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Shiftmove acquires Ocean, expanding its European fleet technology footprint Berlin-based Shiftmove has acquired Ocean, the fleet management division of Orange Business in France. This acquisition positions Shiftmove as a significant European fleet technology provider, serving 27,000 corporate customers and managing 730,000 vehicles across the continent with a team of more

Italy’s Bending Spoons adds Eventbrite to portfolio in €430 million all-cash acquisition Milan-based tech company Bending Spoons is acquiring global event platform Eventbrite in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €430 million ($500 million). The definitive agreement will see the US-listed Eventbrite become a privately held company, with the deal

New approaches to ALS, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s receive support as Axoltis Pharma secures €18 million Axoltis Pharma, a French BioTech company dedicated to developing novel therapeutic solutions for neurodegenerative diseases, today announces the closing of a €18 million ($20.9 million) Series A funding round in order to develop its lead

Belgium’s Donna secures €4.1 million to scale its AI assistant for field sales teams Ghent-based Donna, the developer of a proactive AI assistant for field sales teams, has today announced €4.1 million ($4.8 million) in new funding to accelerate international expansion. The round is led by Frontline Ventures, with participation

London’s Expedition Growth Capital raises €323 million Fund III to back bootstrapped European companies Expedition Growth Capital, a British software-specialist growth equity firm, today announced that it has raised its third fund of €323 million ($375 million), continuing its focus on partnering with European companies without venture capital. The oversubscribed

UCD spin-out Mirror Security secures €2.1 million to advance FHE-based AI security in collaboration with Intel Mirror Security, a research-driven cybersecurity company spun out of University College Dublin, has raised €2.1 million ($2.5 million) in pre-Seed funding to scale its encryption platform for AI Security. The round was led by

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Z TriFold, a 10-inch tri-fold smartphone priced at $2,440 Samsung has unveiled its first triple-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold. This move is a direct response to intensifying competition in the foldable device segment, where Chinese manufacturers have been actively expanding their presence recently. The

Austrian AI startup fonio.ai raises €3M to expand AI call assistant into omnichannel platform fonio.ai, a Vienna-based AI startup provides an AI-powered assistant to automate business calls, has raised a €3 million financing round from 13 selected European angel investors. fonio.ai will use the funding to enhance its AI, expand

Apple’s head of artificial intelligence resigns amid unsuccessful AI market launch Apple has announced that John Giannandrea, head of artificial intelligence, will step down from his position and leave the company in spring 2026, Bloomberg reports. Under Giannandrea’s leadership, Apple’s AI team failed to catch up with its competitors in

CEE startups raise over €510M across 148 VC deals in Q3 2025 – Vestbee report Global venture funding continued its rebound in Q3 2025, reaching $97 billion, with nearly half flowing into AI startups. Europe maintained steady growth at $13.1 billion, driven by strong early-stage activity, while CEE markets secured