Good news from around Europe
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/bret-taylors-sierra-buys-yc-backed-ai-startup-fragment/
6th Call Fast lane “Study-to-Test” – results are out The Interreg Euro-MED Programme is pleased to share the 6th Call Fast lane “Study-to-Test” results. This targeted 6th call for proposals concerns exclusively the Study projects selected in the frame of the 2nd call for project proposals of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme. It allows pre-selected
What Happened on the Second Day of the Tech.eu Summit London 2026? The Tech.eu Summit London 2026 concluded on April 22 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, bringing a strong second day of sessions to close out what was a packed two-day event. Following a first day focused
The quantum bottleneck isn’t chips — it’s lasers, and Vexlum wants to fix it For Vexlum CEO and CTO Jussi-Pekka Penttinen, in Finland, there’s a simple way to tell if a company has moved from startup to scale-up: whether it has a sauna in the factory. “We do. So we
Nox Mobility raises €2M pre-seed to rethink Europe’s night trains Nox Mobility has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding to develop a new generation of overnight trains. The round was led by Berlin-based IBB Ventures, with participation from Italian investor Tommaso Lucca and industry experts, including Patrick Andrae, co-founder and
Calibre emerges from stealth with $3.3M to tackle “health guesswork” through causal AI Calibre, a London-based Healthtech company, launches out of stealth today to introduce a new category in proactive health: Causal Health Navigation. Calibre combines clinical expertise with causal AI to help people understand what is actually driving their
QMatter secures $1.2M to tackle quantum scaling challenges QMatter, a quantum technology startup, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding, led by 55 North, with participation from XTX Ventures, Bellstate Oy, and the Conception X Angel Syndicate. Simulating quantum mechanics remains highly computationally demanding, with both classical and current quantum
Lovable CEO apologises after security scare: ‘I take accountability’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lovable-ceo-anton-osika-security-apology
Which tech startups have the best perks? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-best-perks
How Galeries Lafayette’s heir built a startup machine Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/guillaume-houze-motier-ventures