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Bay Area biotech giant to lay off hundreds after $1.8B loss
Founder News Team May 5, 2026 0

Bio-Rad Laboratories, a Bay Area biotech giant best known for its diagnostic and research products, is laying off 5% of…

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Who Is Matthew Gallagher? $1.8B Company Founder With 2 Employees
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Who Is Matthew Gallagher? $1.8B Company Founder With 2 Employees
Founder News Team Apr 7, 2026 0

Matthew Gallagher is the entrepreneur behind Medvi, a telehealth startup that achieved $401 million in revenue in its first full…

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IQM to Become First Publicly Listed European Quantum Company via $1.8B Merger
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IQM To Become First Publicly Listed European Quantum Company Via $1.8B Merger
Founder News Team Feb 23, 2026 0

IQM Finland Oy will become the first publicly listed European quantum computing company following a definitive merger agreement announced today,…

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IQM Quantum Computers
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IQM is going public at a $1.8B valuation. Could this be Europe’s first quantum IPO? — TFN
Founder News Team Feb 23, 2026 0

Classical computers struggle to handle complex simulations in drug discovery, materials science, and optimisation becaapply quantum physics demands computing power…

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Finland's IQM goes public at $1.8B, betting big on quantum
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Finland’s IQM goes public at $1.8B, betting huge on quantum
Founder News Team Feb 23, 2026 0

The Buzz ■ Finland’s IQM Quantum Computers is going public at an $1.8 billion valuation, becoming one of Europe’s first…

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Swedish legal AI startup Legora AI becomes a unicorn after raising €150M at $1.8B valuation
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Swedish legal AI startup Legora AI becomes a unicorn after raising €150M at $1.8B valuation
Founder News Team Oct 30, 2025 0

Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, announced the completion of a Series C round at a $1.8 billion valuation.…

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Budget 2025: Netherlands commits record €1.8B R&D budget, €230M for semiconductors, €200M for startup growth, and more 
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Budreceive 2025: Netherlands commits record €1.8B R&D budreceive, €230M for semiconductors, €200M for startup growth, and more 
Founder News Team Sep 17, 2025 0

Every third Tuesday of September is Prinsjesdag Day in the Netherlands. On September 16th, the Dutch caretaker government announced several…

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Kiwi Hamish McKenzie’s Substack raises $168m at $1.8b valuation
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Kiwi Hamish McKenzie’s Substack raises $168m at $1.8b valuation
Founder News Team Jul 18, 2025 0

The round was led by Bond, the US venture capital company that recently backed another New Zealand-founded start-up, smart cow…

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Malaysia’s respond.io raises $62.5M to expand in North America, Europe
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