Energy Tech: A Brief History and the InfraTech Opportunity
Over the past 20 years, the energy technology sector has experienced three distinct “hype cycles”, each characterized by initial capital surges followed by significant market corrections. Today, the industry has entered a fourth era, defined by a broader structural imperative: sovereign resilience and self-sufficiency. Governments and institutional investors have come to recognise that the failure […]
Where Infrastructure Sectors Meet
The most consequential infrastructure investments today sit not within subsectors but at their intersections. Understanding them requires understanding what is shifting within each subsector first. The definition of infrastructure is expanding, and the lines between traditional subsectors are becoming increasingly harder to draw. Power, water, transport, and digital infrastructure are becoming interdependent, both technically and […]
Redesigning The Grid
How ageing networks, volatile supply, surging demand, and a new generation of technology are redesigning the grid. The electrical grid is, by any measure, the largest machine ever built. For most of the twentieth century it operated on the simple premise of large, centralised generators pushing electrons in one direction, down high-voltage transmission lines, through […]
L’Echo Highlights XiniX AI’s Mission, Technology
XiniX AI covered in Belgian business press: L’Echo Belgian business press covers ‘XiniX, le robot-serpent belge qui veut remplacer l’humain dans les zones les plus dangereuses de l’industrie’
Actia Capital Partners Backs XiniX AI in Pre-Seed Round to Deploy Soft Robotics in the World’s Most Hazardous Industrial Spaces
XiniX AI has raised pre-seed funding from Actia to accelerate the commercialisation of Sprout, its soft robot for the inspection of confined spaces, and XiniX Forge, its AI platform for automated defect detection and maintenance insights. Brussels / Odense — XiniX AI and Actia Capital Partners today announce the start of a long-term equity partnership. […]
The Long Road to First of a Kind
The Long Road to First of a Kind First of a Kind (FOAK) refers to the first scale deployment of a new technology. It is often associated with the valley of death, where the massive capital required to cross from pilot to commercial scale leaves many startups stranded. And just reaching FOAK does not guarantee […]
Care GP Launches Three new Agents
After the succesful launch of Care GP’s medical document processing agent – Samantha – CareGP is launching three new agents in August. Corina – handling customer emails Veronica – handling phone calls Bill – patient and work cover debt collection
Better Nature Raises £1.1m, Targeting further Growth
Better Nature secures £1.1m follow-on investing. Continues to target growth in established markets, expansion into select geographies and product innovation.
Quadrivium announces partnership with Retelit to launch data centre in Genoa
Quadrivium announces partnership with Retelit, to build QGEN01, a 12 MW carrier-neutral subsea cable landing data centre in Genoa, scheduled to go live in Q4 2025. The facility is designed to host up to eight submarine cable systems, connect directly to Italy’s main Internet exchange via Retelit’s Avalon Campus, and establish Genoa as a new […]
Actia Partners with Levels
In August Actia partnered with Levels to back their small cap PE-style property management rollup. Levels is consolidating the fragmented property management industry in the UK, leveraging AI and tech applications to achieve meaningful margin uplift and economies of scale within their portfolio companies.
