Good news from around Europe
Linkener secures €7.5M to expand its energy management platform Energy technology startup Linkener has raised €7.5 million in a funding round led by Klima Energy Transition Fund, Alantra’s energy transition fund, with existing shareholder GoHub Ventures remaining on board. Linkener has developed an Intelligent Energy Management System (SIGE) that uses
Barcelona-based Enzo Ventures closes €20M Fund II backing Southern European founders Barcelona-based Enzo Ventures has closed its second fund, a €20m fund which is backing Southern European founders at the pre-seed stage. Fund II follows Enzo’s strategy it began in 2023, when it invested in its first fund, which backed
TechWolf co-founder: Ghent flywheel “super important” One of the co-founders of a Ghent-based AI startup which is being acquired by sofware giant SAP in a deal valued at hundreds of millions of dolllars has stressed the importance of the city’s flywheel effect. Jeroen Van Hautte, CTO and co-founder, TechWolf, was
As France reels from days of violence, founders brace for more uncertainty Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/french-protests-startup-nation/
The investors with the biggest jumps in the Sifted AI 100 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-investors-with-the-biggest-jumps-in-the-sifted-ai-100/
Governments need startups. So why is it so hard to sell to them? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/government-procurement-selling-ai-sifted-summit/
Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India Flipkart has expanded access to its food-delivery service to thousands of employees ahead of its public launch. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/walmarts-flipkart-is-quietly-building-a-food-delivery-challenger-in-india/
Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/mamdani-says-feds-have-abdicated-on-ai-urges-new-yorkers-to-push-back/
Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/nscale-and-anthropic-are-reportedly-in-talks-for-yet-another-45-billion-compute-deal/
Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says The idea of embedded evaluators — in which supposedly “neutral” third-party observers are placed inside AI organizations — has been popularized over the last several months, as AI labs grapple with a rash of safety incidents that