Good news from around Europe
New German unicorn! Mannheim’s osapiens secures €85.8 milllion led by BlackRock–Temasek JV Mannheim-based osapiens, provider of enterprise software for sustainable growth, today announced that it has entered into an agreement for Decarbonization Partners to lead a €85.8 million ($100 million) Series C fundraising round. With this round, osapiens has hit
London-based Spot Ship raises €1.1 million to modernise global ship chartering London-based maritime tech startup Spot Ship has raised €1.15 million (£1 million) in a fresh funding round to modernise global ship chartering. The round was led by the Lisbon-based venture capital fund Ventures.eu, with participation from Improbable’s CEO, Herman
10 Cyprus-based startups that are driving the island’s emerging tech ecosystem in 2026 Today, we are once again shining a spotlight on Cyprus, a Southern European startup ecosystem that continues to steadily advance and secure its niche. While it may not yet rival the scale of the continent’s largest innovation
Choice31, part of the FRACTAL group, acquires the online school IAMPM Choice31 University of Marketing and Business, part of the FRACTAL group, has announced the acquisition of the IAMPM online school. This is the first asset consolidation deal among major players in the Ukrainian online education sector in recent years.
Cast AI becomes Lithuania’s 5th unicorn with $1B valuation and launch of OMNI Compute Cast AI, a leading Kubernetes automation platform, announced a strategic investment from Pacific Alliance Ventures (PAV), the US-based corporate venture arm of Shinsegae Group. With this round of funding, Cast AI’s valuation exceeds $1 billion, marking the
Israeli-Czech AI startup Maxfusion raises funding from Czech Founders VC to scale automated video advertising Maxfusion, a Czech AI startup with Israeli roots which develops a platform for automated video ad creation, has raised funding from Czech Founders VC, angel investor Ory Weihs, and the company’s founders. The company plans
IPO worth €750 million: Czech defense group Czechoslovak Group goes public on Euronext The Czech defense conglomerate Czechoslovak Group (CSG) has officially announced its intention to go public. The company plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange, counting on high investor interest in the security sector amid growing military
Aikido Security hits unicorn valuation with $60m Series B raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/aikido-security-hits-unicorn-valuation-with-60m-series-b-raise
Angel investors most likely to behave inappropriately towards founders, new survey finds Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/founders-investors-inappropriate-behaviour
Nick Clegg: ‘Europe is competing with one arm tied behind its back’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nick-clegg-european-tech-hiro-capital