Good news from around Europe
NXP Semiconductors acquires NPU startup Kinara NXP Semiconductors has agreed to acquire Kinara, a provider of programmable discrete neural processing units (NPUs). These devices enable a wide range of edge AI applications, including multi-modal generative AI models. NXP Semiconductors is a semiconductor company that designs and manufactures technology for devices to
How tea brewing makers BRU went from idea to 10,000+ sales and a €2 million raise If you want someone to disrupt a traditional sector, ask a startup. Take tea. Serial entrepreneur Bogdan Krinitchko loves tea but not the process — what tea snobs call “the ritual” — of making
Plain, founded by ex-Deliveroo employees, raises $15M Series A Plain, a platform for B2B customer support, has raised $15M in Series A funding led by Battery Ventures, with continued participation from Index Ventures and Connect Ventures. Plain is a customer support platform designed to integrate seamlessly with a company’s existing
Tikehau Capital increases investment in Eclairion’s modular HPC infrastructure to €160M Asset management group Tikehau Capital has invested an additional €50 million in high-performance computing (HPC) and Al hosting services company Eclairion, bringing its investment to €160 million. French company ECLAIRION offers modular infrastructure consisting of container modules, providing agility,
UK game studio TonTon sees gaming on Telegram as “a billion-user opportunity waiting to be tapped” If you’re looking for online games, there’s a marketplace you might not have considered —Telegram, the fourth-largest messaging app globally. It offers a diverse gaming ecosystem within the messaging app that loads instantly in
€120.7 million for Tines and its AI-powered workflow platform Dublin-based Tines, a startup focused in AI-powered workflows, today announced €120.7 million in Series C financing, raising the total valuation of the company to €1 billion, in order to accelerate product innovation and ensure enterprise-grade security. The round was led by
ScorePlay scores big with €12.5 million to transform sports media management ScorePlay, an AI-powered platform innovating sports media management, has secured €12.5 million in a Series A funding round in order to fuel the company’s expansion and support ongoing platform innovation. The investment was led by Harry Stebbings’ 20VC, with
Van life deluxe: Vancubic raises €500k to expand modular camper conversions Vigo-based Vancubic, a startup specialising in modular camper conversion solutions, has secured a €500k funding round in order to accelerate its international expansion, with a focus on Europe, diversify its product range to fit a wider variety of vans,
ETFbook raises €4 million to develop ETF data and analytics platform Zurich-based ETFbook, a leading data and analytics platform specialising in the ETF market, announced today the successful closing of a €4 million Series A funding round led by BlackFin Capital Partners. ETFbook provides a comprehensive data and analytics platform
Meet the experts joining our “Aerial revolution: How drones are used for the good” panel discussion at the EU-Startups Summit 2025! On April 24-25, 2025, we’ll be hosting the 11th edition of the EU-Startups Summit! This event is set to bring together around 2,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, and investors for