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  • U2V launches €60M fund for deeptech university spin-offs in Europe

    U2V (University2Ventures) has completed the first closing of its €60 million Fund I, with support from corporates including anchor LP Jungheinrich via Uplift Ventures, alongside family offices, serial entrepreneurs and industry executives. The fund aims to support teams turning Europe’s research into commercially viable deeptech companies, helping to bridge academia and industry while contributing to read more

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    U2V launches €60M fund for deeptech university spin-offs in Europe

  • Wakuli raises €5M from ECBF and Rabobank

    Amsterdam-based coffee company Wakuli has closed a Series A round of €5 million in debt and equity from ECBF and Rabobank. Including earlier participation from the ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund and Icecat Capital, the company has now raised a total of €9.25 million. Founded in 2019 by Yorick Bruins and Lukas Grosfeld, Wakuli focuses read more

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    Wakuli raises €5M from ECBF and Rabobank

  • FION Energy secures €1.4M for AI-optimised battery systems

    Berlin-based cleantech startup FION Energy has closed a €1.4 million pre-seed funding round, led by HTGF and Norrsken Evolve, with participation from experienced business angels. Most industrial companies want to reduce their energy costs but face significant technical complexity and high operational effort. FION addresses this by offering an end-to-end solution, from site analysis and read more

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    FION Energy secures €1.4M for AI-optimised battery systems

  • Sierra Leone mining: Two young lives that ended in the search for gold

    Godwin AsedibaBBC News Komla Dumor Award winner, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone Andre Lombard / BBC Namina Jenneh is mourning her 17-year-old son who died while mining for gold There is a sense of disbelief in this Sierra Leonean village as people weep in front of the bodies of two teenage boys wrapped in white cloth. read more

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    Sierra Leone mining: Two young lives that ended in the search for gold

  • South Africas MK party: Brumelda Zuma sworn in as MP after Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla resigns

    A daughter of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sworn into parliament, less than a fortnight after her half-sister was forced to step down. Brumelda Zuma became one of South Africa’s newest MPs on Wednesday, representing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the opposition party led by her father. Her half-sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, resigned from parliament read more

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    South Africas MK party: Brumelda Zuma sworn in as MP after Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla resigns

  • US sanctions network it says recruits Colombian fighters for Sudans civil war

    The US has imposed sanctions on a network it says is recruiting former Colombian soldiers and training individuals to fight in Sudan’s civil war. Eight entities and individuals – primarily of Colombian nationality – have been aiding the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on read more

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    US sanctions network it says recruits Colombian fighters for Sudans civil war

  • Watch: Australian teens test out social media as ban takes effect

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    Watch: Australian teens test out social media as ban takes effect

  • Breast imaging for male and transgender patients: bridging the knowledge gap

    Transgender patients face multiple barriers Mammography in cranio-caudal (A) and medio-lateral oblique (B) views in a 52-year-old transgender woman after 5 years of hormone therapy. Anna D’Angelo from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome addressed transgender breast imaging, emphasising the importance of correct terminology. Transgender, she clarified, is an umbrella term for read more

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    Breast imaging for male and transgender patients: bridging the knowledge gap

  • Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91: “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?”

    “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?” asked Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91 at the 2025 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture, organized by MIT.nano, on Nov. 3. “The grand challenge goal is to create these tissues for therapeutic use and, ultimately, at the whole organ scale.” Lewis, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically read more

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    Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91: “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?”

  • Fal raises $140M Series D to power the next era of real-time generative media

    Real-time generative media platform fal today announced a $140 million Series D financing, bringing its funding to over $400 million. Türkiye-founded, fal is an infrastructure layer for real-time AI-generated content, enabling developers and enterprises to run any model—open-source, private, or commercial—through a single, ultra-low-latency serverless API. The platform automatically scales globally and eliminates DevOps overhead, read more

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    Fal raises 0M Series D to power the next era of real-time generative media

  • Sprouty raises $550k to expand its AI-based parenting support app

    Sprouty, an AI-powered parenting assistant, has raised $550,000 in a seed round from AltaIR Capital to accelerate growth, expand into new markets, and advance its mission of providing parents with reliable, empathetic support from birth to age two. Parenting stress is a widespread issue, and parental burnout has been documented in many countries. Recent studies read more

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    Sprouty raises 0k to expand its AI-based parenting support app

  • KBC unveils €100M Start it Fund, targeting Belgium’s most promising startups from idea to IPO

    KBC Group is investing €100 million through Start it @KBC to strengthen the Belgian startup ecosystem. This investment also launches a new fund (the Start it Fund) aimed at early-stage financing for top-tier startups from the accelerator program, addressing a long-standing demand from founders. Thanks to this fund, these startups can count on capital and read more

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    KBC unveils €100M Start it Fund, targeting Belgium’s most promising startups from idea to IPO

  • Assaia raises $26.6M Series B to boost AI for airport operations

    Assaia, the Zurich-based aviation technology company, has raised $26.6 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by Armira Growth, alongside existing investors. As air traffic volumes surpass pre-pandemic levels and airports face staffing constraints and tighter operational margins, the industry is increasingly prioritising intelligent automation to strengthen resilience and improve efficiency. Assaia’s AI read more

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    Assaia raises .6M Series B to boost AI for airport operations

  • UK and Germany among countries with highest ChatGPT enterprise customers, says OpenAI

    The UK and Germany are among the countries with the highest number of ChatGPT enterprisecustomersoutside the US, while the Netherlands and France are showing strong growth in business customer numbers, according to a new report fromChatGPTdeveloper OpenAI. OpenAI has published selective usage figures of its AI tools, which are now used by more than one read more

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    UK and Germany among countries with highest ChatGPT enterprise customers, says OpenAI

  • Equixly raises €10M to tackle the API security crisis with agentic AI hackers

    Italy-based Equixly has raised €10 million in Series A funding to scale its proprietary agentic AI hacking platform. The round was led by 33N Ventures and joined by Alpha Intelligence Capital, with additional participation from existing investors JME Ventures, 360 Capital and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. Founded in 2022 by brothers and serial read more

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    Equixly raises €10M to tackle the API security crisis with agentic AI hackers

  • betacluster Ventures launches new early-stage fund to support AI-driven innovation

    betacluster Ventures has launched betacluster Poland.One, a new early-stage fund under the PFR Starter program. With a target capitalisation of €19 million (PLN 81.25 million), the fund will invest in technology startups primarily from Poland that are developing solutions for the Smart Data Economy, where intelligent data systems, AI and automation transform how industries operate, read more

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    betacluster Ventures launches new early-stage fund to support AI-driven innovation

  • Algori raises €3.6M to scale its AI shopper insights platform globally

    Madrid-based Algori, a purchase and behavioural data platform for the FMCG industry, has raised an additional €3.6 million in growth capital, bringing the company’s total funding to €7.5 million. The round brought in new investors, including Red Bull Ventures, Tech Transfer Agrifood (Clave Capital), Co-Invest Capital, AttaPoll, and Firstpick, alongside continued support from existing backers read more

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    Algori raises €3.6M to scale its AI shopper insights platform globally

  • Evertrust secures €10M to accelerate expansion in Europe’s digital trust market

    French cybersecurity software vendor Evertrust has closed a €10 million Series A round from the fund Elephant, which will support the company’s growth strategy, including team expansion, product development, and international scaling. Founded in 2017 by Kamel Ferchouche (CEO), Jean-Julien Alvado (CTO) and Étienne Laviolette (COO), Evertrust has evolved from a digital trust consulting firm read more

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    Evertrust secures €10M to accelerate expansion in Europe’s digital trust market

  • Sudan war: Air forces bombing of towns, markets and schools has killed hundreds, report says

    Barbara Plett UsherAfrica correspondent AFP via Getty Images Millions have fled the fighting which began in April 2023 Sudan’s air force has carried out bombings in which at least 1,700 civilians have died in attacks on residential neighbourhoods, markets, schools and camps for displaced people, according to an investigation into air raids in the country’s read more

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    Sudan war: Air forces bombing of towns, markets and schools has killed hundreds, report says

  • Benin coup attempt: Why the rebel soldiers failed where others in the region succeeded

    Paul MellyWest Africa analyst AFP via Getty Images Plotters misjudged the national mood and Benin’s neighbours learnt from past errors Had last week’s coup attempt in Benin been successful, it would have become the ninth to take hold in the region in the last five years alone. Just a few days after soldiers took power read more

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    Benin coup attempt: Why the rebel soldiers failed where others in the region succeeded