# Advanced materials

Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup
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September 23, 2026
Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup
London-based StandardX is building a particle accelerator to manufacture medical isotopes at scale
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI
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September 23, 2026
Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI
The Berlin-based company achieved a 365% two-year CAGR revenue growth, and plans to help robots think and remember.
Federico Scolari
CuspAI lands $450m round to accelerate AI materials discovery
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July 20, 2026
CuspAI lands $450m round to accelerate AI materials discovery
Cambridge-based AI startup hits $2.6bn valuation with latest fundraise
Martin Coulter
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
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June 17, 2026
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
The new round would more than quadruple the UK startup’s valuation from September last year
Tom Nugent
European startups set to survive AI disruption, according to investors
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Investor survey
May 5, 2026
European startups set to survive AI disruption, according to investors
Deeptech, healtech and fintech dominate AI immune companies
Damisola Sulaiman
Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials
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April 30, 2026
Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials
A cascade of funding is finding young companies that hope to revolutionise the field
Éanna Kelly
CuspAI raising $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say
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April 20, 2026
CuspAI raising $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say
AI materials startup counts ‘AI godfathers’ Yann LeCun and Geoffrey Hinton among its advisers
Martin Coulter
Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’
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February 6, 2026
Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’
The Swiss startup has built a high-precision robotic system to handle nanomaterials and position them on a chip
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Tackling Europe’s chip bottleneck: Semiconductor VC Cloudberry closes €30m fund
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December 18, 2025
Tackling Europe’s chip bottleneck: Semiconductor VC Cloudberry closes €30m fund
The Helsinki and London-based VC will back startups in semiconductors, photonics and advanced materials
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
‘A trillion-dollar industry’: Startups are tackling Europe’s critical materials problem
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November 24, 2025
‘A trillion-dollar industry’: Startups are tackling Europe’s critical materials problem
From mining reserves at home to using AI to create substitute materials, European startups are trying to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported critical materials
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
13 startups securing Europe’s supply of critical materials, according to VCs
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Investor survey
November 24, 2025
13 startups securing Europe’s supply of critical materials, according to VCs
Startups are building technologies to reduce Europe’s reliance on foreign players for critical materials
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

# Advanced materials

Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup

Qdrant’s next chapter: From vector search into physical AI

CuspAI lands $450m round to accelerate AI materials discovery

CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say

European startups set to survive AI disruption, according to investors

Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials

CuspAI raising $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say

Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’

Tackling Europe’s chip bottleneck: Semiconductor VC Cloudberry closes €30m fund

‘A trillion-dollar industry’: Startups are tackling Europe’s critical materials problem

13 startups securing Europe’s supply of critical materials, according to VCs