Good news from around Europe
Polish robotics startup Nomagic secures €8.3 million to scale Physical AI operations in the US Nomagic, a Warsaw-based warehouse robotics company that applies general-purpose Physical AI to optimise warehouse operations, today announced an €8.3 million ($10 million) Series B extension to accelerate its commercial operations in the U.S. The round
The Innovation Award 2026: A platform for visibility, networks, and sustainable growth (Sponsored) Founded three years ago by Winfried Vogt and Christina Paap, the Innovation Award was created with a clear objective: to give innovative founders access to what often makes the decisive difference for early-stage success. Visibility, recognition, and
SoftBank is negotiating an investment of up to $30 billion in OpenAI — Reuters Japan’s SoftBank Group is discussing the possibility of investing an additional $30 billion in OpenAI. This was reported by Reuters, citing an informed source. If the deal goes through, it will be part of a massive
Voyager Ventures closes $275m fund, opens Munich office Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/voyager-ventures-275m-fund
How to get a job at ElevenLabs: ‘We had 31k inbound applications in a month’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-to-get-a-job-at-elevenlabs
What messy finance stacks signal to investors – and how to fix them before Series B Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/finance-stacks-investors-brnd
The serial founder behind Alan and Mistral: ‘I try to focus on what I can control’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jean-charles-samuelian-werve-alan-mistral
DeepL backer B2venture raises €150m for fifth fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/b2venture-150-fifth-fund-deeptech
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better/
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be “a big year for delivering personal super intelligence.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/zuckerberg-teases-agentic-commerce-tools-and-major-ai-rollout-in-2026/