Month: May 2025

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

Ukrainian startup HAPP raises $50,000 from a business angel and opens pre-seed round of $350,000-$500,000 HAPP claims that $50,000 was raised at the MVP stage (a working test version of the product). Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/20/ukrainian-startup-happ-raises-50000/

Beyond Flat Hierarchies: How Distributed Leadership Powers Innovation Empat uses a distributed leadership model to ensure that every employee is involved in decision-making and has ownership over their work processes. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/15/how-distributed-leadership-powers-innovation/

Yola website builder with offices in Ukraine acquired by the American company NetNation Yola is an artificial intelligence-based website building platform used by more than 15 million users worldwide. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/20/yola-acquired-by-the-netnation/

Microsoft-backed AI startup Builder.ai enters insolvency proceedings Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/microsoft-backed-ai-startup-builder-ai-enters-insolvency-proceedings/

Revolut CEO raises $250m for AI-powered VC firm QuantumLight Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-ceo-raises-250m-for-ai-vc-quantumlight/