Scalable – Startup Chronicles
Matteo Ottavi
6 episodes
Quint Computing, Enginsight, Tumbleweed — €9,1M al quantum, crescita cyber e €6,9M alla microgravità — Daily News 3 novembre 2026
3 Nov · 2 min
- Tumbleweed raises €6.9M led by PactVC after orbiting its Oasis Alpha container with four customers.
- Quint Computing raises €9.1M led by Vsquared for superconducting chips that correct errors in hardware, though its 100x efficiency claim remains unproven.
Hypersonica, Gallium Defense, Creandum — €100M ai missili, radar antidroni e fondo da $750M — Daily News 2 novembre 2026
2 Nov · 2 min
- Hypersonica raises €100M Series B co-led by Lightspeed and General Catalyst to speed long-range hypersonic testing and production by 2029.
- Gallium Defense exits stealth with €7.1M seed led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital for its GDS-10 small-drone radar.
EP73 — Fintech Frontier — Hyperexponential: perché Guidewire paga fino a $2,1 miliardi per il cervello dell’underwriting?
31 Oct · 23 min
- Guidewire Software agreed on 27 October 2026 to acquire London-based Hyperexponential for a $1.7bn cash base price plus up to $400m in earn-out payments.
- Hyperexponential sells a platform that lets insurers run their own pricing models, betting on workflow control rather than a better predictive algorithm.
Fractile, Argotec, Nscale — £577M ai chip AI, €50M ai satelliti e IPO fino a $35B — Daily News 30 ottobre 2026
30 Oct · 2 min
- Fractile's Series C share allotments total £577m, according to Companies House filings rather than a company announcement, with investors and valuation still undisclosed.
- Argotec's €50m capital increase with Nuo Space would lift annual satellite output from 52 to 80 units and fund onboard AI and US expansion.
Braid, Ravical, MuRay — $38M alla connettività, $17M all’AI contabile e €7,1M ai raggi muonici — Daily News 29 ottobre 2026
29 Oct · 2 min
- Braid closes a $38m Series A led by Octopus Ventures, with KPN Ventures participating, to sell SIM and eSIM services under white-label brands.
- Ravical raises $17m in seed funding led by MMC Ventures to turn accounting and tax firms' know-how into AI-run processes used by over 100 European firms.
Hyperexponential, Circuit Mind, Easol — $1,7B all’insurtech, $25M ai circuiti AI e $30M agli agenti per eventi — Daily News 28 ottobre 2026
28 Oct · 2 min
- Guidewire agreed to acquire Hyperexponential, an agentic underwriting and pricing platform for commercial insurance, for a $1.7bn cash base price plus up to $400m tied to revenue targets.
- Circuit Mind raised $25m, including an $18.5m Series A led by Norwest, for AI agents that generate and verify electronic circuits to cut prototyping errors.