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How Defence Needs Are Shaping Maritime Technology
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Insights & Trends·7 months ago

How Defence Needs Are Shaping Maritime Technology

The defence industry is an increasingly critical market and commercial testing ground for the next generation of maritime technologies seeking validation, real-world application, and pathways to scale.

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Why medium-temperature geothermal is an overlooked clean-energy opportunity
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Why medium-temperature geothermal is an overlooked clean-energy opportunity

19 hours ago
What it takes to build frontier technology in healthcare
Insights & Trends · 9 days ago

What it takes to build frontier technology in healthcare

Healthcare technologies are subject to longer timelines and more unforgiving de-risking requirements than most venture-backed categories tolerate. But the on-ramp of capital, infrastructure, regulatory precedent has never been wider for founders who understand exactly what's being asked of them.

The $3 trillion dollar problem with red mud
Insights & Trends · 11 days ago

The $3 trillion dollar problem with red mud

There is an estimated $3 trillion worth of metal value sitting inside more than 4 billion tonnes of this waste, and over 150 million tonnes are added to the pile every year. Dealing with red mud, the byproduct left over from alumina production, has never been straightforward.

The stack that solves the copper shortfall
Insights & Trends · a month ago

The stack that solves the copper shortfall

With copper demand set to grow 50% by 2040 and existing mining tracking to meet only 75% of demand by 2035, the copper industry needs to reinvent its approach all over again.

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Why medium-temperature geothermal is an overlooked clean-energy opportunity
Founder Stories·19 hours ago

Why medium-temperature geothermal is an overlooked clean-energy opportunity

The geothermal industry has always focused on high-temperature hydrothermal resources in volcanic regions. In reality, there is a mid-temperature heat that provides perfect clean energy to power your local grid or data centre.

What it takes to build frontier technology in healthcare
Insights & Trends·9 days ago

What it takes to build frontier technology in healthcare

Healthcare technologies are subject to longer timelines and more unforgiving de-risking requirements than most venture-backed categories tolerate. But the on-ramp of capital, infrastructure, regulatory precedent has never been wider for founders who understand exactly what's being asked of them.

The $3 trillion dollar problem with red mud
Insights & Trends·11 days ago

The $3 trillion dollar problem with red mud

There is an estimated $3 trillion worth of metal value sitting inside more than 4 billion tonnes of this waste, and over 150 million tonnes are added to the pile every year. Dealing with red mud, the byproduct left over from alumina production, has never been straightforward.

The stack that solves the copper shortfall
Insights & Trends·a month ago

The stack that solves the copper shortfall

With copper demand set to grow 50% by 2040 and existing mining tracking to meet only 75% of demand by 2035, the copper industry needs to reinvent its approach all over again.

Northwestern Medicine and Founders Factory back European AI health startups
News·2 months ago

Northwestern Medicine and Founders Factory back European AI health startups

Northwestern Medicine, one of the United States’ leading academic healthcare systems, and global accelerator Founders Factory have unveiled the first cohort of leading AI founders from the UK and Europe as part of a new cross-border healthcare accelerator.

Building Logistics Tech For Humanitarian Aid
Insights & Trends·2 months ago

Building Logistics Tech For Humanitarian Aid

As part of the CMA CGM Awards we look at one of the central themes: the opportunity for logistics startups to deliver breakthroughs in humanitarian aid.

Investing in Immoly – An AI-Native Property Manager For The Landlord Market
Investments·2 months ago

Investing in Immoly – An AI-Native Property Manager For The Landlord Market

We're excited to announce our investment in Immoly, a venture built in partnership with Europe's largest residential real estate company, Vonovia, through our joint venture studio.

Investing in Telgea – The World's First AI-Native Global Telecom Platform
Investments·2 months ago

Investing in Telgea – The World's First AI-Native Global Telecom Platform

Telgea is building the world's first AI-native global telecom platform, a unified network that allows enterprises to manage local mobile connectivity across countries from a single interface, under a single commercial relationship.

Voluna’s Alexander Strange On Measuring The Elemental Composition Of The Earth… From The Sky
Founder Stories·3 months ago

Voluna’s Alexander Strange On Measuring The Elemental Composition Of The Earth… From The Sky

It’s a cold dawn in the Nevada desert town of Winnemucca as Alexander “Al” Strange pulls the handbrake on his 4x4. Equally cold is the realisation that every moment over the last few months, every breakthrough on their airborne Neutron Activation Analysis system converges on this point.

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