Good news from around Europe
Cleo employees allege toxic workplace culture: ‘Directionless and deeply unhappy’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cleo-fintech-startup-toxic-workplace-allegations
Legora warns investors against unapproved share trades Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/legora-hiive-shares
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots. French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/he-made-your-free-video-player-run-smoothly-now-hes-doing-that-for-robots/
Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It’s unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/encryption-spyware-and-now-mythos-history-shows-why-cyber-export-control-doesnt-work/
Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required
Aura’s impressive e-ink photo frame doesn’t even look digital What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-ink to create
Venture Kick backs Minysa with €163K for GaN chip development Swiss electronics startup Minysa has secured €163,000 (CHF150,000) from Venture Kick to accelerate the development of its next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) control chips for high-performance power electronic systems. Founded by Salem Abid, Minysa develops GaN gate-driver integrated circuits that help
Former Palantir healthcare head raises £10M for NHS AI agent startup A London-based startup founded by a former Palantir healthcare executive who worked in NHS hospitals during Covid has raised £9.7m in a funding round. The funding round in Frontier Health was led by Atomico, the European VC firm, with participation
Transportation: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025 European transportation companies attracted significant investment in 2025 as investors backed technologies reshaping how people and goods move. Funding was concentrated around electrification, autonomous systems, logistics infrastructure, and shared mobility, with companies developing EV charging networks, digital freight platforms, micromobility services,
Warren raises €10M to reshape retirement savings Ghent-based fintech startup Warren has raised €10 million in a seed funding round led by Motive Ventures, the venture arm of transatlantic investment fund Motive Partners. The round also included F Capital and follow-on investments from Entourage, Syndicate One, and 100IN. Founded to