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Antler is partnering with SLINGSHOT for the 10th anniversary of Singapore’s premier global deep tech startup competition. Our mission has always been to back the world’s most driven founders. For high-potential deep tech startups looking to scale, SLINGSHOT offers an incredible launchpad into the Global-Asia innovation ecosystem. Finalists will get to pitch live to leading VCs, corporate innovators, and global tech leaders at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) this October. If you're building disruptive technology that can transform industries, this is your stage. Apply before 30 June 👉 https://lnkd.in/gSnQsQDD Startup SG

Every 9 months, 60+ Antler partners from more than 20 countries across six continents gather in one room to stress-test strategy and strengthen the relationships that make a global platform actually work. This time: San Francisco. 🌉 Markets shift. Technologies evolve. Founder challenges change. What stays constant: backing the best founders as early as we possibly can — and standing with them throughout their journeys as they scale. Thanks for a great couple of days together! And thank you to our strategy gathering sponsors for the support: HSBC Innovation Banking, Qapita, Punch Financial, and Nishith Desai Associates.

Big milestone for Clouted, announcing a $7M seed led by Slow Ventures, alongside an incredible group of global investors and operators. We first backed the team through Antler at a very early stage, drawn to their technical depth, speed of execution, and clear understanding of how distribution is evolving in the AI era. Excited to keep supporting the team as they build the future of distribution intelligence 🚀

Salmon Group Ltd is proving that banking in the Philippines can be different. The journey started when founders Pavel Fedorov, George Chesakov, and Raffy Montemayor realized that while millions of Filipinos were mobile-savvy, they were still being ignored by traditional banks. By combining their experience from building global digital banks with deep local insight, they've scaled Salmon from a three-person startup into a fully licensed bank with over 2 million monthly users. Today, they are bridging the credit gap with a 4.8-star app that focuses on transparency and reliability, finally giving a new generation of consumers a financial institution they actually enjoy using. Read the full story here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHDx-TAe

Fady Abdel-Nour, CFA talks to Crunchbase News about how more international founders are moving into the American market earlier than ever. They aren't looking to get acquired; they want to win—making the U.S. a deliberate go-to-market strategy, not an exit strategy. Read the article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edzM_KQk

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Last June, Antler Australia ran a small experiment. A two-day hackathon. 10 founders. One room. Two days. 30% of the room became Antler portfolio companies. This year, we’re doing it again - twice. Build Island — Phillip Island, VIC Thu 4 – Fri 5 June Build Lab — Antler HQ, Sydney Thu 11 – Fri 12 June Same selection bar. Two cities. Two very different founder experiences. 10 places per event. Build Island is the off-grid coastal sprint: a house full of founders building side by side with Antler Australia partners and operators, removed from distraction and fully focused on building. Build Lab is the urban counterpart: high-density, fast-paced, and hands-on with the Antler Australia team in the room throughout. Applications are reviewed one by one by the Antler Australia Team. We’re looking for founders at inception stage with real conviction - ready to go all-in when they find it. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eVKhHb4T

Founders in India, take note 👇 Move Beyond the Wrapper: Build a Defensible AI Core. Applications are now open to all founders in India for the Google for Startups Immersion - powered by Antler - a two-phased technical sprint designed for founders with a product in the wild and the ambition to lead the AI-native era. Four sessions. Two weeks. Hands-on with Google's full AI stack. Don't expect a webinar series where someone walks you through a demo you could've watched on YouTube. It's an intensive online cohort — capped at serious founders — where you actually work inside AI Studio, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and Antigravity on your own product. Online | June 2 & 4; 9 & 11 Open to founders with a live MVP and early traction. And for the top 25 who go deepest — an invite-only offline day spent going deep into your AI stack at Google’s Office, Bangalore, on June 26 with the Google and Antler teams (and some very cool folks from the ecosystem). Apply now. Applications close on 22 May. #GoogleForStartups #AntlerIndia #AIStartups

In this episode of The Further, Faster Podcast, Jan Goetz, CEO and Co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers explains that our current computers are built on transistors. To double their power, you have to double the hardware. That’s why we’re seeing data centers the size of Manhattan being planned just to keep up with the AI boom. Listen to the full conversation now 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVrT8FuY

In this episode of The Further, Faster Podcast, Christoph Klink sits down with Jan Goetz, CEO and Co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers. As one of Europe’s most ambitious deep-tech leaders, Jan explains why we shouldn’t fear technology and how quantum computing serves as an entirely new paradigm—moving beyond the physical limits of the silicon transistor. They also dive into the geopolitics of the quantum race, the company's recent $320 million Series B, and their upcoming path toward a dual-listing IPO in the US and Helsinki. This episode is a must-watch for anyone operating at the intersection of high-stakes business and cutting-edge science. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVrT8FuY