Good news from around Europe
European Commission unveils five measures to boost angel investment across Europe This week, the European Commission announced five new actions to support business angels under its EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy. The measures aim to improve access to early-stage investment opportunities, strengthen angel investor networks and make it easier to
Google.org grants $2.5M to LF Energy to modernise Europe’s electricity grids with AI LF Energy, a Linux Foundation initiative that brings the energy sector together to develop the digital foundation for energy through open source software, standards, and data, received $2.5 million in funding from Google.org this week to accelerate
Peter Sarlin’s PostScriptum acquires majority stake in Brillian to accelerate global growth PostScriptum, the founder’s office of AI entrepreneur Peter Sarlin, has acquired a majority stake in Brillian, with Brillian’s founders, employees and other existing shareholders retaining the remaining substantial minority. PostScriptum is the cradle of NestAI, Qutwo and Silo
“It’s about the components”: how DOD Solution develops autonomy systems for drones, plans to grow revenue to $10M and what could slow the company’s growth — interview with CEO Roman Hapachylo In the photo — CEO of DOD Solution Roman Hapachylo, Resilience Conference The Estonian-Ukrainian defense tech company DOD Solution,
Jensen Huang resigned as NVIDIA CEO: before that Elon Musk said he would be happy to hire him Elon Musk said it would be an honor for him to hire Jensen Huang, who on November 12 resigned as president and chief executive officer and left the board of directors. Musk
Inside Samsung’s year of European deal making Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/samsung-european-tech/
Why European tech and Asia will be ‘a lot closer’ in next five years, according to bankers Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/why-european-tech-asia-get-closer-next-five-years-gp-bullhound/
Amazon’s new Kindle Colorsoft is a premium e-reader with a premium price The latest model is lighter and thinner than its predecessor and features an edge-to-edge display. But if you already own the first-generation Colorsoft, there’s little reason to upgrade. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/13/amazons-new-kindle-colorsoft-is-a-premium-e-reader-with-a-premium-price/
Jensen Huang’s departure blasts big hole in AI startup funding, VCs and founders say Nvidia poured tens of billions into AI startups under Huang. Without him at the helm, founders and VCs are bracing for smaller checks and lower valuations. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/13/jensen-huangs-departure-blasts-big-hole-in-ai-startup-funding-vcs-and-founders-say/
US government grounds all flights across the United States ‘due to extraordinary circumstances’ A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop “following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” which manage the airspace across the United States. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/13/u-s-government-grounds-all-flights-across-the-united-states-due-to-extraordinary-cirumstances/