Day: October 11, 2025

How an e-scooter dream shaped a micromobility entrepreneur Over the past five years, several major micromobility operators have exited European markets or specific cities due to regulatory changes, financial pressures, or strategic pivots. Bird pulled out of Germany, Sweden, and Norway in October 2022. Spin, which Ford later sold to

Santander to launch crypto trading via Openbank in Spain Santander has confirmed that Openbank, its digital banking platform, will soon enable cryptocurrency trading in Spain. The service, which is already available in Germany, will launch in the coming weeks and allow customers to invest in cryptoassets starting from just 1

Crasner Ventures backs British legaltech NuCAS Crasner Ventures has invested in newly launched NuCAS, a UK-based provider of alternative legal services founded by legal sector veterans Lucy Nixon and Richard Tapp. NuCAS aims to support law firms and in-house legal teams through its platform, offering a range of managed legal

TELUS brings purpose-led tech investment to the UK [Sponsored] As the UK grapples with pressure on its health systems, food supply chains, and digital service delivery, one global tech player is scaling up solutions that change the game. Building on UK foundations The UK has long been a proving ground

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Oct. 06-10) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d

Stockholm-based FirstQFM raises €1.2 million to accelerate commercial quantum computing with proprietary foundation models Stockholm-based quantum technology company FirstQFM AB has raised €1.2 million (13.1 million SEK) in pre-seed funding to advance its patent-pending AI foundation models for quantum computing. The round was led by BSV Ventures, with participation from

Barcelona-based 011h raises €20 million to accelerate low-carbon, tech-driven construction Barcelona-based construction technology company 011h has raised €20 million in a new funding round led by Ship2B Ventures and CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación). Existing investors, including Seaya Ventures, Breega Venture II, and the French fund

EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 139: Scott van den Berg, founder of HotStart VC This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Scott van den Berg, founder of HotStart VC, a venture capital firm specialising in building and investing in celebrity- and creator-led brands. The team has been involved

Startups don’t just need tech leads: They need an integrator Why do so many well-funded startups stall just when momentum matters most? The product is strong. The vision is ambitious. But something goes missing in the execution, and by the time anyone realises, it’s too late to course-correct. In my

AI for work teams. Google launches Gemini Enterprise for businesses Google has introduced Gemini Enterprise, a platform that brings together a company’s data, tools, and employees in a single secure AI environment. This new product allows employees to interact with documents, data, and corporate applications via chat, create their own