Good news from around Europe
UK-based Vizzy raises £3.65M Seed to streamline early-career hiring London-based startup Vizzy, which provides companies with personalised digital CVs, has raised £3.65M in Seed funding. The round was led by Adjuvo, with backing from a network of prominent angel investors, including former Workday executive Rob Wells and England Rugby coach Sir
Bolt sounds alarm over Lyft’s €175M FREENOW acquisition: “We’re the last European alternative” San Francisco-based ride-hailing platform Lyft announced this week that it has agreed to acquire German multi-mobility app FREENOW — which includes a taxi booking service — from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility for approximately €175 million. FREENOW
Vienna’s SALZSTROM raises over $1M pre-seed to for lithium replacement Austrian cleantech company SALZSTROM has secured over $1 million in a pre-seed round to advance its work on sodium-ion battery technology, positioning itself as a European alternative to lithium-ion energy storage. The round includes backing from Erste Bank and other
From a Congo prison cell to a $9M raise: how AgriDex is rewiring the backbone of global agriculture Sometimes, I get the life story of a startup founder who would make a great film. Henry Duckworth is the CEO and founder of AgriDex — a transparent blockchain marketplace for agriculture. Simply
Romania’s tech surge: Talent, capital & a bold vision Romania has become one of Eastern Europe’s most vibrant and promising tech hubs. In 2024, as noted in the Venture in Eastern Europe 2024 Report, Romanian startups raised a record €128.6 million, marking the fourth consecutive year of funding surpassing €100
AI keeps the lights on: European startups double down on AI as funding declines elsewhere Despite growing concerns around declining investment levels across the European startup ecosystem, a fresh wave of data highlights one sector that continues to defy gravity—artificial intelligence. This article draws on three recent studies that provide
British drone startup Hammer Missions secures €1.6 million to expand to USA London-based Hammer Missions, an AI company innovating how owners, architects, engineers and contractors inspect built structures with drone technology, has raised €1.6 million in new funding to accelerate its AI technology development and strategic expansion into North America.
EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 114: David Nothacker, Co-founder and CEO of Sennder This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with David Nothacker, Co-founder and CEO of Sennder, Europe’s leading digital freight-forwarding platform. Sennder recently made a game-changing move by signing an agreement to acquire C.H. Robinson’s European Surface
German startup Pliant acquires Austrian startup hi.health to bring its payment expertise to the insurance market Berlin-based FinTech Pliant has acquired the Vienna-based Insurtech startup hi.health to enable Pliant to apply its payment expertise to the insurance sector while also gaining valuable industry-specific know-how. This marks the company’s second acquisition
Perplexity reaches agreements with Samsung and Motorola to integrate its AI assistant into smartphones Negotiations with Samsung are at an early stage, while agreements have already been reached with Motorola. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/17/perplexity-to-integrate-in-samsung-and-motorola/