What’s in a Name: How Amsterdam’s Brighter Signals shows naming doesn’t need to be a gimmick
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London's Zenobē secures €325M to expand electric vehicle fleet operations across Europe
London-based Zenobē has secured €325M in debt financing from a syndicate of seven international banks to accelerate electric vehicle fleet expansion across Europe.
Zurich-based Candi Solar secures €20M to expand clean energy reach; eyes major Series D in 2026
Zurich-based Candi Solar, a distributed energy company simplifying clean power for businesses, has secured $24M (approximately €20M) in fresh funding from its existing investors, bringing the total capital raised to over $140M (approximately €120M).
After hitting unicorn status, Sweden’s AI ‘vibe coding’ startup Lovable becomes the fastest-growing software company ever
Stockholm-based Lovable, an AI platform that lets anyone build end-to-end software by talking to AI, announced that it has just surpassed $100M (approximately €85.2M) in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in just eight months, and has amassed more than 2.3M active users.
Amsterdam’s Greener Power Solutions appoints Jasper van den Driest as new CEO: Know more
Amsterdam-based Greener Power Solutions, an impact startup looking to lower the CO2 footprint with mobile batteries and smart energy…
UK AI startup Magentic launches with €4.7M from Sequoia Capital, others to slash supply chain waste
London-based Magentic, a company building an AI Agent platform for the world’s supply chains, announced its launch today and has raised $5.5M (approximately €4.7M) in a Seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital.
Turin-based Toduba tops up €3.5M funding to advance employee welfare digitalisation
Turin-based Toduba has secured €3.5M ($4.1M) in funding led by Italian venture capital firm P101 SGR to accelerate its digitalisation of the employee welfare sector.
French pharma giant Sanofi to acquire British vaccine biotech Vicebio for €1.36B
Vicebio, a biopharmaceutical company that develops vaccines for serious respiratory viral infections, has agreed to be acquired by Sanofi.
Anthropic’s transatlantic AI strategy: announces intent to sign EU’s AI Code of Practice, releases ‘Build AI in America’ report the next day
Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, has announced its intention to officially sign the European Union's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice.
Utrecht-based TrianecT raises €1.35M to launch stroke detection device for ambulances
Utrecht-based TrianecT, a medtech company specialising in acute stroke diagnostics, has secured €1.35M from XO Ventures and CbusineZ.
Leiden-based edtech Learnbeat acquires core technology of Amsterdam’s AI learning startup Anywyse
Amsterdam-based Anywyse, an AI learning startup, has announced that its core technology has been acquired by Learnbeat, a Leiden-based digital education platform.
London’s Xelix secures €137M to eliminate invoice fraud and overpayments with agentic AI
London-based Xelix, an agentic AI software company in the Accounts Payable (AP), has secured $160M (approximately €137M) in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners, with follow-on investments from Passion Capital and LocalGlobe.