Monthly Roundup - October 🍂

Author

Owen
October 25, 2024

Welcome to Alternate Universe!

In today’s edition:

  • Roundup of AU’s October issues 📚

  • Job opportunities at recently funded European startups 👇

  • McDonald’s is in hot water 🍔

Monthly Roundup 🔴

Catch up on the October issues here.

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Headhunted 🦅

Recently funded private companies need talent! Scout jobs at recently funded European startups, ahead of your competition. 💪

  1. Sensei 🇵🇹 - The autonomous retail tech startup has closed a €15m Series A round. Hiring a Community Manager and in the Growth team (link)

  2. GenieAI 🇬🇧 - The legal AI assistant has raised $17.8m in a Series A round. Multiple remote roles available (link)

  3. Dunia 🇩🇪 - The AI-driven material discovery startup has closed €10.6m round. Hiring an ML scientist (link)

  4. DataCrunch 🇫🇮 - The AI infrastructure company has raised €12m in a seed round. Multiple engineering & developer roles open (link)

  5. Dottxt 🇫🇷 - The LLM platform has closed an €11m combined funding round. Now hiring a software engineer (link)

Interestingness📔 

We just had the best year of the century for the S&P 500

  • US approves Arizona lithium mine despite endangered flower species. Ioneer stock is up over 14% this week (link)

  • GLP-1 drugs linked to a reduction of Alzheimer’s. Further boost to Novo & Lilly? (link)

  • Multiple US states recorded E.coli cases stemming from McDonald’s Quarter Pounder (link)

  • ETFs as Hedge Funds 2.0 (link)

  • Whenever someone says there isn't an art to being a venture capitalist, send them this:

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As always, the financial disclaimer!

This is not investment advice. I am not a financial advisor. Make sure to conduct your thorough research before purchasing or selling financial products.