Month: October 2025

BMLL acquired by Nordic Capital UK’s BMLL is set to be acquired by Nordic Capital in a transaction carried out with BMLL’s management and minority shareholder Optiver. Financial terms were not disclosed. BMLL is an independent provider of harmonised historical market data and analytics, delivering Level 3, Level 2, and

From Dragons’ Den to Disney ambitions: Steven Bartlett raises eight-figure round for Steven.com Podcast personality and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett today announced his company Steven.com has closed a major eight-figure investment, at a €365 million valuation to build what he calls the “Disney of the creator economy” and take his growing

With Series A extended to €30 million, France’s Dracula Technologies accelerates rollout of ambient-light energy solutions Valence-based Dracula Technologies, a pioneer in enabling battery-free IoT through energy harvesting from ambient indoor light, announced the completion of its Series A extension round, bringing the total Series A funding to €30 million. The

Spain’s Adaptam Therapeutics secures €3 million to target immune cells that help tumours evade treatment Adaptam Therapeutics, a San Sebastian-based company pioneering cancer immunotherapies specifically targeting immunosuppressive myeloid cells, today announces the successful completion of a €3 million pre-Seed financing round The round was led by Criteria Bio Ventures and

€10.3 million boost for Sweden’s Cellcolabs to lower global stem cell costs by 90% through scalable manufacturing Cellcolabs, a Stockholm-based BioTech startup focused on industrial-scale production of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), has secured €10.3 million in new funding to support further technical development, production scaling, and global market expansion. The investment

Sweden’s Lithea secures €851k to advance tumour-targeted therapy for childhood bone cancer Lithea, a Lund-based company working on new ways to treat cancer by delivering medicine directly into tumours, has successfully raised €851k from its current investors to continue developing their drug delivery system and prepare its lead product, LIT1001,

Winners of the GovTech Award 2025: Who received awards at the RESTART conference In 2025, AIN and Strimco launched the First Ukrainian GovTech Award. This initiative was created to recognize digital solutions that improve the efficiency of the state, make it more transparent, and simplify the lives of citizens. On

Cyberattack on 183 million accounts — Gmail confirms data breach Troy Hunt, owner of the Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) leak monitoring resource, has confirmed the leak of current Gmail user credentials. The new data set, which arrived at HIBP on October 21, consists of 3.5 terabytes of information collected

Sharapova at Web Summit — conference continues policy of attracting russians From November 10 to 13, Lisbon will host one of the world’s most influential technology conferences, Web Summit.  This year, russian Maria Sharapova, who is presented on the event’s website as a “tennis legend,” is among the announced speakers. According

$10 million for drone navigation development. US-Ukrainian Vermeer attracts investment round from Draper Associates Vermeer, an American-Ukrainian defense technology startup, announced the completion of its Series A funding round, raising a total of $10 million. The additional funding was led by renowned venture capital firm Draper Associates. Vermeer, headquartered in