France

Nebex Secures $30 Million to Launch €100 Million French Space Startup Initiative

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Nebex, a space‑trading platform founded in 2025, announced a €100 million initiative in France that will channel global space contracts back to French startups, guaranteeing a full industrial return on foreign spending. The move is backed by a $30 million seed round led by GV and supported by a dozen venture investors. The model aims to simplify cross‑border space procurement and boost the French space ecosystem without changing existing procurement laws.

Mistral AI Unveils €830M Infrastructure Expansion to Build European AI Compute Powerhouse

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Mistral AI, a French AI startup, unveiled a major infrastructure push to deliver 1 GW of European AI compute by 2030. The plan includes regional inference endpoints, a premium SLA‑backed tier, and long‑term compute contracts with European enterprises, backed by €830 million of debt financing. The move positions Mistral as a sovereign AI infrastructure provider, complementing its partnership with Microsoft and its open‑model hosting strategy.

Clean Cells Acquires French CRO Anaquant to Expand Protein Characterization Services

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Clean Cells, a French biopharma quality‑control provider founded in 2020, announced the acquisition of Anaquant, a specialist CRO in mass‑spectrometry‑based protein analysis. The deal, terms undisclosed, gives Clean Cells ownership of Anaquant’s brand, IP, analytics platform and ReadyBeads technology, strengthening its capability to deliver protein characterization and host‑cell‑protein profiling for regulatory submissions.