Category: Startups

Health unicorn Alan raises €480m Series G round led by Prosus Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/alan-prosus-raise-series-g-valuation-health-tech

Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/judith-dada-visionaries-ceo-langdock

YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/youtube-shorts-are-getting-even-shorter-with-an-update-that-lets-you-double-the-playback-speed/

The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to. Powered by

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds The prediction market giant Polymarket said it’s refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/polymarket-says-hackers-stole-users-funds/

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/patronus-ai-lands-50m-to-build-digital-worlds-that-stress-test-ai-agents/

Xbox follows Apple with price increases  The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previous levels. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/xbox-follows-apple-with-price-increases/

Compri secures €3.2M to build AI-powered procurement teams Compri, a Milan-based startup developing AI-powered procurement software for industrial companies, has raised €3.2 million in a seed funding round led by Picus Capital, bringing its total funding to more than €5 million. The round also included participation from Shapers, Italian Founders

Tissium raises €30M in equity funding, €30M in debt A French startup which uses a novel technology to reconstruct damaged tissue and restore it to its natural state has raised €30m in equity funding and taken out up to €30m in debt financing, it said today. Tissium has developed materials called ”biomorphic programmable

New €34M Nucleo Ventures fund targets startups and SMEs across Central and Eastern Europe Fortech Ventures announces the launch of a €34 million investment fund and its transition to a new public identity, Nucleo Ventures.   Developed in partnership with the North-West Regional Development Agency (ADR Nord-Vest), the fund will