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Astor’s ‘community’ approach to financial advice aims to help women feel more confident about investing Jul 18, 2024

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Astor is a free personal finance platform for women that merges community and investing in an approachable way, came to be.

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Toddle wants to ‘change how we build software’ with a collaborative visual web app builder Jul 17, 2024

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Danish startup Toddle has launched a no-code web app builder that's designed as a full-featured alternative to Javascript frameworks.

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Adaptive builds automation tools to speed up construction payments Jul 17, 2024

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Adaptive is a platform that provides tools designed to simplify payments and accounting for general construction contractors.

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How VanMoof’s new owners plan to win over its old customers Jul 16, 2024

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When VanMoof declared bankruptcy last year, it left around 5,000 customers who had pre-ordered e-bikes in the lurch. Now VanMoof is up and running under new management, and the company’s current owners are courting those same customers by offering them a €1,000 discount off a new bike.

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Why Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ superconducting magnet sale is more than it seems Jul 16, 2024

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Fusion power may still be a few years away, but one startup is laying the groundwork for what it hopes will become a bustling sector of the economy.

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A startup set out to fight climate change — it did it by helping plumbers Jul 15, 2024

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The founders of HERO Software didn’t start out to help small tradespeople in construction with a platform. They started out to fight the climate crisis. But in doing so, they stumbled on a way to help the whole business. Now, the company has closed a €40 million Series B financing round, and plans to expand.

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Beeble AI raises $4.75M to launch a virtual production platform for indie filmmakers Jul 12, 2024

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Visual effects have emerged as essential in filmmaking and have transformed storytelling and creativity in the film industry with its diverse digital techniques. However, the high cost of VFX tools often leaves independent filmmakers and content creators working with modest budgets struggling to compete with larger productions

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Joby Aviation is betting on hydrogen-electric aircraft for regional flight Jul 12, 2024

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Joby Aviation is still a year away from commercially launching its electric air taxi designed for urban environments, but the startup is already looking towards its next chapter: Intercity flight, powered by hydrogen. To get the conversation started with regulators and demonstrate hydrogen’s capabilities, Joby told TechCrunch that it completed a 523-mile test flight.

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Iceland is dodging the VC doldrums as Frumtak Ventures lands $87 million for its fourth fund Jul 11, 2024

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Iceland’s startup scene is punching above its weight. That’s perhaps in part because it kept the 2021 hype in check, but mostly because its tech ecosystem is coming of age. Iceland attracted the most venture capital per capita of all Nordic countries in 2023, but that stat is somewhat skewed by its relatively small population.

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Deep tech startups with very technical CEOs raise larger rounds, research finds Jul 11, 2024

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SaaS founders trying to figure out what it takes to raise their next round can refer to Point Nine’s famous yearly SaaS Funding Napkin. (The term refers to “back of the napkin” plans or calculations.) Now, European hardware deep tech teams have a similar resource from First Momentum, a pre-seed fund investing in technical B2B

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