Maija Palmer

The deepfake dangers lurking in the metaverse
Analysis
April 18, 2022
The deepfake dangers lurking in the metaverse
The technology exists for anyone to create a hyperreal avatar of themselves. But do we stop these deepfake images from being misused?
Maija Palmer
A new fund for founders who want to get off the fundraising treadmill
Analysis
April 12, 2022
A new fund for founders who want to get off the fundraising treadmill
London-based D2 offers early-stage companies a hybrid of equity and revenue-share finance
Maija Palmer
European carmakers lag behind on startup investments
Analysis
April 5, 2022
European carmakers lag behind on startup investments
Daimler is the only European carmaker that has an extensive portfolio of startups across all sectors from flying cars to autonomous driving.
Maija Palmer
Forget the metaverse — Labster raises $47m to build the 'eduverse'
News
April 4, 2022
Forget the metaverse — Labster raises $47m to build the 'eduverse'
Labster will use the new funding to scale its virtual science learning platform.
Maija Palmer
The state of European corporate venturing in 6 charts
Analysis
March 29, 2022
The state of European corporate venturing in 6 charts
European corporates are worried their businesses will be disrupted but are not happy with current efforts to innovate.
Maija Palmer
Who's investing in the metaverse? We sat down with the top VCs
Analysis
March 28, 2022
Who's investing in the metaverse? We sat down with the top VCs
Metaverse startups: here’s who you need to pitch to
Maija Palmer
Soundcloud veteran founds €25m European metaverse VC fund
News
March 10, 2022
Soundcloud veteran founds €25m European metaverse VC fund
FOV is one of very few funds specialising in this area and will back 25-30 seed and pre-seed stage metaverse startups.
Maija Palmer
Flying taxi company Volocopter hires Airbus’s Hoke as CEO
News
March 8, 2022
Flying taxi company Volocopter hires Airbus’s Hoke as CEO
He says the German startup has no plans for a Spac following its $170m Series E round, with safety certification still two years out
Maija Palmer
How Hexagon disrupted itself to create a consumer products division
Analysis
March 8, 2022
How Hexagon disrupted itself to create a consumer products division
Hexagon built a consumer-focused team while still running its specialist divisions — and succeeded by focusing on the 'wow' factor
Maija Palmer
A supercomputer more powerful than the human brain may be in reach
News
March 3, 2022
A supercomputer more powerful than the human brain may be in reach
Graphcore plans to get there in two years
Maija Palmer
Future Proof chart of the week: the innovation investment gap
Analysis
March 1, 2022
Future Proof chart of the week: the innovation investment gap
Three quarters of companies say innovation is a top priority but in Europe only 40% of businesses invest enough in it. Why is there this gap?
Maija Palmer
Quantum computers take hours to 'tune' — this startup wants to solve that with AI
News
February 24, 2022
Quantum computers take hours to 'tune' — this startup wants to solve that with AI
Oxford company QuantrolOx is making a bid to become the standard for this control software
Maija Palmer
Europe's fastest-growing bootstrapped companies looking for investment
Analysis
February 23, 2022
Europe's fastest-growing bootstrapped companies looking for investment
These are Europe's hidden gems — self-funded companies that are seeing their businesses accelerate and are now considering raising VC money.
Maija Palmer
Yoti finally takes outside investment after £110m bootstrapping run
News
February 23, 2022
Yoti finally takes outside investment after £110m bootstrapping run
Digital identity market was too unsure to raise 8 years ago, but now has become red-hot say millionaire founders.
Maija Palmer
Future Proof chart of the week: CVC evaluation
Analysis
February 22, 2022
Future Proof chart of the week: CVC evaluation
Some 75% of US corporate venture funds are evaluated on a 2-year time horizon, at odds with their goals of long-term strategic investing. Why?
Maija Palmer
Meet the startups creating the soundscape of the metaverse
Analysis
February 11, 2022
Meet the startups creating the soundscape of the metaverse
This is the first step towards making the metaverse seem "real"
Maija Palmer
Fraud case takes air out of space balloon race
News
February 8, 2022
Fraud case takes air out of space balloon race
Plans to take people to the edge of space in balloons have raised money and delivered little
Maija Palmer
Inside a quantum lab
Analysis
February 7, 2022
Inside a quantum lab
A picture tour of Quantum Motion's lab shows what the future of quantum computing looks like
Maija Palmer
Quantum: $96m in deals makes January a bumper month
News
February 1, 2022
Quantum: $96m in deals makes January a bumper month
We round up the biggest quantum news from January. Did you miss anything?
Maija Palmer
The startups set to make money from the metaverse
Analysis
January 24, 2022
The startups set to make money from the metaverse
Metaverse-related companies raised €2.6bn last year and, as always in a boom, the smart investments are in the toolmakers
Maija Palmer
Terra Quantum raised $60m in the largest European quantum round to date
News
January 20, 2022
Terra Quantum raised $60m in the largest European quantum round to date
Quantum software is already helping bank customers save money, startup says
Maija Palmer
Wayve’s alternative autonomous driving approach gets $200m funding boost
News
January 18, 2022
Wayve’s alternative autonomous driving approach gets $200m funding boost
UK startup has a different AI approach to self-driving cars, and aims to be first to deploy autonomous vehicles in 100 cities
Maija Palmer
Seven deeptech ideas that investors want to see from founders
Analysis
January 10, 2022
Seven deeptech ideas that investors want to see from founders
From mining moon helium to future-predicting AI, these are the ideas that deeptech investors would like to see.
Maija Palmer
Dozens of companies budget $1m+ for quantum computing as tech race intensifies
Analysis
January 6, 2022
Dozens of companies budget $1m+ for quantum computing as tech race intensifies
Big enterprises are upping their spend on the emerging technology as the race to secure talent and IP intensifies
Maija Palmer

Maija Palmer

The deepfake dangers lurking in the metaverse

A new fund for founders who want to get off the fundraising treadmill

European carmakers lag behind on startup investments

Forget the metaverse — Labster raises $47m to build the 'eduverse'

The state of European corporate venturing in 6 charts

Who's investing in the metaverse? We sat down with the top VCs

Soundcloud veteran founds €25m European metaverse VC fund

Flying taxi company Volocopter hires Airbus’s Hoke as CEO

How Hexagon disrupted itself to create a consumer products division

A supercomputer more powerful than the human brain may be in reach

Future Proof chart of the week: the innovation investment gap

Quantum computers take hours to 'tune' — this startup wants to solve that with AI

Europe's fastest-growing bootstrapped companies looking for investment

Yoti finally takes outside investment after £110m bootstrapping run

Future Proof chart of the week: CVC evaluation

Meet the startups creating the soundscape of the metaverse

Fraud case takes air out of space balloon race

Inside a quantum lab

Quantum: $96m in deals makes January a bumper month

The startups set to make money from the metaverse

Terra Quantum raised $60m in the largest European quantum round to date

Wayve’s alternative autonomous driving approach gets $200m funding boost

Seven deeptech ideas that investors want to see from founders

Dozens of companies budget $1m+ for quantum computing as tech race intensifies