Good news from around Europe
Global Startup Awards Grand Finale to take place at this year’s EU-Startups Summit We’re happy to announce that the 11th edition of the Global Startup Awards Grand Finale will take place on the evening of May 7th 2026 as part of this year’s EU-Startups Summit (May 7-8) at the Mediterranean
From eggs to avocados – Germany’s Orbem raises €55.5 million for AI-powered MRI expansion Orbem, the Munich-based DeepTech company turning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) into an AI-powered tool to reveal hidden insights in food and biology, today announced the closing of a €55.5 million Series B round to expand into
Project H2SHIFT: First open call open until 18 march 2026 for hydrogen innovators (Sponsored) Applications are now open for the first Open Call of H2SHIFT, a European initiative designed to support startups and SMEs developing innovative hydrogen production technologies. The call is open until 18 March 2026 and targets companies
The mathematics of war and 50,000 russians killed per month – Fedorov on his plans as Ukraine’s Minister of Defense On January 14, parliament appointed Mykhailo Fedorov as head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. Mykhailo Fedorov spoke to AIN about his appointment and plans for his new position during
Von der Leyen backs EU Inc in landmark Davos speech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-inc-von-der-leyen-davos
Operator-led VC firm Plural targeting up to €1bn for new fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/plural-new-fund-1bn
Meet the startups bringing AI and robots to the lab Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/autonomous-labs-startups
Fintech unicorn Pennylane raises €175m round at €3.6bn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/pennylane-raises-175m-series-e
‘The industry is ready to adopt’: How OpenAI works with Europe’s fintechs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/openai-fintechs
Anthropic’s CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei unloaded on both the administration and U.S. chip companies over plans to sell to China. The criticism was particularly notable because one of those chipmakers, Nvidia, is a major partner and investor in Anthropic. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/anthropics-ceo-stuns-davos-with-nvidia-criticism/