Good news from around Europe
New €30 million Step Fund targets early-stage Italian startups with international growth potential Milan based VC Step Venture has announced the first closing and operational launch of its Step Fund at €30 million, continuing its focus on Seed-stage investments in Italian startups with the potential of international scalability – with
Empat Launches a Free Educational Program to Help Students Grow in IT To get a job, you need experience — but to gain experience, you need a job. It’s a challenge that novice professionals face year after year. In the IT sector, this issue is being tackled by Empat, a
SoftBank doubled its profits to $16B thanks to OpenAI’s growth. The company is preparing to invest in AI Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group reported a sharp increase in profits in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, reaching ¥2.5 trillion ($16.6 billion), more than double last year’s figures. This was
Toloka.vc invests in ALICE Technologies, a US startup from Silicon Valley Ukrainian investment syndicate Toloka.vc has invested in ALICE Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup. This is the company’s eighth deal in 2025. The company announced this to AIN. ALICE Technologies is creating a generative platform for planning construction projects using
Lithuanian digital health startup Self.co raises €2.56M to advance allergy and food intolerance testing technology Self.co, a Vilnius-based digital health company helping people better understand and manage allergies and food intolerances, has raised €2.56 million in a combined grant and venture funding round. The company shared the news with AIN.
Plural moves parent company from UK to Estonia Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/plural-moves-parent-company/
NATO Innovation Fund hires new partner from BP Ventures Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nato-innovation-fund-erin-hallock/
Japan’s biggest bank wants Europe’s scaleups Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mufg-interview/
H&M-backed Syre targets $700m raise after Nike deal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/syre-700m-nike-deal/
Unconventional Ventures reaches €50m first close of second fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/unconventional-ventures-first-close-of-second-fund/