Good news from around Europe
Berlin-based VREY raises €3.3M to unlock shared-roof solar Berlin-based climatetech startup VREY has closed a €3.3 million seed funding round led by Rubio Impact Ventures, with participation from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Kopa Ventures. The company enables property owners to deploy solar systems in multi-family buildings and supply the generated
TheStorage raises €3.6M to scale industrial thermal energy storage Cleantech company TheStorage, which develops industrial thermal energy storage solutions, has closed a €3.6 million seed funding round. The round was led by Voima Ventures, with participation from existing investors Superhero Capital and 2C Ventures, alongside new investor Momentum. The company
Legora snaps up Stockholm legal research startup Qura Swedish legal tech unicorn Legora has made its second acquisition in two months, snapping up a Swedish startup specialising in legal research, which has built a search engine for lawyers. Legora has acquired Qura, a 10-strong team which was founded in 2023,
Starling no plans to enter “massively overserved” US retail banking market Starling Bank has no plans to enter the “massively overserved” US retail banking market, but will focus its US expansion on its business-to-business offering instead, says its chief financial officer. The UK challenger bank is looking to establish
Ride-hailing giant Lyft to buy black cab app Gett’s UK business Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lyft-gett-buys-deal-acquisition-black-cab
Elon Musk mulled Mistral deal to take on OpenAI and Anthropic, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/elon-musk-xai-mistral-partnership
11 AI operators to watch in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-operators-to-watch-in-europe
Builder.ai founder named ‘key beneficiary’ in money-laundering probe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sachin-duggal-money-laundering
Ex-Creandum partner launches fund to help scaleups raise capital via bonds Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ex-creandum-partner-launches-fund-to-help-scaleups-raise-capital-via-bonds
Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/authorities-arrest-special-forces-soldier-who-allegedly-made-400k-on-polymarket-bet-involving-maduro-operation/