Month: October 2026

London’s Querio launches with €4.48 million to help companies tackle conflicting answers across AI tools Querio, a London-based analytics platform for data teams and their AI agents, has launched today with €4.48 million ($5 million) in total funding.  Its investors include BMW i Ventures, which led the company’s Seed financing,

Impress bags €40 million EIB financing to expand its digital orthodontics network across Europe Impress, a Spanish digital orthodontics network, has signed a €40 million venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to scale up investments in its AI platform across its network of more than 110 clinics

French VC Aquiti closes €60 million fund for founders outside of traditional venture hubs French VC Aquiti announces the final close of their AVA1 fund at nearly €60 million in order to back founders building across the Greater Southwest of France from pre-Seed onwards. Through its AVA1 fund, Aquiti invests

OPINON: Europe’s legal work is awash with AI slop, but there is a way to fix it Europe’s startups have been riding a wave of innovation, creating numerous applications of generative and agentic AI. This innovation has explored the art of the possible, but it has also flooded the world

British SME lender Lovey secures up to €298 million to support UK companies Lovey, a British FinTech and financial services provider specialising in SME lending and brokerage, has today announced a senior secured credit facility of up to €298 million (£250 million) with Pollen Street Capital, an alternative asset manager.

Anthropic filed documents for an IPO: company valuation could reach $2 trillion Anthropic has filed documents for an initial public offering (IPO). The company plans to list on the U.S. Nasdaq exchange, where its shares will trade under the symbol ANT. The company announced this. The developer of Claude filed

Revolut faces Bank of England scrutiny over product approval process, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-faces-bank-of-england-scrutiny-over-product-approval-process-reports-say/

Are VCs as ‘dangerous’ as Nik Storonsky thinks they are? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/are-vcs-as-dangerous-as-nik-storonsky-thinks-they-are/

Sequoia and General Catalyst value ex-police chief’s AI startup at $400m — reports Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sequoia-general-catalyst-22one-ai-police-startup/

‘It feels like you’re wearing a Superman suit’: Why Europe’s fintech founders are starting over with AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/repeat-fintech-founders-face-ai/