Global tech investment firm Partech Ventures has announced raising €120 million (about $127 million) for its fourth seed fund that will invest in Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. The latest fund, Partech Entrepreneur IV, will invest at pre-seed and seed stages in about 50 startups as a lead investor or co-investor, with initial cheques… Continue reading Partech raises $127m for latest seed fund to invest in US, Europe & SE Asia
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secjur Raises €5.5M in Seed Funding
secjur, a Hamburg, Germany-based provider of an AI powered compliance automation platform, raised €5.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Visionaries Club with participation from Mario Götze, Nico Rosberg, Cocoa Ventures, SB21, Estelle Merle, Charlotte Pallua, Ignaz Forstmeier, and other angels. The company intends to use the funds to further develop the system… Continue reading secjur Raises €5.5M in Seed Funding
Asia Digest: VinFast’s Europe foray, STACK and ESR extend partnership to JapanVinFast has officially opened stores in Cologne, Germany and Paris, Fran…
Vietnamese carmaker VinFast has opened two stores in Europe marking its foray into the continent. In a separate development, US-based STACK Infrastructure has extended its partnership with asset manager ESR after announcing a joint venture to develop a data centre campus in Osaka. VinFast drives into Europe Vietnamese electric carmaker VinFast has officially opened its… Continue reading Asia Digest: VinFast’s Europe foray, STACK and ESR extend partnership to JapanVinFast has officially opened stores in Cologne, Germany and Paris, Fran…
Chinese snack maker Weilong Delicious seeks to raise up to $141m in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese spicy snack food maker Weilong Delicious Global is aiming to raise up to $141 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering launched on Monday, well below its initial target of about $1 billion. The company is selling 96.39 million shares in the range of HK$10.40-11.40 each, according to its listing documents. In that… Continue reading Chinese snack maker Weilong Delicious seeks to raise up to $141m in Hong Kong IPO
Indonesian carbon technology startup Fairatmos raises $4.5m in seed round funding
Indonesia-based carbon technology platform Fairatmos has raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by Go Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Gojek; and Kreasi Terbarukan TBS, a unit of IDX-listed energy company Toba Bara Sejahtera. The round also saw participation from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India and prominent angel investors, according to… Continue reading Indonesian carbon technology startup Fairatmos raises $4.5m in seed round funding
Ant Group leads Hong Kong-based Aigens’ $14m Series A funding round
Aigens, a food and beverage SaaS startup based in Hong Kong, has secured $14 million in a Series A funding round led by Jack Ma’s Ant Group, according to a company announcement on Monday. The other backers included Singapore’s venture capital and private equity firms Velocity Ventures, Phillip Private Equity, and Prizm Ventures. Aigens digitises… Continue reading Ant Group leads Hong Kong-based Aigens’ $14m Series A funding round
NZ Super Fund commits up to $70m to VC firm Movac’s new tech-focused vehicleMovac is targeting a $100m first close for its Growth 6 Fund.
NZ Super Fund, New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund, announced that it will commit up to $70 million to the latest technology-focused fund of venture capital firm Movac. The commitment is for the Movac Growth 6 Fund, an investment vehicle that seeks to back fast-growing, established technology companies in New Zealand, the wealth fund said in… Continue reading NZ Super Fund commits up to $70m to VC firm Movac’s new tech-focused vehicleMovac is targeting a $100m first close for its Growth 6 Fund.
Clean Technica: Which Will Prevail: Musk’s Social Media Controversies Or Musk’s Machine Focus & Innovation?002427
He’s been called “belligerent.” He’s been accused of treating people like collateral damage instead of human beings, of becoming “unhinged.” He’s self-described as “the Chief Twit.” He’s Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and he’s been the target of a whole lot of criticism since his 2022 purchase of Twitter. It forces one to wonder, which… Continue reading Clean Technica: Which Will Prevail: Musk’s Social Media Controversies Or Musk’s Machine Focus & Innovation?002427
Astronauts Prepare to Grow Juicy Dwarf Tomatoes in Space
Time for a little gardening. Space Garden Among other spacefaring duties, growing plants up on the International Space Station (ISS) has been a longtime priority for NASA. The space agency has been off world gardening for years, in the hopes of eventually progressing it past a science experiment to legitimate agriculture. Now, NASA has announced… Continue reading Astronauts Prepare to Grow Juicy Dwarf Tomatoes in Space
Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web
Another Google service will soon join the company’s graveyard of apps. The search giant quietly announced this week it is shutting down Duplex on the Web. In a support page spotted by TechCrunch, the company notes the service won’t work after the end of 2022. “As we continue to improve the Duplex experience, we’re responding… Continue reading Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web