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INLEAP Photonics Secures €20M to Scale Laser-Based Drone Defence
INLEAP Photonics secured €20M to scale laser-based counter-drone systems, expand production and grow across European markets.
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Lana Glygalo is the Co-founder of Top Voices, an advocate for early-stage founders, and a startup founder herself. She was one of the creators of the Burning Heroes Founders Association – a non-profit organization supporting early-stage founders, with a network of over 2,000 founders and investors worldwide. She also created Levelty.app, an app for kids and parents that helps establish chore habits and reduce nagging and tantrums. As a female startup founder, she is deeply committed to supporting all early-stage founders, amplifying their exposure, and helping grow their online visibility, both personally and for their products.

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INLEAP Photonics secured €20M to scale laser-based counter-drone systems, expand production and grow across European markets.

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S-Transistors raised €2.6M to develop superconducting transistor technology for scalable, energy-efficient quantum computing.

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Certain Energy raised £10M to commercialise manganese flow batteries and scale long-duration energy storage for renewable power grids.

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Startup Summit Lisbon will host a 48-hour startup pitch marathon on September 16–17, aiming to set a Guinness World Records title.

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Millow raised €2M to expand production and commercial operations for its mycelium-based protein across the Nordic foodservice market.
This section is curated by:
Lana Glygalo
Co-founder of Burning Heroes
Lana Glygalo is the Co-founder of Top Voices, an advocate for early-stage founders, and a startup founder herself. She was one of the creators of the Burning Heroes Founders Association – a non-profit organization supporting early-stage founders, with a network of over 2,000 founders and investors worldwide. She also created Levelty.app, an app for kids and parents that helps establish chore habits and reduce nagging and tantrums. As a female startup founder, she is deeply committed to supporting all early-stage founders, amplifying their exposure, and helping grow their online visibility, both personally and for their products.
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