Good news from around Europe
Coherence Quantum raises €2.78M to tackle quantum computer scaling challenges Finnish quantum hardware startup Coherence Quantum has raised €2.78 million in a seed funding round to develop its cryogenic signalling and control technology for quantum computers. The round was led by Lifeline Ventures, with participation from technology entrepreneur Mårten Mickos.
Transport for biological material helps Cellbox raise a €5 million Series A Cellbox Solutions, a German warm-chain logistics technology company, has completed the final closing of its Series A financing, bringing the total to €5 million – the company will develop its business model and expand its offering to include
The cash cost of a 60-day customer (Sponsored) A bigger UK contract can consume runway before it creates cash. Put the payment terms into the funding plan before signing. A large UK customer offers a scale-up a contract with 60-day payment terms. The revenue looks attractive. The less visible question
EIF commits €20 million to Swedish VC BackingMinds to support underrepresented entrepreneurs Swedish VC firm BackingMinds has received around €20 million from the European Investment Fund (EIF) for BackingMinds Invest III in order to seek out promising entrepreneurs and businesses often overlooked by traditional investors. The EIF, which is part
OPINION: Europe needs more than just successful exits The acquisition of Berlin-based Talon.One by Dutch payments provider Adyen in July 2026 offers a useful perspective on European technology investing. A company founded in Germany developed technology valuable to a global payments business, and its next chapter is being written within
Germany’s NEURA Robotics shows no signs of slowing down as it teams up with Austria’s NXAI for physical AI Following last week’s announcement that Germany’s NEURA Robotics would be launching its multimodal foundation for physical AI, today the company confirmed that it would be working with Austria’s NXAI on a
Starling founder Anne Boden sold final stake at cut-price £1.7bn valuation, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/starling-founder-anne-boden-sold-final-stake-at-cut-price-1-7bn-valuation-reports-say/
Nvidia backs four German startups as European spending spree continues Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nvidia-germany-europe-uk-france-jensen-huang-invests/
‘The true barrier to entry is scale’: Inside the new frontier of European fintech’s AI arms race Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/transactional-foundation-models/
Revolut app down in widespread outage Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-outage/