Good news from around Europe
AI unicorn Builder.ai confirms insolvency proceedings Today Microsoft-backed Builder.ai has announced that it will enter insolvency proceedings. The company confirmed to the Financial Times that its main unit, Engineer.ai Corporation, “will be entering into insolvency proceedings and will appoint an administrator to manage the company’s affairs”. UK unicorn Builder.ai developed
Butternut Box snaps up €75M in fresh financing Fresh dog food startup Butternut Box has raised over €75 million debt financing from Liquidity. The company was founded in 2016 after its co-founders saw the benefits that home-cooked food had on Dave’s poorly rescue dog, Rudie. Butternut Box delivers delicious, human-quality
Oslo-based Attensi secures over $25M in growth funding for gamified training solutions Attensi, an edtech providing game-based training and skills development, has raised $25 million in non-dilutive growth funding from Ture Invest Partners, a direct lender in the Nordic region. This new funding comes as the company accelerates its expansion
British adeus secures £500,000 Innovate UK grant for electronic wills London-based digital wills platform adeus has received a £500,000 Innovate UK Smart Grant to advance technology supporting the upcoming legal shift toward electronic wills in England and Wales. adeus, a London-based digital-first wills and legacy planning startup, has been awarded
Gothenburg: Scandinavia’s Mobility Tech Powerhouse It’s an early spring afternoon and I’m in Sweden driving a ‘snow’ 2025 Polestar 2 with a so-called performance package. It’s the first time I’ve driven an electric car and very different from the 20-year-old petrol VW Golf that I’ve driven for the past five
Danish DeepTech startup Augmented Hearing raises €3 million to enhance speech intelligibility in critical settings Copenhagen-based Augmented Hearing Ltd., a DeepTech startup pioneering advanced speech understanding for high-stakes communication environments, today announced the successful closing of a €3 million Seed funding round. The investment was led by Crowberry Capital, a
London-based QuantumLight closes inaugural €222 million VC fund and reveals playbook for Hiring Top Talent British VC firm QuantumLight, founded by Revolut’s Nik Storonsky, today announces the final close of its inaugural €222 million fund and the launch of its second operating playbook, Hiring Top Talent. The €222 million Fund
London-based FinTech startup Ontik €3.2 million to become the “Stripe for the real economy” British startup Ontik, focused on automating trade credit for B2B wholesalers, has raised a €3.2 million Seed round – nearly doubling its original €1.7 million target – to bring modern financial infrastructure to sectors still reliant
Berlin-based Freshflow raises €6.5 million to optimise fresh food supply chain with AI German Freshflow – the AI-powered platform that optimises the fresh food supply chain with AI, starting with grocery retailers – has raised €6.5 million in funding to scale and expand into new categories on the back of
AI-powered ClearQuote takes top spot at Last Mile Nexus Europe 2025 (Sponsored) ClearQuote, a UK-based startup pioneering AI-powered fleet diagnostics, has been crowned winner of the European edition of the Last Mile Nexus startup showcase. Held as part of Last Mile Leaders Europe 2025 in Amsterdam, the event brought together