Good news from around Europe
Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user Good news! Discord’s hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/discord-enables-end-to-end-encrypted-voice-and-video-calling-for-every-user/
Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem Mach says the acquisition meaningfully improves unit economics across its five vehicle programs at exactly the moment the company is starting to scale. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/mach-industries-just-spent-50m-to-solve-a-major-defense-tech-problem/
Portuguese European Funds Awards 2026 The 2nd Edition of the Portuguese European Funds Awards (“Prémios dos Fundos Europeus”) is now open for applications. This initiative recognises projects co-financed by European Funds that demonstrate outstanding results and a strong territorial impact. This year’s edition introduces, for the first time, a dedicated
Dust raises $40M Series B to build the “multiplayer” operating system for enterprise AI Agentic AI company Dust today announced a $40 million Series B led by Abstract and Sequoia, with participation from Snowflake and Datadog. With this round, Dust has raised over $60 million in total funding. Most companies
Cosmico raises €12M in Series B round Milan-based future of work company Cosmico has raised €12 million in a funding round combining equity and debt, led by P101 SGR. Existing investors, including Prana Ventures, also participated in the round. Alongside the funding round, Cosmico completed the acquisition of Flatmates, a
European tech weekly recap: More than 55 tech funding deals worth over €4B Last week, we tracked more than 55 tech funding deals worth over €4 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. Click to read the rest of the news. Powered by
Former Vercel executive says voice agents will be won on infrastructure, not models [Sponsored] UK voice AI startup SLNG says the voice labs that have dominated the market have been systematically overcharging enterprises — and that the industry is heading for a price correction. “The market has been shaped by
UK startup Greenpixie raises £4.7M to cut AI and cloud energy waste for enterprises Energy SaaS startup Greenpixie has closed a £4.7 million pre-Series A round to help the world’s largest companies cut millions of dollars in wasted IT spend. Created to provide a crucial layer of sustainability intelligence to
EQT beats Atomico to manage €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eqt-manage-scaleup-europe-fund
Sequoia backs AI agents scaleup Dust in $40m Series B Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/dust-series-b-40m