Month: August 2024

UK startup OXCCU has opened a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) demo plant at London Oxford Airport, as it looks to make a dent in emissions from air travel.  OXCCU spunout from Oxford…

Balderton Capital today announced the closing of its $1.3bn early stage and growth funds in a sign of the European tech sector regaining investor confidence and momentum.   We are often disconcerted at…

Climate-focused venture capital funds have already raised $6.9bn since the beginning of 2024, up from $5.2bn for the entirety of 2023, according to a new report from Venture Capital Journal. While climate…

In the business world (and beyond) everybody loves the success story of an underdog. Estonia’s Bolt is one such example. The startup was founded in 2013 by then 19-year-old Markus Vilig with…

China is currently busy accumulating most of the gold medals in the table tennis events in the Paris Olympics. Meanwhile, an AI-powered robot from Google DeepMind has achieved “amateur human level performance”…

Pitch battles are a great way for startups to gain exposure and attract a room full of potential investors, future employees, and new customers, all in a quick-fire three minutes on-stage. But……

Elon Musk is having a rough week. His daughter has denounced him as a fake Christian, an absent father, and a serial adulterer. He’s been in court to fight a custody battle….

Volocopter won’t be operating an air taxi service at the Paris Olympics after all, following a delay in the certification of its aircraft’s engine, AFP reports.   The setback deals a major blow…

“There comes a time when free speech can cause real-life harm and that’s when social media platforms need to react,” said former Danish PM and current chair of Meta’s Oversight Board, Helle…

Delft-based VSParticle has raised €6.5mn to accelerate material discovery for industrial solutions, such as the production of green hydrogen. Discovering new materials in the lab typically takes years, often close to 10 or…