Month: July 2025

Swedish startup Opper AI raises €2.5 million to make AI infrastructure as “reliable as Stripe” is for payments Today, Stockholm-based Opper AI announced the launch of its Task Completion API, backed by an oversubscribed €2.5 million pre-Seed round to help developers move beyond one-off prompts and fragile prototypes, providing a

UK Inntelo AI secures £500k in pre-seed funding to accelerate growth in hospitality tech. Czech Look AI Ventures participate the round Inntelo AI, a UK-based hospitality technology company, has raised more than £500,000 in a pre-seed funding round to fuel its commercial growth. The round was led by Haatch and

German AI strike drones maker Stark acquires Berlin startup to boost swarming capabilities Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stark-strike-drones-acquisition/

ElevenLabs and Northzone back AI agent debt collector Murphy in $15m raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-agents-debt-murphy/

Synthesia CEO says ‘stupid’ EU regulations may vindicate Brexit Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/synthesia-ai-news-brexit-ai-act/

Exclusive: Lovable backers bet on AI repeat founders in a €3m pre-seed Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lovable-backers-bet-on-ai-repeat-founders/

15 early-stage AI startups to watch in the Nordics, according to investors Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/15-early-stage-ai-startups-to-watch-in-the-nordics/

Brian Singerman is raising over $500M for a new fund with a twist on the VC model Former Founders Fund GP Brian Singerman and co-founder and managing partner of Quiet Capital, Lee Linden, are seeking over $500 million for a new fund called GPx, three people familiar with their strategy

Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/meta-built-its-ai-reputation-on-openness-that-may-be-changing/

Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller raises $355M for new fund — with Sequoia’s backing Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller has already locked in $355 million for his new fund, Evantic, which is also backed by Sequoia, TechCrunch learned. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/former-sequoia-partner-matt-miller-raises-355m-for-new-fund-with-sequoias-backing/