Good news from around Europe
Dutch startup Renno launches with €1 million targeting construction cash-flow issues Renno, an Amsterdam-based FinTech startup building financial infrastructure for Europe’s renovation industry, has launched with €1 million in pre-Seed funding to replace the payment methods plaguing the €850 billion renovation market. Founded by Mark Slaughter and Mourad Chennaoui, the
Finnish IQM Quantum Computers secures €40M to expand production capacity for next-generation quantum systems IQM Quantum Computers, a Finnish company specializing in full-stack superconducting quantum computers, announced over €40 million investment to expand its state-of-the-art production facility in Finland. About IQM Quantum Computers IQM Quantum Computers is a global leader in
Danish AI startup Complir raises €1.7M from Finnish Vendep Capital to expand its AI platform for retail compliance Complir, a Danish startup building AI infrastructure for global retail compliance, has raised €1.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Vendep Capital, with participation from Plug and Play, Likeminded, Xpress,
The era of free AI is coming to an end: Ads will appear in the free version of ChatGPT Soon, free use of ChatGPT may no longer be completely ad-free. According to Engadget, fragments of code have been found in the beta version of the Android ChatGPT app that strongly
End of free generation: Sora and Nano Banana Pro reduce request limits amid high demand Google and OpenAI have reduced the limits on the number of requests for their popular generative AI services, Nano Banana Pro and Sora, citing user demand. The changes mainly affected free users. The restrictions took
Ukraine and Norway launches joint production of Ukrainian drones Ukraine and Norway will launch joint production of Ukrainian drones. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense. The agreement on joint production was signed by the defense ministers of both countries on November 30, 2025. According to Ukrainian Defense Minister
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European nations are investing billions in space. How much will go to startups? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-space-strategy-startups/
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