The European Investment Bank is lending €20 million to BioLamina, the Swedish biotech that supplies the laminin-based cell culture matrices used by stem cell therapy developers worldwide. The funding will support expanded production of laminin technologies and animal-free drug safety testing methods. BioLamina, the Stockholm-based biotechnology company that produces the protein scaffolding used to grow […]

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Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots on tasks they weren't trained on, an “early sign” of generalization, surprising researchers  —  Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics startup that has quietly become …

The Japan-headquartered EV battery manufacturer, controlled by China’s Envision Group and backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, is mulling an IPO in Hong Kong that could raise up to $2 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The move marks a significant change from earlier plans to list in the US. Envision AESC, the electric vehicle […]

The Silicon Valley institution has closed roughly $7 billion for its expansion strategy fund, nearly doubling its comparable 2022 vehicle. Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, who took over as co-stewards in November 2025, are making the raise their opening statement on the AI era. Sequoia Capital has raised approximately $7 billion for a new fund, […]

Financial Times:
Sources: OnlyFans is in advanced talks to sell a below 20% stake at a $3B+ valuation; previous reports said it wants to sell a ~60% stake at a ~$5.5B valuation  —  Discussions with Architect Capital come less than a month after the UK-based platform's owner Leonid Radvinsky died