Good news from around Europe
Molten Ventures raises €203 million to back UK and European growth-stage tech companies Molten Ventures, a British VC firm with a 20-year track record, today announces the first close of its Growth Fund at €203 million (£175 million) to invest across key technology sectors including Space, AI, FinTech, Quantum, DeepTech
Stockholm-based Fluencify raises €3.7 million to scale its end-to-end creator marketing platform Fluencify, a Stockholm-based end-to-end creator marketing platform, has raised an oversubscribed €3.7 million ($4.3 million) pre-Seed funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by byFounders, with participation from Wave Ventures. The fundraising comes as the company surpasses €1.7
Kilian Kaminski, refurbed co-founder, joins the EU-Startups Summit 2027 We are excited to announce that Kilian Kaminski, co-founder of refurbed, will take the main stage at the EU-Startups Summit 2027, taking place on May 13-14 in sunny Malta! Kilian will deliver a keynote titled Fixing the future: How sustainable entrepreneurship
Matt Clifford quits ARIA after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/matt-clifford-quits-aria/
Exclusive: Jack & Jill raises £30m led by Air Street Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-jack-jill-30m/
UK government seeks fund manager for £150m northern scaleup fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-launches-150m-north-of-england-scaleup-fund/
Eric Wu’s newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after construction’s labor crunch Eric Wu, who built and ran Opendoor before stepping away in 2022, has had his new company, NavigateAI, out of stealth since May — building AI copilots that give construction workers real-time, hands-free guidance through
Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plans Schiller reportedly had reservations about new CEO John Ternus’ goal of bringing in more recurring revenue from the App Store. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/06/phil-schillers-app-store-exit-reportedly-driven-by-wariness-over-future-plans/
Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/06/authors-push-back-as-publishers-and-agents-seek-share-of-anthropic-settlement/
Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business The Uber founder has said that Atoms will allow him to complete “unfinished business.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/06/travis-kalanicks-atoms-might-be-getting-into-the-robotaxi-business/