Day: May 9, 2025

“Smaller opportunistic” acquisitions likely to follow DoorDash purchase of Deliveroo, says Glovo founder The co-founder of Glovo, the Spanish food delivery app owned by Germany’s Delivery Hero, says future consolidation in the food delivery sector will likely be limited to smaller “opportunistic” acquisitions. Sacha Michaud, co-founder, Glovo, said: “I think

London-based Tripledot Studios acquires AppLovin’s gaming portfolio in $800M deal UK-based mobile games developer Tripledot Studios has announced the acquisition of AppLovin’s mobile gaming studio portfolio in a deal valued at approximately $800M, marking one of the largest consolidations in the mobile gaming sector to date. The transaction – structured

Bosch launches €250M venture fund to back deeptech startups Bosch has announced a new €250M fund dedicated to deeptech startups. The fresh capital will support early-stage and scaleup companies in areas such as artificial intelligence, energy efficiency, automation, climatetech and quantum computing. The new fund comes at a time when

7% tax, fast registration, and female leadership: Moldova’s startup scene has arrived If there were one place where the tech scene is under the radar but worthy of your attention, I would pick Moldova. The country is catching up fast, and as soon as it joins the European Union —

Startups, sustainability, and investment: Austria’s innovation engine Austria’s tech ecosystem is rapidly emerging as a dynamic hub for innovation, sustainability, and deep-tech development in Europe. Vienna stands at the forefront as the central innovation hub, with Graz and Linz quickly gaining traction in fields such as AI, healthtech, and advanced manufacturing.

German FinTech startup Circula secures €15 million as it cuts expense admin by 80% Berlin-based startup Circula has raised €15 million in an extended Series A round to advance its AI-driven expense management platform to build out autonomous finance workflows, deepening its platform’s utility for mid-sized businesses across Germany and

British InsurTech Loxa raises €1.9 million for product protection in the UK London-based Loxa, an InsurTech firm focused on innovating product protection, has successfully raised €1.9 million in a Seed funding round, with €147k coming directly from the Angel Investment Network (AIN). According to Founder Jamie Hamer: “Loxa is on

British startup Doubleword raises €10.6 million to make self-hosted AI inference effortless for enterprises London-based Doubleword, a self-hosted inference platform for enterprises, today announced a €10.6 million Series A funding round in order to help enterprises own & control their AI by solving the inference problem. The funding round was

British FinTech startup Ravio raises €10.6 million to modernise compensation data for global workforces London-based Ravio, a FinTech startup that creates a real-time view of the market for what different job roles are being paid, has raised a €10.6 million Series A funding round to modernise how companies manage compensation

EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 116: Christian Noske, Partner at NGP Capital This week on the EU Startups Podcast, we’re joined by Christian Noske, Partner at NGP Capital—a global VC firm investing in technology companies across Europe and the US. With over two decades of experience, NGP has backed over 120