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Major funding rounds, AI releases with real impact, new Europe-focused VCs and the events worth your time. Tuesday and Friday at 7:00 am, read in 5 minutes. Curated by Fabian Tausch.
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- The top story of the last days, with context instead of headlines
- Funding rounds: only the big ones, one sentence on why they matter to you
- AI block: only releases that truly change things
- New VCs with a Europe focus, incl. ticket size and who they back
- Save the date: 1 to 2 events with enough lead time to plan
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- The week in 60 seconds: what sticks
- Next week: events, deadlines, demo days, application windows
- One weekend read: the one article that matters, with reasoning
What makes the cut — and what doesn't.
Funding that moves the market. Not every seed round
AI without feature noise: only what truly changes things
New Europe-focused VCs, incl. ticket size and who they back
Events, handpicked: where we would go ourselves
Tuesday: get up to speed, plus save-the-dates with lead time
Friday: the week in 60 seconds plus one weekend read
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Series A Runden minus 28 Prozent: Erwartungen nach erster Finanzierungsrunde explodieren
272 statt 377 A-Runden, nur 16 Prozent überleben Seed-Phase raus. Diese Zahlen sind hart für jeden Gründer.
Anthropic-S-1: 1.300 % Wachstum. 2 Billionen Dollar IPO Mitte November?
16,3 Mrd. Umsatz in H1, 85 % Marge, 900 % Net Retention. Diese Zahlen sind unfassbar
Nvidia: fast 10 Mrd. für Europa, 4 deutsche Startups dabei
Agile Robots, Avelios, Mirelo, Reflex Aerospace. Plus: Anthropic-Juniorquote und Legora bei 8,8 Mrd.
15 Mrd. Euro fehlen: Deutschlands VCs rechnen vor
0,1 Prozent Allokationsquote, 2,8 Billionen Euro liegen daneben. Plus Metas offenes Flaggschiff
Nvidia: 2 Mrd. für Europa, Microagi bei 100 Mio. ARR
2 Mrd. Dollar für Europa, 250 Mio. Compute für UK. Plus: Microagi mit 100 Mio. ARR
10.000 Startups, 75 Prozent starten mit Solo-Gründer (dazu Unicorn im Energiesektor)
Cherry zählt Europas unsichtbare Firmen. Dazu: 1Komma5Grad bei 1,35 Mrd, Amazon will Decart
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