Month: October 2025

Valencia’s Sesame secures up to €50 million through BBVA Spark’s new equity-free growth instrument Sesame, a Spanish HRTech startup focused on AI-powered talent management solutions, has secured up to €50 million in growth funding through a unique financial instrument developed in partnership with BBVA Spark. Designed specifically for SaaS companies

Germany’s aevoloop backs circular plastics innovation with €8 million boost to tackle waste and microplastics The Leipzig-based chemistry startup aevoloop has raised around €3.25 million in a Seed investment round, together with just under €5 million in funding from to accelerate the market launch of its circular technology. The public

Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a new agreement: the company is valued at $500 billion Microsoft and OpenAI have announced a new agreement that allows the developer of ChatGPT to reorganize into a public benefit corporation. Following this move, OpenAI has been valued at $500 billion and could potentially go

Latvian startup Desktop Commander raises €1.1M to expand AI-powered MCP platform Desktop Commander, the company behind the open source Desktop Commander MCP server, has raised a €1.1 million pre-seed round led by 42CAP, with participation from BADideas Fund, labs of Latvia reports. About Desktop Commander Desktop Commander, founded in March

Finnish cleantech startup SpinDrive raises new funding to expand in the US and launch Magma X100 SpinDrive, a Finnish company providing market-leading active magnetic bearing (AMB) systems, has raised new growth funding. The round was led by Rhapsody Venture Partners and co-invested by Innovestor to expand in the US and

Reverse Pitching. What to do to avoid hearing “no” from investors — a guide for startups On October 24–25, Kyiv hosted the RESTART technology conference, organized by AIN and a number of partners, which brought together leading Ukrainian businesses and innovators. One of the panels, titled Reverse Pitching, also brought together

OpenAI-backed startup aims to deliver in-home humanoid robots in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/1x-humanoid-robot-launch/

UK government provokes outcry with £100k job ad error Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/dsit-100k-job-ad-error/

YC-backed legal tech Vesence raises $9m seed round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/yc-backed-legal-tech-vesence-raises-9m-seed-round/

15 defence startup operators to watch Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/15-defence-startup-operators-to-watch/