Good news from around Europe
Trade Republic confirms decacorn status, following secondary share sale German stock trading app Trade Republic has confirmed a €12.5 billion ($14.7bn) valuation, following a secondary share sale which saw Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Sequoia buy more shares. The new €12.5bn valuation propels Trade Republic to decacorn status (privately held company
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Monzo wins European banking licence, as investors agitate for CEO return Monzo has been given the green light to expand across Europe, after winning a banking licence. The UK digital bank announced today that it has secured a European banking licence. The winning of the licence comes amid reports that well-known
The pickup counter Is food delivery’s blind spot — Pickpad is fixing it As digital ordering reshapes how people buy food, one of the biggest operational bottlenecks in restaurants isn’t the kitchen — it’s the pickup counter. Off-premises orders now dominate in many markets, yet the moment where digital
Ankar lands $20M Series A to reinvent how Innovation becomes defensible IP IP patent platform Ankar has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Atomico, with Index Ventures doubling down and Norrsken VC and Daphni participating. This Series A brings Ankar’s total funding to $24 million. AI is
Following last month’s triple valuation, Quantum Systems deepens its autonomous focus through FERNRIDE deal Two German autonomous innovators merge today, as Quantum Systems, a developer of AI-powered unmanned systems, announced the acquisition of FERNRIDE to expand their leadership position from air and software intelligence to autonomous ground mobility, creating a
TV personalities and YouTubers back French accelerator Cube in €700k funding round Angers-based tech accelerator Cube, formerly known as Cube3, has closed a €700k funding round as it doubles down on its hybrid accelerator model that merges business support, financing, and media production. The company has attracted investment from a
Ukraine battlefield use underpins €5.8 million raise for ZeroPhase’s communications software ZeroPhase, a Munich-based company building software-defined, mission-proven data links for unmanned defense platforms, has raised €5.8 million in an oversubscribed Seed round to accelerate development and deployment of their adaptive communications layer – preserving sovereign control of critical links
Palantir veterans’ startup Ankar raises €17 million to expand AI-driven IP software into the US Ankar, a London-based AI platform innovating how companies and law firms capture and protect their patents, has raised a €17 million ($20 million) Series A round to grow its team and expand further into the
German startup T-CURX secures €17.7 million to support development of new cancer treatments Würzburg-based T-CURX today announces the first closing of a €17.7 million Series A to accelerate clinical development of T-CURX non-viral clinical CAR-T therapies in AML and solid tumor indications, as well as advancing T-CURX proprietary non-viral technologies