Good news from around Europe
Ireland’s newest pot of gold: 10 of the most promising startups to watch in 2026 Following our series of country deep dives, we now turn to Ireland, where Dublin has become the clear centre of gravity for the country’s newest generation of tech companies. While Ireland has long attracted multinational
Platform designed to cut cell and gene therapy production costs attracts €6.9 million for UK startup Tozaro Tozaro, a Bedford-based company whose ‘Smart Polymer’ technology looks to significantly reduce the cost of life-saving cell and gene therapies, has completed a €6.9 million (£6 million) funding round. The round was led
Getir founders sue investor Mubadala for $700m Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/getir-founders-sue-mubadala
Why the smartest startups treat their finance stack as a growth function Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/smartest-startups-finance-stack-brnd
European tech sovereignty creates fintech opportunities Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/visa-mastercard-europe-sovereignty-trump
Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn According to a16z, it has eyes around the world in order to spot companies as early as local funds might. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/16/have-money-will-travel-a16zs-hunt-for-the-next-european-unicorn/
How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/16/how-ricursive-intelligence-raised-335m-at-a-4b-valuation-in-4-months/
Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: ‘We want to try really radically different things’ “We’re exploring a different set of tradeoffs.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/16/flapping-airplanes-on-the-future-of-ai-we-want-to-try-really-radically-different-things/
After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting “From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel,” one expert told TechCrunch. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/16/after-all-the-hype-some-ai-experts-dont-think-openclaw-is-all-that-exciting/
Fractal Analytics’ muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India As India’s first AI company to IPO, Fractal Analytics didn’t have a stellar first day on the public markets, as enthusiasm for the technology collided with jittery investors in the wake of a sell-off in Indian software stocks. Powered