18-year-old founder secures €747K for Nia, an AI startup streamlining coding for developers
London-based Nia, an AI platform focused on developing autonomous engineering agents, has secured $850K (nearly €747,670) in a pre-seed funding round.
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German company Parloa becomes Europe’s newest AI unicorn with €106M funding
Berlin-based Parloa, a company specialised in Agentic AI for customer experience, has secured $120M (approximately €106M) in Series C…
UK’s StackOne bags €17.6M to link SaaS products and AI agents with enterprise systems more efficiently
London-based StackOne has raised $20M (nearly €17.67M) in a Series A funding round.
AI Tool of the Week: Here's how Klippa's DocHorizon takes the lead in fighting document fraud
AI is advancing fast!
Netherlands’ startup Astrape Networks raises €7.9M to tackle AI data traffic jams in data centres
Eindhoven-based Astrape Networks, a Dutch deeptech startup focused on improving short-distance data network performance, has completed a €7.9M seed round.
After Jesus chatbot, Utrecht-based Watermelon launches special AI agent dedicated to Pope Francis
Utrecht-based Watermelon, a startup specialised in AI chatbot solutions, announced the launch of a special AI agent -- Pope Francis.
AI Tool of the Week: How HowNow’s Guru turns workplace learning into a personalised AI coaching experience
Learning at work is evolving.
UK-based Portia AI raises €5.1M to help developers build safer, more reliable AI agents
London-based Portia AI, an open-source AI agents SDK (software development kit), has raised £4.4M (nearly €5.13M) in funding.
European AI investment surges 55% YoY to €3B in Q1 2025: Top 10 biggest rounds revealed
European AI investment is thriving, with venture capital funding up 55 per cent in Q1 2025 compared to the same period last year.
London’s AI video platform Synthesia gets investment from Adobe, hits $100M in yearly revenue
London-based Synthesia, an AI video platform for enterprises, has announced a strategic investment from Adobe Ventures.
AI Tool of the Week: How Hadrian's AI tool hunts down hidden subdomains to stop hackers early
Typically, hackers search for the weakest points in an organisation’s armour, often focusing on blind spots like forgotten subdomains.
Reykjavik’s Optise secures €1.9M: Co-founder Ómar Thor Ómarsson on why most B2B sites fail, future-proofing websites, and more
Reykjavik, Iceland-based Optise, an AI-powered Website Insights platform for B2B companies, has secured $2.2M (approximately €1.9M) in pre-seed funding led by Frumtak Ventures.