Good news from around Europe
Startup of the Day: Kardi AI, a Czech-based digital healthcare provider Kardi AI, founded by Czech cardiologist Tomáš Skála and Stephen Burke, is a medtech startup aiming to revolutionize heart monitoring. In April 2025, Kardi AI raised €1.1M to boost its heart monitoring technology. In the Startup of the Day
Bitloops raises €1M in pre-seed funding led by Eleven Ventures to enhance AI-powered developer tools for frontend engineers Bitloops, a Greek-Cypriot startup building an AI-powered development platform for frontend engineers, has raised €1M in pre-seed funding led by Eleven Ventures with participation from Corallia Ventures and several angel investors. Eleven
UK fintech giant Revolut to launch AI financial assistant Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-fintech-giant-revolut-to-launch-ai-financial-assistant/
Klarna joins Revolut and N26 in bid to take on big telecom with mobile phone plans Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/klarna-mobile-plans/
AI for animation: Paris-based Animaj raises 75m to double down on the US Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/animaj-75m-series-c/
How should junior engineers level up in the age of AI? I polled CTOs to find out Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/junior-engineers-level-up-ai/
Hardware without algorithms is nothing: IBM quantum lead on partnering with French competitor Pasqal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jay-gambetta-ibm-loic-henriet-pasqal-interview/
No, Andreessen Horowitz didn’t post that crypto scam tweet If it sounds too good to be true — like a VC giving away valuable assets — it isn’t true. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/no-andreessen-horowitz-didnt-post-that-crypto-scam-tweet/
New code in Spotify’s app references the long-awaited ‘lossless’ tier Newly added references in the music app’s code suggest the lossless service is at least still under development and could even be getting closer to launch. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/new-code-in-spotifys-app-references-the-long-awaited-lossless-tier/
Here are the 24 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/here-are-the-24-us-ai-startups-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2025/