Good news from around Europe
MokN raises $15M Series A to grow identity theft protection platform MokN, a French cybersecurity company focused on protecting organisations from credential theft and identity-based attacks, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by GV, marking Google Ventures’ first investment in a French startup, and
London-based AI lab Inherent emerges from stealth with $50m raise A London-based AI lab, founded by DeepMind, Microsoft and White House former staff, has come out of stealth, emerging with a $50m raise and a pledge to try to “write the playbook for AI-native science”. The $50m seed round in
TrueLayer acquires Dutch fintech In3 to offer credit at checkout TrueLayer, a UK payments fintech looking to disrupt the dominance of card payments, has acquired a Dutch fintech, in a move to expand its offering to credit products. Backed by Stripe and Tiger Global, TrueLayer leverages open banking technology
Kyiv delivers: How Glovo scaled one of its fastest-growing markets in wartime Ukraine Earlier this week, an image went viral in Ukraine. It features a dark and apocalyptic image of Kyiv, with a burning shopping and entertainment centre near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv engulfed in flames, with thick black
Will Europe’s VCs catch up to the influencer craze? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/will-europes-vcs-catch-up-to-the-influencer-craze
Rewriting the M&A playbook: Inside Visma’s acquisition strategy Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-vismas-acquisition-strategy-brnd
The fastest growing legaltech startup teams in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-fastest-growing-legaltech-startup-teams-in-europe
This ex-Spotify boss is using AI to help VCs tell which startups are ‘90% bollocks’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/spotify-ai-agents
Ex-DeepMind researchers raise $50m for AI science startup Inherent Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inherent-ai-funding-round-index-matt-clifford
Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google’s ad business The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/founders-seize-on-indian-court-ruling-to-revive-criticism-of-googles-ad-business/