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Money attract money , as the saying conk out . This hebdomad seemed to support it , with a couple startup announcing novel round of financial support only month after their previous ace , and familiar names launching unexampled venture .
Most interesting startup stories from the week
Whether it ’s about IPOs , lobbying , or launching in world , finding momentum is key to success .
Confetti meter : Salva Healthwon the Startup Battlefield competitionat TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 with the promise tolower knocker Cancer the Crab mortalitythanks to an affordable masking gadget . The four other finalists out of the initial 200 shortlist wereGecko cloth , Luna , MabLab , andStitch3D.
Half Zomato : India ’s bombastic solid food bringing and quick - commerce graduated table - up Swiggy is looking to go public at a $ 11.3 billion economic value , less than half the market place capof its rival Zomato .
Wait and see : Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman adjudge that shewasn’t surprisedthat we have n’t seen a revivification in startup IPOs yet . However , she thinks these will pop out to come back with impulse in 2025 .
EU Inc momentum : A petition call for a new legal sort for European startup isgaining momentum , with hopes of fostering Pan - European technical school adept , but there are many hurdle to have the best along the way .
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Eaten up : Generative AI unicorn ElevenLabshired the squad behind open source read - it - later app Omnivore . The squad will now focus on ElevenReader , ElevenLabs ’ own lector app .
Most interesting fundraises this week
If the names below sound familiar , it ’s because several of these startup raised their former stave quite of late .
Chatbots : Sierra , an AI customer service startup co - found by OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor and longtime Google exec Clay Bavor , is valued at $ 4.5 billion afterraising $ 175 million .
Threat word : Gallic cybersecurity startup Filigran secureda $ 35 million Series B round of fundingfor its threat management suite of Cartesian product , which include both open source and enterprise offerings .
More bots : Read AI , whose AI bot summarizes meetings and more , released a Chrome file name extension and announced itraised $ 50 million in a Series B financing round , only six month after its $ 21 million Series A.
Protein cages : Archon Biosciences come forth from stealth and foretell it raised$20 million in ejaculate funding . The biotech inauguration is lend oneself AI to drug development , with a focus on accost shortcomings of antibody treatments .
Chip requirement : GMI Cloud , a U.S.-based inauguration providing GPU swarm substructure , raised a Series A round of fundingconsisting of $ 15 million in equity and $ 67 million in debt funding . The round was led by Headline Asia , with involution from strategic investors base in Asia .
Hot wave : Brightwave , a inauguration that developed an AI agentive role for asset managing director , raiseda $ 15 million Series Aonly four months after its seed round .
Most interesting VC and fund news this week
Wilde bets : histrion and director Olivia Wildequietly launched a venture firmlate last class , according to Bloomberg . call Proximity Ventures , it is already investing in the consumer and enterprise sectors .
New frontier : Crosscut ’s $ 100 million sixth fund willinvest in “ frontier tech,”including energy and ability , space and underwater exploration , advanced manufacturing , advanced materials , and security and defence mechanism .
Horizon Europe : The European Innovation Council willdedicate € 1.4 billion(about $ 1.5 billion ) to European deep tech research and startup next year , a € 200 million budget gain in comparison with 2024 .
Last but not least
AI is often present in funding stories these days , but aggregate information tally more nuance to the picture . Of the almost 240 mega - round into U.S. startups that Crunchbase tracked so far this year,87 went to biotech and health care , put this family ahead of pure AI , although crossovers are vulgar — for instance , in AI - enable drug breakthrough . Xaira Therapeutics is one example ; it raiseda $ 1 billion mega - roundearlier this twelvemonth .
