Good news from around Europe
Five Danish startups enter BII’s Venture House 8 cohort with €1.3 million follow-on backing BioInnovation Institute (BII), a Novo Nordisk Foundation Initiative, has provided an additional €1.3 million in follow-on funding to five portfolio startups – Synuca Therapeutics, Gefjon Pharma, MicroMiner, DARERL and Diasense – bringing the total support for
Germany’s Minit Games secures €1.7 million to advance AI-driven short-form gaming feed Hamburg-based Minit Games, an innovator in feed-based gaming discovery, today announced its exit from stealth and a €1.7 million ($2 million) pre-Seed funding round to support the expansion of their team and accelerate the platform’s technical rollout –
German logistics tech firm cargo.one adds Cargofive in €17 million-backed multimodal expansion cargo.one, a Berlin-based AI technology provider for logistics, today announced the acquisition of Lisbon’s ocean rate platform Cargofive – complemented by a near €17 million ($20 million) investment round. The round saw participation from investors including Bessemer Venture
Munich-based Noxon closes Seed funding to turn muscles into digital interfaces for neuromuscular care Noxon, a Munich-based MedTech startup focused on non-invasive neuro- and muscle technologies, has closed a multi-million-euro Seed funding round. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital, with participation from Auxxo and another
How infrastructure is changing agentic payments: ‘A quiet but fundamental shift’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/infrastructure-agentic-payments-brnd
Opinionated women in tech: where are you? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/opinionated-women-in-tech-where-are-you
‘We can’t build it all ourselves’: Saab opens up to defence tech startups Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/saab-opens-up-to-defence-tech-startups
AI upskilling platform Ivee raises $1m seed round backed by Steven Bartlett Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-upskilling-platform-ivee-raises-1m-seed-round
Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/cursor-has-reportedly-surpassed-2b-in-annualized-revenue/
India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India’s largely offline home services market. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/indias-pronto-formalizes-house-help-as-its-valuation-jumps-8x-in-under-a-year/