The consequences of the premiere of Deepseek were probably the biggest technological history of the week, especially for anyone who considers public markets. But also private firms appeared on the first pages of newspapers.
The most interesting stories of startups from the week
In the land of startups, even a small profit is worthy of attention and can lead to tomorrow IPO. In the meantime, we glance at mergers and acquisitions and some startups based on fire -fighting missions.
Cluster: Swedish startup Micromobility Voi informed its first profitable year. Although modestly positive money, these results in 2024 put a scooter and e-bike company in a higher position to examine IPO in the coming years.
Connecting humanoids: Norwegian startup of 1x robotics supported by OpenAI was acquired by Kind Hanoid, whose three -person team began working with the famous designer Yves Béhar in 2024.
On the track: French startup of medical insurance Alan revealed that he generated about $ 525 million in revenues in 2024 and confirmed his purpose of achieving profitability by 2026.
Firefighters: After recent destructive fires of southern California, Tim de Chant of Techcrunch rounded the startups that help me measure and alleviate the risk of fireside.
The most interesting VC messages and financing this week
This week, some significant rounds were announced, but possibly much more interesting, we noticed some increases in the valuation.
Hot like fusion: Helion nuclear startup collected a funding round price $ 425 million to help build a fusion reactor for Microsoft. This recent round is smaller than the previous one, but the valuation increased to $ 5.245 billion.
Derivative: Travel travel management platform from Barcelona Travelperk closed the funding round of $ 200 million for a valuation price $ 2.7 billion-a twice as high as a valuation price $ 1.4 billion.
Quantum breed: When financing from the B series in series B, the French startup Alice and Bob secured one of the larger rounds at the starting of quantum computers in Europe.
And against cancer: Quibim, a Spanish startup that develops AI models for medical imaging, collected a funding round of $ 50 million for double expansion plans in the USA. Its flagship product, QP straight, focuses on detecting prostate cancer.
Difficult Autodesk: MOTIF, software for developing architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), secured $ 46 million in funds A and Serie A to query the former founding employer, Autodesk, with a recent generation design platform for buildings.
Bigger: Adjusting notification revealed that 8VC, VC from Austin, managed by the founding father of Palantir Joe Lonsdale, hopes to raise about $ 1 billion for the sixth fund. The previous flagship vehicle was closed to $ 880 million in 2023.
Taking him to 11: Elevenlabs, which operates in the AI Audio field, announced that it collected $ 180 million in the C series round, valuing the company at $ 3.3 billion after receiving money. Andreessen Horowitz and Iconiq grow are investigations.
Last But not the least
We apologize for ending a negative note, but the data suggest that 2025 shall be one other brutal year of wind starts. However, the general director of Angellist Avlok Kohli provided more positive perspectives, noting that these numbers “are still very low in relation to the number of companies financed in both years.”