Canadian startup co-founded by former Transformer…

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OpenAI Attorneys Probe Meta's Involvement in Elon Musk's $97B Acquisition Attempt

OpenAI Attorneys Probe Meta’s Involvement in Elon Musk’s $97B Acquisition Attempt

OpenAI is requesting Meta to provide evidence regarding any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and xAI to acquire or invest in the ChatGPT-maker. The request…

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Anduril and Blue Origin to Explore Cargo Transport from Orbit to Earth for the Pentagon

Anduril and Blue Origin to Explore Cargo Transport from Orbit to Earth for the Pentagon

Blue Origin and Anduril have secured contracts with the U.S. Air Force to examine how their technologies, including rockets, could be used to transport military…

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How Walmart’s Startup Mentality is Strengthening Enterprise-Scale AI Security

How Walmart’s Startup Mentality is Strengthening Enterprise-Scale AI Security

VentureBeat recently had a virtual interview with Jerry R. Geisler III, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Walmart Inc., to discuss the…

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