Good Meat approved to sell serum-free cultivated meat in Singapore
Good Meat announced today it has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency to use serum-free media for the production of its cultivated meat. The brand, which is the cultivated meat division of U.S.-based food startup Eat Just, says it is the only cultivated meat producer in the w
Kate is a new car maker focused on micro-cars for everyday use
Meet Kate, a French company that wants to create a tiny car that you can use for your daily commute and various errands. In addition to CEO Matthias Goldenberg and CTO Pierre Escrieut, Kate is also co-founded by Thibaud Elzière, the serial entrepreneur behind Hexa, the startup studio formerly know
South Africa's Flow gets funding to automate social media advertising for real estate agencies
The process used by millions of agents and thousands of property portals globally to reach buyers and sellers on digital channels is highly fragmented. And it's evident that proptech, unlike other industries, has lagged in utilizing social media to make sales.
South African startup Flow wants t
Tabby raises $58M at $660M valuation as PayPal Ventures makes first investment in the GCC
MENA-based buy now, pay later startup Tabby has raised $58 million, led by Sequoia Capital India and STV, at a valuation of $660 million. The investors co-led the fintech's Series B extension round last June.
PayPal Ventures, the global corporate venture arm of PayPal, is one of the participa
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Clearco co-founder Michele Romanow steps down, cuts 30% of staff
In pursuit of profits, Clearco co-founder Michele Romanow has stepped down as chief executive of the company around a year after assuming the official role. The shift comes alongside yet another round of layoffs, this time impacting 30% of staff across all teams, Romanow confirms.
Now, Clearco only
African gaming startup Carry1st raises $27M from Bitkraft Ventures and a16z
In the coming decades, Africa will be a significant growth market for mobile games, driven by the proliferation of technology adoption among the continent's youthful population. And as gamers in sub-Saharan Africa increase to more than 180 million in the next five years, per a report, startups
Cost-effective IP strategies can lead to massive exit valuations
Conventional startup perspectives on intellectual property rights and exit events often recite the anecdotal experience of software founders operating in industries dominated by strong network effects and natural monopolies. These unique circumstances often lead to first-mover advantages that displ
Stell wants to modernize the ‘unsexy’ workflows slowing down America's industrial base
There is very little room for error in aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing. For companies that build products like missiles, rocket boosters and avionics, each part must not deviate more than a hairsbreadth from its technical specifications.
Despite the precise demands of the industry, ho
Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform
Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion.
She launched the company in November after a career in marketing at luxury fashion houses, serving in roles including chief digital and content officer at Ralph Lauren a
The Edit LDN raises seed round to serve sneakerheads around the world
Before founding The Edit LDN, Moses Rashid frequented sneaker festivals and exhibitions to buy limited-edition shoes. But Rashid, who describes himself as a “huge sneakerhead,” was often disappointed by the shopping experience. “I found it crazy that I was dropping $850 on a pair of sneakers
A peek into the future as Sam Altman sees it
Late last week, in a rare sit-down before a small audience, this editor spent an hour with Sam Altman, the former president of Y Combinator and, since 2019, the CEO of OpenAI, the company he famously co-founded with Elon Musk and numerous others in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence for the
If your CEO isn’t pitching to VCs, you’ll never raise money
Occasionally, in my role as a consultant, I am approached by companies that have a plan in place for their fundraising that doesn’t involve the CEO or a member of the founding team running point on the fundraising process. From one perspective, I can understand that: VC fundraising does, from
Paris to hold vote on shared scooters
This weekend, mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that Parisians will get to vote whether they want to ban free-floating electric scooters or not. As I explained last week, Dott, Lime and Tier, the three scooter companies currently operating in the city, have operating licenses that are se