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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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IQM, a Finnish start-up, announced Friday that it had taken on extra funding to keep up with high investor demand.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Since joining him at the age of 21, Gleit has watched a start-up called Facebook transform into a tech giant called Meta, and weathered many storms and controversies along the way.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The start-up has been founded by friends Ritu Kandari Srivastava and Kanishka Malhotra - both mums of toddlers.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The research was supported by start-up funds from the University of Miami and by Project PID2023-152522NB-I00 financed by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities in Spain.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

I slapped the out of order sign on the neighboring Galaga cabinet and looked at the start-up screen, which was listing off the game’s villainous ghosts: Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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