Good news from around Europe
Monzo to launch in Spain, as ramps up EU expansion plans Monzo, the UK digital bank, is to launch in Spain, ramping up its European expansion plans, following its exit from the US market. Monzo has set up offices in Barcelona and Madrid, with over 50 employees, and plans to
Health unicorn Doctolib plots £100m UK expansion, acquires London-based Medicus Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/doctolib-acquires-medicus-uk-expansion
Intel backs quantum startup Quantware in $178m Series B to kick-start production at ‘industrial scale’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/intel-quantware-178m-series-b
Revolut mafia: Inside Europe’s biggest fintech’s founder factory Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-mafia
Y Combinator alum Moritz raises $9m to build a law firm supercharged with AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/y-combinator-alum-moritz-raises-9m
The hidden gender gap in startup hiring Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/hidden-gender-gap-in-startup-hiring-brnd
Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/nuro-receives-driverless-testing-permit-ahead-of-uber-robotaxi-service-launch/
SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers’ agents use to a select few like Nvidia’s NemoClaw. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/sap-bets-1-16b-on-18-month-old-german-ai-lab-and-says-yes-to-nemoclaw/
Bumble’s paying users are slipping as it bets on an overhaul later this year The company is making a big bet that the swiping model is outdated and most matches never turn into actual dates. The company wants to fix that by redesigning profiles, changing how people interact, and focusing
Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that’s slowing down physical sciences Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/altara-secures-7m-to-bridge-the-data-gap-thats-slowing-down-physical-sciences/