Good news from around Europe
Meet the speakers joining the “The role of luck in entrepreneurship” panel at the EU-Startups Summit 2026! On May 7-8, 2026, the EU-Startups Summit returns to sunny Malta, bringing together around 2,500 founders, investors, and startup ecosystem leaders for two days of networking, inspiration, and knowledge-sharing. Entrepreneurship is often portrayed
Industrial startup Isembard bags €43 million to scale software-powered factories for aerospace and energy sectors London’s Isembard today announced that it has raised €43 million ($50 million) in Series A funding, less than 12 months after its Seed round in order to open 25 factories by the end of 2026,
Vilnius-based food supply marketplace Saltz raises €20 million Series A, plans 100+ hires as it expands across Europe Saltz, a Vilnius-based digital marketplace for the food supply industry, has raised €20 million in Series A funding to accelerate expansion across Europe, invest heavily in cross-border food trade technology, and grow
Nscale secures €1.7 billion Series C to build global AI compute infrastructure British AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale today announced its €1.7 billion ($2 billion) in Series C funding, to further accelerate Nscale’s global development of vertically integrated AI infrastructure – from GPU compute and networking to data services and orchestration
Isembard raises $50m to bolster Europe’s industrial base Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/isembard-funding-round-ai-deeptech
Billion-dollar fund Kembara’s founder: ‘Missing out on the deeptech era is unforgivable’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/javier-santiso-mundi-ventures-interview
Nscale rockets to $14.6bn valuation with $2bn Series C Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nscale-raises-2bn-series-c
Nucleus and First Momentum back stealth geothermal energy startup Telura Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nucleus-first-momentum-telura
Denmark’s wealth tax plan would be a disaster for startups Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oped-denmarks-wealth-tax-plan-would-be-a-disaster-for-startups
An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.