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Startup Profile: AloFor Is Building a Global Travel-eSIM Business from Romania — Without Owning a Network

Stephan Airapetian: The Los Angeles Attorney Bridging Personal Injury Law and Emerging Technology

Pixella Review: How Content Creators Are Producing 10x More Visuals Without a Design Team

Which European Cities Will Be Friendly to Startups in 2025?

How One Startup is Helping Immigrants Stay in the U.S.

Headwai Acquired by Agent Mama in Swedish AI AdTech Consolidation

Swedish AdTech Startup Camphouse Raises €5M Series A to Scale Media Management Platform

Yoola Drops YoolaStats: The Analytics Tool That Finally Shuts Up the Guesswork in Creator Economy

Energy Robotics Secures €11.5M to Scale AI-Powered Inspection Robots Across Critical Industries

Notion Capital Closes €114M Growth Fund to Double Down on AI and FinTech Scaleups

AITech News: HolidayHero Opens the AI Infrastructure It Built for Itself to Hotel Operators

Japan’s Tenchijin Surpasses 100 Municipal Contracts for Satellite × AI Water Leak Solution “KnoWaterleak”

Factorial Acquires Berlin AI Startup Empion to Expand Talent Assessment in Europe

Paris’s Ed.ai Raises €5M Seed to Expand in France and the US

Barcelona’s heydiga Raises €5.5M to Expand Its AI Conversation Platform for Local Businesses

Italy’s Biorsaf Raises €5.2M and Acquires Cooki to Expand Its Food RegTech Platform

Nijmegen’s Gravity Gardens Raises €2.6M for Dry, Chemical-Free Seed Activation Technology

AgriTech Funding: Paris’s Tellia Raises €4.3M to Scale Voice-Enabled Data Capture for Farmers

UK’s EcoNomad Solutions Lands €466K to Turn Livestock Waste into Renewable Energy for Small Farms

Swedish Forestry AI Startup Nordic Forestry Automation Raises SEK 48M to Scale Semi-Autonomous Forest Machines

BioTech News: Swedish Startup Halmos Labs Joins Y Combinator to Build Automated Biotech R&D

Rostock’s ARTCLINE Raises €3.4M to Prepare ARTICE® Launch for Septic Shock Treatment

Italy’s Biorsaf Raises €5.2M and Acquires Cooki to Expand Its Food RegTech Platform

Elsdorf’s BIOWEG Brings Series A to €30M, Plans Major Bacterial Cellulose Plant in Germany

BioTech Funding: Polish Deep-Tech Startup Science4Beauty Raises €1.6M to Scale Its Conotoxin Platform for Beauty

FoodTech Funding: Swiss-Italian Ferm Labs Secures €3M Seed Round to Scale Clean-Label Flavor Production

FoodTech Funding: Dutch Startup Greencovery Raises €1M to Bring Cocoa Upcycling Technology to Industrial Scale

Stockholm’s Tavion Secures €50M to Build Its First Battery Parks in Poland

Munich’s Furo Raises $4M to Expand AI Tools for Commercial and Industrial Energy Storage

AgriTech Funding: Paris’s Tellia Raises €4.3M to Scale Voice-Enabled Data Capture for Farmers

Cybersecurity Funding: SCI Semiconductor Raises £5M to Meet “Overwhelming Demand” for Its Memory-Safe Microchip

Leeds Cybersecurity Startup Xentra Bags €3.18M to Scale SME Compliance Platform 

Swedish Government Selects Intric’s Sovereign AI Platform for Secure Public Sector AI

Europe’s Cloud Sovereignty Push Has a Catch — and Startups Will Feel It First

Oplane raises $5.2M seed to build automated security architecture for AI-native systems

London’s Veridue Raises €3.4M to Accelerate Investment and Project Financing for Renewables and Data Centres

FinTech Funding: Solva Secures $6M to Rebuild Insurance Claims with AI, Backed by Paul Graham

FinTech M&A: Stockholm’s Kleer Acquires Plock to Build a Real-Time “Operating System” for SaaS and AI Companies

Quartr Raises $18M to Expand AI Infrastructure for Company Research

Transfer Galaxy Pays SEK 25M Dividend After Profitability-Focused Turnaround

HealthTech Funding: JSK Investments Backs Andromeda Surgical’s Autonomous Surgical Platform in $15M Series A

Portugal’s Hope Care Raises €6M Series A to Expand Remote Patient Monitoring Across Europe

HealthTech Funding: Stockholm’s Elekta Secures €100M EIB Loan to Advance Cancer and Neurological Treatments

Zurich’s KOVE Medical Secures €1.7M to Reduce Preterm Birth Risk in Foetal Surgery

HealthTech Funding: Valencia’s iPremom Raises €15M to Advance Early Detection of Pregnancy Complications

Earth Ledger Gives Every Parcel of Land Its Own AI Intelligence Layer

London-based Prolo raises €4.9M Seed round to modernize construction procurement with AI

Cleean Raises €550K to Scale Drone-Powered Building Cleaning Services

Endra raises $50M Series A to scale AI-powered MEP platform

Best real estate startups of 2026

Approov Secures €5.7M to Tackle AI-Era Mobile App Threats

Fleequid Raises €3M to Digitize Europe’s Used Bus Market

Minimist Secures €350k Pre-Seed Funding to Empower Second-Hand Sellers Across Europe

Paris-based Phacet Secures €4M to Expand AI Solutions for SMEs

Ukrainian Startup Beholder Receives Gift from PRNEWS.IO at Latitude59 Pitch Competition

FoodTech Funding: Swiss-Italian Ferm Labs Secures €3M Seed Round to Scale Clean-Label Flavor Production

FoodTech Funding: Dutch Startup Greencovery Raises €1M to Bring Cocoa Upcycling Technology to Industrial Scale

Italy’s Biorsaf Raises €5.2M and Acquires Cooki to Expand Its Food RegTech Platform

From Regional Silos to a Unified Innovation System: Meet NILLA, Sweden’s AI for Startups

Proteinish Secures €450K Grant to Power AI-Driven Food Production Innovation

Amsterdam set to welcome thousands of Digital Asset professionals as Dutch Blockchain Week 2026 reveals the program

Cardinal Launches “Masspredict” — AI-Powered Prediction Markets Without Gambling

Dutch Blockchain Week 2026 Strengthens Its Position as Europe’s Leading B2B Blockchain Event Week

Best blockchain startups 2026: infrastructure, DePIN, RWA & AI leaders

Akurateco and Aquanow Join Forces to Power the Next Generation of Crypto Payments

Serbian-Hungarian InsurTech Ominimo Becomes a Unicorn with €20.1M Series B Round

How to Rise to the Occasion

Oxford Medical Simulation Secures €5.78 Million to Tackle Healthcare Training Gap with Virtual Reality

Top 10 education startups that changed the approach to learning

Sdui Group Secures Strategic Investment to Become Europe’s Leading EdTech Infrastructure

Japan’s Tenchijin Surpasses 100 Municipal Contracts for Satellite × AI Water Leak Solution “KnoWaterleak”

UTES2026: Free Exhibition Space for European Startups Working on Drones, Space Tech, and Autonomous Systems

FLEXOO Raises €11M to Scale Physical AI Sensors — Technology Already Powering NASA’s Lunar Rover

The top 11 aerospace startups

France’s Infinite Orbits Secures €40M to Accelerate Europe’s Satellite-Servicing Ambitions

Auxy Expands Beyond Software With First-Ever Music Hardware Instrument

Why Australian Gamblers Are Abandoning Crown for Digital Startups: A $4B Market Shift

How Online Casino Startups Are Disrupting Australia’s $25B Gambling Industry

Why Online Gambling Software Is Key to Today’s Casino Experience

Eschatology Entertainment Secures €10.2 Million to Fuel Game Development

How About a Career in the Drone Industry?

Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of World’s Largest Electric Aircraft

Swedish Startup Cognivity AI Partners with California Luxury EV Maker to Bring AI Directly Into Battery Systems

Acorel Relaunches Its Website to Put AI-Powered People-Counting Front and Center

NOVUS Launches First Customer Deliveries of Its Electric Lightbike, Defining a New Urban Mobility Category