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Spotify's Daniel Ek leads $694 million investment in defense startup Helsing
CNBC· 2025-06-17 12:41
Helsing uses AI to analyze large amounts of sensor and weapons system data from the battlefield.European defense technology startup Helsing on Tuesday said that it's raised 600 million euros ($693.6 million) in a bumper new round of funding.The investment was led by Prima Materia, the venture capital firm founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and by Shakil Khan, an early investor in the popular music streaming app. Ek is also chairman of Helsing.Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Plural, Gene ...
SKY Leasing Announces Acquisition of JetBlue Ventures
Prnewswire· 2025-05-05 11:30
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SKY Leasing ("SKY"), a leading aviation investment manager, and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced that SKY has acquired JetBlue Ventures, JetBlue's venture capital subsidiary. This transaction will usher in the next era of growth for JetBlue Ventures, with expanded opportunities to support founders and scale game-changing technologies by leveraging SKY's deep industry relationships, global reach, and access to capital. JetBlue will continu ...
清华大学如何做创投-清华本部如何做孵化
叫小宋 别叫总· 2025-02-06 03:45
先给大家拜个晚年。 之前的文章中提到过,我曾大致梳理过清华大学如何做科研成果转化,如何做创投。信息主要来自一些 公开渠道,以及我所接触过的清华背景的投资人、创业者。 想到做这份梳理,是因为从事硬科技投资以来,清华大学是我所见过的,学术和产业结合得最好的高 校,创投氛围最浓、创投成果最优的高校。 以上的所有"最"只代表我个人观点。同样因为只是我个人的梳理,所以信息难免有遗漏,观点难免不够 充分客观,还望理解。 于是在 1988 年,清华大学科技开发总公司成立,主要职能是管理全校公司,并负责全校科研成果的生 产力转化。这家公司也是紫光集团的前身。 1993 年,清华科技园成立,构建科技成果转化的线下空间实体,也是我国第一批"孵化器"的雏形。 之前答应过各粉丝爸爸,会把这份梳理发出来。现在我履行承诺,并在之前梳理的基础上又做了一些细 化。因为内容较多,分为多篇,我会陆续发出来。 ======== 梳理清华大学的整体创投历史,我眼中清华创投的开端,应该是 1980 年成立的清华技术服务公司。 自"改革开放"被提出,经济建设成为国家发展重点。国家明确提出"科学技术是第一生产力",强调科技 与经济的紧密结合,推动科技成果 ...