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Informa just bought the rooms. Here’s how startups get in
Every week another AI agent promises to book your meetings, score your leads and write your follow-ups. So why did Informa just agree to pay £2.24…
Ben Costantini
Creative tech in Europe runs on grants. San Sebastián’s finalists prove it
Ten startups pitched at the San Sebastián Film Festival on 24 September. I went through every one of them afterward and couldn’t find a single disclosed…
Ben Costantini
AI replaced 3D printing in composites pitches
In 2019, 3D printing was the loudest thing in composites. Across that year’s JEC Composites Startup Booster applications it ran at 24.7 mentions per 10,000 words…
Ben CostantiniThe Selected podcast
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Music startups and their buyers go to different conferences
Music Innovation Consulting (MIC) keeps an agenda of 96 music and tech events for 2026. Fifteen carry its music-tech label, and eight of those are in-person…
Ben Costantini
Pick the LP first, then the 2027 conference
A communications director at a German VC firm sent me a two-line question recently. Her investor relations team wants conferences in 2027 with exposure to LPs,…
Ben Costantini
The empty startup area: why tradeshows fail at startup sales
Picture this. A strategy director at a major exhibition calls with six weeks to go before the show. The brand new startup area has sold exactly…
Ben CostantiniSpotlight
Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech
Superconducting quantum computers and quantum software
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Music startups and their buyers go to different conferences
Music Innovation Consulting (MIC) keeps an agenda of 96 music and tech events for 2026. Fifteen carry its music-tech label, and eight of those are in-person events in Europe. Only…
Alchera raises £2.7M seed to plan UK roads and buses with AI
Cambridge's Alchera closed a £2.7M seed, with Maven Capital Partners leading £2M through the South West Investment Fund – a bet that UK roads and buses get planned on data,…
Ubitium raises $14M seed to put physical AI on one chip
One reconfigurable RISC-V array that senses, infers and controls – proven on Samsung's 8nm – just earned Ubitium $14M from Ibex Investors. Evaluation chips land in 2027.
Undecimal Bio raises $18M seed to take RNA medicines beyond the liver
An $18M oversubscribed seed co-led by 4BIO Capital and IQ Capital backs a Cambridge spin-out betting the next phase of RNA medicine is delivery, not silencing – starting with the…
Causa Prima raises $20M seed for AI agents that settle B2B invoices
Three months after a $10M pre-seed, Munich's Causa Prima has raised $20M from Base10 Partners to put AI agents on both sides of the B2B invoice – and to open…
Latest funding
| Company | Round | Lead | Sector | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech Unclassified · Spain | Series A | – | Unclassified | €19.6M |
| Ambio Unclassified · Finland | Seed | Lifeline Ventures | Unclassified | €5.1M |
| Duvo Unclassified · Czechia | Series A | Balderton Capital | Unclassified | €28.5M |
| Salience Labs Industry · United Kingdom | Series B | Bullhound Capital | Industry | €111.4M |
| Wavo Unclassified · France | Eurazeo | Unclassified | €10M | |
| Cofrai Unclassified · Spain | DFF Ventures | Unclassified | €2.6M |
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Garage48 Empowering Women Hackathon 2026
kood/JõhviEuropean Blockchain Convention 2026
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JEC Composites Startup Booster 2027
The JEC Composites Startup Booster is a pitch contest for startups, entrepreneurs and academic spin-offs working in composites and advanced materials, covering raw materials,…
JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2027
Advanced materials and composites work is judged here, with a trophy and a showcase at JEC World in Paris for the winners. Notably it…
4YFN Awards 2027
4YFN, the startup event GSMA runs beside MWC Barcelona, awards prizes across five categories: Health Tech, Fintech, Climate Tech, Connectivity and Digital Horizons. Four…
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