Tag: Hardware

EU-Startups

With China leading global drone manufacturing, Hungary’s ABZ Innovation raises €7 million to expand heavy-duty drones

ABZ Innovation, a manufacturer of heavy-duty agricultural and industrial drones out of Budapest, today announced it has closed a €7 million funding round in order to […]
January 22nd, 2026
Korea Tech Today

Kakao updates Kanana-2, expands open-source push with four new AI models

Efficiency-first design targets agentic AI adoption beyond big tech firms Kakao said on Jan. 20 that it has upgraded its proprietary large language model, Kanana-2, and […]
January 21st, 2026
EU-Startups

From spare Coca-Cola machine parts to a €4 million funding round: the journey of Belgian startup Dripl

Brussels-based Dripl, the developer of smart water dispensers, has raised €4 million in a funding round to expand its smart dispenser beyond the 500 companies already […]
January 19th, 2026
EU-Startups

Ionech raises €2.3 million to move air-to-electricity technology into pilots with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Oxfordshire-based Ionech, a clean-energy tech company developing a process to harness thermal energy from ambient air to generate electricity, has received a €2.3 million (£2 million) […]
January 16th, 2026
Korea Tech Today

KT, Taiwan’s KBRO agree to jointly develop AI-based smart home and media services

Partnership reflects growing push by Asian telecom firms to export AI-driven media platforms KT said on Jan. 16 that it has signed a strategic memorandum of […]
January 16th, 2026
EU-Startups

Amsterdam-based Optics11 secures €25 million EIB loan to strengthen Europe’s subsea and energy security

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €25 million venture debt financing agreement with Amsterdam-based Optics11, a DeepTech scale-up that builds advanced fibre optic sensing […]
January 16th, 2026
EU-Startups

Amsterdam’s PureTerra Ventures launches €150 million WaterTech Fund II with €10 million backing from Invest-NL

PureTerra Ventures, an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm backing disruptive WaterTech startups, has launched its second fund with €10 million investment from Invest-NL, the Dutch national financing […]
January 16th, 2026
YourStory

CyLnr: How neuroscience is reshaping industrial robotics

In most factories, a tiny change in shape, lighting, or material can bring an entire production line to a halt. Humans adapt in seconds. Machines do […]
January 15th, 2026
EU-Startups

Irish quantum semiconductor startup Equal1 closes €51 million round to scale silicon-based quantum computing

Dublin-based Equal1, a quantum semiconductor company, today announced it has raised €51 million ($60 million) to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of […]
January 15th, 2026
EU-Startups

Lausanne-based AlphaLum raises €3.6 million to build the missing hardware layer for mass-market smart glasses

Lausanne-based AlphaLum today announced the close of its €3.6 million (CHF 3.4 million) Seed financing round to scale its optics and sensing platform for smart glasses. […]
January 15th, 2026
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