Munich-based Quantum Systems raised €160M, sources say at a €1B+ valuation, and Lisbon-based Tekever hit a £1B+ valuation, as VCs back European drone startups
Quantum Systems and Tekever each valued at more than €1bn in latest fundraisings, as new investors flock to ‘dual use’ tech companies
Lisbon-based Tekever, which builds surveillance drones that act as the communication and navigation hub for swarms of smaller drones, raised a €70M Series B
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Two Israeli startups, Lasso Security and Ask-AI, reject the investments of Web Summit's venture arm after its ex-CEO Paddy Cosgrave accused Israel of war crimes
Web Summit attempted to put a turbulent chapter behind it this week, drawing more than 70,000 attendees to the annual tech conference in Lisbon.
Paddy Cosgrave steps down as the CEO of Web Summit, which plans to appoint a new CEO; the event, set to start on November 13 in Lisbon, will go ahead as planned
Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of Web Summit after his remarks following attacks …
Paddy Cosgrave steps down as CEO of Web Summit, which plans to appoint a new CEO and the show, due to start on November 13 in Lisbon, will go ahead as planned
Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of Web Summit after his remarks following attacks …
How Lisbon's quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world
- Quality of life, bitcoin-friendly tax laws and a huge influx of expats have made Lisbon one of the crypto capitals of the world. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency Forums: r/CryptoCurrency : What it's like in...
Web Summit, Europe's largest tech conference, will return as an in-person event in Lisbon in November, after being held virtually last year
Reuters : Tweets: @websummit , @paddycosgrave , and @rustybrick Tweets: Web Summit / @websummit : “We couldn't be more excited to return in-person. Seeing people safely connecting in-person again, an...
Local operators and companies like Google and Facebook scramble to upgrade digital infrastructure in Africa, home to less than 1% of global data center capacity
Joseph Cotterill / Financial Times : Tweets: @trafficbutter and @sub8u Tweets: @trafficbutter : VIA @GWarrander: https://www.ft.com/... According to GSMA forecasts, average African mobile data traffi...
Interview with the mayors of London, Toronto, and Lisbon about their cities adopting new tech like facial recognition, managing public expectations, more
For the mayor of any modern city, an increasingly large part of the job entails managing the public backlash to new technology being deployed in those cities. Tweets: @issielapowsky , @issielapowsky ,...
Lisbon-based Unbabel, a service which combines human and machine translation in 70+ languages and has Microsoft and Facebook as clients, raises $60M in Series C
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