Topic: deep tech
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India Revamps Startup Rules to Boost Deep Tech Innovation
India has extended its startup classification for deep tech firms to 20 years and raised the revenue ceiling for tax benefits to ₹3 billion, acknowledging their longer development cycles. The government is supporting the sector with a ₹1 trillion RDI Fund and a private investor alliance, aiming t...
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NVIDIA, Qualcomm Back India's Next Deep Tech Startups
NVIDIA and Qualcomm Ventures have joined the India Deep Tech Alliance, contributing strategic expertise and over $850 million to a coalition that has launched with over $1 billion in commitments to support Indian deep-tech startups. India's startup ecosystem has matured with over 180,000 startups...
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China's 996 vs Korea's 52-Hour Work Week: Tech Sector Clash
The global tech race intensifies the conflict between the need for rapid innovation and the push for regulated work hours, exemplified by China's "996" culture versus South Korea's 52-hour workweek mandate. South Korea's 52-hour workweek, with limited special overtime allowances, faces criticism ...
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Liza Noonan Appointed CEO of Cicada Innovations to Boost Deep Tech
Liza Noonan has been appointed as the new CEO of Cicada Innovations, starting November 3, 2025, bringing extensive experience from roles at Investment NSW and CSIRO to support the organization's deep tech mission. Cicada Innovations has a strong track record, having nurtured over 400 startups, se...
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Elaia Secures €134M for Third Deep-Tech Seed Fund
A Paris-based VC firm closed a €134 million deep-tech seed fund, DTS3, to invest in early-stage B2B companies, highlighting strong investor confidence in European deep-tech. The fund targets three core areas—advanced computing, future of industry, and life sciences—and leverages deep ties with le...
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Transition Ventures closes $150M Fund II backed by Olix, Applied Atomics, Seneca
Transition Ventures closed a $150 million second fund, bringing total AUM over $300 million, to invest where artificial intelligence meets the physical world in areas like power, robotics, and materials. Led by Unity co-founder David Helgason, the firm backs deep-tech hardware and AI software com...
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India Launches $1.1B State Venture Capital Fund
The Indian government has approved a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital fund to provide patient capital for high-potential, high-risk sectors like AI and advanced manufacturing, addressing a recent decline in private investment. Structured as a fund-of-funds, this initiative builds on a su...
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Europe's Deep Tech Spinouts Hit $1B+ Valuations in 2025
Europe's deep tech sector is booming, with university spinouts now valued at nearly $400 billion and attracting significant venture capital, defying broader market trends as research transforms into high-value companies. New funds are emerging to invest in this pipeline, exemplified by firms like...
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Wave Function Ventures Raises $15M for Deep Tech Fund
Wave Function Ventures raised $15.1 million for its inaugural deep tech fund, focusing on early-stage investments in sectors like nuclear energy, robotics, and aerospace. Founder Jamie Gull leverages his engineering background from SpaceX and Scaled Composites, along with angel investing experien...
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LUMO Fund Secures €6M Investment from Spain's SETT
The LUMO Fund, a €100 million impact venture capital fund, has secured a €6 million public investment from Spain's SETT to boost early-stage tech startups in Spain and Europe, focusing on UN Sustainable Development Goals. The fund will invest in 30-35 deep tech startups from pre-seed to Series A,...
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Mundi Ventures Raises €750M for Largest Deep Tech & Climate Fund
Mundi Ventures has raised €750 million for its Kembara Fund I to address Europe's growth-stage financing gap, targeting deep tech and climate startups with Series B and C funding. The fund's strategy is shaped by lessons from past scale-up challenges, offering large equity investments and product...
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Expand North Star 2025: Digital Finance & Deep-Tech Innovations
Expand North Star 2025, held at Dubai Harbor, gathered thousands of visitors and industry leaders to explore digital finance and deep-tech innovations, featuring 2,000 startups and over 1,200 investors managing assets exceeding $1.1 trillion. Key discussions at the event focused on the integratio...
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Dutch eyeo secures €40M to commercialise NCOS colour-splitting sensors
Innovation Industries led eyeo's €40 million Series A round, with returning investors imec.xpand, Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, QBIC, HTGF, and BOM, bringing total funding to €55 million. The funds will advance in-house chip design and accelerate volume production of sensors using eyeo's proprietary ...
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Halter Secures $220M to Expand Virtual Livestock Fencing
Halter, an agtech company, raised $220 million at a $2 billion valuation to scale its solar-powered smart collar system, which uses audio and vibrations to create virtual fences for livestock management. The company has sold one million collars globally, enabling over 60,000 miles of virtual fenc...
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U.S. Government and Startups: A Complex Relationship
The collaboration between American startups and the federal government has deepened, providing funding and contracts in fields like AI and defense, but it also exposes startups to risks such as disruptions during government shutdowns. A recent Equity podcast highlighted that today's startups, esp...
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Ashton Kutcher exits Sound Ventures, launches new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures, the VC firm he co-founded, to launch a new investment vehicle with Morgan Beller, focusing on early-stage AI infrastructure, energy, and deep tech. The split is amicable and not due to underperformance; Sound Ventures remains strong with investments in Op...
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London Tech Week 2026: AI Billions and a Royal First
AI dominated London Tech Week 2026, appearing in roughly half of all sessions, with a consistent message that the technology has become an operational necessity for every business. The UK government announced a £1.1 billion AI Hardware Plan including a £750 million national supercomputer and £400...
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Neil Murray Raises Third Nordic-Focused VC Fund
Neil Murray's Copenhagen-based firm closed a new $6 million venture fund to invest in early-stage Nordic robotics, AI, and deep tech startups, reflecting the region's strong innovation momentum. He strategically capped the fund at $6 million, turning away over $20 million to prioritize investor a...
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Presight & Shorooq Launch $100M AI Fund for 30 Startups
The Presight-Shorooq Fund I is a new $100 million investment vehicle actively seeking to back 25 to 30 promising AI and deep tech startups, with forty percent of its capital reserved for later funding rounds to support scaling companies. Beyond financial investment, the fund provides strategic su...
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India Startup Funding Hits $11B in 2025 Amid Investor Caution
India's startup funding in 2025 reached about $10.5 billion, but deal volume fell sharply by 39%, reflecting a more selective and cautious investor environment focused on sustainable business models rather than speculative ventures. Early-stage funding showed resilience with a 7% increase, while ...
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