Good news from around Europe
Meta Connect 2025: What to expect and how to watch Meta is expected to unveil new versions of its AI-powered smart glasses, as well as a gesture-indicating wristband. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/meta-connect-2025-what-to-expect-and-how-to-watch/
Same-day delivery comes to space, as Impulse promises satellite transport in hours, not months Impulse Space wants to ignite a revolution in in-space logistics. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/same-day-delivery-comes-to-space-as-impulse-promises-satellite-transport-in-hours-not-months/
Jack Altman raised a new $275M early-stage fund in a mere week Altman’s first fund, raised in early 2024, was $150 million. So this is a big step up, too. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/jack-altman-raised-a-new-275m-early-stage-fund-in-a-mere-week/
Lightbase closes €2.2M pre-seed round, launches AI developer tool Madrid-based Lightbase, an AI-powered developer tools platform, announced its official launch along with a €2.2 million pre-seed funding round. The investment will fuel Lightbase’s mission to accelerate the pace at which engineering teams deliver value by eliminating one of their most
Drone startup Tekever opens biggest UK site in historic building Portuguese-founded defencetech startup Tekever has opened its biggest UK site, where it will manufacture drones for surveillance and intelligence purposes. The 254,000-square-foot facility is located in The Spectrum Building, a historic Grade 11-listed building designed by architect Sir Norman Foster in Swindon and is
Plino secures €650K to automate SME financial planning with AI Turin-based Plino, which uses generative AI to streamline analysis of accounting, cost, revenue, and cash-flow data for SMEs, has closed a €650,000 funding round. Investors include Exor Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck Europe (UC Berkeley’s accelerator with Cariplo Factory and Lendlease), and a
From ARM to Edge AI disruptor: how Noel Hurley is leading the change with logic-based AI at Literal Labs It’s not every day that someone leaves a job in one of the world’s most successful fabless semiconductor companies – ARM – to join a startup, but Noel Hurley met a startup that was
From UCL project to startup: how a classroom prototype became a real-world accessibility tool 1.7 million people who aren’t formally registered as visually impaired, but still suffer from sight loss severe enough to affect their daily lives. While services such as Be My Eyes – an app which connects blind
London-based HospitalityTech startup Nory secures €31 million to transform restaurant operations with AI Nory, a British AI-native restaurant management system for hospitality businesses, today announced it has raised €31 million in Series B funding to further AI enhancements and drive the company’s expansion to the US. The round was led
French InsurTech startup Seyna raises €10 million as it expects to surpass €125 million in premiums in 2025 Paris-based Seyna announced today a €10 million funding round to enable the insurer to maintain its growth trajectory without compromising its solvency ratio, and to further accelerate its investments in technology and