Good news from around Europe
The iPhone just had its best quarter ever Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple’s phone sales higher than ever. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/the-iphone-just-had-its-best-quarter-ever/
Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/amazon-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-invest-50-billion-in-openai/
Voyager Ventures closes $275M Fund II, reaching $475M in AUM Voyager Ventures has closed a $275 million Fund II. With this fund, Voyager now manages $475 million across North America and Europe. The firm invests in technologies that modernise the base layer of the economy, spanning energy production and distribution,
finanzen.net group snaps up AI investing startup Vickii The AI fintech Vickii has been acquired by the finanzen.net Group, a German financial portal and parent company of the neo-broker finanzen.net ZERO. Vickii began as a student project in Münster. At just 20 years old, Jai Bheeman, Lukas Söllner, and Alexander
Carbonaide raises €3.7M to commercialise CO₂-curing and permanent carbon storage in concrete Green concrete startup Carbonaide has raised €3.7 million to transform the concrete industry through carbon dioxide curing and permanent CO₂ storage. Carbonaide’s technology has been in commercial production since 2024. In 2025, Carbonaide entered into agreements with two
seed+speed Ventures closes €90M Fund III, tripling its original target seed+speed Ventures, the Berlin-based early-stage fund led by Carsten Maschmeyer and Alexander Kölpin, has closed its fundraising at €90 million. The original planned target size for this third fund was €30 million. With investor approval, the hard cap was increased
Northvolt former CEO: “Emotionally tough” raising funds for new venture The former CEO of bankrupt battery maker Northvolt said it was “emotionally tough” raising funds for his new venture, after the demise of the Swedish battery maker, which collapsed with debts of $5.8bn. Peter Carlsson, the co-founder and former CEO of Northvolt,
Nestlé, PepsiCo and L’Oréal among brands using Dragonfly AI as it raises €5.7 million for predictive AI Dragonfly AI, a London-based innovator in AI-powered creative testing, has announced a €5.7 million (£5 million) investment to further advance its neuroscience-led technology, which takes a “fundamentally different approach to AI“. The round
After raising nearly €60 million in 2025, London’s Sokin bags additional €83 million for its payments platform Sokin, a British business payments company, has secured a €83 million ($100 million) long-term debt facility from Oxford Finance LLC to accelerate their expansion across North America, Asia, the Middle East, and South
Polish robotics startup Nomagic secures €8.3 million to scale Physical AI operations in the US Nomagic, a Warsaw-based warehouse robotics company that applies general-purpose Physical AI to optimise warehouse operations, today announced an €8.3 million ($10 million) Series B extension to accelerate its commercial operations in the U.S. The round