Good news from around Europe
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
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
SoftBank is negotiating an investment of up to $30 billion in OpenAI — Reuters Japan’s SoftBank Group is discussing the possibility of investing an additional $30 billion in OpenAI. This was reported by Reuters, citing an informed source. If the deal goes through, it will be part of a massive
Voyager Ventures closes $275m fund, opens Munich office Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/voyager-ventures-275m-fund
What messy finance stacks signal to investors – and how to fix them before Series B Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/finance-stacks-investors-brnd
How to get a job at ElevenLabs: ‘We had 31k inbound applications in a month’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-to-get-a-job-at-elevenlabs
DeepL backer B2venture raises €150m for fifth fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/b2venture-150-fifth-fund-deeptech
The serial founder behind Alan and Mistral: ‘I try to focus on what I can control’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jean-charles-samuelian-werve-alan-mistral
Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter Microsoft, one of OpenAI’s major investors, is benefiting greatly from the AI lab’s growth. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/microsoft-earnings-7-6-billion-openai/
Trump energy department loosens rules on nuclear safety The new rules apply to nuclear reactors built on Department of Energy property, which includes several currently being developed by startups. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/trump-energy-department-loosens-rules-on-nuclear-safety/