Good news from around Europe
ESA at 50: What Europe’s space agency means for startups today In 2025, the European Space Agency turned 50. Founded on 30 May 1975, when the ESA Convention was signed by ten Member States, it has since grown into a pan-European institution spanning 23 Member States, three Associate Members, and
How to position your startup as “the one to watch” before fundraising Raising a funding round does not start when you share your deck. It starts long before that moment, with the reputation, presence, and profile you build in the months leading up to it. Investors form early impressions well
Octopus Energy to spin out AI utility platform Kraken at €7.3B valuation after €850M funding round Octopus Energy Group has raised €850 million ($1 billion) for its technology company, Kraken. The round is the first standalone investment into Kraken and values the business at €7.3 billion ($8.65 billion). This transaction
A call for broader thinking: The dangers of narrow sovereignty in European tech There is no denying that European tech sovereignty is in vogue. After years of voices from the sidelines warning of the risks of Europe being invisible in the echelons of big tech, such warnings have gone mainstream.
French chipmaker NanoXplore raises €20 million to expand into defence and strengthen Europe’s electronic sovereignty NanoXplore, a French fabless company, has secured €20 million in funding to speed up its diversification into the defence sector by developing security-focused products and to back its strategic external growth plans in Europe. The
The volume of deals for the purchase of data centers in 2025 reached $70B The artificial intelligence boom, which has already attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in funding and partnerships, has triggered a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the digital infrastructure sector. According to Bloomberg, the total
Meta integrates autonomous AI tools into its products: the company acquired Manus for over $2B Meta has agreed to acquire Singapore-based AI agent developer Manus. The deal, worth over $2 billion, is Mark Zuckerberg’s latest major investment in a rtificial intelligence and one of the rare acquisitions of an Asian technology
team.blue acquires Czech AI startup Macaly to expand no-code web app building Today team.blue, an AI-powered digital enabler for SMBs and agencies across Europe, announced the acquisition of Czech Macaly, an AI vibe coding platform that lets anyone create full web applications simply by prompting what they want in natural language. About
Finnish cleantech Filtrabit raises €2M to expand industrial dust separation technology internationally Filtrabit, Finnish cleantech company, has raised €2 million in funding from Ajanta Innovations 2 Ky for the coming financing round to expand its technology into international markets. Filtrabit is a Finnish greentech company founded in 2011 that develops
Octopus Energy losses mount after two years of profitability Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/octopus-energy-annual-results-2025