Good news from around Europe
Levellr raises $2.5M to turn discord and gaming user voice data into brand intelligence Levellr, the AI insights platform helping brands and game studios understand and monitor Discord, next-generation communities, and user voice data, has secured $2.5 million in a round led by Fuel Ventures. Founded by Tom Gayner and
London’s HomeCooks secures €1.6 million for its home-cooked meals prepared by independent chefs HomeCooks, a British meal-prep marketplace connecting health-conscious consumers with homemade dishes from independent chefs, has raised €1.6 million (£1.4 million) to accelerate its retail expansion and growth across the UK. The company, which has received funding from
Dutch data centre optimisation startup Lucend raises €2.7 million to expand to the U.S. Amsterdam-based Lucend today announced that it has raised €2.7 million ($3.3 million) in Seed funding to bring its transparent data centre optimisation to the U.S. market, helping enterprises illuminate complex operational environments. The round was led
Update: The EU-Startups Pitch Competition prize package just hit €1 million! Remember when we said the prize package for this year’s EU-Startups Summit Pitch Competition was worth more than €622k? Well, since then, we have added new partners, more credits, and additional opportunities, pushing the total prize value to over
The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Personio co-founder & CEO Hanno Renner This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Hanno Renner, co-founder and CEO of Personio, a leading European all-in-one HR software platform built for small and medium-sized enterprises. Founded in 2105 in Munich, Personio supports companies
From lab coats to unicorns: French VC Daphni Blue closes €260 million fund to turn science into startups Paris-based VC firm daphni has reached the final closing of its latest fund, daphni Blue, at €260 million. The fund, which exceeded its initial target, is designed to transform Europe’s scientific strength
From the front lines in Ukraine to critical infrastructure: How PowerUP is deploying hydrogen generators. Interview with PowerUP Hydrogen-powered generators are moving from experimental technology to real-world infrastructure, including active use on the front lines in Ukraine. PowerUP is an Estonian energy technology company that is developing hydrogen fuel-cell generators
The 26 startups to watch in 2026 — plus cities, sectors and investors on the up Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/podcast-26-startups-to-watch-2026
EIF eyeing ‘more ambitious’ defence investing programme as it doubles down on military tech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eif-defence-fund-military-tech
‘Efficiency as a fundamental principle’: Google and Meta alumni raise $7.5m to build new approach to LLMs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bottlecap-ai-seed-round