Good news from around Europe
Italy’s venture market finds its rhythm after record 2025 Italy’s venture capital ecosystem is accelerating, with $1.7 billion raised in 2025 and a further $249 million deployed in Q1 2026, according to new Dealroom data released by tech conference Wave by Vento. The 2025 total marks Italy’s second strongest year
Smart Robotics secures €10M Series A to expand AI robotic picking in Europe Smart Robotics, an embodied AI company focused on intralogistics automation, has closed a €10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Rotterdamse Havendraken, with participation from Innovation Industries and the Dutch family office Ernij
Polish startup Zynt, which builds a signal intelligence platform, raises $500,000 in pre-seed funding Polish startup Zynt, building a signal intelligence platform for B2B sales, has closed a $500,000 pre-seed round. AIN was informed of this by the company itself. Founded by Cezary Raszel and Wojciech Ozimek, the company was
Revolut targets $200bn valuation for IPO Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-valuation-200-million-ipo
Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/synthesia-hiring-push-new-offices
Are Europe’s fintechs ready for Mythos? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintechs-ready-for-mythos
Stripe alumni raise €7.5m for AI-powered fintech Seapoint Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stripe-alumni-fintech-fundraise
The European robotics startups hiring the most right now Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-european-robotics-startups-hiring-the-most-right-now
Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business The company is restructuring some teams to accommodate a booming energy storage business, according to emails viewed by TechCrunch. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/redwood-materials-lays-off-10-in-restructuring-to-chase-energy-storage-business/
Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models/