TaxDown secures €4M from BBVA Spark to enhance its AI solution
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Madrid-based TaxDown hassecured €4 million in financing from BBVA Spark. The funding is supported bythe European Union’s NextGenerationEU program and the European Investment Fund(EIF), with additional...
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Son of U.S. government contractor, accused of stealing millions in seized crypto, arrested in France
Olivier Acuna / coindesk - John “Lick” Daghita was arrested in a joint FBI-France operation after allegations he siphoned tens of millions of dollars in crypto from government seizure wallets managed by his father’s company.
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Meta to Open Up WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots for a Fee Following EU Objections
Edith Hancock / wsj - The move come after the European Commission said it could impose a temporary injunction on the company as part of an antitrust probe into its AI policy.
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Antwerp-based Vectrix raises €1.15 million to build the automation layer for transport operations
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Vectrix, an Antwerp-based AI platform that automates the manual entry of transport orders, has raised €1.15 million in a Seed round to support its next growth phase. The round was led by Antwerp VC firm RDY Ventures, with participation from Seeder Fund, P…
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French quantum startup Pasqal to go public via SPAC at $2BN valuation
John Reynolds / tech - A French quantum computing startup co-founded by a Nobel Prize winner is going public via a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company), with a $2bn valuation. Pasqal is merging with SPAC vehicle Bleic...
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FIRSTPICK Launches €25M Fund To Support Early-Stage Baltic Founders
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - FIRSTPICK, a Vilnius-based first-check venture capital fund, has launched a new €25 million fund to invest in early-stage Baltic startups. The fund targets founders who don’t fit the traditional VC profile, welcoming entrepreneurs without FAANG experience…
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Fibionic Raises €3M To Advance Bionic Lightweight Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Austrian deeptech startup fibionic has secured €3 million in seed funding in a round led by Redstone, alongside Euregio+, Caesar, and Leap435, with additional backing from angel investors. Lightweight materials are critical across sectors such as sports e…
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Silverflow raises $40M Series B to expand cloud-native payments platform
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Silverflow, a cloud-nativepayment processing company, has closed a $40 million Series B funding round ledby Picus Capital, with participation from Rabo Investments and existinginvestors Inkef, Global ...
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Shellworks raises $15M to scale sustainable plastic alternative Vivomer
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-basedbiomaterials company Shellworks has raised $15 million in a Series A fundinground led by Paris-based impact investment fund alter equity. The round alsoincluded participation from Nat Frie...
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Europe’s push for space autonomy gains momentum as Spain’s PLD Space secures €180 million Series C
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - PLD Space, an Elche-based space transportation scale-up, has closed a €180 million Series C equity funding round to support its transition to commercial operations and the scaling of its industrial and launch capabilities. The round was led by Japanese ma…
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GHARAGE Ventures unveils €40 million Fund I, anchored by Gebr. Heinemann, to back travel and RetailTech startups
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Berlin- and Singapore-based independent venture capital platform GHARAGE Ventures today announces the launch of its inaugural fund to drive technological resilience in global travel and trade. Fund I amounts to €40 million and is anchored by Hamburg-based…
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Photoncycle raises €15M to scale seasonal energy storage in Europe
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Norwegianenergy storage scale-up Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A fundingto address a key renewable energy challenge in Europe: enabling households tostore surplus summer solar power for...
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Meta sends private AI glasses footage to Kenya with few safeguards - and Europe's privacy regulators may come knocking
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - To improve the AI in Meta's smart headset, data workers in Nairobi sift through private recordings from Western households. These include nude scenes, sex videos and bank details.The article Meta sends private AI glasses footage to Kenya with few safeguar…
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Antiverse Raises $9.3M Series A To Advance AI Antibody Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-based Antiverse, a biotech startup developing AI-designed therapeutic antibodies for hard-to-target disease proteins, has raised $9.3 million in a Series A round led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Innovation Investment Capital, DOMiNO V…
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Italian health-tech platform Qura raises €1.5m in pre-seed round
Tim Barnwell / siliconrepublic - Qura's service targets patients with persistent subclinical symptoms that fall below the threshold of acute illness but can substantially affect quality of life.Read more: Italian health-tech platform Qura raises €1.5m in pre-seed round
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Flink lands $100M to advance targeted expansion
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Berlin-based Flink, a quick commerce operator active in Germany and theNetherlands, has secured around $100 million in new growth capital. The roundwas led by Prosus and other existing investors, with...
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French synbio baCta snaps €7M: Can AI yeast crack the €1B astaxanthin market?
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Industrial biotech startup baCta has raised €7 million in seed funding to accelerate its vision of replacing petrochemical…
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Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to tackle potato late blight in Europe
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Mycoverse, an agritechspin-out from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) developing fungal-basedbiological crop protection, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed equity funding.The round was co-led...
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Starlink to partner with Deutsche Telekom to launch satellite mobile service in Europe
cnbc - The service will go live in 2028. It comes as Starlink's owner, SpaceX, gears up for an IPO.
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London-Based Onetag Onetag Acquires Italian AdTech Firm Aryel
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Onetag, a provider of global programmatic advertising and smart curation solutions, has acquired Milan-based Aryel, a specialist in immersive and interactive advertising technology. The acquisition positions Onetag to further its growth as a …
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