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Physical AI’s next test is Europe’s equipment yards
SoftBank's $200 million investment in Gravis Robotics points to where construction autonomy's immediate scaling opportunity lies: the machinery contractors…
Why European founders are ditching venture capital
Across the second quarter of 2026, European deal value reached €44 billion, up from a sharp drop-off in…
How to build a Tinder-like matchmaking engine for deal flow
In the spring of 2024, I sat across from a founder I will call Ana. She was building…
Why Europe’s startups raise less, build slower, and call it a strength
Europe has found a comforting answer to its funding gap: perhaps it does not need to close it.…
Why $16B world model race is missing the point
Jeff Bezos has come out of retirement to back it. Yann LeCun left Meta and raised $1 billion…
Venture capital can help decarbonise infrastructure, but it cannot fund it alone
Climate tech has spent the last several years chasing the elegance of software. Faster deployment, higher margins, cleaner…
Why Europe’s venture capital LPs are backing industrial AI and resilience tech
Raising a venture fund in 2021 was nothing like raising one in 2025. The market momentum at the…
The ‘SaaSpocalypse’ is overgeneralising software risk
An increasingly popular narrative has emerged around software. GenAI will make it easier to build applications, new competitors…
Capital efficiency is Europe’s most underrated startup advantage
Europe has become very good at diagnosing its startup problem. The diagnosis is familiar. Venture investment lags behind…
