Good news from around Europe
Recruiting platform Helio AI secures $1M Seed to power faster, fairer frontline hiring Recruitment tech startup Helio AI has secured a $1 million Seed round led by SABAH.fund, joined by DOMiNO Ventures, Axiom, Tetrad VC, and Angel investor Bas Godska. The US-based, Georgian-founded team has developed an AI-powered recruiting platform for
Procure AI nets $13M to scale autonomous AI for procurement London-based Procure AI, a company pioneering AI-native procurement automation for procurement and supply chain management, has raised $13 million in seed funding. The round was led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures, Futury Capital and notable angel investors from
New €30 million programme positions Malta for deeper integration into Europe’s startup ecosystem Maltese startups are about to get a €30 million boost, as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the Government of Malta have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the EIT Regional
Polish HRTech startup Global Work AI secures €2 million to enhance automated applications and launch its AI career assistant Global Work AI, the Warsaw-based AI-native job-search platform focused exclusively on job seekers, has secured a €2 million ($2.4 million) follow-on investment to deepen its core AI feature set, including personalised
Amid new tariffs and volatile delivery timelines, Procure AI lands €11 million to help enterprises stabilise procurement and supply-chains London’s Procure AI, a company pioneering AI-native procurement automation solutions to transform procurement and supply chain management, has raised €11 million ($13 million) in Seed funding. The investment round was led
Danish FoodTech startup Noahs secures €1.9 million to scale its digital retail-food platform Noahs, Copenhagen-based FoodTech company which transforms the service stations, supermarkets, and travel hubs into modern food destinations, has raised €1.9 million in post-Seed funding at a €6.5 million pre-money valuation – with a Series A expected in 2026. The
Norway’s Bsure raises €1.8 million to uncover risky and inactive microsoft accounts Asker-based startup Bsure has raised €1.8 million ($2.1 million) to give companies visibility into the blind spots of their Microsoft environments, uncovering unknown identities, risky access and unnecessary license spend. The round was led by Scale Capital and
€300M for Ukrainian defense technologies: European Parliament launches EDIP defense program The total budget for the program is €1.5 billion. The program includes plans for joint arms purchases, increased production, and a separate instrument to support Ukraine. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/11/26/eur300m-for-ukrainian-defense-technologies/
Xoriant acquires Latvian TestDevLab to expand European presence and AI capabilities Xoriant, a ChrysCapital-owned global engineering and technology services company, announced the acquisition of a Latvian TestDevLab, known for its deep specialization in software quality engineering. TestDevLab’s delivery centers in the Baltics and Macedonia will expand Xoriant’s European operations and access
Anthropic has unveiled its new Claude Opus 4.5 model. What can it do? Anthropic has unveiled its new flagship AI model, Claude Opus 4.5. The company calls it the most powerful model to date: it has significantly improved in programming, working with agents, using computers, as well as in research,