Category: Startups

GuestReady’s acquisition of Lightbooking lifts Spanish portfolio by 200+ units, taking global total beyond 4,000 GuestReady, a Swiss short-term rental management company, is expanding into the Canary Islands with the acquisition of Lightbooking, a Spanish vacation rental management and distribution operators. This strategic acquisition will add more than 200 units

Finnish company Carbonaide raises €3.7M to scale carbon-negative concrete technology Carbonaide, a Finnish company that enables the manufacturing of carbon-negative concrete, has raised €3.7 million in its latest funding round, which it will use to scale up its operations and accelerate key strategic initiatives. The round was led by Carbonaide’s

Succession planning is a ‘critical’ topic for LPs — and they’re asking more questions Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/succession-planning-europe-vc-lp

What does the EU-India trade deal mean for startups? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-india-trade-deal-startups

Nvidia triples its dealmaking in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nvidia-triples-its-dealmaking-in-europe

‘There’s growing interest’: Deutsche Börse exec hopeful of 2026 IPO pipeline Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/deutsche-borse-interview

a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause Ampadu’s departure perhaps signals the end of the TxO chapter. The fund and program focused on supporting underserved founders by providing access to tech networks and investment capital through a donor-advised fund. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/a16z-partner-kofi-ampadu-to-leave-firm-after-txo-program-pause/

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/openclaws-ai-assistants-are-now-building-their-own-social-network/

OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital This isn’t the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/onlyfans-considering-selling-majority-stake-to-architect-capital/

Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who’ve been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he