Episodes

  • How La Fourche, an online organic supermarket, is thriving after q-commerce’s busted flush

    How La Fourche, an online organic supermarket, is thriving after q-commerce’s busted flush
    Mar 14 2025
    La Fourche is just seven years old but it has been quite a rollercoaster for the French startup. During this time, the online grocery retailer has gone through a global pandemic, followed by the rise of venture-backed quick-commerce startups that promised grocery deliveries in less than 15 minutes, followed by the implosion of that vertical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Scimplify raises $40M to help manufacturers access specialty chemicals

    Scimplify raises $40M to help manufacturers access specialty chemicals
    Mar 14 2025
    Scimplify has raised $40 million in a new equity round backed by Accel to expand its presence in the U.S. and enter new markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Startup studio Hexa acquires majority stake in Veevart, a vertical SaaS platform for museums

    Startup studio Hexa acquires majority stake in Veevart, a vertical SaaS platform for museums
    Mar 13 2025
    Hexa is trying something new. Instead of fostering startups from the ground up and incubating them for the first year or so, the Paris-based startup studio is acquiring a majority stake in Veevart, a vertical software-as-a-service company for museums that provides solutions for ticketing, fundraising, CRM and collection management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor

    General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
    Mar 13 2025
    The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Radiology AI software provider Gleamer expands into MRI with two small acquisitions

    Radiology AI software provider Gleamer expands into MRI with two small acquisitions
    Mar 12 2025
    Medical imaging is a broad term that encompasses several distinct technologies. After working on AI-powered tools to enhance X-rays and mammographies, French startup Gleamer now aims to tackle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Instead of starting from scratch, Gleamer has acquired two startups that have already been working on AI-powered MRI analysis: Pixyl and Caerus Medica Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently

    Anna Patterson’s Ceramic.ai looks to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently
    Mar 12 2025
    Anna Patterson has had a storied career in Silicon Valley. She founded three startups, including search engine upstarts Xift and Cuil, as well as recall.archive.org, which became the Internet Archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • Intangible AI, a no-code 3D creation tool for filmmakers and game designers, raises $4M

    Intangible AI, a no-code 3D creation tool for filmmakers and game designers, raises $4M
    Mar 11 2025
    Intangible AI, now backed by $4 million in seed funding, offers an AI-powered creative tool that allows users to create 3D world concepts with text prompts to aid creative professionals across a variety of industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • CollX raises $10M to grow its card collection marketplace

    CollX raises $10M to grow its card collection marketplace
    Mar 11 2025
    CollX, a company offering an online trading card marketplace, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Austin-based Brand Foundry Ventures and Philadelphia-based 114 Ventures, both of which were previous investors in the company. Other investors such as Next Coast Ventures, FJ Labs, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners also participated . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 mins