Good news from around Europe
UK DeepTech startup BeyondMath raises €8.4 million to expand generative physics research BeyondMath, a London-based DeepTech company developing a generative physics model, has closed a €8.4 million ($10 million) Seed extension to double its headcount in 2026 and expand globally while increasing its research capacity. The extension was led by
Wayve rockets to €7.2 billion valuation with €1 billion Series D bet on AI-driven autonomy – backing from Uber and Microsoft Wayve, a UK leader in embodied AI for autonomous driving, today announced it has raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in a Series D investment round, bringing its post-money valuation
General Catalyst backs AI property rollup Dwelly in £69m funding round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/dwelly-general-catalyst-funding-round-rollup-property
Sweden’s AI strategy won’t keep its best founders at home Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/swedens-ai-strategy-wont-keep-its-best-founders-at-home
Revolut eyes $100bn valuation with fresh share sale Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-share-sale-2025
Forget pitch decks — you need pitch cakes! Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/forget-pitch-decks-you-need-pitch-cakes
Allica Bank becomes Europe’s newest unicorn with $155m Series D Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/allica-bank-unicorn-news
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse/
Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/gushwork-bets-on-ai-search-for-customer-leads-and-early-results-are-emerging/
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/anthropic-acquires-vercept-ai-startup-agents-computer-use-founders-investors/