Good news from around Europe
Lunar co-founder exits CEO role after 11 years The co-founder of Danish digital bank Lunar is stepping down as CEO after more than ten years and is being replaced by a former Danske Bank and Saxo Bank executive. Ken Villum Klausen, Lunar co-founder and CEO, who has led Lunar since its
From outsourcing to AI-native delivery: Poland’s software evolution Poland has long been known as one of Europe’s strongest software development and IT outsourcing hubs, supplying engineering talent and enterprise delivery capabilities to companies across Western Europe and the US. While countries like Germany focused more heavily on fintech or SaaS
Grand Games raises $70M Series B to scale hybrid casual mobile games Grand Games, a mobile gaming company focused on hybrid casual titles, has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $103 million. The round was led by Balderton Capital through its
SPACs and megarounds: What’s going on in European quantum? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-quantum-computing-record-megarounds
How UK investment can transform European scaleups Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-uk-investment-can-transform-european-scaleups-brnd
The hottest cities for robotics deals in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-hottest-cities-for-robotics-deals-in-europe
What 2,800 funding rounds reveal about how startups spend money Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/funding-round-spending-startups-series-early-late
Legal AI? Apparently, it’s over. Hello, ‘Agentic Law’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/legora-legal-ai-anthropic-agentic
Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth and early-stage startups. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/riding-an-ai-rally-robinhood-preps-second-retail-venture-ipo/
GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/gm-just-laid-off-hundreds-of-it-workers-to-hire-those-with-stronger-ai-skills/