Good news from around Europe
Croatian VC AYMO Ventures launches €52M funds to support early-stage and growth startups in Croatia AYMO Ventures, a Croatian venture capital firm, has announced its first closing of €52 million for their two funds – AYMO Fund and AYMO Accelerator Fund, the Recursive reports. The AYMO Accelerator Fund is focused
Czech Veriteus raises €40k from Czech Founders VC to advance AI-powered fraud detection Veriteus, a Czech startup which develops AI powered tools that help organizations detect fraudulent behavior in time, has secured€40,000 convertible loan from Czech Founders VC as part of the Sherpa accelerator program. About Veriteus Veriteus is built on
Austrian Fiber Elements raises €2.6M in seed funding to scale sustainable basalt fiber manufacturing for construction Fiber Elements, an Austrian startup specializing in automated basalt fiber manufacturing for the construction industry, has raised €2.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by LEA Partners alongside the Amadeus APEX Technology
JPMorgan’s legal action against Viva Wallet blocked by UK courts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jpmorgan-legal-action-viva/
Builder.ai hit with winding up petition by PR firm over unpaid debt Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/builder-winding-up-petition/
VC isn’t out of the woods yet — but in some corners it’s ‘2021 all over again’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/vc-funding-slump-h1-ai-defence/
The substackification of VC Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/substackification-of-vc/
10 European spacetech startups to watch in 2025, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/spacetech-startups-watch-vc-2025/
Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code reviewer at $180M, sources say YC alum Greptile raises $30M Series A. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/benchmark-in-talks-to-lead-series-a-for-greptile-valuing-ai-code-reviewer-at-180m-sources-say/
Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/why-a-y-combinator-startup-tackling-ai-agents-for-windows-gave-up-and-pivoted/