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Startup behind ‘central nervous system’ for hotels becomes latest Dutch unicorn

05-03-2024 16:28 via thenextweb.com

Amsterdam-based Mews, a cloud-based property management system (PMS) for the hospitality industry, has become the latest Dutch unicorn. In a fresh funding round, the startup — which is also a TNW community member — achieved unicorn status after raising $110mn (€101mn) at a valuation of $1.2bn (€1.1bn). Mews was founded in 2012 by Richard Valtr, an ex-hotelier on a mission to accelerate the digital transformation of the hospitality space. “Digital transformation

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Amsterdam-based Mews becomes the Netherlands’ newest unicorn

05-03-2024 16:28 via thenextweb.com

Amsterdam-based Mews, a cloud-based property management system (PMS) for the hospitality industry, has become the Netherlands’ latest unicorn. In a fresh funding round, the startup — which is also a TNW community member — achieved unicorn status after raising $110mn (€101mn) at a valuation of $1.2bn (€1.1bn). Mews was founded in 2012 by Richard Valtr, an ex-hotelier on a mission to accelerate the digital transformation of the hospitality space. “Digital transfo

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Autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless cars on the road

05-03-2024 15:36 via thenextweb.com

The excitement of auto racing comes from split-second decisions and daring passes by fearless drivers. Imagine that scene, but without the driver — the car alone, guided by the invisible hand of artificial intelligence. Can the rush of racing unfold without a driver steering the course? It turns out that it can. Enter autonomous racing, a field that’s not just about high-speed competition but also pushing the boundaries of what autonomous vehicles can achieve and improving their saf

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How femtech is closing the gender gap in health data

05-03-2024 10:00 via thenextweb.com

Historically, women’s health has taken a back seat to men’s — leaving a persistent gender gap in data, research, and clinical trials. A wave of femtech innovators may finally bring balance. Among them is Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles, the world’s leading birth-control app. “We need more companies focusing solely on women’s health and women’s issues because that’s what is going to make up for the gender gap in the

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This startup’s silicon anodes could change the battery game

05-03-2024 08:00 via thenextweb.com

Lithium-ion batteries have transformed everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles and energy storage. But to power the next wave of tech — from planes to smartphones — they need to get denser. One option is to replace the graphite anodes within them with silicon ones. Silicon anodes can store 10 times the amount of lithium ions that graphite can and they take up a lot less space. That means more efficient batteries that last longer. Dutch startup LeydenJar has been to

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