Good news from around Europe
TrueLayer acquires Dutch fintech In3 to offer credit at checkout TrueLayer, a UK payments fintech looking to disrupt the dominance of card payments, has acquired a Dutch fintech, in a move to expand its offering to credit products. Backed by Stripe and Tiger Global, TrueLayer leverages open banking technology
Kyiv delivers: How Glovo scaled one of its fastest-growing markets in wartime Ukraine Earlier this week, an image went viral in Ukraine. It features a dark and apocalyptic image of Kyiv, with a burning shopping and entertainment centre near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv engulfed in flames, with thick black
Will Europe’s VCs catch up to the influencer craze? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/will-europes-vcs-catch-up-to-the-influencer-craze
Rewriting the M&A playbook: Inside Visma’s acquisition strategy Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-vismas-acquisition-strategy-brnd
The fastest growing legaltech startup teams in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-fastest-growing-legaltech-startup-teams-in-europe
This ex-Spotify boss is using AI to help VCs tell which startups are ‘90% bollocks’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/spotify-ai-agents
Ex-DeepMind researchers raise $50m for AI science startup Inherent Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inherent-ai-funding-round-index-matt-clifford
Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google’s ad business The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/founders-seize-on-indian-court-ruling-to-revive-criticism-of-googles-ad-business/
SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/spacex-awarded-6-45b-in-space-force-contracts-ahead-of-ipo/
I went to the so-called ‘steroid Olympics,’ to understand why Silicon Valley is obsessed with peptides The Enhanced Games — a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs — may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.