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Dutch Designer Iris van Herpen’s High-Tech Garments Are On View in a Mid-Career Retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum
In 2010,Iris van Herpen, only three years after establishing her eponymous couture brand, sent the first 3D-printed garment down the runway as part of her “Crystallization” collection. A top evoking the skeletal structure of a snake with its ivory-colored coils of 3D-printed polyamide, the piece was a collaboration with British architect Daniel Widrig. “It was read more
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Dutch healthtech Ditto raises €7.6M to bring AI-powered patient support across Europe
Dutch healthtech startup Ditto has raised €7.6 million to support its European expansion and further develop its AI-powered patient communication platform.The funding round was led by Heal Capital, with participation from Optiverderand Rubio Impact Ventures. Since launching last summer, the app has been downloaded by nearly 100,000 users. Ditto was founded by Tobias Polak, Bart read more
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Dutch AI inference chipmaker Axelera AI raises $250M
A Dutch chipmaker which designs and manufactures chips for AI inference use has raised more than $250m, with backing from new investor BlackRock. Innovation Industries, the European VC fund, is the lead investor in the round inAxelera AI. The round also features new investors BlackRock and SiteGround Capital as well as existing investors, including Bitfury, read more
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Thieves Steal Dutch Museum’s Entire Silver Collection
A museum in the eastern Dutch city of Doesburg has been hit by thieves who lifted its entire silverware collection in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to museum staff, more than 300 “irreplaceable” objects were stolen, valued at tens of thousands of dollars. At approximately 4:30 a.m. local time, two men forced entry read more
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Dutch online grocery store Picnic raises €430M
Dutch online grocery store Picnichas raised€430 million from existing investors and is ploughing much of the funding to grow its operations inGermany. Picnic’s existing investors includeGerman supermarket giant Edeka,TheBilland Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Dutch investment firmHoyberg and Amsterdam-headquartered investment firm NPM Capital. As well as bolstering its presence in Germany, where Picnic says it’s the read more
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