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Ysios Capital launches €100M fund to build biotech companies from Spanish science


Spain’s largest life sciences VC is moving upstream with InceptionBio, its first fund dedicated to the riskiest stage of biotech: company creation from university and research centre spinouts. CDTI is an anchor LP. The target is at least three new companies in 2026. The hardest part of turning academic science into a biotech company is […]



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Slay the Spire: Downfall board game expansion adapts a fan-made video game mod

Designer Gary Dworetsky discusses the challenges of crafting the first expansion for the tabletop game, which has raised $3.8 million on Kickstarter

The photo mode consultant helping you take better video game screenshots

Three children stare at the dilapidated remains of a battlefield, with trees and man-made structures mostly razed to the ground, save for the sturdy frame of a lone trebuchet. It's a pensive snapshot of the bloodshed in A Plague Tale: Innocence by virtual photographer Ludovic "Shinobi" Helme - but it's no mere screenshot. It's a […]

These ‘clinically tested’ gummies may or may not help you poop

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Influencer after influencer says the same thing about Grüns. The gummy vitamins are delightful, chockful of whole organic […]

How to solve the Spire of the Stars puzzle in Crimson Desert

The Spire of Stars in Crimson Desert will take you to the Abyss, but only if you can solve its puzzle.