This week we discuss:

01:59: Germany launches €1bn fund for climate and deeptech scaleups
05:33: ‘Good news for startups’ — UK government launches new Science, Innovation and Technology department
07:41: The French spacetech working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
09:22: Sifted's in-depth spacetech report
10:17: Farming platform Wikifarmer raises €5m
14:12: Three quarters of LGBTQ+ founders hide their identity from investors
18:34: Aleph Alpha believes Europe can compete with OpenAI if it ‘picks its battles’
27:22: Does size really matter? $80bn sextech market still too taboo for VCs