Good news from around Europe
Swedish legaltech Legora raises $150M Series C Legal technology company Legora has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors ICONIQ, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, and Y Combinator. The company
Hyperdrives cracks the ‘holy grail’ of EV motor cooling with manufacturable direct-conductor tech Hyperdrives is a Munich-based deep-tech startup building the next generation of high-performance electric drives — and proving that you don’t need venture capital to achieve commercial traction. Founded in 2021, it moved fast, went to market, and
The biggest European robotics deals in H1 2025 In the first half of 2025, European robotics financing totalled €618.7 million across 33 deals, roughly 1.8 per cent of all European tech capital (€33.7 billion) and 1.7 per cent of deal volume (1,941 deals). While robotics remains a focused slice of
Solidatus raises £5M from Salica Investments London-based Solidatus, a provider of data lineage solutions, has secured a £5 million loan from the Growth Debt Fund at Salica Investments to support R&D and drive growth. The global data governance market is projected to approach $20 billion by 2032, with data lineage
Ukrainian Fozzy Group Accelerator. Which startups made it through the selection process? Fozzy Group has wrapped up the second wave of its corporate accelerator, Fozzy Venture Studio, in which nine startups tested their solutions in the company’s real business processes, Fozzy Group reports. This year, the team received 60 applications,
Polish-American startup SalesPatriot secures $5M to expand AI-driven defense procurement platform SalesPatriot, a Polish-American startup, has raised $5 million in seed funding to modernize procurement for defense and aerospace. The round was led by CRV, with participation from Pear VC, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid2, Uncorrelated Ventures, and several angels.
Estonian cleantech startup LynxPower secures €550,000 to boost AI-powered energy management LynxPower, Tallinn-based cleantech firm, has raised €550,000 to accelerate the development of our AI-driven energy monitoring and management platform. The round was backed by Giga AS, Taavi Madiberk and Marko Virkebault. LynxPower is an Estonia energy efficiency platform (HaaS
Vodafone acquires German IT company Skaylink for $204M to strengthen its cloud services British telecom giant Vodafone has announced the acquisition of German company Skaylink, which specializes in cloud technologies and digital business transformation, Reuters reports. The deal is worth €175 million (approximately $204 million). The seller is investment company
Erin Platts on SVB collapse and new role at Octopus Ventures: ‘There will always be churn’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/erin-platts-podcast/
Bending Spoons raises $270m at $11bn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bending-spoons-raises-270m-at-11bn-valuation/