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Making startup investing accessible, Madrid’s Akka channeled near €9 million into tech companies in 2025 Akka, a Spanish FinTech company that allows anyone to invest in high-potential technology startups through a private investment club, has reached almost €9 million invested this year, and more than €11 million in its 20
Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025: Interview with Nadica Desanova Co-founder of MIMIC TECH Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food. On 20 November 2025 concluded the six-month Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme concluded with Demo Day in North Macedonia. The event showcased
Revolut closes Ukrainian accounts “due to local legislation requirements” British neobank Revolut is closing Ukrainian accounts “due to local legislation requirements.” Letters about account closures began arriving on December 22, according to users on social media. The company also confirmed the closure to AIN. “Revolut can no longer provide its
Ukrainian defense company Sine Engineering wins NATO Innovation Range competition in Finland Ukrainian defense tech company Sine Engineering was among the winners of the NATO Innovation Range international technology solutions competition, which took place on December 8–10 in Finland. This was announced by Oles Khudoba, co-founder of Double Tap Investments,
Finnish startup Aisti secures €20M EIB loan to scale bio-based ceiling tile production Aisti, a Finnish construction technology startup, has secured €20 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the InvestEU program to expand production of its bio-based suspended ceiling tiles. About Aisti Aisti, founded in 2019 by
Gold prices have reached a historic high. What is influencing this? Gold prices have risen to record levels amid expectations of lower interest rates in the US and escalating geopolitical tensions around the world, Bloomberg reports. The price of gold jumped more than 1.5% and exceeded the previous record of
Pirate activists hacked Spotify’s library: they stole data on 86 million tracks The pirate group Anna’s Archive, known for creating the largest open library of books, announced that it had successfully scraped Spotify’s library. Activists claim to have gained access to 86 million audio files and hundreds of millions of
The 13 events that shaped European deeptech in 2025 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/2025-events-that-shaped-european-deeptech
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NATO Innovation Fund reduces salaries from €677k a year to ‘fair market rate’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nato-innovation-fund-salaries