Good news from around Europe
VC Firm Revent launches €100 million Fund II for Founders engaged in systemic change Berlin-based Revent, the specialist VC Firm built for Founders solving mission-critical problems, announces the launch of Fund II, a €100 million vehicle dedicated to investing in early-stage European companies securing societal and planetary health. Revent’s new
“A true Founder’s Fund”: DIG Ventures closes €90 million Fund for early-stage startups London-based DIG Ventures, an early-stage VC firm backing European B2B SaaS, AI and cloud infrastructure startups, has announced the successful closing of a €90 million Fund – the firm’s first institutional fund. Institutional LPs backing the new
Revolut is fined €3.5M by Lithuania’s Central Bank over anti-money laundering failures On April 8th, the Bank of Lithuania said it had fined Revolut €3.5 million over “violations and shortcomings in the monitoring of business relationships and [transactions]”. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/10/revolut-is-fined-eur35m/
Estonian company Fractory secures fresh funding and appoints Bjoern Klaas as its new CEO Fractory offers engineering businesses streamlined access to a range of manufacturing services, including metal cutting, CNC machining, bending, finishing, and assembly. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/10/fractory-secures-fresh-funding-and-appoints-new-ceo/
Elon Musk’s xAI makes its flagship Grok 3 model available via API Several months have passed since the launch of Grok 3 and now it is available to developers. The company offers two versions of the model via AP. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/10/grok-3-available-via-api/
BPM Capital finances management buy-in of Medical Mazella to drive packaging sector expansion Estonian investment firm BPM Mezzanine Fund II has financed a management buy-in (MBI) transaction in the rigid polymer packaging sector, supporting the acquisition of Medical Mazella Sp. z o.o.. The company is a Polish manufacturer of specialized
German tech leaders cautiously optimistic about new coalition agreements startup measures: A good starting point, but we need action Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/new-coalition-agreement-startup-measures/
HR platform Jobandtalent raises 92m, doubles down on AI agents Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/hr-platform-jobandtalent-raises-e92m-doubles-down-on-ai-agents/
Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller is raising a $300m fund, sources say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sequoia-matt-miller-300m-fund-news/
Europes open-source startups lose out on funding frenzy: The US is a generation ahead Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-open-source-report-news/