Deeptech has generated a frenzy across Europe — VCs and policymakers are betting billions of euros that new research-based technologies will shift the global balance of power in their favour, by unleashing a world-beating generation of startups.
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March 31, 2021
France adds €700m to Europe’s deeptech arms race
Deeptech represents Europe's great hope for startup champions. France just upped the ante.
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