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The Deep Tech Napkin 2025: How European Hardware Founders Are Raising Capital

Europe's Deep Tech sector just hit a milestone: nearly €15 billion invested in 2024, cementing its position as one of venture capital's hottest sectors. Yet for founders building hardware-first companies, from quantum processors to industrial robotics, the path to funding remains frustratingly opaque.

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Magentic Is Bringing AI Agents to Industrial Procurement

We’ve joined Sequoia and Westly Group in backing Magentic, which is building enterprise-grade AI agents that autonomously recover millions in lost procurement value. Founded by a supply chain veteran and an ex-OpenAI engineer, Magentic blends industry insight with AI excellence.

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Why I Left Europe's Top Rocket Lab to Start My Own Startup

In this episode, Lukas shares his journey from a mechanical engineering student rejected from aerospace programs to spending 14 years at DLR before selling his motorbike to raise startup capital.

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Status quo Investitionsstandort Deutschland – Chancen und Investmenttrends

Sentiment von First Momentum, D11Z. Ventures, seed + speed, und NRW.Bank.

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Zehn Jahre Deep-Tech-Award: Berlin feiert technologische Souveränität

Am 2. Juli 2025 wurden erneut die innovativsten Deep-Tech-Unternehmen der Hauptstadt ausgezeichnet, darunter Kipu Quantum.

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Baut Deutschland den ersten Kernfusionsreaktor der Welt?

Weltweit hat ein Wettlauf um den Bau von Fusionskraftwerken begonnen. Ein Quartett deutscher Start-ups mischt mit. Und ihre Chancen stehen gar nicht so schlecht.

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Siemens und TURN2X kooperieren für den Ausbau grüner Energieerzeugung

Die Partnerschaft trägt direkt zur Ausweitung der Verfügbarkeit grüner Energiealternativen bei.

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Quantum Algorithm Outpaces Classical Solvers in Optimization Tasks

A new study by Kipu Quantum and IBM demonstrates that a tailored quantum algorithm can solve certain hard optimization problems faster than classical solvers.

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