Good news from around Europe
Luca Bocchio joins Balderton as Partner after more than a decade in European VC Balderton today announced the appointment of Luca Bocchio as Partner, where he will focus on early-stage investments. Bocchio joins the firm after more than a decade as an investor in the European technology ecosystem, most recently
Tech leaders call for 25% of EU budget to secure Europe’s energy and digital future With winter approaching, Europe has already paid an estimated €50 billion extra for fuel since the Strait of Hormuz crisis began, without securing a single additional barrel — a stark reminder of its exposure to
Could US frontier AI labs dominate banking? Financial services have become one of the hottest battlegrounds in AI. Financial services is Anthropic’s second- biggest industry by enterprise revenue, while OpenAI has hired investment banking experts to train its models on Wall Street workflows. But as the AI labs push into
Seed Capital closes €130M Fund V to expand across the Nordics Copenhagen-based Seed Capital has closed its Fund V at €130 million. The firm, which has spent 20 years backing founders at seed through Series A, will invest in 15-17 companies with first checks of €3-6 million. The fund will
Dutch AgTech Gravity Gardens secures €2.6 million to scale its dry, chemical-free seed activation technology Gravity Gardens, a Nijmegen-based AgTech startup developing a chemical-free seed activation technology for European arable and horticultural crops, has secured a €2.6 million Seed round to bring a new kind of seed activation to market:
Copenhagen’s Seed Capital closes €130 million Fund V to back Nordic startups from Seed to Series A Seed Capital, a Copenhagen-based seed-stage investor, has today announced that it has closed its Fund V at €130 million. The fund will invest in 15-17 companies, with first checks of €3-6 million in
After €387 million raise, The Exploration Company wins ESA’s “ALADDIN” cargo capsule contract worth €760 million The Exploration Company (TEC), the European space company, has been awarded a service contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) worth €760 million to build and fly Europe’s first commercial cargo capsule to the
Munich-based Furo raises €3.44 million to make industrial battery storage economically viable Furo (formerly Lumera Energy), a Munich-based energy software company, today announced that it has closed a €3.44 million ($4 million) funding round to further develop its software, expand into additional European markets, and grow its team. The round
Is Mistral’s monster fundraise a win for European sovereignty? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mistral-fundraise-podcast/
Carbon accounting startup Greenly acquires competitor Normative in €65m deal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/greenly-normative-acquisition-carbon-accounting/