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Sources: Polymarket is lobbying regulators in London, Brussels, and across the EU to be governed by financial services laws rather than local gambling rules (Financial Times)

US prediction markets platform is seeking to be regulated as a financial services firm rather than under a patchwork of gambling legislation

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Besançon-based Lightspring raises over €3.5 million to industrialise photonic chip packaging

Lightspring, a Besançon-based DeepTech startup that designs and manufactures the optical interfaces of photonic integrated circuits, today announced the close of a €3.1 million Seed round to tackle…

  • Lightspring raises €3.1 million in Seed round led by Atlantic and OVNI Capital.
  • Company receives €350k grant from France's i-Lab DeepTech innovation competition.
  • Technology reduces photonic chip packaging cost from half to programmable manufacturing step.

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