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One-year-old healthcare start-up gains investment from venture groups including General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz
Companies and their backers are starting to show more signs of acceptance of valuation cuts in ‘down round’ financing
The inaugural list covers 125 hubs in 21 countries. Plus: how a Munich lab helps businesses grow; Barcelona’s welcoming and accessible programmes; UK advice networks counter fall in funds; the value of university-business links; and how to flourish beyond the capital
The UK heads the FT/Statista/Sifted ranking with the most hubs, followed by Germany and Spain
SETsquared, the number three start-up centre in Europe, follows a low-pressure approach to nurture a business
Knowledge intensive companies can benefit from their co-location with strong academic centres
The city’s infrastructure, research centres and business schools are key attractions for international companies
VC money may be further away but regional start-up centres bank on local strengths to attract entrepreneurs
The Munich-based lab has ambitions to turn Germany into one of the main centres for early-stage companies
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Payments company has become a Silicon Valley bellwether as its valuation has risen and fallen over the past few years
Indian electric vehicle platform leads this year’s list of the region’s fastest growing businesses
Data shows equity compensation has decreased by more than a third over past 18 months
Silicon Box to create hundreds of jobs in industrialised north as EU seeks to reduce dependence on China
Venture capitalists and tech groups have had to adjust to life without the ‘one-stop shop’ SVB offered
Success for cloud security group Wiz in gleaning new capital would show sector’s resilience
Reducing angel investment would have had a domino effect on women in business
The latest annual ranking shows the extent to which entrepreneurship continues to thrive, despite a backdrop of considerable political and social upheaval given rising interest rates and a slowing economy
Figure AI aims to transform labour market as it raises total $675mn in a funding round that also includes Jeff Bezos
Payments company’s value is 30% higher than last year but is still well below its 2021 peak
Baseimmune aims to predict future pathogen mutations to create jabs that will be effective for longer
Tension between past and present leaders of Silicon Valley’s premier venture group have spilled into the open
Weapons makers are boosting production after decades of under-investment
Aichi prefecture seeks to develop future forms of transport as next driver of region’s industrial growth
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