One of the most exciting robotics startups announces its $100mm Series A. Congrats to @mavenrobotics. Proudly backed by @CreatorFund two years ago at inception when the pitch was a simple promise: we will build the world's best industrial robot.
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The "exit tax" is the large equity that UK universities already take for permitting a spinout to start. Don't put more hurdles in the path of scientific founders. Just focus on making the UK a great place to build: thetimes.com/business/econom…
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Europe is often blind about who is operating in our waters. Mars is better mapped than the ocean floor. @CreatorFund has backed Triton Depth 🇩🇰 to build the security layer for the West's oceans. This is why its urgent: piped.video/watch?v=TGu3mcMH…
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How does 🇪🇺 compete with efficient 🇨🇳 engineering? We win on technical complexity. Quantum Diamonds shines light through synthetic diamonds (with quantum defects) to inspect the inside of semiconductors. Today announcing €91 million - proudly backed by @CreatorFund.
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The Bayeux Tapestry is the most significant object in British history. I have been obsessed with it since I was 16. As it comes to England for the first time in 1000 years, I am doing a series of 🧵. Starting with the story in the margins 👇
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Two of the 11th centuries great buildings: Westminster Abbey, and here Mont Saint-Michel appear in the tapestry. The church breaks through the tapestry's margins to show its size.
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And lastly, the much questioned appearance of a lot of naked men! Maybe a joke by the embroiders to lighten a depressing story? Here Adam and Eve with another reminder of the sinfulness of mankind (why the whole story above happens).
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We have raised the world's largest student VC of its kind. Because we believe the defining 🇬🇧 and 🇪🇺 companies of the next decade will be built by Scientific Founders who operate on the edge of human knowledge. @CreatorFund in @ObserverUK shorturl.at/aNnQy
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Robots lack data to operate reliably in the natural world. We've backed LatentWorlds from @tudelft to allow robots to reliably capture from the edge. Full story of our second Dutch 🇳🇱🇳🇱 deal here @CreatorFund: piped.video/watch?v=2Xtin60O…
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We think that when the world's best technical talent comes to 🇬🇧🇪🇺 universities to study. And has done so for centuries. Our single best route of staying ahead in the 🌍 is to harness that talent to found Deep Tech companies. @CreatorFund.
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One of the best parts of Deep Tech investing is playing with our founders products for the first time. This is one of the world's most advanced lenses - keeping the object always in focus - no matter how bad your eyesight. Trialling in a pub in Cambridge with @allfocaloptics.
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1977 Sequoia investment memo for Apple. High valuation and questionable management.
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Major shift from Innovate UK to funnel money into fewer 🇬🇧 Deep Tech winners. And stop spray and pray small cheques. This is an overdue shift. 🇩🇪🇫🇷use grants much better than we do to create National Champions. digit.fyi/innovate-uk-launch…
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Love to see a Glaswegian company raising a $50 million round led by @insightpartners. On the banks of the Clyde 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, the pioneering chemist @leecronin has built the first autonomous chemistry laboratory with @ChemifyX . Series B announced today. Proudly backed by @CreatorFund.
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