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futurepresent emerges from stealth with $300M Fund I to back AI across infrastructure and industry
After more than a year of quietly investing, German-US VC firm futurepresent is emerging from stealth with Fund I totalling $300 million. The firm is being built as a deliberately small partnership with a flexible mandate, arguing that founder relationships matter more than platform scale. The firm has already invested in 14 portfolio companies with read more
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Historic Architecture Emerges from Stone in Matthew Simmonds Ethereal Sculptures
From unassuming hunks of Carrara marble and limestone, Matthew Simmonds carves realistic, miniature gothic cathedral arches, stairwells, and colonnades. Often based on architectural details of real places, such as cities around Tuscany and Germany’s Bamberg Cathedral, the sculptures portray intimate details of corners, vaulted ceilings, arcades, and stairwells that can sometimes be peeked through additional read more
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Decoding DNA with AI: Living Models emerges from stealth with $7M
Living Models, a Paris–Berkeley startup, has raised $7 million in seed funding as it emerges from stealth to develop foundation models for biology trained on DNA, RNA, and multi-omics data aimed at improving understanding of biological systems. To support the next stage of development, the company has also secured access to a computing cluster of read more
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Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba emerges as a leading candidate for supreme leader of Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has emerged as a leading candidate to replace his slain father as Iran’s supreme leader, with regime loyalists backing him for the position hours after top clerics met to choose a successor. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency on Wednesday quoted Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts, as read more
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Stilla emerges from stealth with $5M to address collaboration challenges in AI-driven companies
Stockholm-based Stilla has emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seed funding to develop an intelligence layer designed to support collaboration between humans and AI within product teams. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from a group of angel investors. As organisations accelerate the adoption of AI across workflows, coordination has become read more
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Lakestar-backed German drone maker Twentyfour Industries emerges from stealth
A Munich-based drone maker, backed by Lakestar, has come out of stealth, trumpeting its sovereign defence production credentials. Called Twentyfour Industries, the startup, incorporated in late 2024, has raised $11.8m from Lakestar, OTB Ventures, and 468 Capital. It says it hasmoved from product design to production and field deployment of European drones in less than read more
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geoSurge emerges from stealth to help brands improve visibility in AI search
London-based deeptech AI company geoSurge has launched out of stealth, focusing on helping brands understand and improve how they are represented within large language models. As AI increasingly serves as a starting point for everyday decisions, visibility within generative AI systems is becoming more commercially significant. Recent reports find that ChatGPT prompt volume rose by read more
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Condukt emerges from stealth with $10M to power next-generation compliance
London-based Condukt, a next-generation compliance platform for financial services, has raised $10 million in seed funding and emerged from stealth. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures, with participation from Cocoa Ventures. Founded in May 2023, Condukt is designed as an agentic, real-time compliance solution that is always-on and policy-aware, giving read more
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