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NEX Health Intelligence secures €1M to tackle hospital infection spread Healthtech startup NEX Health Intelligence has raised €1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Brighteye Ventures, with participation from Adeline Arts & Science, AFI Ventures, Momentous Ventures, the Conception X Angel Syndicate and a group of industry angel

Exhibitly bags €1.4M to modernise B2B events Ghent-based Exhibitly has raised €1.4 million in a pre-seed funding round led by New School VC, with participation from 100IN, Allusion Ventures and a group of angel investors including Louis Jonckheere, Jeroen De Wit, Pieter Vanermen and Tanguy Serraes. Additional investors include Piet

EQT has won the EU’s €5bn superfund. Now what? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eqt-scaleup-fund-podcast

Inside EQT’s plan for the EU’s €5bn superfund: ‘We have over 100 companies in the pipeline’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-eqt-scaleup-europe-fund-interview

Cohere snaps up second German AI startup weeks after Aleph Alpha deal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cohere-aleph-alpha-germany-second-deal

What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cerebras-ipo-european-chip-startups

Inside Fintech’s big aaS pivot Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintechs-big-aas-pivot

Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026 Google says it’s designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/ai-design-tools-are-the-next-big-battleground-and-google-is-going-all-in-at-io-2026/

You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026 Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/you-can-now-talk-to-your-gmail-inbox-as-seen-at-google-io-2026/

How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/how-to-use-googles-new-ai-agents-to-go-beyond-your-standard-searches/