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🚀 It’s a launch. Yesterday, after months of anticipation, Wandelbots launched “NOVA” at the Albertinum in the tech-driven city of Dresden. CEO Christian described their new product as "windows for robots" ... one unified system that can speak every robot's language 🤖   🇩🇪 Following 1.5 years of building the platform, they are already working with industry leaders like Schaeffler and 3M and partnering with Microsoft and NVIDIA. Congrats Christian, Georg, Maria, Christoph and team #Wandelbots for bringing this visionary product to market. Shoutout to early supporters like Frank, professor of the founding team 🎓 Christophe and Bastian enjoyed attending the ceremony and celebrating this exciting milestone with the team. We’re looking forward to seeing what the future holds for industrial automation 🚀 🦾 🔗 You can sign up for the NOVA beta on Wandelbots' website, or meet the team at SPS 2024 in Nuremberg from Nov 12-14! #IndustrialAutomation #FutureOfWork #AI #Robotics

Excited to attend Stage Two in Berlin today! Stage Two is Europe’s largest university spin-off competition – showcasing 50+ spin-offs from 20+ countries, and spotlighting the brightest entrepreneurial talent across the continent 🌍 Looking forward to catching up if you're there 👋

🎙 Founder insights: Choco's Daniel Khachab discusses becoming AI-first with Harry Stebbings (20VC). "We’re seeing the end of SaaS," he says. "There were two scenarios — an AI company disrupts us ... or we disrupt ourselves and pivot to being AI only." 🌱 Today, Choco’s AI platform facilitates half of all food traded in major cities like New York, Paris, London, and Berlin ... cutting food waste and streamlining distribution. 👂 You can listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/ePcvNcVF #AI #Software #Cloud #SaaS

Meet the founders ... FROM THE LABS 🧪 🥼 Following our first-ever Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs portfolio day, we’re spotlighting the founders building #FromTheLabs 🇪🇺 These founders are building a resilient tech future for Europe, transforming industries from robotics to space and defence. 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🌍 Georg Püschel, Wandelbots 🤖 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 → Creating "windows for robots" → Raised over €100M from Microsoft for Startups, Insight Partners, EQT Ventures, Next47 → Save the date for their launch event on November 4th: https://lnkd.in/enJ6HkCr 📅 Suman Pal, Telekinesis 🤖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴  → Building the first AI-powered robotics cloud platform for small-batch production. → A spinout from Technische Universität Darmstadt, advised by robot learning pioneer prof. Jan Peters 🎓 Dr.-Ing. Dennis Michaelis, GEMESYS 🧠 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 → Creating an AI chip with analog architecture inspired by the human brain for edge computing. → The chip is up to 20,000 times more energy-efficient than current technologies 🚀 Christoph Bamann, Vyoma 🛰️ 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 → Developing an observation system for monitoring space debris and satellites. → Partnered with the European Space Agency - ESA to support Europe's space sovereignty 🧑🚀 Mouad M., Deep Mine 🛡️ 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 → Drone-based landmine detection → Utilising cutting-edge AI and radar tech to respond to evolving threats and enhance security 🔒 Ygor Lutz, Travizory Border Security SA 🌍 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆  → Solving border crossing pain points with biometric SaaS. → Supported the tourism revival in the Seychelles, reducing airport processing time to 30 minutes ✈️ If you are building in robotics, space or defence tech, reach out to Bastian or Quentin💡 #FromTheLabs #EuropeanDynamism #Robotics #SpaceTech #DefenceTech #AIHardware #EuropeanResilience

💡 Founder insights: Turbine's Szabolcs Nagy reflects on Hungary's tech future with Forbes Hungary. "Deep tech can be the engine of Hungary's growth," he says. 🇭🇺 10% of Hungarian startups are building in deep tech — success stories include aiMotive (autonomous driving), Tresorit (cloud services) and Turbine ... which teaches AI how to simulate biology 🧬 However, tech transfer channels need to be improved. "It took us almost a decade to achieve international acceptance and success," says Nagy, who spun Turbine out of Semmelweis University in 2015. 🗞️ You can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/dXGTEcFS #DeepTech #EuropeanDynamism #CentralEasternEurope cc: Startup Hungary

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. Following our first-ever Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs portfolio day, we’re spotlighting the founders building #FromTheLabs Meet the founders harnessing the power of AI and automation ... to transform industries from the creative arts to healthcare 🎨 Daniel Khachab, Choco  🍽️ 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻. → Created a seamless platform for restaurants and suppliers ... to remove food waste from the supply chain.  → The first ever "food waste unicorn" – with over 10,000 active suppliers across the US and Europe 🦄 Mariam Hakobyan, Softr 💻 𝗡𝗼-𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝗮𝗽𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. → Empowering users to build complex web apps and portals without coding expertise. → Allows businesses to create powerful apps in minutes – trusted by over 500,000 builders worldwide 👷 Carl Johann SIMON-GABRIEL, Mirelo AI 🎶 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹. → Developing high-quality audio generation tools to empower content creators. → Founded by a classical musician with 10+ years of experience in AI research – across academia (Max Planck Institute, ETH Zürich) and big tech labs (Amazon Web Services (AWS)-Lablets, Meta FAIR) 🧑🔬 Zsofia Hajnik, Turbine 🧬 𝗔𝗜 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆. → Predicting drug effects on patient biology through simulations. → Uncovering therapies for 100,000+ high unmet need cancer patients – have partnered with pharma giants like Bayer and AstraZeneca 🦠 Albert Astabatsyan, CFA, Synthflow AI 💬 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲. → Democratising access to voice automation for small-to-medium-sized businesses. → Raised €6.5m in June from Singular to build voice AI agents at scale – they are currently handling 600k+ calls/month ☎️ Alvaro Lamarche Toloza, Mago 🎥 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 → AI-powered video creation — enabling studios to easily create sci-fi, anime, or historical fiction.  → Cutting costs of traditionally expensive video stylisation methods that range from $10K to $300K+ per minute 🎬 If you met an interesting founder, or are building in AI or data, reach out to Lukas or Alice💡 #FromTheLabs #EuropeanDynamism #AI #Software #Cloud

Building bridges across the Rhine 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🤝 Last month, we teamed up with French Tech Berlin to connect the Franco-Berlin tech scene. The theme of the event was “building bridges across the Rhine.” In an open-air discussion moderated by Emilie (Techstars), Alice (Atlantic Labs), Thorben (IRIS) and Stefan (XAnge) explored the Franco-German VC landscape. 🇫🇷 Tomorrow, we’re collaborating with French Tech Berlin & Emilie again ... for the entrepreneurship masterclasses from the entrepreneurship track at the ESCP Business School and Blue Factory ESCP. 📢 Franziska (Atlantic Labs, FoodLabs) will be part of a “high-energy reverse pitch” session. As an alumna of the ESCP Business School, she is looking forward to supporting the next generation of students — so do say hallo if you’re around! You can sign up for the masterclass here: https://lu.ma/i8ysm8sr ... where you’ll also meet investors from Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, HEARTFELT_, Revent, Iris Capital, DN Capital, GET Fund, BOOOM💥, Techstars & Redstone. 📸 Photos by the creative & talented: Michelle Jessie Huang #FrenchTech

💡 Operator insights: Clue’s Audrey Tsang reflects on stepping down as CEO with Sifted. It’s “the best job I’ve ever had,” she says. 🩸 Since its founding in 2012, Clue has become part of a societal movement to help people understand, and be more open about, periods and reproductive health. Tsang left Silicon Valley in 2018 to take up the role of VP of product — and stepped into the CEO role in March 2021. 🪨 The road has been rocky — but Tsang put the startup on a path to profitability. Her successor as CEO is Clue’s former CPO, Rhiannon White. “I’ll be cheering her on from the sidelines and am on speed dial for whatever she needs," says Tsang. ☎️ 🗞️ You can read Miriam Partington’s article here: https://lnkd.in/eGctaV7R #StartupLife #Femtech cc: Marc-Olivier Luecke

🔦 Portfolio news: Decentriq features in WIRED’s ranking of “Europe’s hottest startups.” The list spotlights startups in Europe's top tech hubs — the Swiss-founded startup features in the Zurich ranking🇨🇭 🧹 Decentriq are on a mission to clean up data rooms. Since launching in 2019, they have raised £15.9 million. “We wanted to create a neutral space — a ‘Switzerland of data’,” says founder Maximilian. Congrats Maximilian, Stefan & team! 🗞️ See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/gTWnUHix Nanoflex Robotics , BTRY, Yokoy, BreezeLabs, Univerbal, Oxyle, DeepJudge, Riskwolf 🐺 & LatticeFlow AI also feature 🏆 cc: Bastian Bullmann

Meet the founders ... FROM THE LABS 🧪 🥼 Following our first-ever Atlantic Labs & FoodLabs portfolio day, we’re spotlighting the founders building #FromTheLabs We’re inspired by these founders who are moving from lab to market … to tackle the challenges of our time 💚 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 🌍 Maximilian Kufner, Again ♻️ 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗢𝟮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀. → Captures & converts industrial CO₂ into valuable chemicals. → Raised $43M in July from GV (Google Ventures) & HV Capital. → Announced 10-year partnership with chemical provider HELM AG … to scale up facilities in Europe & the US 🏭 Dr. Augusto Bartolome, Electrogenos ⚡️ 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. → Developed a high-efficiency, cost-effective catalyst that outperforms Platinum. → University of Oxford spinout – pilot projects supported by Repsol Foundation’s Fondo de Emprendedores🧑🔬 Dr. Ksenija Milicevic Neumann, tozero 🔋 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘂𝗺-𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. → Europe’s first (and only) company delivering recycled lithium to the market. → Winners of Hello Tomorrow 2024 Global Challenge — and Hong Kong's flagship pitch competition EPiC 2024 🏆 Paul Teufel, Phlair ☁️ 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗶𝗿. → Delivering low-cost carbon capture, at scale with Direct Air Capture (DAC) tech.  → Raised €14.5m in September from Extantia, Planet A Ventures & Verve Ventures ... to develop two FOAK plants. → Early customers include: Shopify, Stripe & Klarna 🛍️ Friederike Hesse, zero44 🚢 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. → Providing the maritime industry with digital solutions to reach carbon zero. → Newly launched FuelEU product estimates future costs related to 2025 GHG intensity targets ⚙️ If you met an interesting founder, or are building in climate tech, reach out to Daniel or Anne-Sophie💡 Stay tuned for more spotlights on founders building “FROM THE LABS” 👀 #FromTheLabs #EuropeanDynamism #ClimateTech #FromLabToMarket #Sustainability