Good news from around Europe
Japan’s €33B bet on Europe: deeptech & AI lead as cross-border investment surges A new report by NordicNinja, Europe’s largest Japan-backed VC and backers of fast-growing tech companies including Bolt, Starship and Varjo, and Dealroom reveals that €33 billion of Japan-linked capital has flowed into Europe since 2019 as investors double
Lithuania’s Sentante achieves transatlantic first in remote robotic stroke intervention Lithuanian medtech robotics company Sentante has successfully demonstrated a first-of-a-kind remote stroke procedure in Scotland — performed by specialist surgeons guiding the interventions from different hospitals in Florida, USA and Dundee, Scotland. Full end-to-end thrombectomies were performed on perfused non-living
Arkyn receives €4M financing to accelerate growth and expand product suite Copenhagen-based enterprise software company Arkyn has closed a €4 million financing round co-led by Compounding Capital and Trifork Labs. As part of the round, Kasper Grundtvig Knokgaard, owner of Compounding Capital, will join Arkyn’s Board of Directors to help
Founders and investors slam UK “exit tax” A tax on the assets of wealthy founders who build businesses in the UK then leave the country would tell entrepreneurs that “their ideas and innovations aren’t welcome” in the UK, over 150 founders and investors across the UK ecosystem have warned. The warning
The gender gap in the UK tech scene – and the companies working to close it More than a third of the UK’s fastest-growing technology scale-ups have no board-level female representation – and yet some pioneering companies are showing a different path, backed by millions and led by women. According
Robots stay still, plants move – SAIA Agrobotics raises €10 million for its inverted greenhouse automation model SAIA Agrobotics, a developer of robotics for greenhouse growing out of Ede, has completed a new €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate the commercial rollout of its automated greenhouse system, which
As compliance eats 75% of MedTech budgets, Utrecht’s Guideways raises over €1 million to speed FDA approvals Guideways, the Dutch AI company helping MedTech innovators navigate regulatory and compliance complexity, has raised over €1 million in pre-Seed financing according to a source close to the round. The investment came from
Swiss startup YQuantum secures €160k to advance miniaturised hardware for quantum computers Hailing out of Zurich, quantum computing startup YQuantum has obtained €160k (CHF 150k) from Venture Kick to develop miniaturised hardware components for the next generation of quantum computers. The funding from Venture Kick will help YQuantum strengthen its
70% of security leaders cite AI governance as a top priority – UK’s AI Score secures €864k pre-Seed to respond London’s AI Score, a new intelligence platform that empowers organisations to harness AI safely, today announced that it has emerged from stealth with over €864k ($1 million) in pre-Seed funding.
OpenAI plans to develop a medical application. What will its functionality include? OpenAI plans to expand its activities into the healthcare sector and develop medical applications, Business Insider reports. According to the publication’s sources, OpenAI is exploring the possibility of creating a personal medical assistant or a platform for collecting