Month: May 2026

Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral The video clipping startup raised a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/clouted-wants-to-take-the-guesswork-out-of-making-short-videos-go-viral/

xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk’s AI financials and more details about his ambitions.

NEX Health Intelligence secures €1M to tackle hospital infection spread Healthtech startup NEX Health Intelligence has raised €1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Brighteye Ventures, with participation from Adeline Arts & Science, AFI Ventures, Momentous Ventures, the Conception X Angel Syndicate and a group of industry angel

Exhibitly bags €1.4M to modernise B2B events Ghent-based Exhibitly has raised €1.4 million in a pre-seed funding round led by New School VC, with participation from 100IN, Allusion Ventures and a group of angel investors including Louis Jonckheere, Jeroen De Wit, Pieter Vanermen and Tanguy Serraes. Additional investors include Piet

EQT has won the EU’s €5bn superfund. Now what? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eqt-scaleup-fund-podcast

Inside EQT’s plan for the EU’s €5bn superfund: ‘We have over 100 companies in the pipeline’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-eqt-scaleup-europe-fund-interview

Cohere snaps up second German AI startup weeks after Aleph Alpha deal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cohere-aleph-alpha-germany-second-deal

What US chipmaker Cerebras’s IPO could mean for startups like Fractile Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cerebras-ipo-european-chip-startups

Inside Fintech’s big aaS pivot Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintechs-big-aas-pivot

Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026 Google says it’s designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/ai-design-tools-are-the-next-big-battleground-and-google-is-going-all-in-at-io-2026/