Year: 2025

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/

Monzo CEO steps down after 5 years Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/monzo-ceo-quits-ts-anil-google-replaced/

AI legal tech Legora raises $150m at a $1.8bn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-legaltech-legora-raises-150m/

The European AI legal techs which have fundraised in 2025 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-european-ai-legal-techs-which-have-fundraised-in-2025/

Navan IPO tumbles 20% after historic debut under SEC shutdown workaround Navan finished its first day trading at an approximate valuation of $4.7 billion, which is about half of its last private valuation of $9.2 billion. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/30/navan-ipo-tumbles-20-after-historic-debut-under-sec-shutdown-workaround/

Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1B in Poolside  Nvidia is an existing investor in the AI company and participated in its $500 million Series A round in 2024. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/30/nvidia-is-reportedly-investing-up-to-1-billion-in-poolside/

Canva launches its own design model, adds new AI features to the platform Canva is launching new features like Forms and email design, and it makes Affinity free for all users. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/30/canva-launches-its-own-design-model-adds-new-ai-features-to-the-platform/