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Magdrive secures seed funding for new propulsion system which could take us to the stars
4:28 am PST • December 17, 2020
A startup with a new type of spacecraft propulsion system could make the interplanetary travel seen in “Star Trek” a reality. Magdrive has just closed a £1.4 million seed round…
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Founded by an Impossible Foods and Google data scientist, Climax Foods raises $7.5 million to tackle the cheesiest market
6:01 am PDT • September 1, 2020
Oliver Zahn began his professional career studying the stars. The founder of Climax Foods, a startup that’s using data science to replace animal proteins with plant-based substitutes, spent years at…
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Can a radical new event disrupt how VCs raise funds, unlocking cash for Europe?
4:37 am PDT • August 7, 2019
For many years there’s been an accepted way to raise capital as a venture capital fund. Essentially, GPs (general partners, who set up and run venture capital firms) go “cap…