Top news of the week: 05.04.2023.
This Week in European Tech: Isar Aerospace scores €155 million, Elaia closes fresh €200 million fund, Britain opts for 'adaptable' AI rules, and...
Here's a roundup of this week's biggest European Tech funding rounds, exits, 'other news' that you might have missed, and a compendium of must-read articles on all things #EUtech.
Meet the man tasked with opening Silicon Valley to European tech
“Increasingly Silicon Valley realises that it's better to leave companies in Europe and grow them there,” says the EU’s tech envoy on the west coast
Climate tech Agreena raises €46m Series B to fight climate change with carbon sinks
The startup helps European farmers reduce carbon emissions and trade in carbon credits
Hyperjob raises €435k to bring marketing tactics to the recruitment process
The Latvian company is taking a page from the marketing department, particularly conversion rate optimisation (CRO), and offering it to HR execs.
How bad are Oxford University’s spinout policies?
Oxford creates more spinouts than any other university in the UK, but it has created fewer big companies than Cambridge. Why?
Anamcara closes first fund, joining a wave of solo female GP funds
More VCs are striking out on their own to start solo funds — but few are women. Annelie Ajami's Anamcara Capital is breaking that trend
UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge
The London-based team has just closed pre-seed funding to build "the go-to talent portal for green jobs".
🎙️ The Drive at Five with Fiona Alston, Cate Lawrence, and Dan Taylor - Episode 27
Up this week: Dan uses gaffer tape, Norway is making creepy robots, and Isar Aerospace raised €155 million while Virgin Orbital called it a day.