Jan Koum was born on February 24, 1976, in Kyiv (then part of the Soviet‑era Ukrainian SSR). Growing up in Fastiv outside Kyiv, Koum experienced life under a regime where state surveillance and censorship were common.
Jan Koum was born on February 24, 1976, in Kyiv (then part of the Soviet‑era Ukrainian SSR). Growing up in Fastiv outside Kyiv, Koum experienced life under a regime where state surveillance and censorship were common.
Zürich-based Corintis, a semiconductor cooling startup tackling one of the biggest bottlenecks in AI hardware, has raised €20 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to €28.5 million.
Holy Technologies, a deeptech startup pioneering AI-driven autonomous manufacturing, has raised €4.3M to build what it calls the world’s first fully autonomous factory for lightweight components in Hamburg.
Montréal, Canada – Telegraph Ventures, a spinoff of European VC firm Telegraph Hill Capital, has raised nearly $35M in its first close to fund Québec-based enterprise AI startups.
Leiden-based healthtech startup Rapidemic has secured a €2.3M ($2.7M) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance its molecular testing platform, RapiDetect.
Toronto-based Superpanel, a startup building AI-driven automation for law firms, has raised $5.3 million in seed funding to transform the way firms onboard clients and handle legal intake.
Leipzig-based enaDyne, a climate-tech startup pioneering non-thermal plasma catalysis, has raised €7 million in seed funding to transform the way chemicals are produced.
