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Good news for social investment platforms

Getquin gets 15 million euros from different and powerful investors who trust the project Getquin, a Berlin-based fintech that has created a social investment platform, has raised one of the best recent Series A rounds for fintech in Europe. The €15 million round was led by Portage Ventures (invest in Clark and wealth simple); Horizons…

Smart Cities: Leveraging Cloud Beyond IoT

To maintain a network of connected systems that communicate, transfer and analyse important data, it is essential that cloud computing and the Internet of Things are deployed together The concept of smart cities has gained immense popularity across the globe in recent years. Europe’s revenue in this sector is forecasted to reach $54.99 billion in…

Backing visionary entrepreneurs: realising the deep-tech entrepreneurial talent of Europe EIC

The new programmes, the Trailblazer and the Pioneer, would be aimed at increasing the inventions brought to market by entrepreneurial deeptech talent On 14 April 2022, the European Innovation Council (EIC) expert group on the design of the EIC Marketplace and Tech to Market activities released the report “Backing visionary entrepreneurs: Realising the Deep-Tech Entrepreneurial…

Infarm: Berlin-founded company plants seeds of success by growing food indoors

This EIC-funded company’s sky-high ambitions for the indoor vertical farm is revolutionising food supply chains and making cities self-sufficient Urban agriculture is growing in popularity – from community gardens to edible rooftops. But the vision of some vertical farming companies goes beyond that – they want to transform our food systems to feed our planet…

Rebuilding Aleppo as a Liveable City: The Role Of Cultural Heritage

War is considered the most violent shape of destruction, which, in addition to human loss, commits devastating violence against the urban fabric of cities Earthquakes have rattled cities to rubble, fires have burned them to ashes, and wars have destroyed and flattened cities. War is considered the most violent shape of destruction, which, in addition…

Sensor network technology: To predict changes in the forest ecosystem

A research team from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg has developed sensor network technology to predict changes in the forest ecosystem A collaborative team, including scientists from the University of Freiburg and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is developing innovative sensor network technology for harsh forest environments. It is intended that the sensor network will help to predict changes in…

Centre’s iRASTE project to make roads safer in Nagpur with AI solutions

The project will also identify ‘grey spots’, which is by data analysis and mobility analysis by continuously monitoring dynamic risks on the entire road network Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered solutions may soon make roads in India a safer place to drive. A unique AI approach that uses the predictive power of AI to identify risks…

Twitter investors sue Musk over conduct

Investors accuse Musk of benefiting financially by delaying the disclosure of an initial 5 per cent stake in Twitter, which he had acquired by 14 March 2022 Investors launched a lawsuit against Elon Musk and Twitter over the handling of a proposed takeover of the social media company, accusing the billionaire of violating corporate laws,…

Negative bidding in wind auctions is bad for consumers and bad for the supply chain

A number of governments are now tempted to apply ‘negative bidding’ in their wind energy auctions, to make companies pay them for the right to develop a new wind farm When renewables auctions started, the idea was that governments would offer some form of financial support to project developers. The most common form of support…

The next growth spurt for scooters is in partnerships

The shared e-scooter could become as common on city streets as a bus, or even cars, according to those in the industry Watchers of micromobility are seeing closer partnerships and collaborations between scooter and bike-share operators and other providers of mobility services such as public transit and ride-hailing. The shared e-scooter could become as common on city…