Good news from around Europe
Lazzaro One lands pre-seed funding to advance maritime intelligence technology Berlin-based maritime technology startup Lazzaro One has secured a six-figure pre-seed funding round from B#, the pre-seed fund of IBB Ventures. The investment will support the development of its maritime intelligence platform, HUAX, and the company’s technological and commercial expansion.
Tired of Roku and the like? Spain’s Titan OS just raised €40 million to provide you with an alternative. Titan OS, a Barcelona-based technology, entertainment and advertising company, today announced a €40 million ($46 million) financing round to further develop their smart TV Operating System. The round saw participation from
OPINION: Ireland is losing Irish companies because they can’t scale here When Ireland’s Government recently announced Budget 2027, it focused on addressing a problem that has beset Ireland’s startup community for decades. A €1 billion Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) scaling programme would seek to provide startups with greater access
Women TechEU Allies: supporting women-led DeepTech startups across Europe Women TechEU is a European Union initiative that supports the growth of women-led DeepTech startups across Europe. Between 2026 and 2028, the programme aims to support 160 startups through grants of €75,000 each, alongside mentoring, training, expert guidance, networking, and opportunities
Exclusive: Top 10 largest investments by EIC in 2026 – so far EU-Startups has received exclusive investment data directly from our partners at the European Innovation Council (EIC), revealing the ten companies that secured the largest EIC Fund commitments during the first three quarters of the year. From quantum computing
Return secures €835 million financing to expand battery storage capacity in Germany Amsterdam-based Return, an energy storage startup specialising in large-scale battery systems and energy flexibility services, has secured €835 million in portfolio financing underwritten by Deutsche Bank and Rabobank. The financing will support the company’s expansion in Germany, where
American Red Cat drones to be equipped with communication and navigation systems from Ukrainian Sine Engineering American defense company Red Cat Holdings has entered a strategic partnership with Ukrainian Sine Engineering, which develops communication and navigation systems for drones. The companies announced this. The companies plan to integrate the Ukrainian
GTA VI will be available to download before launch: it will require up to 212 GB of storage Rockstar Games will allow players to download Grand Theft Auto VI nine days before the official release. Pre-loading will begin on November 10 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the
Anthropic creates a system to verify the authenticity of AI models Anthropic unveiled FlashProve — a system that allows checking whether a response to a user was actually provided by the claimed artificial intelligence model. The company said this in a statement. The technology uses cryptography to prevent unnoticed substitution
Tech companies tell job applicants: Be AI-pilled (but not too AI-pilled!) Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/job-applicants-be-ai-pilled/