Good news from around Europe
UK chancellor unveils £150M northern scaleup fund The UK government has today unveiled a £150m scaleup fund to invest in university spinouts in the north of England as it looks to turbocharge growth outside of the capital. The fund will make investments of between £5m and £15m in the “most innovative and fast-growing firms”. It
Bits & Pretzels 2026: What to Expect from This Year’s Edition? [Sponsored] Returning to Munich from September 28 to 30, 2026, during the city’s iconic Oktoberfest celebrations, Bits & Pretzels will once again bring together Europe’s startup ecosystem, this time under the theme Human After All. The conference will welcome
August 2026’s top 10 European tech deals you need to know about European tech investment slowed considerably in August, with companies raising €3.2 billion across 165 funding rounds. This was a marked decline from July, when €8.6 billion was invested across 267 deals, representing a month-on-month drop of around 63
Robbie Williams-backed Tickets for Good raises €4.5 million for international expansion Tickets for Good, a UK startup that provides key workers with low-cost tickets for live events, has raised a further €4.5 million (£3.9 million) to accelerate its international expansion and create 10 new jobs in Sheffield in the next
CEE’s biggest checks: 10 standout startup raises of 2026 Europe’s startup ecosystem continues to produce ambitious companies tackling some of the biggest challenges across defence, artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and digital infrastructure. As preparations are well under way and tickets selling for the inaugural MeOut Summit, taking place in Budapest
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/