A tech writer found their heavyweight productivity apps were creating more work than they saved. The solution was a radical shift to a handful of tiny, single-purpose open-source tools that do one job perfectly.
A major private real estate fund just listed on the stock market, and investors immediately voted with their wallets. The fund’s shares opened at a staggering 38% discount to its last reported net asset value. This is a stark lesson in the difference between private marks and public market prices.
Lucis, a Paris-based preventive healthcare startup, has secured €7.2 million in Seed funding. The round was led by General Catalyst with Y Combinator participating. The company offers AI-interpreted lab tests to spot health issues before symptoms appear.
Canva, the $42 billion design platform, has been quietly building its AI arsenal since 2017. Its profitable, user-first approach is now a major threat in the crowded AI design wars.
XBOW has appointed Ron Gabrisko, the Chief Revenue Officer of Databricks, to its board of directors. The move aims to leverage his expertise in scaling enterprise software to accelerate XBOW’s go-to-market strategy for autonomous security.
A group of lawyers has filed a formal petition to cancel X Corp.’s trademarks on “Twitter” and “tweet,” claiming Elon Musk abandoned the brand. They plan to launch a new social network called Twitter.new if they win.
Qargo, a Transport Management System startup from Ghent, has secured €28 million in a Series B round. The funding will fuel team growth and product development as the company scales its operations across Europe.
Nu Quantum, a University of Cambridge spin-out, has raised $60 million in Series A funding. The startup aims to build the networking fabric to connect quantum processors into more powerful, fault-tolerant systems.
A Belgian AI startup just secured serious funding to be your company’s strategic sparring partner. Trendtracker’s platform analyzes trends to predict business futures, and investors are betting big on its global potential.
London’s Hummingbird Ventures has a winning, if controversial, investment thesis: back founders with childhood trauma. Partners Barend Van den Brande and Firat Ileri look for “outliers” with grit, leading to huge wins like BillionToOne and Kraken.
