Pathfounders
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Pathfounders, with @mikebutcher.bsky.social, produces news, analysis, opinion, podcasts, and events, covering startups and investors across Europe, Silicon Valley, and beyond.
Agon’s $30m raise shows just how hot Europe’s VCs are for defence these days pathfounders.com/p/agon-s-30m...
EXCLUSIVE: This UK startup has invented a way to make critical minerals — but no one is listening Read: pathfounders.com/p/this-uk-st...
It’s Party time! The @pathfounders Summer Party & Network Launch luma.com/pathfounders... Drinks, conversation and high-quality networking. Partners: Halkin/Night Office, and Dawn Capital (By application and invitation only)
Multiverse Computing lands $570m Series C betting smaller AI models beat bigger ones: The Spanish startup says its quantum-inspired compression technology can shrink LLMs by up to 95% pathfounders.com/p/multiverse... by @AmeliaKIsaacs
Pathfounders Podcast: That OpenAI / Hugging Face Incident. What now? Read: pathfounders.com/p/pathfounde... YouTube: youtu.be/9DC5uJx-vjw Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6tVG...
In a key milestone in its push to bring electric aviation closer to commercial service, UK company @VerticalAero has completed its first public eVTOL flight at the Farnborough International Airshow, taking off and landing vertically, and transitioning to and from wing-borne flight.
Poolside releases open-weight coding model Laguna S 2.1, edging ahead of some in the US/China pathfounders.com/p/poolside-r...
Arrakis raises $30M Series A to put AI agents inside industrial operations: Founded by a former Accel investor and alumni of Palantir, Datadog and ASML, has now raised around $38 million in total. pathfounders.com/p/arrakis-ra... by @mikebutcher
*Here are the top five companies vying to take on Palantir in Europe* With the US flexing its muscles globally, which companies are looking to offer a European sovereign alternative to the US tech giant? pathfounders.com/p/top-five-c... by @AmeliaKIsaacs
Analysis: CuspAI's $450m raise points to physical world AI boom. what does CuspAI’s funding actually mean for industrial AI, the 'sovereignty' question, and the next phase of VC?pathfounders.com/p/analysis-c... by @mikebutcher
France’s Syntetica raises $30m from Lululemon to scale unique nylon recycling process pathfounders.com/p/france-s-s...
Dutch bricklaying robot startup raises $32m from Khosla to expand across Europe/US pathfounders.com/p/dutch-bric... by @mikebutcher P.S. Subscribe: pathfounders.com/subscribe
New Aspire11 pension-backed fund launches to back late-stage companies and early-stage funds pathfounders.com/p/new-aspire...
ANALYSIS: Valarian versus Palantir: Who will win the Game of Europe's thrones? pathfounders.com/p/valarian-v... by @mikebutcher P.S. Subscribe to our newsletter and WhatsApp pathfounders.com/subscribe
BREAKING: UK startup Valarian raises $50m Series A for sovereign AI infrastructure, plans to compete with Palantir pathfounders.com/p/valarian-r...
Roli in emergency refinancing talks as lenders file for administration pathfounders.com/p/roli-in-em...
.@_lauramcginnis departs @balderton for @singular__, as the European VC looks to tap the UK’s white-hot AI dealflow pathfounders.com/p/laura-mcgi...
Fleek raises $25m to expand internationally and AI-ify its platform
Fleek raises $25m to expand internationally and AI-ify its platform
The platform connects wholesale second-hand clothing suppliers and graders with buyers across 100+ countries.
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Customised products platform Bizay raises $55M Series D to push into US, acquire rivals pathfounders.com/p/customised...
Nuclear fusion race heats up as Proxima Fusion raises €411M for Munich demonstrator pathfounders.com/p/nuclear-fu...
2050 to take over Future Positive Capital’s first fund, after founder steps back pathfounders.com/p/2050-to-ta...
Xylo arrives to rescue the UK from its planning nightmares
Emergency Podcast: How will Andy Burnham change the UK's AI strategy?