Good news from around Europe
Earlybird-X spin-off U2V launches €60 million fund to back DeepTech startups from European tech universities European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It
Germany’s Amplifold raises €5 million to unfold rapid, affordable diagnostics using DNA-origami nanotechnology Amplifold, a Munich-based BioTech startup developing rapid diagnostic tests using DNA-origami nanotechnology, has announced the closing of an oversubscribed €5 million Seed round. This spin-off from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) aims to use this capital to industrialise its
Cofounder VC launches to support early-stage growth companies with up to €3M investment Cofounder VC has announced the launch of a new early growth-stage fund that continues the investment activity of the CofounderZone team. The Warsaw-based fund targets dynamically growing technology companies with proven market validation and recurring revenue. It
Aneli Capital launches a €35M new fund to invest in the Baltics and CEE The Baltics are getting a new €35 million venture capital fund. Namely, a team of experts with over 15 years of experience in funding businesses has launched Aneli Capital, a fund to support early-stage startups in
Case study: This European unicorn rewired itself with AI and unlocked billions in sales Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/choco-ai-billions-sales
SFDR 2.0 reinforces measurable impact among sustainable startups — this VC is already ahead of the curve Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sfdr-impact-sustainable-startups-brnd
Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/earlybird-partners-launch-u2v-spinout-fund
‘Huge companies adopted new technologies thanks to FDEs’: H Company COO’s Palantir-inspired hiring spree Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/h-company-coo-geraldine-lafontaine
Exclusive: Lakestar leads $14m seed round for Cambridge AI spinout Matta Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/matta-lakestar-cambridge-spinout
Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created position reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/googles-answer-to-the-ai-arms-race-promote-the-guy-behind-its-data-center-tech/