# Deeptech

The 10 most active techbio investors in Europe

From drug discovery to new cancer treatments, here are the investors who have pitched into the most techbio deals recently

The startup creating AI jobs for humans: Prolific raises £25m

Prolific is raising money to meet growing demand for humans giving feedback to AI systems

Aphea.Bio raises €70m Series C: See the pitch deck that clinched the deal

The conjoined problems of climate change, food insecurity and biodiversity loss have put a spotlight on the products farmers' use on their crops. Aphea.Bio is producing a new wave of fertiliser alternatives

I went to a Web3 conference in the Louvre. It left me with questions

After two days of talks and canapes, I’m still not sure if regulation is really the answer

Deeptech startup founders can now apply to use CERN’s world-famous technologies

The birthplace of the World Wide Web is looking for the next transformative application to make use of its particle physics tools

If Sunak wants the UK to lead on AI, he needs to invite startups to his summit

Founders need to be part of the conversation if the UK is to become an AI superpower

9 bioengineering startups to watch, according to VCs

From a startup working on sustainable biofarming in space to a company genetically engineering wild plants to mass produce wheat, here are the bioengineering startups investors have their eye on

Exeger's solar-charging headphone tech is primed to go global

Its solar panels can even charge your gadgets indoors

Meet Radix, a new Polish VC for CEE deeptech startups and spinouts

CEE is short on deeptech funding compared to other parts of Europe — but this might be the start of a change

'An inkjet printer for the periodic table' — VSParticle raises €14.5m

The Dutch startup wants to accelerate the development of new materials from 15 years to just one

Which European countries have the most AI startups?

New research by VC firm Earlybird has mapped the European hotbeds for AI innovation

Why nothing excites us more than the end of the world

News and entertainment media have made us fearful of AI, for better and for worse

Not dead yet: Zoa is keeping Bulb's flame alight by selling its consumer tech

As Bulb collapsed in 2021, its proprietary tech was carved out. Now Zoa is selling it on to other companies

This Czech startup helps Airbus and Blackberry keep their IT systems afloat — and it just raised $25m

Hospitals, banks and manufacturers with thousands of separate networked devices need to keep them safe — IP Fabric is looking to do just that

Dream or delusion? An entrepreneur wants to build a European rival to Google

France’s Octave Klaba believes he can turn search engine Qwant into the cornerstone of a cloud services giant

Will financial services be banking on GenAI?

We asked the experts what the boom of generative AI implies for the financial services industry

'I don’t know what the precise answer is': Inside Tony Blair’s vision for an AI-powered Britain

This week on the podcast, the former UK prime minister discusses his plans for AI

How GenAI can actually help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

“Startups, with their innovative business models, technologies and projects, can play a significant role”

12 energy startups to watch, according to VCs

From robots to repair wind turbines to helping everyone own a share of a solar farm, here are the energy startups on VC radars

How much do startups need to invest in data security?

We asked the experts how startups can protect their customer’s data on tight budgets

A Human Genome Project for the nervous system? BIOS Health raises fresh funding

The new funding round is north of $20m according to sources

The German spacetech planning to fire stem cell 'organoids' into orbit

The €4m raised by ATMOS will help mini-organs be grown and tested on in a low-gravity environment

See the pitch memo that raised €105m for four-week-old startup Mistral

UK spinouts review urged to sweep away 'decades of bad practice'

A survey of more than 200 spinouts finds that the UK has a lot of work to do to encourage commercialisation of academic research