Good news from around Europe
Europe’s urban shared mobility needs a brain — SWITCH built one. Cities are under mounting pressure to manage an increasingly complex mobility landscape. Shared e-scooters, bikes and cars, on-demand delivery fleets, EV-charging needs, shifting commuter patterns, and new regulations have made urban transport harder to plan and optimise than ever.
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Nov. 03-07) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d
Aquark Technologies secures €1.6 million Innovate UK contract to advance deployable quantum timing systems Eastleigh-based Aquark Technologies, innovators in miniaturising deployable sensing and timing technologies based on cold atoms, today announced it has been awarded a €1.6 million (£1.4 million) contract by Innovate UK. The contract will facilitate the future
Anthropic expands from US with Paris and Munich hubs amid booming European growth Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, has announced the opening of new offices in Paris and Munich as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe. Following a year of rapid growth in the EMEA region
€515 billion at stake – Why the UK can’t afford to miss the SpaceTech boom From autonomous agriculture to encrypted finance, satellite-enabled infrastructure underpins 18% of the United Kingdom’s GDP – an estimated €515 million (£454 billion) of economic activity. Yet, as the global space economy booms and European neighbours
The corporate delusion: How to sabotage your own hiring I’m an ex-GM at Uber and am now building a startup in the UK, and I have one very painful question: Why is hiring for a startup in the UK so damn difficult? Within our entrepreneurial network, we often see the
$1 trillion for Musk. Tesla shareholders approve compensation package Tesla shareholders voted in favor of a $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk, Bloomberg reports. On Thursday, during the annual meeting, shareholders voted in favor of Musk’s compensation package. More than 75% of votes supported the remuneration plan. The
Balnord Fund I raised €70M to boost frontier tech and dual-use startups across the Baltic Sea region Balnord, a Luxembourg-based early stage investor for the Baltic Sea Region, has announced it has exceeded its €70 million fund target and is well on its way to achieving a final close of
“We’re building a monster”: Interview with NORDA Dynamics CEO on developing autonomous FPV drone systems in Ukraine FPV drones are small, highly maneuverable unmanned aerial vehicles used for reconnaissance and short-range strike missions. They are fast, difficult to fly, and often used in kamikaze operations or as communication relays. Due
EU seeks investor to steer €5bn Scale Up fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-investor-e5bn-scale-up-fund/