If you’re in Barcelona May 12th, join the US Spain Executives Community and Norrsken for this roundtable discussion on whether to enter the U.S. market or not as a founder/startup, and much more on the Europe-US business landscape.
With @alexrodba, Sarah Luppino & Pepe Borrell.
I’ll be moderating. Sign up today, as it will fill up fast.
https://events.norrsken.org/uslandscape/
#startups #spain #usa #barcelona

Wayve Technologies, a U.K.-based AI and autonomous driving startup backed by SoftBank, has tapped Japan as the next location in its global expansion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/companies/wayve-ai-yokohama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #wayvetechnologies #uk #carmakers #ai #softbank #startups #yokohama

A startup launched at Osaka University says it has applied for government approval to commercially sell heart muscle cell sheets developed using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/science-health/heart-sheet-application/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #heartdisease #ips #startups #osakauniversity

Want a startup without VC stress? The missing middle path lets you keep control and profits. Sweet spot for indie founders. #startups #entrepreneurship #bootstrapping https://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a

To those who re asking what #piyushgoel has done to help indian #startups

He s backed the #solar venture of Prof Chetan solanki

So one may disagree to what he believes in

But he s only asserting his belief after he s done something in that direction

Disclaimer -- I am just another entrepreneur who failed
I am not a #bjp fan but credit where its due
#india

For the Tokyo Fail Club, candid talks about ventures gone wrong, bankruptcy and depression are the order of the day as speakers tout a message of persistence in the face of adversity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/30/tech/tokyo-fail-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tech #startups #investments

Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform, X. Musk said the deal was an all-stock transaction that valued X at $33 billion. "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk wrote on — no prizes for guessing — X. Here's more from NBC News.

https://flip.it/7Hs3KW

Japanese space startups continue to take on adventurous challenges amid intensifying international competition for technological development, with the private sector taking over the lead role in space development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/japan-startups-space-development/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #space #tech #startups #investments #ispace #astroscaleholdings #interstellartechnologies

WSJ: Startups That Set Out to Fix the Climate Are Now Talking About Jet Fighters
Companies that once touted the green benefits of their work are pivoting to defense and AI

"...The Oakland, Calif.-based startup’s sales pitch used to focus on the climate benefits of its technology, but the references to decarbonization have recently vanished from its home page. Now it warns that the dearth of domestic magnesium production is a national-security emergency, and says Magrathea can secure material for products including jet fighters and drones. ..."

(paywall busted)
https://archive.is/qNBRG

Japan's Astroscale, a company specializing in removing orbital junk, has agreed with Bengaluru-based space companies Digantara and Bellatrix Aerospace to collaborate on technology and services, it said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/21/companies/japan-india-space-debris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #astroscale #space #indiajapanrelations #india #startups

The new EV startup Perseus takes aim at the European market

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/19/new-british-ev-startup-aims-to-take-europe-by-storm/

Article on Polish tech news site on how Streamyard screwed over our tiny not-for-profit (and, no doubt others) by automatically upgrading us to a plan at twice the price.

https://kontrabanda.net/r/aral-balkan-streamyard-kontrowersje/

A wave of startups are stepping in to offer potential solutions for the semiconductor sector's dirty secret: the "forever chemicals" linked to cancer and other health problems that it spews. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/tech/chip-race-forever-chemicals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #health #chipmakers #pfas #startups #ai

Hey #fedihire universe , like to work with a freelancer passionate about:

- #Django, doing it since 2007
- #JavaScript (preferably vanilla) since 1999
- and I love to speed up and optimize #databases, for speed, space, etc.
- fast, speedy, slim and very usable #websites (MPA but with SPA feel)

So I am backend and frontend experienced and love to help.
#Impact #startups preferred.

#FediHire #hire #freelance #work #searching

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One city in Fukushima Prefecture is at the heart of a critical strategy to economically reboot the region by attracting startups 14 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/11/fukushima-startup-hub/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #fukushima #startups #astrox #311

Just cancelled our Streamyard subscription and deleted our account.

The asshats automatically switched us to a plan that was 2× the price (from ~$44 to ~$88) with a single email’s notice and no authorisation on our part and when there was a new plan that almost exactly matched our current one with almost exactly the same features.

By the time I clocked on, they’d already charged us for several months so I wrote to them explaining that what they did was wrong and asking them to refund us the difference in the plan costs and place us on the plan that was almost the carbon copy of the one we were originally on.

They refused. And admitted no wrongdoing.

Finally, they offered a one month refund.

So I accepted. And now that it’s safely in our account, I just cancelled our subscription and deleted the account. I have a very fucking short fuse for asshole unethical American startups thinking they’re so bloody smart for fucking you over.

Anyway, beware of Streamyard. Not sure if they’ll pull the same shit again but I’m sure they’ll pull some other shit some other time.

Aus der Negev-Wüste soll bald Tequila kommen

Tequila kennt man eigentlich aus Mexiko. Ein israelisches Start-up will den Schnaps nun aus Agaven herstellen, die in der Negev-Wüste wachsen - in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Gazastreifen. Von Julio Segador.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltwirtschaft/tequila-negev-wueste-israel-start-up-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

TREND: Die Zahl der sogenannten “Unicorns” in Deutschland hat sich seit 2020 mehr als verdoppelt. Aktuell gibt es 28 Start-ups mit einer Bewertung von mindestens einer Milliarde Euro. Welche Maßnahmen könnten ergriffen werden, um diese positive Entwicklung weiter zu fördern und die Abhängigkeit von außereuropäischem Kapital zu reduzieren?

#Startups #Innovation #VentureCapital

https://www.heise.de/news/Anzahl-der-Milliarden-Start-ups-in-Deutschland-legt-zu-10307527.html