Good news from around Europe
Bootstrapped for seven years, French IT scale-up Fleet enters first LBO at €100 million valuation Fleet, a Paris-based scale-up specialising in IT fleet management, equipment and security for SMEs, announces the entry of ISAI Expansion into its capital through its ISAI Expansion III fund, at a valuation of €100 million.
German e-motor technology cuts energy losses by up to 70% as Additive Drives secures €25 million Dresden-based Additive Drives, a manufacturer of high-performance 3D-printed electric motor technology, has raised over €25 million to reduce global energy consumption and enable new types of electrification. The financing is made up of Nordic
Flowwow Global Expansion Director Ekaterina Gorbacheva to speak at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 We are pleased to announce that Ekaterina Gorbacheva, Global Expansion Director at Flowwow, will join the speaker line-up at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 on May 7-8 in sunny Malta. Founded in 2014, Flowwow is a global gifting
Swedish startup Bits raises €12 million to deepen automation across FinTech compliance workflows Bits, a Stockholm-based provider of compliance and onboarding infrastructure for regulated FinTech companies and banks, has raised €12 million in Series A funding in order to deepen automation across financial crime workflows and expand coverage of additional
Swarmer Announces Public Filing of Registration Statement for IPO Ukrainian Defense Tech company Swarmer, which develops AI solutions for drone swarm automation, has filed for an IPO under the ticker SWMR. Thus, after the placement of shares, Swarmer will become the first Ukrainian DefTech company to go public. On Monday,
The European defence techs working with governments in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-defence-tech-startups-working-with-governments-2026
European VC is facing a Big Bang Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-vc-is-facing-a-big-bang
Exclusive: Serg Bell’s Constructor Capital closes $110m first-time deeptech fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/constructor-capital-closes-110m-deeptech-fund
China is leading the fight against hidden car door handles Under new safety rules published Monday by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in the country must have mechanical releases on their door handles. The new rules, which go in effect January 1, 2027, will prohibit the
Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space The merger creates the world’s most valuable private company and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/elon-musk-spacex-acquires-xai-data-centers-space-merger/