Tag: launch

  • Doctolib, AP-HP, and Roche launch startup programme to bridge healthtech–clinical gap

    Doctolib, @Hôtel-Dieu (AP-HP) and Roche are launching Care Forward, a support program for European health startups at STATION F. Designed to help young companies develop, test and deploy their solutions as close as possible to care delivery needs, it brings together technological expertise, access to clinical environments, and medical and regulatory support. Based in the read more

    Doctolib, AP-HP, and Roche launch startup programme to bridge healthtech–clinical gap
  • Locai Labs and Civo launch Project Mercury to end UK reliance on foreign AI

    Today, Locai Labs, the UK’s sovereign AI company, and Civo, the British sovereign cloud provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake Project Mercury. The programme aims to build the UK’s first pre-trained, sovereign LLMs, designed to reclaim British digital autonomy. For a decade, the UK has operated as a “digital tenant,” reliant read more

    Locai Labs and Civo launch Project Mercury to end UK reliance on foreign AI
  • Paparuda Studio lands €210K to launch Moldova’s next generation of game development talent

    Today, Moldovan game development studio Paparuda Studio secured an investment of over €210,000 (4 million MDL) to develop its first internationally targeted video game, marking a new step in the country’s transition toward high-value digital industries. Founded in 2026 by Victor Marchitan, Artiom Snegur, and Alex Culeva, Paparuda Studio represents a new generation of Moldovan read more

    Paparuda Studio lands €210K to launch Moldova’s next generation of game development talent
  • Klarna veterans launch Galdera with €1.5M for AI financial modeling

    Stockholm-based Galdera Labs has launched with €1.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-driven platform for financial modelling. The round was led by J12 Ventures, with participation from Antler and angel investors with experience at companies including Klarna, DeepL, Stripe, and Plata. The company is addressing a common challenge faced by finance teams: financial read more

    Klarna veterans launch Galdera with €1.5M for AI financial modeling
  • A New Public Art Biennial Will Launch Along the Katy Trail in Dallas

    The Katy Trail, a 3.5-mile urban greenway in Dallas, will be the venue for a new public art biennial launching in Spring 2027. The KTX Biennial will unfold across the length of the Katy Trail, and the works will be on view for up to 18 months, the approved length for a temporary public work read more

    A New Public Art Biennial Will Launch Along the Katy Trail in Dallas
  • Designer Dries Van Noten to Launch Foundation in Venice Ahead of the Biennale

    Fashion designer Dries Van Noten and his partner Patrick Vangheluwe will launch next month a new foundation in Venice dedicated to craftsmanship. The new Fondazione Dries Van Noten will be located in the historic Palazzo Pisani Moretta on the Grand Canal in the San Polo neighborhood. Over the course of each year, the foundation will read more

    Designer Dries Van Noten to Launch Foundation in Venice Ahead of the Biennale
  • Spain’s PLD Space raises €180M to scale satellite launch infrastructure

    International space transportation company, PLD Space, has closed a €180 million Series C equity funding round led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The round included the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI) and its INNVIERTE fund, and the Spanish public funds management company COFIDES, read more

    Spain’s PLD Space raises €180M to scale satellite launch infrastructure
  • Bard College to Launch ‘Independent Review’ of President’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

    Bard College has launched an “independent review” of its president’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after newly released emails from the Department of Justice revealed close links between the two. The liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, made the announcement in a statement from its board of trustees on Thursday. read more

    Bard College to Launch ‘Independent Review’ of President’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
  • Evan Beard Has Left Masterworks to Launch His Own New York Gallery

    Editor’s Note:This story is part ofNewsmakers, a newARTnewsseries where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Not every art dealer is in the mold of Leo Castelli, the aristocratic Italian who came to New York and created a market for artists like Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. His read more

    Evan Beard Has Left Masterworks to Launch His Own New York Gallery
  • Pixel Flow closes seed round three months after launch

    Hybrid-casual puzzle game Pixel Flow has closed a seed round with participation from Akın Babayiğit and e2vc. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Three months after launch, the game has reached seven-figure daily revenue and entered the Top 25 of the US App Store Top Grossing chart, reflecting the team’s accelerated scaling efforts read more

    Pixel Flow closes seed round three months after launch
  • MD One Ventures and Randox launch security and biotech accelerator for national resilience

    Europe’s first National Security VC firm, MD One Ventures and Randox, a global diagnostics and healthcare company from the UK and Ireland, today announce the launch of Randox for Builders, a security and biotech incubator and accelerator. Randox for Builders gives early-stage companies the funding and hands-on support they need to grow faster. At its read more

    MD One Ventures and Randox launch security and biotech accelerator for national resilience
  • Entrepreneurs launch European “venture studio”

    Two experienced entrepreneurs are launching an early-stage European “venture studio”, which will invest in startups it co-founds as it looks to unearth the hot industrial AI companies of tomorrow. Founded by Kostas Fetfatsidis,a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur, andDimitrios Kourtesis,a founder, investor, and engineer, the new entity is called The Flywheel and is billing itself as read more

    Entrepreneurs launch European “venture studio”