Good news from around Europe
An AI app builder without an AI: Serverpod bets on what comes after vibe coding As developer-tool companies race to build their own AI coding agents, Swedish startup Serverpod is taking a different approach. Its new App Studio, released in public beta today, deliberately has no AI of its own.
Open Cosmos secures €300M to expand satellite intelligence and connectivity European satellite company Open Cosmos has secured €300 million in funding to expand its satellite manufacturing capacity and accelerate the deployment of its connectivity and Earth observation services. The round was led by European investors and included participation from ETF
Fastweb+Vodafone backs Italian insurtech Mama Insurance in new funding round Italian insurtech Mama Insurance has secured a new investment led by Fastweb+Vodafone, with support from Founders Factory. The deal follows an initial investment in 2025 and brings the company’s total funding to more than €2 million across equity, non-dilutive public
Six months and 2,000 lessons later: what MuseCool has learned about music education Music education is deeply rooted in tradition: students often learn from teachers who, in turn, teach much as they were taught, sometimes using poor or outdated methods. UK startup MuseCool has found a way to break that
Swedish drone detection company Freya raises €533k to aid European rollout Freya Industries, the Swedish company who develops intelligent, affordable sensors for security and defence, has closed an oversubscribed €533k (SEK 6 million) round with the capital going to delivering customer orders, scaling up the team and the European rollout.
Wageningen-based Greencovery raises €1 million to scale cocoa upcycling technology, with further €3 million round underway Greencovery, a Wageningen-based FoodTech startup that upcycles valuable compounds from industry side streams, has raised €1 million to scale its proprietary cocoa upcycling technology for industrial production. The round includes investment from ROM InWest,
While Europe develops Tech, the U.S. backs its growth I do not believe the neat story of a mass exodus of European startups. The numbers do not support it. Most companies stay where they were founded, and those that change their geography rarely do so in a single decision. The
Swiss-Italian startup Ferm Labs secures €3 million to scale its bioprocessing-based B2B ingredient platform Ferm Labs, a Zug-based ingredient startup specialising in proprietary, high-yield bioprocessing platforms, has secured €3 million to scale its bioprocessing platform across the global clean-label ingredient market. The round was led by CDP Venture Capital (through
Brussels-based Chift raises €10.5 million Series A to become Europe’s financial connectivity layer Chift, a Brussels-based startup that provides a financial connectivity layer for European software, helping software vendors connect their products to the financial tools their users rely on, has raised €10.5 million in a Series A funding round.
ETH Zurich students build ‘first Swiss humanoid’, eye fundraising Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eth-zurich-students-humanoid-xalun/