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Join us at the IEEE Entrepreneurship Hard Tech Venture Summit 2025! Connect with early-stage Hard Tech startups, investors, and industry leaders to drive innovation in Climatetech, Communications, Defense, IoT, Robotics, and more. ??? Dates: June 18-19, 2025 ?? Location: Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA ?? Apply now: https://lnkd.in/e7p3pEQJ All applicants will receive a decision within two weeks, and confirmed participants will get a promo code to register. Spaces are limited! #IEEEEntrepreneurship #HardTech #HTVS2025 #TechInnovation #StartupFunding

We are delighted to announce that BT Group is leading ‘QAssure’, an Innovate?UK funded project under the ‘Scalable Quantum Network Technologies: Collaborative R&D’ programme. We will?come together as a?consortium of 11 partners* to develop methodology?that can?assure quantum?technology?systems such as Quantum Key Distribution (QKD),?enabling them to be deployed in critical infrastructure. For technologies that underpin security and reliability, assurance is key. But assuring the behaviour of systems that rely on quantum technology is still in its early days. Bringing together leading academia, start-ups, scale-ups and global businesses within the UK’s rich quantum and cybersecurity ecosystem, we are?excited to collectively drive the assurance and security of quantum technology.? ? *Project consortium: BT Group, NPL, University of Bristol, Cystel, HSBC, KETS Quantum Security, King's College London, Loughborough University, nodeQ, Toshiba Europe Ltd, Quentangle, Innovate UK , UK Research and Innovation

United by a shared mission to sustain space and keep orbital highways clear, we were honored to meet with our partners at OMEGA SA HQ in Switzerland. The visit included an exclusive tour of their watchmaking facility and a panel alongside OMEGA CEO Raynald Aeschlimann. ?? “What we do at Privateer may look very different from watchmaking, but we both deeply value the delicate balance of ingenuity and craftsmanship in our work,” shared our CEO and Chairman, Alex Fielding, who toured the facility with his Privateer co-founder, Steve Wozniak.

United by a shared mission to sustain space and keep orbital highways clear, we were honored to meet with our partners at OMEGA SA HQ in Switzerland. The visit included an exclusive tour of their watchmaking facility and a panel alongside OMEGA CEO Raynald Aeschlimann. ?? “What we do at Privateer may look very different from watchmaking, but we both deeply value the delicate balance of ingenuity and craftsmanship in our work,” shared our CEO and Chairman, Alex Fielding, who toured the facility with his Privateer co-founder, Steve Wozniak.

We're heading underground! Crow Industries and Lunasonde are teaming up to map and explore the underground for both mining and defense applications. Using their cutting-edge space-based radar technologies, Lunasonde can identify and characterize underground voids, including caves, tunnels, and human-made subterranean facilities. With these unique data, Crow Industries then sends in our UGVs, like Fenris, to gather intelligence for decision makers to enact effects real-time. Together, our companies have forged a truly dual-use solution that can enhance active mine operations, improve abandoned mine safety and remediation, and allow our armed forces to quickly understand and move into a previously unknown and dangerous environment. If you want to learn more, DM me or Jeremiah Pate, and we'll show you what we can do! #underground #dualuse #defense #mining #ugv #subterranean

?? U-Ploid Biotechnologies, a venture-backed biotech company, has introduced its new platform designed to enhance the quality of older egg cells, a critical factor in increasing the success rates of in vitro fertilization (IVF) for women experiencing age-related infertility. The company’s technology aims to repair decades of accumulated damage in eggs, thereby improving their viability during IVF treatments. ?? ?? “Our team is developing technology that directly targets the root cause of age-related female infertility. By improving the health of older eggs, we have the opportunity to help many people in their fertility journey.” Dr. Chloe Charalambous, Co-founder and COO of U-Ploid Biotechnologies #femtech #fertility #reproductivehealth #infertility #ivf #biotech #launch #uk #ivfclinic #fertilityclinic #health #heatlhcare #healthcareinnovation #uk

?? U-Ploid Biotechnologies, a venture-backed biotech company, has introduced its new platform designed to enhance the quality of older egg cells, a critical factor in increasing the success rates of in vitro fertilization (IVF) for women experiencing age-related infertility. The company’s technology aims to repair decades of accumulated damage in eggs, thereby improving their viability during IVF treatments. ?? ?? “Our team is developing technology that directly targets the root cause of age-related female infertility. By improving the health of older eggs, we have the opportunity to help many people in their fertility journey.” Dr. Chloe Charalambous, Co-founder and COO of U-Ploid Biotechnologies #femtech #fertility #reproductivehealth #infertility #ivf #biotech #launch #uk #ivfclinic #fertilityclinic #health #heatlhcare #healthcareinnovation #uk

I had the great privilege last week to represent Crow Industries on the ground in Ukraine. We met with operators, political leaders, and businesses about the war effort as well as reconstruction efforts after the war is won. While there, we learned more how Ukraine is leveraging drones, rovers, and remote operations as powerful tools against Russia. We are working to forge new partnerships in testing and co-production to grow new powerful, low-cost capabilities for the country. We are also eager to play a key role in Ukraine's vital reconstruction efforts. The country is primed to lead in the development and production of critical minerals necessary for the energy transition, and we look forward to supporting Ukraine in that process. I am immensely grateful to the Arizona Defense & Industry Coalition (AZDIC), CEO Lynndy Smith, and Board Member James McCain for inviting me to accompany them on this incredibly important trip. The hard work is only beginning. Let's get after it. ????????? #ukraine #defense #mining #winthewar