Year: 2025

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/

Anthropic’s European hiring spree continues with Paris and Munich office openings Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-opening-offices-paris-munich/

13 fintech operators to watch in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintech-operators-to-watch/

Defence unicorns Helsing and Quantum Systems eye Taiwan Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/helsing-quantum-systems-taiwan/

16 UK AI startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/16-uk-ai-startups-to-watch-according-to-vcs/

Rivian gives RJ Scaringe a new pay package worth up to $5B The company canceled a similar-sized award from 2021, when EV optimism was sky-high, due to the “unlikeliness” that the associated goals could be met. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/rivian-gives-rj-scaringe-a-new-pay-package-worth-up-to-5b/

Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in suicides, delusions In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/seven-more-families-are-now-suing-openai-over-chatgpts-role-in-suicides-delusions/

GoWish’s shopping and wish list app is having its biggest year yet GoWish, an app for making wish lists, is having a record year, and has doubled its users. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/gowishs-shopping-and-wishlist-app-is-having-its-biggest-year-yet/