Good news from around Europe
Europe’s push for space autonomy gains momentum as Spain’s PLD Space secures €180 million Series C PLD Space, an Elche-based space transportation scale-up, has closed a €180 million Series C equity funding round to support its transition to commercial operations and the scaling of its industrial and launch capabilities. The
GHARAGE Ventures unveils €40 million Fund I, anchored by Gebr. Heinemann, to back travel and RetailTech startups Berlin- and Singapore-based independent venture capital platform GHARAGE Ventures today announced the launch of its inaugural fund to drive technological resilience in global travel and trade. Fund I amounts to €40 million and
YC-backed Diligent AI raises €2.1 million to automate KYC and AML workflows using AI agents Diligent AI, a London-and Berlin-based startup building autonomous AI analysts for financial crime compliance, today announced that it has raised €2.1 million ($2.5 million) in Seed funding to expand its engineering capabilities and accelerate the
Oslo’s Photoncycle raises €15 million to enable households to store surplus summer solar power for winter use Photoncycle, an Oslo-based energy storage scaleup, has raised €15 million in Series A funding to enable households to store surplus summer solar power for winter heating and electricity. The round was led by
EU faces scrutiny as €5bn Scaleup fund shortlist nears Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-scaleup-fund-shortlist-scrutiny
UK pledges £40m for frontier AI research lab Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-ai-lab-sovereignty-frontier-kanishka-narayan
‘Rocket fuel for growth and burnout’: Inside startups’ wild dash to keep up with AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-startups-mad-dash-to-keep-up-with-ai
Leading in the age of AI: Where innovation meets responsibility Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/leading-in-the-age-of-ai-brnd
I turned down VC cash to build my AI startup. You should too. Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/i-turned-down-vc-cash-to-build-my-ai-startup
Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company’s investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story. Powered