Good news from around Europe
Uber to acquire Delivery Hero in €13B deal, creating platform spanning 99 countries Uber and one of its affiliates have entered into a business combination agreement to acquire Delivery Hero, thereby extending the mobility and delivery platform to 99 countries. Under the terms of the voluntary takeover offer, Uber will
Juno Bio secures $3.8M and opens first sequencing lab dedicated to women’s health Juno Bio, a UK-founded women’s health company dedicated to closing the gender health gap through precision vaginal microbiome testing and multi-omics, today announced the opening of its first sequencing lab built entirely for women’s health. The new
Why the best time to invest in Ukraine is now Roman Sulzhyk, Founding Partner of Ukrainian investment fund Resist.UA, has a message for the world when it comes to investing in the Ukrainian startup ecosystem: “If you wait until after the war, you’re already too late.” He contends that the
Omio Group to acquire Rail Europe in bid to create global rail travel powerhouse Multimodal traveltech company Omio Group has signed a deal to acquire Rail Europe. Upon completion, Rail Europe will become part of Omio Group, joining Omio’s B2C booking platform, its B2B distribution business, and its travel discovery
Hyperion Robotics secures $7.4M to expand robotic construction Hyperion Robotics, a Finnish physical AI company developing robotic manufacturing technology for infrastructure construction, has raised $7.4 million in a growth funding round to scale its robotic microfactories across Europe. The round was co-led by Course Corrected and the European Innovation Council
Exclusive: EQT’s €5bn Scaleup Fund in talks to lead Mistral round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/e5bn-scaleup-fund-mistral-eqt
From pilot to production: How scaling companies are making AI work Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-scaling-companies-are-making-ai-work-brnd
Munich robotics startup Microagi raises $55m, Germany’s largest ever seed round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/munich-robotics-startup-microagi-raises-55m-germanys-largest-ever-seed-round
‘We want to make bookkeeping less painful’: How Visma and its AI portfolio are reshaping accounting Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/visma-ai-portfolio-reshaping-accounting-brnd
European rounds are getting bigger, but fewer companies are closing them Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/every-european-round-is-getting-larger-is-that-a-problem