Good news from around Europe
Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/30/meta-is-reportedly-developing-an-ai-pendant/
London-based AI lab Inherent emerges from stealth with $50m raise A London-based AI lab, founded by DeepMind, Microsoft and White House former staff, has come out of stealth, emerging with a $50m raise and a pledge to try to “write the playbook for AI-native science”. The $50m seed round in
MokN raises $15M Series A to grow identity theft protection platform MokN, a French cybersecurity company focused on protecting organisations from credential theft and identity-based attacks, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by GV, marking Google Ventures’ first investment in a French startup, and
TrueLayer acquires Dutch fintech In3 to offer credit at checkout TrueLayer, a UK payments fintech looking to disrupt the dominance of card payments, has acquired a Dutch fintech, in a move to expand its offering to credit products. Backed by Stripe and Tiger Global, TrueLayer leverages open banking technology
Kyiv delivers: How Glovo scaled one of its fastest-growing markets in wartime Ukraine Earlier this week, an image went viral in Ukraine. It features a dark and apocalyptic image of Kyiv, with a burning shopping and entertainment centre near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv engulfed in flames, with thick black
Will Europe’s VCs catch up to the influencer craze? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/will-europes-vcs-catch-up-to-the-influencer-craze
Rewriting the M&A playbook: Inside Visma’s acquisition strategy Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-vismas-acquisition-strategy-brnd
The fastest growing legaltech startup teams in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-fastest-growing-legaltech-startup-teams-in-europe
This ex-Spotify boss is using AI to help VCs tell which startups are ‘90% bollocks’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/spotify-ai-agents
Ex-DeepMind researchers raise $50m for AI science startup Inherent Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inherent-ai-funding-round-index-matt-clifford