Nordic VC Voima Ventures launches €90M fund for deep tech startups
Nordic VC firm Voima Ventures today announced its third fund with an initial closing of €90 million fund and a final target of €120 million,...
Indifi raises $35M to expand digital lending to more small businesses
Indifi Technologies, an Indian startup offering digital lending to small and medium businesses, has raised $35 million in a new funding round led by ICICI...
India threatened to shut down Twitter and raid employees’ homes, Jack Dorsey says
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, says India — despite its status as the world’s largest democracy — regularly issued requests for the social media giant to...
Oova grabs another $10.3M, unveils membership model for at-home fertility testing
One in six people are expected to be affected by infertility at some point in their lives, and with the cost of procedures, like in...
Slack’s Cal Henderson and Sir Richard Branson back firstminute capital’s third fund
Despite some typically British (or, more accurately, English) doom-mongering about the UK’s VC ecosystem lately, there’s no denying its capability for reinvention. Witness Moonfire’s recent...
OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic to give UK early access to foundational models for AI safety research
Following the UK government’s announcement last week that it plans to host a “global” AI safety summit this fall, prime minister Rishi Sunak has kicked...
Thousands of subreddits go dark to protest Reddit’s API pricing
Over 8,000 subreddits went dark or read-only in protest of Reddit’s API pricing, which will shut down many third-party apps like Apollo and Reddit is...
Black Seed raises £5M inaugural fund to invest in Black founders
British early-stage venture firm Black Seed has raised £5 million ($6.2 million) as part of its inaugural fund to solely support Black founders in the...
Meta open sources an AI-powered music generator
Not to be outdone by Google, Meta has released its own AI-powered music generator — and, unlike Google, open-sourced it. Called MusicGen, Meta’s music-generating tool,...
Max Q: Firefly Aerospace is making moves
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Firefly’s making moves Firefly Aerospace is making moves ahead of what is shaping up to...