Hexa is granted a revolving credit line of € 29 million to European banks to accelerate the creation of startups
Hexa announces a € 29 million financing in the form of Revolving Creditin partnership with Belfius, Hauts de France savings bank, BNP Paribas Fortis and CIC. This funding is added to € 35 million in equity raised in 2024bearing total resources to € 64 million To support the ambitious objective of Launch and scaler 30 new businesses per year by 2030.
Specialized in B2B SaaSHexa has already contributed to the success ofAircall, Spendesk and Frontpromoting its portfolio to almost $ 5 billion. In 2024Hexa launched 10 new startupscarrying his total to 50 since 2011and accompanied 10 fundraising For 70 M € with investors such as Point nine, localglobe, eight roads and bpifrance. The year also marked a first successful outingwith the sale of Numeral in Mambu.
Hexa also launched Hexa Scalea majority investment program in profitable startups in the scalability phase. Her First investment (€ 5 million) was made in Veevartan American SaaS platform dedicated to museums.
Deezer reaches financial balance for the first time and refines its monetization strategy
Deezer crosses a decisive course by announcing a positive cash flow for the first time since its creation in 2007a turning point after years of losses in the face of the domination of Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube. In 2024the platform recorded a growth of 12 % of its turnover at € 542 million and reduced its loss of ebitda adjusted to € 4 million, against € 29 million in 2023. The company had accumulated significant net losses in recent years, slowing down its ambitions on an ultra-competitive market.
Moon Surgical obtains a third FDA authorization and incorporates AI into robotic surgery
Moon Surgical obtained her Third FDA authorization in three years For Scopilota technology that automation the movement of the camera in mini-invasive surgery Following the surgeon’s instruments. This is the first intraoperative capacity natively integrated into a commercial surgical robotic system.
This advance strengthens the potential of Maestro Systemdesigned for allow surgeons to control three instruments with only two handsthus optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of interventions. Moon Surgical relies on its strategic partnership with Nvidia To speed up innovation and expand the impact of AI as operating room.
NVIDIA GTC 2025: AI of reasoning, a strategic turning point for AI in business
During the GTC 2025, Jensen Huang has revealed a major ACA ACCA with IA with Blackwell Ultraa 40x architecture more powerful than Hopper, designed for scaler AI inference and optimize infrastructure costs. Deployed by AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft AzureBlackwell Ultra will allow companies to reduce the unit cost of the token generated while improving the speed and precision of the models.
From 2026, Vera Rubin will integrate a CPU owner and GPUs specialized in reasoning AImaking possible intelligent assistants capable of Make complex decisions and adapt in real time. This structural evolution will promote Advanced automation in businessfrom the Finance (optimization of trading algorithms, risk management automation), marketing (hyper-personalization of campaigns), including industry and cybersecurity.
NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra: an IA platform optimized for reasoning and agentic ai
Blackwell Ultra is a major evolution of its IA platform, optimized for the Advanced reasoning and theAgentic ai. With the solution GB300 NVL72this system connects 72 GPU Blackwell Ultra And 36 CPU Graceforming a massive calculation unit dedicated to large scale IA inference. With a power of 1.5x superior to that of the GB200 NVL72 and a reduction in inference costs, Blackwell Ultra aims to transform the AI Factories. Nvidia also announced Dynamoan open-source framework optimizing the deployment of AI models by accelerating treatment and reducing latency.
Microsoft invests in an AI inspired by the brain with Inait
Microsoft is associated with the Swiss start-up Inate To develop a Cognitive AI Capable of learning from experience, like the brain of mammals. From 20 years of research in digital neurosciencethis technology promises to improve trading algorithms, industrial robotics and the optimization of complex processes. Integrated into services Azureit aims to reduce IA inference costs and to accelerate the adaptation of models to dynamic environments, A transformative innovation for finance and industry.
X finds a valuation of $ 44 billion and prepares fundraising
The social network X (ex-twitter) found a valuation of $ 44 billionaccording to a recent exchange of shares between investors. This rebound, which brings the company back to its purchasing enhancement by Elon Musk in 2022comes as the platform seeks to raise $ 2 billion To reimburse part of its debt.
If advertising income remains fragilethe company displays $ 1.2 billion in Ebitda adjusted in 2024partly thanks to a cost reduction policy. The renewed interest of investors is also explained by Musk’s proximity to the Trump administration and by The valuation of $ 45 billion from XAIof which 25 % of the capital was sold to the shareholders of X To secure the debt.
In addition, Elon Musk would have invested 150 million dollars To acquire new actions of X in 2023, to a valuation close to $ 44 billion Paid during the repurchase of Twitter in 2022.
Sequoia Capital relies on lobbying without a showcase
Sequoia Capital closes his Washington office, DC, marking a turning point in its influence strategy. Adopting a more distanced posture, the fund is reluctant to lobby indirect and a consolidated network to decipher regulatory dynamics. This repositioning contrasts with the rise of interactions between the venture capital and power, at a time when Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst are strengthening their political anchoring. Sequoia thus seems to avoid any marked affiliation in a context of strong polarization.
Sequoia Capital is preparing to multiply by 25 its initial investment With the sale of Wiz has Alphabet (Google) For $ 32 billion. With a participation of approximately 10%the fund of Menlo Park should recover Nearly $ 3 billion During one of the most lucrative tech operation for 30 years.