Good news from around Europe
Swedish BioTech company Melt&Marble secures €7 millon to scale designer fats in beauty and food Melt&Marble, the Swedish BioTech scale-up using precision fermentation to produce designer fats, has just raised €7.3 million in Series A funding, to scale production and bring its first ingredients to market. Designed to deliver enhanced
Helsinki-based Freepress raises €1 million aiming to expand its AI-powered news service Helsinki-based news service Freepress has raised €1 million in seed funding to further develop its AI-powered platform and prepare for international expansion. As part of its growth strategy, the company plans to enter global markets together with local
Ukrainian fund InSoft.Partners exits Indeema and Forbytes, increasing its stake in Inoxoft Ukrainian investment holding company InSoft.Partners has announced its exit from Indeema and Forbytes, in which it held minority stakes. The company has also increased its stake in Inoxoft. The holding company’s founder and managing partner, Vitalii Gorovyi, shared
Alex Depledge to stay on as UK entrepreneurship advisor following Budget Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/alex-depledge-uk-budget-entrepreneurship-advisor-staying
‘Where the competition will play out’: Robotics startups are racing to secure their data moat Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/robotics-startups-data-moat
The hidden opportunity of Europe’s AI limits Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-ai-limits-open-source-mistral
Danish unicorn Flatpay bets on door-to-door sales to triple ARR by end of 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/flatpay-interview
Early stage VC firm FoodLabs raises third fund of €105m Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/food-labs-raises-third-fund
FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/ftc-upholds-ban-on-stalkerware-founder-scott-zuckerman/
SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund Skild AI at $14B, nearly tripling its value Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/softbank-and-nvidia-reportedly-in-talks-to-fund-skildai-at-14b-nearly-tripling-its-value/