Good news from around Europe
Sweden’s MedVasc raises €2.2 million for anesthesia catheter as it moves toward US approval Lund-based MedVasc has raised €2.2 million through subscriptions exclusively from existing shareholders, as well as completing production and testing activities for their anesthesia catheter Solutio, advancing toward FDA clearance. This follows May 2025’s €917k financing round,
SoftBank is negotiating an investment of up to $30 billion in OpenAI — Reuters Japan’s SoftBank Group is discussing the possibility of investing an additional $30 billion in OpenAI. This was reported by Reuters, citing an informed source. If the deal goes through, it will be part of a massive
Voyager Ventures closes $275m fund, opens Munich office Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/voyager-ventures-275m-fund
What messy finance stacks signal to investors – and how to fix them before Series B Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/finance-stacks-investors-brnd
How to get a job at ElevenLabs: ‘We had 31k inbound applications in a month’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-to-get-a-job-at-elevenlabs
DeepL backer B2venture raises €150m for fifth fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/b2venture-150-fifth-fund-deeptech
The serial founder behind Alan and Mistral: ‘I try to focus on what I can control’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jean-charles-samuelian-werve-alan-mistral
Trump energy department loosens rules on nuclear safety The new rules apply to nuclear reactors built on Department of Energy property, which includes several currently being developed by startups. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/trump-energy-department-loosens-rules-on-nuclear-safety/
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be “a big year for delivering personal super intelligence.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/zuckerberg-teases-agentic-commerce-tools-and-major-ai-rollout-in-2026/
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better/