Year: 2025

Norway’s Bsure raises €1.8 million to uncover risky and inactive microsoft accounts Asker-based startup Bsure has raised €1.8 million ($2.1 million) to give companies visibility into the blind spots of their Microsoft environments, uncovering unknown identities, risky access and unnecessary license spend. The round was led by Scale Capital and

€300M for Ukrainian defense technologies: European Parliament launches EDIP defense program The total budget for the program is €1.5 billion. The program includes plans for joint arms purchases, increased production, and a separate instrument to support Ukraine. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/11/26/eur300m-for-ukrainian-defense-technologies/

Xoriant acquires Latvian TestDevLab to expand European presence and AI capabilities Xoriant, a ChrysCapital-owned global engineering and technology services company, announced the acquisition of a Latvian TestDevLab, known for its deep specialization in software quality engineering. TestDevLab’s delivery centers in the Baltics and Macedonia will expand Xoriant’s European operations and access

Anthropic has unveiled its new Claude Opus 4.5 model. What can it do? Anthropic has unveiled its new flagship AI model, Claude Opus 4.5. The company calls it the most powerful model to date: it has significantly improved in programming, working with agents, using computers, as well as in research,

Estonian cleantech PowerUP secures €10M Series A to scale hydrogen generator production and global expansion PowerUP Energy Technologies, a Tallinn-based cleantech startup, has closed a €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate the manufacturing and commercialization of its hydrogen-powered electric generators. The round was co-led by Mercaton and ScaleWolf

UK Budget: Startups and VCs divided over Reeves’ policy blitz Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-budget-startups-vc-pensions-tax/

Inside Choco’s AI reset: ‘Before we’d do a crazy summer party, now we do hackathons’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-chocos-ai-reset/

ElevenLabs investor Carles Reina raises $15m solo GP fund to back defence and AI startups Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/elevenlabs-carles-reina-15m-solo-gp/

There is a point to startup ecosystems Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/point-to-startup-ecosystems/

The ex-Macron advisor taking on healthtech: ‘I was frustrated by everything we weren’t achieving’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ismael-emelien-zoi-preventative-care/