A higher rating and income caused by more difficulty for beginners

Welcome to Weekly Startups – Your weekly report of everything you can’t miss the start world. Do you want in the box in every Friday box? Register here.

The later result Deepseek’s started The world’s largest technological story of the week, especially for everyone who closely focuses on public markets. However, private companies also made headlines.

The most exciting start stories from the week

In the starting lands, even a small gain is also new and can cause tomorrow’s iPo. Meanwhile, we look at the start-up to managed with an M & A and some mission.

Burn: Swedish shared MicroMobility Startup Voi reported the first profitable year. In cash, this 2024 results, the results of the scooter and e-cycling puts an IPO in the coming years.

The combination of humanoids: Openai Supported Norwegian Robototic Starting 1x The pleasant person obtainedThe three-man team began to work with a high-profile designer Yves Behar in 2024.

In the trace: French health insurance starters, it turned out about approximately $ 525 million in income In 2024, he confirmed the purpose of earning a profit in 2026.

Firefighters: After the latest destructive fires of Southern California, TechCrunch’s Tim de Chant has rounded beginnings Measure and reduce the risk of wildfire.

The most interesting VC and financing news this week

Some important tours have been announced this week, but perhaps more interesting, we saw some size assessment growth.

Hot as a fusion: Raised the Helio of the nuclear beginning $ 425 million pound serial To help build a fusion reactor for Microsoft. This new tour is smaller than before, but the appraisal has reached $ 5,245 billion.

Perking: Barcelona-based corporate travel management platform TravelPPerk has closed several dollars for a number of $ 200 million In an estimate of $ 2.7 billion – Appreciation of $ 1.4 billion in the previous twice.

Quantum Race: With 104 million dollars in the B seriesFrench Startup Alice & Bob provided one of the larger tours for a quantum calculation start in Europe.

AI against cancer: Quibim, a Spanish start, which develops AI models for medical image, removed A number of $ 50 million in finance round To lower the US Expanding Plans twice. Its flagship product, QP-prostate, focuses on the detection of prostate cancer.

Hard autodesk: Motiv, a starting architecture, engineering and construction (ASK) software, Guarantee $ 46 million For past employers, Autodesk, the next generation design platform for buildings for buildings in the seeds and series.

The bigger targetRegulatory documents 8vc, Austin’s founder Joe Lonsdale, led by Austin-based VC company, hopes To increase about $ 1 billion for the sixth fund. The previous flagship vehicle closed for $ 880 million in 2023.

Leads to 11: Elevenlabs working in AI Audio field, C Round announced that a number of $ 180 millionEvaluate the company worth $ 3.3 billion. Andreessen Horowitz and Iconiq growth is an international investment.

Last but at least

Sorry for the last of a negative note, but the data indicates that it will be 2025 Another wild year of starting winds ups. However, Angellist CEO Avlok Kohli provides a more positive outlook, these figures are still very small than the number of companies financed for both years. “