AVIAN – the Zurich-based industrial AI company building 24/7 thermal monitoring for the world’s most fire-prone facilities – today announced it has raised a $2.6M pre-seed round, led by Founderful.

Maria Belén Vazquez is an experienced business lawyer and the founder of Vs Consulting, a Spanish consulting company supporting early stage startups build a solid legal foundation from the beginning.

Arãya Ventures, founded by Rupa Popat and Sie Ventures, founded by Triin Linamagi have partnered to launch the Arãya Sie Fund, announcing a £7.5m first close to back female founders.

Ditto, the health tech startup redefining how patients process and act on medical information, announced it raised €7.6 million in a Seed funding round.

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Würzburg-based deep tech startup NanoStruct has closed a seed funding round of €2.6 million. Founded by Dr. Henriette Maaß, Enno Schatz, and Kai Leibfried, the company develops nanostructured sensor chips for the rapid identification of dangerous pathogens in food.

Cellply, a pioneer in deep functional cell analysis, today announced the completion of the largest portion of its latest funding round, securing €7.15 million to date in the largest financing round completed by the company to date.

In this interview, we are looking in depth at the impact-startups - corporates collaboration, blockers and changes needed for innovation-driving partnerships.