Rotterdam-based TNO spinoff Nearfield Instruments raises two funding rounds within two months; secures €12M
Nearfield Instruments, a Rotterdam-based startup that specialises in atom-scale metrology, started 2021 on a high note.
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Carl Pei’s Nothing launches its first product: All you need to know about the ear (1) TWS earbuds
After months of teasers, leaks, and anticipation, Nothing, a London-based consumer brand, has launched ear (1), featuring a transparent design.
Dutch startup Quantware launches world’s first commercially available superconducting quantum processors; raises €1.15M
Quantum technologies have been around for a while now!
Dutch VC firm FORWARD.one launches new €100M fund to back high-tech hardware startups
FORWARD.one has reviewed more than a thousand companies, and its team claims to have learned about the opportunity offered by high tech in the Netherlands.
These 24 Dutch startups raised $10M and more in H1 2021 are hiring like crazy right now
The Netherlands has seen a remarkable rise in independent entrepreneurship in the last decade, thanks to open culture and a strengthening…
Apple fan? Europe's biggest Apple Museum to open in the Netherlands: What to expect
The Netherlands is all set to be home to the biggest private exhibition of Apple products in Europe.
Paris-based Sequans secures €42M financing to strengthen balance sheet and accelerate its IoT business
Paris-based IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications has secured $50M (approx €42M) in capital from investment management firm Lynrock Lake, an existing shareholder of the company.
This all-female founded startup bridges gender divide in coding with its wearable device; raises €250K
Sweden-based imagiLabs is an all-female founded startup that makes coding more accessible to young girls.
Rad Power Bikes raises €125.21M as it plans European expansion; here’s why it chose Utrecht as European HQ
Ever since the pandemic, the travel sector, especially last mile mobility, has gone through a metamorphosis.
Polish e-commerce delivery startup InPost raises €2.8B in Europe’s biggest IPO since 2018; lists on Euronext Amsterdam
To say the year 2020 was undoubtedly tough would be an understatement.
London-based global communications company OneWeb raises funding from SoftBank and Hughes to fund its satellite fleet
In a recent move, Japan's SoftBank Group and Hughes Network Systems LLC have invested $400M (approx €331M) in OneWeb, a London-based global communications company.
Preparing for flying taxis: High Tech Campus Eindhoven launches first field lab for autonomous drones in EU
At a time when Urban Air Mobility is the next big advancement, High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE) has initiated the rollout of a new generation of advanced autonomous aviation digital infrastructure.