gathers

Gadgets, Venture

“Boosting European potential: Elaia and partners launch groundbreaking deep tech fund”

Deep tech is on the rise in Europe, fueled in part by the match between AI and a local flavor of math excellence. The deep tech fund will focus on computing, industry and life science. The report, which was published this Wednesday, highlights 50 European deep tech companies, but more as an editorialized showcase than as a ranking. While the firms may overlap in investments, they don’t fully see eye to eye on the “deep tech” term. “For us, deep tech is a natural fit, as we’ve always been very close to research at Elaia,” she said.

Zara Khan
March 14, 2024

Enterprise, Venture

“Expediting SMB Insurance: Coverdash Unites Top Carriers for Instant Coverage”

“More big partners kept coming and closing with us, pushing to get on our roadmap,” Betesh told TechCrunch. Coverdash offers small businesses, e-commerce merchants and freelancers the ability to buy business insurance in areas like business owner’s policies, cyber and worker’s compensation. Businesses then answer a few questions, select a policy and get coverage in minutes. That comes with some requirements, like having liability insurance for board directors and company officers and other management, Betesh explained. “It all kind of fell into place really quickly, and in over two weeks, we had offers from multiple firms.