Year: 2025

Meet the winning startups of the EU’s Innovation Radar Prize 2025 The European Commission has just awarded prizes to four European startups and SMEs which are bringing to market promising innovations developed with EU research and innovation funding. The awards were announced at the Innovation Radar Prize ceremony, attended by

Startup Festival Malta 2025: Celebrating entrepreneurship and five years of impact (Sponsored) The 5th Edition of the Startup Festival Malta wrapped up last month, once again highlighting the innovation, creativity, and resilience of Malta’s startup community. To celebrate this anniversary, a full week of activities took place. The main event,

B2B sales lose 65% of time to admin – Sweden’s Spiich Labs raises €600k to automate it Stockholm’s Spiich Labs, a startup developing an agent-first AI assistant, today announced a €600k pre-Seed funding round to eliminate 8+ hours of weekly administrative work. The round was led by Ampli Ventures, with

EV startup Einride targets $1.8bn IPO in New York Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ev-tech-startup-einride-spac-nyse/

To win the AI race, Europe should focus on applications, says Accel partner Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/philippe-botteri-accel-interview-ai-application-startups-europe/

EU startups commissioner Zaharieva: ‘There’s a lot of propaganda against the AI Act’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ekaterina-zaharieva-startups-commissioner-eu/

Founders, stop paying yourself like a martyr Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/founders-pay/

Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive of 6-second, looping videos. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/

‘Chad: The Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake Chad: The Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/chad-the-brainrot-ide-is-a-new-y-combinator-backed-product-so-wild-people-thought-it-was-fake/

Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to ‘accelerate’ AI investment Deepwatch’s CEO told TechCrunch that the layoffs allow the company to accelerate investments in “AI and automation.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/cybersecurity-firm-deepwatch-lays-off-dozens-citing-move-to-accelerate-ai-investment/