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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Nato
      Nato’s €1bn venture fund offers defence start-ups an alternative to China

      US-led military alliance to boost financial clout for companies from ‘multi-sovereign’ VC investors

      A Nato soldier with a computer during military exercises
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Helsing
      Defence tech start-up Helsing raises funds at €1.5bn valuation from Saab

      €209mn deal is latest example of sector defying VC downturn amid Ukraine war, and rising tensions between China and west

      Several screens in a room showing Helsing’s software
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Instacart Inc
      Instacart’s cut-price IPO to test Wall St appetite for new tech listings

      Stock market debut values US grocery delivery company at less than a quarter of 2021 price

      Instacart employees pack bags at a Whole Foods Market store in Los Angeles, California
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Special ReportDecarbonisation
      Accelerators switch on to cleantech opportunities

      The world’s biggest booster schemes for business start-ups are increasingly focusing on climate ventures

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    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Former Google AI expert raises $100mn for biotech start-up

      Inceptive’s Jakob Uszkoreit, a pioneer of the technology behind ChatGPT, attracts Nvidia funding to design ‘biological software’

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    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      News in-depthMagic Leap
      Magic Leap seeks turnaround as Big Tech invests in augmented reality

      Start-up’s valuation crashed amid poor headset sales but it has gained a competitive edge selling IP around high-tech optics

      Montage of the logos of Meta and Apple, and a headset
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      European companies
      Call for entries: FT 1000 Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2024

      Apply for a place in the eighth annual ranking, by November 30

    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Instacart Inc
      US grocery delivery company Instacart files for IPO

      Listing is the latest sign of life in tech markets and will provide a gauge of investor sentiment

      The Instacart logo is seen on a smartphone
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Indian business & finance
      India’s first ‘unicorn’ of 2023 boosts tech sector’s hopes of funding revival

      Delivery service Zepto passes $1bn valuation after raising $200mn despite ‘terrible investing market’

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    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Call for entries: The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2024

      Apply for a place in the fifth annual FT ranking of companies in north, central and South America

    • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
      Silicon Valley start-ups revive listing plans as Arm reignites IPO market

      Instacart, Databricks and Socure are among the private tech companies reconsidering a stock market flotation

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    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Energy sector
      German fusion start-up joins with US university to build laser facility

      Munich’s Marvel Fusion and Colorado State to build first site dedicated to commercial fusion energy research

      Moritz von der Linden
    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      LexCryptocurrencies
      Worldcoin/Altman: lowballing for eyeballs will not brake AI juggernaut Premium content

      Start-up has raised far less in funding than OpenAI, and is yet to present a convincing business model

      Worldcoin’s orb which scans eyeballs to verify identities
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Mediobanca SpA
      Mediobanca makes bet on London with start-up venture

      Italian bank is teaming up with Founders Factory in bid to increase its presence in UK and tech sector

      Alberto Nagel, chief executive of Mediobanca
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Tesla chair Denholm joins Australian AI healthcare start-up

      Technology veteran seen as critical in guiding Harrison.ai’s international growth in medical imaging

      Robyn Denholm
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Asia-Pacific companies
      Asian tech rivals pare back ‘superapp’ approach as losses mount

      Grab and GoTo built big followings across south-east Asia but are now cutting marginal businesses

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    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      UK chip designer raises millions from Agnelli fund

      Leeds-based company pushes its innovative technology to unlock one of greatest challenges in data security

      Form of photonic chiplet Optalysys has in the lab
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      US tech: dwindling funding rounds will create bonfire of the start-ups Premium content

      At the seed stage, deal values this year have dropped by more than a quarter from Q1 to Q2

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    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      News in-depth
      Silicon Valley start-ups explore sales as funding runs dry

      Wave of consolidation expected across tech as cash-strapped companies seek buyers or risk going out of business

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    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Stability AI co-founder claims he was duped into selling stake for $100

      Cyrus Hodes suing business partner over 15% shareholding that could now be worth $500mn

      A phone with the logo of Stability AI on it
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      JPMorgan Chase & Co
      JPMorgan hires dozens of bankers to serve start-ups and capitalise on SVB collapse

      Biggest US bank steps in to take advantage of gap in market

    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Nuclear fission start-up backed by Sam Altman to go public

      Oklo valued at $850mn in transaction through Spac set up by OpenAI chief

      Sam Altman
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      Fintech
      Revolut’s US payment flaws allowed thieves to steal $20mn

      More problems for fintech as it waits for UK banking licence

    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      News in-depthIndian business & finance
      Byju’s taught a lesson by investors unhappy with online learning group

      Frustration with Indian start-up’s financials leads to backers quitting board and auditor resigning

      Byju Raveendran
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      John Thornhill
      European tech investors need to up their ambitions

      It is currently safer and cheaper for fund managers wanting tech exposure to buy publicly traded companies on Nasdaq

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