Year: 2026

Clucky’s new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster Clucky’s new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/05/cluckys-new-alarm-app-wakes-you-up-with-a-crowing-rooster/

Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it. Powered by

August European tech funding falls 63% as dealmaking slows European tech funding slowed sharply in August, with companies raising €3.2 billion across 165 funding deals. Compared with July, when €8.6 billion was invested across 267 rounds, total funding fell by around 63 per cent, while deal volume declined by approximately

UK startup AI Score raises $5.4M to scale its enterprise AI governance platform London-based AI governance company AI Score has raised $5.4 million in seed funding to further develop its platform for managing the use of generative and agentic AI across organisations. The round was led by Fuel Ventures, with

Stellar Alpina secures €160K from Venture Kick for in-space propulsion Zurich-based space technology startup Stellar Alpina has secured €160,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to advance its compact rocket engine technology for in-space propulsion. Founded by Rick Röthlisberger, Simi Y. Wespi, Victor Elliesen and Patrick Egli, Stellar Alpina emerged from

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Aug. 31 – Sept. 04) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member

Oulu-based Creoir secures Seed funding to scale voice AI for defence and mission-critical systems Creoir, an Oulu-based DefenceTech company developing voice AI for defence and mission-critical systems, has raised a Seed investment from Gungnir Capital. The Swedish VC fund is leading Creoir’s ongoing Seed round that has a €2 million

Belgium’s WAD Capital reaches €67.5 million first close for debut fund following €25 million EIF investment Belgian investment firm WAD Capital has completed the first closing of its fund at €67.5 million with a €25 million investment from the European Investment Fund (EIF), making the EU’s development bank the largest

Pirkx joins Pri0r1ty Intelligence as AI company expands into employee wellbeing and benefits UK wellness startup Pirkx has been acquired by the publicly-listed British company Pri0r1ty Intelligence adding an SME-focused employee wellbeing and benefits platform to its growing portfolio of AI-powered solutions. The acquisition will see Pri0r1ty integrate Pirkx’s existing

London’s AI Score raises €4.6 million to help businesses keep AI agents under control UK-based AI Score, a startup easing the adoption and management of gen- and agentic-AI, has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) in Seed funding to accelerate product development, expand its operations, and continue building its platform for