Good news from around Europe
Bliq.ai wins approval for fully driverless road operations in Estonia Driverless car startup Bliq.ai this week announced that it has received approval to operate its vehicles on public roads in Estonia without a driver behind the wheel. The approval marks the first authorisation of its kind in an EU member
REPS raises $23.6M to turn roads into power plants by harvesting energy from traffic Tyrol energy generation startup REPS today announced a $23.6 million equity financing round to scale its Road Energy Production System, a patented “road power plant” that converts vehicle traffic into electrical energy. Its core product is
Alice & Bob expands Series B with investment from NVIDIA’s venture arm French fault-tolerant quantum computing company Alice & Bob has raised investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, that expands its €100 million Series B round. The investment supports Alice & Bob’s development of an architecture towards fault-tolerant
Smart ring maker Oura files for IPO in New York Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/smart-ring-maker-oura-files-for-ipo-in-new-york
100+ companies the €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund could back Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/scale-up-fund-companies
European legaltech mapped: 60+ startups evolving how legal work gets done Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/legal-tech-mapped
The top investors behind Sifted’s Southern Europe 2026 leaderboard Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-top-investors-behind-sifteds-southern-europe-2026-leaderboard
The EU is rapidly rewriting the AI Act. What’s changed? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-ai-act-latest-changes-explained
Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega-rocket after April mishap Jeff Bezos’ rocket company confirmed an engine failure led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite last month, but offered little detail. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/blue-origin-cleared-to-fly-new-glenn-mega-rocket-after-april-mishap/
SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/spacex-launches-starship-v3-for-the-first-time-but-loses-booster-on-return/