Good news from around Europe
London’s Allica Bank targets 10% UK SMB market share by 2028 after €131 million raise Allica Bank, a British digital bank for SMBs that provides a proprietary full stack technology, has announced a €131 million ($155 million) Series D capital raise as it targets 10% market penetration in the UK
Wayve rockets to €7.2 billion valuation with €1 billion Series D bet on AI-driven autonomy – backing from Uber and Microsoft Wayve, a UK leader in embodied AI for autonomous driving, today announced it has raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in a Series D investment round, bringing its post-money valuation
UK DeepTech startup BeyondMath raises €8.4 million to expand generative physics research BeyondMath, a London-based DeepTech company developing a generative physics model, has closed a €8.4 million ($10 million) Seed extension to double its headcount in 2026 and expand globally while increasing its research capacity. The extension was led by
10 of the most promising Netherlands-based startups to keep an eye on in 2026 Following up on our country deep-dive series, we now turn to the Netherlands, one of Europe’s most internationally oriented startup ecosystems. Known for its strength in sustainability, fintech, deeptech, and enterprise software, the country combines strong
General Catalyst backs AI property rollup Dwelly in £69m funding round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/dwelly-general-catalyst-funding-round-rollup-property
Revolut eyes $100bn valuation with fresh share sale Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-share-sale-2025
Sweden’s AI strategy won’t keep its best founders at home Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/swedens-ai-strategy-wont-keep-its-best-founders-at-home
Forget pitch decks — you need pitch cakes! Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/forget-pitch-decks-you-need-pitch-cakes
Allica Bank becomes Europe’s newest unicorn with $155m Series D Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/allica-bank-unicorn-news
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-this-isnt-our-first-saaspocalypse/