French AI scene toasts $200M for Holistic as Sonio sale shows risks of success

France’s budding AI scene has received another boost from a big investment in the startup Holistic. Amid the celebrations, however, the sale of medtech firm Sonio has added a warning…

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Deeptech VC raises €300M in push for ‘semiconductor supremacy’

Flemish venture capital firm Imec.xpand has raised €300mn to invest in deeptech startups.    The VC is a spinoff from Leuven-based Imec, one of the world’s largest microelectronics research institutions.  The…

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