Good news from around Europe
Former British Army intelligence operator’s Crowd Threat raises £1M to expand global threat intelligence A former British Army intelligence operator who has developed a platform that identifies security risks in countries worldwide using reports from local people has secured a £1million investment. Michael McCabe’s platform, Crowd Threat uses crowdsourcing to
Bull’s €80M factory expansion puts European supercomputing and startups in the spotlight French computing company Bull has opened a new production building at its historic Angers site in France following an €80 million redevelopment. Bull specialises in high-performance computing, AI and quantum technologies, developing hardware, software and related services for
“We need to be in San Francisco to win in Europe,” says Spotify and Lovable backer The founder of the Sweden-founded VC firm which has backed high-profile European tech companies, including Spotify, Lovable and Black Forest Labs, says the VC needs to be in San Francisco to win in Europe.
Spotify for textbooks: How Perlego is making academic reading more accessible Digital learning has made educational resources more widely available, but access remains a challenge for many students, particularly those with disabilities or limited budgets. London-based edtech company Perlego is tackling these barriers through a subscription-based digital library with access
Vale Biolabs receives €164K from Venture Kick to advance brain disease research Biotech startup Vale Biolabs has received €164,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to advance its platform for studying brain diseases and evaluating potential treatments. Founded by Ilaria Incaviglia, Angeliki Damilou, Daniel Medina Cano and Theodoulos Rodosthenous, Vale Biolabs
From tending graves to raising €1.7 million: Memora sets out to modernise Europe’s cemeteries Danish startup Memora has raised €1.7 million (DKK 13 million) to connect cemetery managers, gardeners and families through one platform, bringing together administration, maintenance and communication. The round was led by venture capital firm True Collective.
OPINION: Long sales cycles could be FinTech’s biggest competitive advantage Any FinTech founder raising in the UK this year will have seen the numbers – according to KPMG’s Pulse of FinTech, investment fell to €2.1 billion (£1.8 billion) in the first half of 2026, down around two-thirds on the same
SWISSto12 and UNIVITY work together to build sovereign 5G infrastructure in space Swiss SpaceTech startup SWISSto12 and French startup UNIVITY are advancing Europe’s ambitions for sovereign satellite communications after successfully completing a Critical Design Review (CDR) for two active antenna systems designed to deliver 5G connectivity from space. The milestone
Jülich-based SRTD Biotech secures €31.5 million to develop precision mRNA therapies targeting diseased cells SRTD Biotech, a Jülich-based BioTech startup focused on developing next-generation precision mRNA therapeutics, has completed an oversubscribed €31.5 million Seed financing round. The funding was led by Mérieux Equity Partners, with NRW.BANK and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture
OPINION: Building open source gives startups a head start, not a moat Every startup faces the same squeeze: big ambitions, small team and limited budget. Free open-source software, which can be used, modified, and redistributed under its license, can help founders ease the squeeze. It lets a small startup build products