Good news from around Europe
Aunoa raises €1.5M to scale its conversational AI agents across Europe Spanish company Aunoa has raised €1.5 million for its AI agent solutions for the automation of complex customer management tasks. Aunoa designs and implements advanced conversational AI “agents” for enterprise clients. They combine generative and proprietary AI models to
15% of Slush alumni become founders — a launchpad unlike any other in Europe This week, research reveals that Slush alumni are at the core of building the future of European tech, as 15 per cent (68 out of a total of 459) of the team go on to become
Lithuania’s tech ecosystem: Founders and executives discuss its evolution Lithuania’s tech ecosystem is one of the fastest-growing in Central and Eastern Europe, fuelled by the can-do attitude of startups, innovation, and government support. While unicorns Vinted and Nord Security might grab the headlines, Lithuania boasts startups across varying sectors based in the
Iris Ventures closes €100M round for new consumer tech fund Iris Ventures, a Barcelona-based growth investor focused on purpose-led consumer brands, has announced the first close of its second fund, IRIS Fund II, securing €100 million toward a total target of €200 million. The new fund will back companies in
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Oct. 20-24) 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
Why capital alone won’t scale EnergyTech internationally Energy-tech is probably one of the most exciting investment opportunities of our time, but at the same time, one of the toughest arenas for founders. Why is that? Few other sectors bring together so many global megatrends: the decarbonization of economies and societies,
Sweden’s Cytely raises €3 million as labs report 75% faster analysis using its smart microscopy platform Cytely, a Lund-based DeepTech startup, has secured €3 million in a new funding round to power the expansion of Cytely’s smart microscopy platform, which transforms standard laboratory microscopes into real-time data engines, drastically reducing
Cambridge-based Immaterial secures €15.4 million to advance monolithic MOF industrial decarbonisation systems Immaterial, a Cambridge-based advanced materials company developing monolithic metal–organic frameworks (m-MOFs), has announced today the successful closure of its Series A2 funding round successfully raising €15.4 million. The investment round was led by SLB with participation from other existing
UK quantum startup QFX raises €2.2 million funding to expand its hardware platform Oxford-based QFX, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, has raised €2.2 million in a Seed funding round to develop modular hardware for quantum technologies, with applications spanning computing, sensing, and secure communications. The round was led
SoftBank-backed Robin AI cuts a third of staff after failing to close $50m fundraise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/robin-ai-cuts-a-third-of-staff/