Good news from around Europe
Monumental secures $32M Series B to accelerate construction automation Monumental, the Amsterdam-based construction technology company developing autonomous robotics and software for the building industry, has raised $32 million in a Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors Plural and Hummingbird. Founded by Salar al
Ukrainian defense companies will gain access to €300 mln in EU grants — Fedorov Ukrainian defense companies will be able to receive grant funding from the European Union for research, development of new technologies, and expanding production. This was reported by Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov. Ukraine signed the
Angel One Fund invested in Ukrainian defense-tech startup Vigilant Works. What is known about the deal? Ukrainian venture fund Angel One Fund announced an investment in defense-tech startup Vigilant Works. This was reported to AIN by Angel One Fund. This is the fund’s 14th investment in 2.5 years of operation
Robotics startup Monumental raises $32m backed by Khosla Ventures Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/monumental-robots-fundraise-raises-32m-backed-by-khosla-ventures
Yann LeCun launched a new VC fund — then quit. What happened? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/yann-lecun-extelligence-podcast
Exclusive: Aramco in talks to back Humanoid at unicorn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/aramco-humanoid-unicorn-valuation
Europe’s ‘real’ founder factories: Klarna and Improbable Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-real-founder-factories
It’s time to start paying all your staff like your sales team Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/pay-your-team-like-sales
Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls “the most important partner” to its founders. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/why-greylock-capped-its-new-fund-at-1-5b-when-it-says-it-could-have-raised-more/
Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors’ models. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-is-reportedly-training-salespeople-to-talk-down-openai-and-anthropic/