Good news from around Europe
Inside the unravelling of the 1bn NATO Innovation Fund: alleged conflicts of interest, departures and disorganisation at the alliances big VC bet Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nato-innovation-fund-1bn-problems-conflicts/
Why Europes VCs are ditching the boardroom for startup life Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/vcs-becoming-operators/
German VC Project A raises fifth fund its largest to date of 325m Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/project-a-raises-fifth-fund/
How Synthflow AI is cutting through the noise in a loud AI voice category Synthflow is a no-code platform that lets enterprises build and deploy customized white-labeled voice AI customer service agents. The company was founded in 2023 and has amassed more than 1,000 customers and handled more than 45
India’s GoKwik raised a small $13M round for a hefty leap in valuation What has made GoKwik so attractive to investors is its offerings, which help companies, big and small, set up shop online and enter the direct-to-consumer (D2C) space. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/indias-gokwik-raised-a-small-13m-round-for-a-hefty-leap-in-valuation/
New data highlights the race to build more empathetic language models One sign of that focus came on Friday, when prominent open source group LAION released a suite of open source tools focused entirely on emotional intelligence. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/new-data-highlights-the-race-to-build-more-empathetic-language-models/
Facebook Group admins complain of mass bans — Meta says it’s fixing the problem The bans have affected thousands of groups both in the U.S. and abroad and have spanned various categories. The reason for the mass bans is not yet known, though many suspect that faulty AI-based moderation could
In just 4 months, AI medical scribe Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B Abridge nabbed a $300 million Series E led by a16z, months after it closed its previous $250 million fundraise. The 7-year-old Abridge is widely considered to be the leader in the increasingly crowded AI-powered medical scribe market, largely
Wibo secures €500K to scale its corporate learning startup Wibo, the startup helping companies grow by strengthening their internal capabilities through executive-led learning paths has closed a €500,000 investment round. Founded in Turin by Tommaso Seita and Alessandro Busso, Wibo started as a reward-based quiz app. After pivoting toward live
Ex-Chorus One CIO Xavier Meegan launches $20M crypto fund Frachtis Frachtis, a new $20 million pre-seed fund, was launched by Xavier Meegan, a former Chief Investment Officer and Research Lead at top staking provider Chorus One. It is backed by institutional investors such as Theta Capital, along with crypto-native backers