#venturecapital — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/684742/ London’s unicorn boom is masking an early-stage funding crisis #Business #Éire #Entrepreneurship #Founders #funding #IE #Ireland #Opinion #unicorn #VC #VentureCapital
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London’s unicorn boom is masking an early-stage funding crisis
Friday 11 September 2026 10:43 am | Updated: Friday 11 September 2026 10:49 am European tech is experiencing two…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #London #Business #founders #Funding #opinion #unicorn #vc #VentureCapital
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/122122/ London’s unicorn boom is masking an early-stage funding crisis #Business #founders #Funding #London #opinion #unicorn #vc #VentureCapital
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/421008/ Egypt-born founder’s Clay hits $7.1B valuation, HUMAIN eyes IPO #Egypt #Startups #Technology #VentureCapital
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says ‘do nothing’ about distillation
At a time when some Silicon Valley giants and national security experts are calling for action against Chinese…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BreakingNews:Technology #businessnews #MicrosoftCorp #NewYorkTimesCo #Start-up #Technology #venturecapital
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says ‘do nothing’ about distillation
At a time when some Silicon Valley giants and national security experts are calling for action against Chinese…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BreakingNews:Technology #businessnews #MicrosoftCorp #NewYorkTimesCo #Start-up #Technology #venturecapital
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/420782/ Egypt-born Kareem Amin’s Clay raises $115M Series D at $7.1B valuation #Egypt #Startups #Technology #VentureCapital
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/?p=682497 Inspiren Raises $70M Series C to Scale Physical AI for Senior Living #ArtificialIntelligence #Computer&Electronics #Éire #FitnessWellness #Health #HealthCare #HealthCare&Hospitals #Healthcare #IE #Inspiren #Ireland #MedicalEquipment #SeniorCitizens #VentureCapital
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Bernie is SO fucking close to getting it.
WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE VENTURE CAPITAL.
NOT AI companies for fucks sake.
Everyone focusing on the tech is missing the actual POWER and how to democratize it.
The VCs can and will fuckup EVERY technology and science and turn it into a torment nexus.
The fastest solution is to push out the VCs who keep crashing our economy from positions of economic power.
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Bernie is SO fucking close to getting it.
WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE VENTURE CAPITAL.
NOT AI companies for fucks sake.
Everyone focusing on the tech is missing the actual POWER and how to democratize it.
The VCs can and will fuckup EVERY technology and science and turn it into a torment nexus.
The fastest solution is to push out the VCs who keep crashing our economy from positions of economic power.
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Bernie is SO fucking close to getting it.
WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE VENTURE CAPITAL.
NOT AI companies for fucks sake.
Everyone focusing on the tech is missing the actual POWER and how to democratize it.
The VCs can and will fuckup EVERY technology and science and turn it into a torment nexus.
The fastest solution is to push out the VCs who keep crashing our economy from positions of economic power.
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Bernie is SO fucking close to getting it.
WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE VENTURE CAPITAL.
NOT AI companies for fucks sake.
Everyone focusing on the tech is missing the actual POWER and how to democratize it.
The VCs can and will fuckup EVERY technology and science and turn it into a torment nexus.
The fastest solution is to push out the VCs who keep crashing our economy from positions of economic power.
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Bernie is SO fucking close to getting it.
WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE VENTURE CAPITAL.
NOT AI companies for fucks sake.
Everyone focusing on the tech is missing the actual POWER and how to democratize it.
The VCs can and will fuckup EVERY technology and science and turn it into a torment nexus.
The fastest solution is to push out the VCs who keep crashing our economy from positions of economic power.
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#Newswire: The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed up to €30 million to Nordic Foodtech VC's second fund, which targets early-stage agrifood technology companies across Northern Europe. Backed by InvestEU, the pledge brings the Helsinki-based fund close to its €80 million target size and aims to help science-based startups in agriculture, food, aquaculture, and biosolutions bridge the gap from research to commercial use.
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#Newswire: The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed up to €30 million to Nordic Foodtech VC's second fund, which targets early-stage agrifood technology companies across Northern Europe. Backed by InvestEU, the pledge brings the Helsinki-based fund close to its €80 million target size and aims to help science-based startups in agriculture, food, aquaculture, and biosolutions bridge the gap from research to commercial use.
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#Newswire: The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed up to €30 million to Nordic Foodtech VC's second fund, which targets early-stage agrifood technology companies across Northern Europe. Backed by InvestEU, the pledge brings the Helsinki-based fund close to its €80 million target size and aims to help science-based startups in agriculture, food, aquaculture, and biosolutions bridge the gap from research to commercial use.
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#Newswire: The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed up to €30 million to Nordic Foodtech VC's second fund, which targets early-stage agrifood technology companies across Northern Europe. Backed by InvestEU, the pledge brings the Helsinki-based fund close to its €80 million target size and aims to help science-based startups in agriculture, food, aquaculture, and biosolutions bridge the gap from research to commercial use.
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#Newswire: The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed up to €30 million to Nordic Foodtech VC's second fund, which targets early-stage agrifood technology companies across Northern Europe. Backed by InvestEU, the pledge brings the Helsinki-based fund close to its €80 million target size and aims to help science-based startups in agriculture, food, aquaculture, and biosolutions bridge the gap from research to commercial use.
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@anildash has written a few pieces about “cancer” capital recently, and his most recent, “Cancer Capital: It Sucks For Founders, Too!” gets specific about malfeasance: https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/09/cancer-capital-founders/
Also: Hey Anil, could you relax the kerning on that big-outline title font? It’s so tight it looks like it’s going to explode and shred my face.
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@anildash has written a few pieces about “cancer” capital recently, and his most recent, “Cancer Capital: It Sucks For Founders, Too!” gets specific about malfeasance: https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/09/cancer-capital-founders/
Also: Hey Anil, could you relax the kerning on that big-outline title font? It’s so tight it looks like it’s going to explode and shred my face.
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@anildash has written a few pieces about “cancer” capital recently, and his most recent, “Cancer Capital: It Sucks For Founders, Too!” gets specific about malfeasance: https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/09/cancer-capital-founders/
Also: Hey Anil, could you relax the kerning on that big-outline title font? It’s so tight it looks like it’s going to explode and shred my face.
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@anildash has written a few pieces about “cancer” capital recently, and his most recent, “Cancer Capital: It Sucks For Founders, Too!” gets specific about malfeasance: https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/09/cancer-capital-founders/
Also: Hey Anil, could you relax the kerning on that big-outline title font? It’s so tight it looks like it’s going to explode and shred my face.
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@anildash has written a few pieces about “cancer” capital recently, and his most recent, “Cancer Capital: It Sucks For Founders, Too!” gets specific about malfeasance: https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/09/cancer-capital-founders/
Also: Hey Anil, could you relax the kerning on that big-outline title font? It’s so tight it looks like it’s going to explode and shred my face.
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AI Is Failing At An Overwhelming Majority of Companies Using It, MIT Study Finds
Getty / Futurism With AI software increasingly hogging the enterprise spotlight, companies and investors are spending like never before. In the first half of 2025, AI startups raised over $44 billion, more than all of 2024 combined. By the end of this year, a Goldman Sachs analysis estimates that total investments in AI will soar to almost $200 billion But all that money is, to put it gently, a reckless gamble. In the US at least, investors have essentially bet the farm on the idea […] -
How to fill EU coffers? Eurogroup chief has inventive idea – POLITICO
“This idea has layers. There is a very visible layer, which is simply synchronizing the auctions,” Pierrakakis said,…
#Europe #EU #5G #Budget #Capitalmarketsunion #Competitiveness #EuropeanUnion #greece #Investment #Mobile #Nationalbudgets #Negotiations #SingleMarket #Spectrum #Telecoms #ThierryBreton #UnitedStates #Venturecapital
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Kazakhstan’s startup scene is drawing global investors as more founders build technology for international markets from day one https://ow.ly/5h2850Zq1PM #Kazakhstan #Startups #VentureCapital #TechInvestment #StartupGrowth
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Greylock's Strategic Fund Capping at $1.5B to Focus on Early-Stage Investments
📰 Original title: Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/greylock-s-strategic-fund-capping-at-1-5b-to-focus-on-early-stage-investments.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/298092/ PayPal’s USD 100 M Africa Funding Pledge Fizzles As It Halts VC Arm #Africa #AfricanTech #CorporateVC #DigitalPayments #EmergingMarkets #EnriqueLores #fintech #flutterwave #MPesa #Nigeria #Paga #PayPal #PayPalVentures #StartupFunding #VentureCapital
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How inflated ARR metrics are used to promote and legitimize AI startups
📰 Original title: How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/how-inflated-arr-metrics-are-used-to-promote-and-legitimize-ai-startups.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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Latham’s Snare of Kirkland Litigator Ratchets Texas Talent War https://www.byteseu.com/2032655/ #AttorneyMoves #BreachOfContract #CivilFraud #Conflicts #EmploymentInterviews #MassActions #MultidistrictLitigation #SecuritiesFraud #ShareholderActivism #ShareholderSuits #TradeSecretMisappropriation #VentureCapital
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From Mumbai To MENA: Why Vishal Jariwala Is Building Asia's Next Category-Defining AI Platform
#TheAsianTalks #Business #AIAndCapital #VishalJariwala #Adsnex #AIFI #AIStartup #IndianStartup #StartupIndia #AIPlatform #AdTech #DigitalAdvertising #ArtificialIntelligence #AIInnovation #AIEntrepreneur #TechStartup #StartupFunding #PreSeedFunding #VentureCapital #StartupEcosystem #IndiaToMENA #MENAStartups #GlobalExpansion
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VC funding is increasingly concentrated in AI-native startups, but capital alone does not create long-term advantage. In 2026, the strongest AI companies will win through proprietary datasets, domain expertise, and scalable execution. Beyond AI adoption, what is your startup’s true moat? #AIStartups #VentureCapital #Startups #SaaS #Founders
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Corporate Incubators Gain Traction Among Millennial Founders
Millennial entrepreneurs are using corporate incubators more often. They want to grow their companies faster than going to business school. This helps them get money from investors.
#StartupGrowth, #MillennialFounders, #CorporateIncubators, #VentureCapital, #BusinessStrategy
https://newsletter.tf/millennial-founders-choose-corporate-incubators-faster-growth/
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More millennial founders are choosing corporate incubators. This is a faster way to grow their companies compared to traditional methods like business school.
#StartupGrowth, #MillennialFounders, #CorporateIncubators, #VentureCapital, #BusinessStrategy
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Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI
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Marissa Mayer is back with a startup called Dazzle AI
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/12/marissa-mayer-dazzle-ai-startup/
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/technology/ai-boom-unlike-dot-com-boom.html
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping
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European vs. American Investors: Two Worlds, Two Mindsets
Over the past weeks, I had the opportunity to attend two major events shaping my entrepreneurial perspective: the Venture Days in Luxembourg and the Web Summit in Lisbon. Both were intense, inspiring and at times overwhelming, especially because I was wearing all the hats at once.
Building a solid business plan, compelling a pitch deck, developing the software, managing stakeholders and potential customers, while simultaneously running a fast-growing open-source project is challenging. But these events gave me invaluable insights into how differently European and American investors think and why this has such a deep impact on how we must communicate.
European Investors
Pragmatic. Detail-driven. Break-even focused.
In Luxembourg and other European settings, conversations consistently revolved around questions such as:
- How fast can you reach break-even?
- Show me the exact numbers, prices and sources.
- How precisely is the market researched?
- What is the unit economics structure?
European investors tend to value stability, caution and predictability. They expect detailed business plans where every calculation is documented in depth. Market research, pricing models, competitive matrices and break-even analyses carry significant weight.
What is often missing is ambition.
The desire to change the world is frequently overshadowed by a culture centered around minimizing risk. Radical innovation becomes rare. Founders are encouraged to think small, stay safe and avoid big leaps. As a result, Europe produces far fewer breakthrough technologies.American Investors
Vision first. Details later.
The conversations I had with American investors, both in Luxembourg and Lisbon, felt dramatically different.
Their core interests centered around questions such as:
- How do you dominate the global market?
- What is the story and the movement you are building?
- How big can this become?
- What is the monopoly you are aiming for?
American-style investors think in terms of global market power, narrative, category creation and world-changing potential. They want to invest in huge visions and massive outcomes, even if the roadmap is not fully defined yet.
For them, communication must be bold, visionary and transformative.
This Creates a Communication Challenge
Switching between these mindsets is not easy. You cannot pitch the same story in Germany as you would in Silicon Valley.
That’s why I created a communication matrix that highlights the differences between the “German/European Approach” and the “American Approach”. It helps me stay conscious about how to communicate depending on the audience and their cultural expectations.
Pitching is not just about the product — it is about the mindset of the listener.
Why We Are Building Infinito.Nexus
Infinito.Nexus aims to become the universal platform for rapidly building sovereign IT infrastructure. Organizations should be able to operate an essentially unlimited number of SaaS applications behind a single SSO layer, fully sovereign, on any servers or providers they choose, without being exposed to monopoly pressure or external control.
Our vision extends to hardware. Laptops, servers and even smartphones will be delivered preconfigured, ready to use the very next day, and immediately integrated into a sovereign infrastructure. The platform becomes the foundation for sovereign IT by combining automated deployment, full application integration and ready-to-use hardware into one seamless ecosystem.
Different Expectations in the US and Europe
US investors respond strongly to the transformative scale of this vision. For them, we explicitly highlight that Infinito.Nexus aims to become the dominant platform for sovereign IT deployments worldwide. This may sound paradoxical in the context of sovereignty, yet it is entirely compatible. Everything remains open source and users remain free to host wherever they want, but they naturally stay with us because of convenience, automation and usability. The logic is identical to how people today choose Netflix instead of downloading movies or Spotify instead of pirating music. Convenience creates loyalty.
For US investors, we emphasize that this convenience-driven retention enables us to secure long-term platform dominance. In addition, we guarantee enterprise-level SLAs and large-scale managed deployment services when the infrastructure is provisioned through our platform, which further strengthens trust at the enterprise level and reinforces our strategic position.
European investors think differently. They place higher value on predictable steps, measurable risk management and immediate practical value. While they understand the long-term vision, they expect a grounded and incremental approach that fits the realities of the European market.
Adapting the European Narrative
For the European context we present a slower and more conservative scaling strategy. Instead of focusing immediately on global automation, we begin with B2B delivery teams that manually roll out sovereign environments for startups and technologically open young companies. This lowers perceived risk but increases operational cost and reduces speed, and it creates exposure to competitors who scale more aggressively. Nevertheless, this approach aligns with the European preference for reliability, trust-building and controlled expansion.
In addition, the European narrative places a much stronger emphasis on consulting. Unlike in the US narrative, where consulting is downplayed due to poor scalability, in Europe consulting is both expected and necessary. It gives us the ability to tailor environments more deeply to customer needs, particularly for complex ERP and CRM integrations that require significant customization. Consulting also reinforces the perception of reliability and competence, which is essential for conservative investors.
A Unified Perspective
Both narratives describe the same product and the same mission. The US approach highlights global market leadership, platform dominance supported by convenience retention and enterprise-level services. The European approach emphasizes concrete value, trust-building, customization and predictable growth. The difference is not in the substance of the platform, but in how the story is framed so each audience sees exactly why Infinito.Nexus fits their worldview and investment culture.
#americanInvestors #breakEvenAnalysis #businessPlan #cloudDeployment #digitalSovereignty #entrepreneurship #europeanInvestors #founderInsights #fundingStrategy #globalScaling #infinitoNexus #innovationMindset #investmentCulture #investorCommunication #itInfrastructureMarketplace #openSource #pitchStrategy #saasAutomation #sovereignCloud #startupEurope #startupFinancing #startupUsa #techEcosystem #unitEconomics #ventureCapital #ventureDaysLuxembourg #webSummitLisbon
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Why Germany Is Losing Its Innovators — and How Geopolitical Crises Could Become Europe’s Biggest Opportunity
During my conversations with potential investors from China, the United States, and Brazil, one thing became increasingly clear: Germany’s current innovation programs are not built for the realities of global competition. Initiatives such as SPRIND and EXIST, although well-intentioned, are deeply rooted in academic structures, heavy documentation, and predefined evaluation processes. They are excellent tools for research, universities, and early technical exploration — but they provide no practical support when founders are negotiating with international investors who expect speed, flexibility, clarity, and strategic alignment.
Germany has developed strong funding instruments for knowledge creation, yet almost none for scalable entrepreneurship. There is too little risk capital, too much administrative overhead, and far too few incentives for entrepreneurs who want to build companies that could genuinely change the world. SPRIND and EXIST help teams publish papers and build prototypes, but they do not help founders close deals with foreign investors, reach global markets, or keep groundbreaking technologies in Germany. In fact, their rigidity often slows teams down precisely when agility and rapid execution are needed most.
This is the core issue: Germany promotes knowledge, not impact.
We create excellent research, but not the environment in which ambitious founders can transform that research into globally competitive companies. As a result, innovators with truly transformative ideas often leave Germany — not because they want to, but because the system gives them no alternative. The domestic environment pushes them out, while the global market pulls them in.Germany’s innovation programs are important for academic progress, but they do not produce economic strength. They generate knowledge, not global market leaders. And if we want to retain emerging technologies — such as sovereign cloud infrastructure, open-source automation, AI safety tooling, or decentralized architectures — we need less bureaucracy and far more courage to fund high-risk, high-impact ventures.
Geopolitical Crises as a Catalyst for European Technological Leadership
Today’s geopolitical crises — from supply chain disruptions to energy instability and the growing competition between digital superpowers — also present a historic opportunity for Europe. For the first time in decades, the global environment favors nations capable of building sovereign digital infrastructure and reducing dependency on external powers. Europe now has the chance to create technologies that not only strengthen its own autonomy but also challenge or even replace American Big Tech.
But this opportunity can only be seized if Europe fundamentally shifts how it allocates capital. We must move away from the familiar pattern of structural conservatism, where funding is spread thinly across traditional sectors such as agriculture and the automotive industry — sectors that often receive money not for innovation, but to preserve outdated structures. Incremental updates to old industries will not prepare us for the future.
Instead, we need targeted, bold, and transformative funding programs that prioritize:
- renewable and decentralized energy systems
- sovereign, open-source digital infrastructure
- AI safety and transparent, auditable algorithms
- sustainable, modern agriculture
- automation technologies and resilient hardware
- cloud independence and true data ownership
- green industrial transformation
- next-generation cybersecurity
Technology must become a central pillar of Europe’s economic strategy — not a side project, not a subsidy for legacy sectors, not an afterthought. If we continue investing in the past, we will be overtaken by every major region of the world. But if we redirect capital toward the areas that genuinely move society forward — energy independence, open-source innovation, automation, AI safety, and sovereign cloud — Europe can become a global leader once again.
Software that enables digital sovereignty is not just a technological advantage; it is a geopolitical necessity. And if we act decisively now, it can become the foundation for European market leadership in the decades ahead.
Strategic Autonomy in the Primary and Secondary Sectors
This does not mean abandoning our foundational industries. On the contrary, any serious strategy for European resilience must preserve autonomy in the primary sector (food, raw materials) and secondary sector (core manufacturing). Europe must remain capable of feeding itself and producing essential goods without being dependent on China, Russia, or rising autocracies — including the United States.
However, this autonomy must be modern, not nostalgic. Public investment should not exist to protect outdated technologies. It must exist to strengthen long-term independence. That means:
- green, autarkic, decentralized energy production
- sustainable and regenerative agriculture
- a complete transition from fossil fuel combustion to clean power
- industrial production powered by wind, solar, hydrogen, and circular material cycles
Europe has enormous potential in wind and solar energy — far more than we utilize today. If deployed strategically, these resources could not only meet our own energy needs but also enable new industries, support electrified manufacturing, and empower sovereign digital infrastructure at scale.
Strategic independence means building the internal resilience necessary to remain free — economically, politically, and technologically — even in turbulent times. And that resilience can only be built through innovation, not through holding onto the past.
The Path Forward
We have the knowledge. We have the resources.
What we lack is the political courage and financial strategy to convert research into globally competitive companies. The geopolitical window of opportunity is open — but it will not stay open forever.If we want to shape the future rather than be shaped by it, we must invest in the sectors that truly matter:
- digital sovereignty
- open-source ecosystems
- renewable energy
- sustainable agriculture
- resilient automation
- decentralized infrastructure
- AI safety and transparency
- next-generation manufacturing
The future belongs to those who build it.
And Europe must decide — now — whether it wants to build or merely observe.#aiSafety #automation #berlin #decentralization #digitalSovereignty #entrepreneurship #europa #europeanIndependence #europeanTech #exist #futureVision #geopoliticalStrategy #germany #greenTech #infrastructureAutomation #innovation #openSource #renewableEnergy #riskCapital #sovereignCloud #sprind #startupEcosystem #sustainableEconomy #techInnovation #techPolicy #ventureCapital
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Japanese investors turn to Europe in lieu of own ecosystem
Huge swathes of cash are flowing from Japan to European tech startups as risk-averse investors favor a more mature entrepreneurial ecosystem, helpi…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #BreakingNews:Technology #BusinessNews #MitsubishiCorp. #news #NokiaCorp #NokiaOyj #SandenCorp #SoftBankCorp #technology #ToyotaBoshokuCorp #VentureCapital #YamatoHoldingsCoLtd
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https://www.alojapan.com/1410139/japanese-investors-turn-to-europe-in-lieu-of-own-ecosystem/ Japanese investors turn to Europe in lieu of own ecosystem #BreakingNews:Technology #BusinessNews #Japan #JapanNews #MitsubishiCorp. #news #NokiaCorp #NokiaOyj #SandenCorp #SoftBankCorp #technology #ToyotaBoshokuCorp #VentureCapital #YamatoHoldingsCoLtd Huge swathes of cash are flowing from Japan to European tech startups as risk-averse investors favor a more mature entrepreneurial ecosystem, helping to scale the continent’s booming deep tech
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Valuation of AI Labeling Job Marketplace Mercor Soars to $10B Amid Corporate Espionage Lawsuit From Rival Scale AI
#AI #Mercor #ScaleAI #TechLawsuit #CorporateEspionage #VentureCapital
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"Shaun Maguire wanted New York City voters to know about the dangers ahead. On July 4, the general partner at the industry-leading Sequoia Capital posted on X that Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was a secret "Islamist" who "comes from a culture of lying." Mamdani, he added, "has basically advocated for the destruction of America."
The comments were not unusual for Maguire, a self-described moderate former Hillary Clinton voter who has become a full-throated MAGA convert, defender of Israel, and one of the most provocative right-wing political commentators among an increasingly right-leaning group of venture capitalists and founders. This time, though, the social-media dam broke, bringing a flood of critical comments from startup founders and tech workers. Hundreds of Muslim founders signed an open letter asking that Sequoia apologize and discipline Maguire. At the Allen & Co. Sun Valley conference, the annual "summer camp for billionaires" in Idaho, Sequoia's managing partner Roelof Botha was hounded with questions about Maguire, The New York Times reported. Several other people I spoke to — including Maguire's friends, colleagues, and executives from a Sequoia limited partner and a Sequoia portfolio company — wondered what might happen to tech's new leading controversialist.
More broadly, the ongoing debate over Maguire's posts reflects a tech business riven by faultlines over the industry's positions on Israel's war in Gaza. Those disagreements, which have been tamped down by some Muslim tech workers' fear of losing their jobs or funding, are now exploding into the open."
#USA #Trump #MAGA #SequoiaCapital #SiliconValley #VentureCapital #Mamdani #Islamophobia
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India’s own ‘Shark Tank’ with $1 million funding launched
Aspiring entrepreneurs from across the country can now pitch their business models to a panel of investors and…
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship ##CampusTank ##EarlyStageFunding ##IndianStartups ##StartupFunding ##VentureCapital ##YouthEntrepreneurs #Business #ChandigarhUniversity #Innovation #StartupIndia #UK #UnitedKingdom
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How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics - Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/technology/sequoia-capital-shaun-maguire-mamdani.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #siliconvalley(calif) #botharoeloff(1973-) #electionsmayors #muslimsandislam #venturecapital #sequoiacapital #mamdanizohran #maguireshaun
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/267897/ India’s own ‘Shark Tank’ with $1 million funding launched ##CampusTank ##EarlyStageFunding ##IndianStartups ##StartupFunding ##YouthEntrepreneurs #Business #ChandigarhUniversity #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #StartupIndia #UK #UnitedKingdom #VentureCapital
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Round-Tripping: The Trick Behind eFishery’s Fake Growth and How the Fraud is exposed - Kristie Neo https://youtube.com/shorts/QHXiUcv-vAU
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zyOujGqbAp4szLh41JFGv?si=obEoXQ_eRd-7GcyzOCOwXg
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@analyseasia/video/7492613391715011860?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7198703856800581122
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIph-VuM7Lc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Main Site: https://www.analyse.asia/the-efishery-scandal-and-its-impact-to-southeast-asia-with-kristie-neo/
Full YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/lY2EkqlLSZ8?ref=analyse.asia
Newsletter Signup: https://www.analyse.asia/#/portal/signup
LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/analyse-asia/#efishery #startupfraud #southeastasia #venturecapital #asean
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#Startup Fraud Is Getting Smarter in Southeast Asia - Kristie Neo aka @kristieneo #ASEAN https://youtube.com/shorts/s_ZJKXY6BzQ
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