Month: August 2026

Meet the photonics scaleups building tomorrow’s critical technologies From faster internet and more secure satellite communications to next-generation semiconductors, quantum technologies and energy-generating greenhouses, photonics is becoming one of Europe’s most strategically important deep tech sectors. Europe is home to a new generation of photonics scaleups translating decades of scientific

New York-headquartered AI startup Modal Labs to open London office US AI infrastructure startup Modal Labs is opening a London office, marking the latest North American AI firm to invest in bricks and mortar in London or up their presence in the capital. New York–headquartered Modal provides computing infrastructure for AI workloads, with

Belgian AI dental startup Relu lands €1.51 million to accelerate US expansion Relu, a Leuven-based AI startup helping dental labs scale production through automated dental design and planning workflows, has announced a €1.51 million ($1.75 million) strategic investment from Dental Innovation Alliance (DIA).  DIA is a North Carolina-based venture capital

Inevitable AI Group raises €5.2 million from Aleph to launch AI-native SaaS companies Inevitable AI Group (IAIG), an AI-native venture studio founded by veteran technology entrepreneurs, today announced a €5.2 million ($6 million) pre-seed funding round led by Aleph. The company is building and launching dozens of AI-native software businesses

The chink in Europe’s innovation armour Europe’s strength arguably has been, and still is, innovation. However, there are other contenders on the block, and their ability to commercialise that research is attracting European-bred talent to different shores. Europe spent €403 billion on research and development in 2024. It employed 2.21

Finland’s SeeTrue Technologies raises €2.2 million to commercialise low-power eye-sensing architecture SeeTrue Technologies, a Joensuu-based DeepTech company focused on next-generation eye-tracking technology, has closed a €2.2 million financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its ultra-low-power eye-sensing architecture.  The round was led by ZEISS Ventures, with participation from Superhero Capital,

Crawley-based Naked Energy secures €10.35 million to build UK solar-thermal technology manufacturing facility Naked Energy, a Crawley-based renewable-heat technology company, has secured an €10.35 million (£8.875 million) investment to fund a new UK manufacturing facility, creating up to 140 jobs and new export opportunities.  The investment was led by publicly-owned

MacPaw and Liquid AI will develop local AI for Mac. Companies have signed a cooperation agreement Ukrainian MacPaw and American Liquid AI announced a strategic partnership.  This was reported to AIN by the companies. The companies will work on on-device artificial intelligence technology for Mac, and the first integration will

Mission Possible becomes a platform and opens applications for Batch 5. How to apply? Mission Possible has opened applications for the fifth accelerator batch and announced a transition to a new operating model. According to AIN, the company reported this. The organization will develop as a platform that combines acceleration,

UK expands talent visa to more than 100 companies Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-talent-visa