Good news from around Europe
Clean Food Group raises £4.5M to scale yeast-derived oils and fats from food waste UK biotech manufacturer Clean Food Group (CFG) has raised £4.5 million in investment led by Clean Growth Fund and New Agrarian. CFG has also successfully secured a £700,000 non-dilutive grant from Innovate UK, which further improves
Helical secures $10M to advance virtual AI lab for pharma research Helical, a biotechnology company developing a virtual AI lab for pharmaceutical research and development, has raised $10 million in seed funding. The round was led by redalpine, with participation from Gradient, BoxGroup, and Frst, alongside angel investors including Aidan
TraqCheck raises $8M to turn hiring into an AI-run workflow London HRtech startup TraqCheck has raised $8 million in Series A funding, led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from IIFL. Instead of recruiters manually sourcing candidates, screening resumes, and coordinating background checks across fragmented tools, TraqCheck’s agents execute those
Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lovable-poaches-new-engineering-chief-from-meta
Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintechs-take-on-apple-pay
‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/newfund-60m-brain-technologies
How France is leading Europe’s bioeconomy push Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/france-leading-europes-bioeconomy-brnd
Kelluu raises €15m to secure Europe’s skies with autonomous airships Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/kelluu-funding-round-nif-nato-autonomous-airships
Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI’s recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic’s current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/anthropics-rise-is-giving-some-openai-investors-second-thoughts/
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/ai-datacenter-startup-fluidstack-in-talks-for-1b-round-at-18b-valuation-months-after-hitting-7-5b-says-report/