Vinted, the popular online marketplace for second-hand fashion, has announced its first-ever annual profit. The milestone follows a strong 2023, reaching €596.3mn in revenue — a 61% increase compared to the previous…
Month: April 2024
Dutch startup to test hearing via brain-computer interface
MindAffect, a Netherlands-based healthtech startup, has raised €1.1mn to bring its hearing diagnostics technology to market. A spinout from Radboud University, MindAffect has developed a patented brain computer interface (BCI) technology, which…
Dutch startup tests hearing via brain-computer interface
MindAffect, a Netherlands-based healthtech startup, has raised €1.1mn to bring its hearing diagnostics technology to market. A spinout from Radboud University, MindAffect has developed a patented brain computer interface (BCI) technology, which…
Vega-C rocket to launch Europe and China’s first entirely joint space mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) has secured a ride for its solar wind satellite. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer — or Smile for short — will blast into space aboard…
French startup bags €2M to make cancer clinical trials more accessible
Paris-based Klineo has raised €2mn for its AI platform that facilitates access to cancer clinical trials. Klineo’s platform connects doctors and patients directly with relevant clinical trials. It provides trial search, contact…
OpenAI to train LLMs on Financial Times content — with permission
The Financial Times (full disclosure — the owners of The Next Web) have inked a deal with OpenAI. The American firm will use the British publisher’s content to train its generative AI…
New UK cybersecurity law will make weak passwords a thing of the past
Under the UK’s new cybersecurity law, consumer smart devices can no longer allow the use of weak, easy-to-guess passwords, such as “admin” or “12345.” This is part of a set of minimum-security…
Polestar unveils ‘world’s first’ 10-minute charge EV prototype
Polestar has successfully charged its upcoming EV model in just 10 minutes. The Swedish car maker achieved the feat using a “silicon-dominant” battery built by Israeli startup StoreDot. Polestar installed the…
Study shows ‘benevolent sexism’ in startups widens the gender gap
This view overlooks the existence of more subtle, yet pervasive and socially acceptable, sexist attitudes that often go unnoticed. Given the sheer number of people interested or working in startups today, from…
This week in Dutch tech
Hallo, Netherlands! Welcome to TNW’s first weekly round-up of tech news from our glorious home country. As we count down to TNW conference in Amsterdam on June 20 and 21, we’re ramping up…