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Stateful Robotics secures $4.8M to advance long-term robot intelligence
Stateful Robotics, an embodied AI company spun out of the University of Oxford, has raised $4.8 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), with additional participation from angel investor Stan Boland. While advances in large language and other foundation models have significantly improved robots’ perception and read more
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Climatetech platform Zevero raises $7M amid growing global demand for carbon data
Zevero, a carbon management platform, has secured $7 million in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $14 million. The round includes participation from Spiral Capital, Gazelle Capital, and Deep 30, and follows a period of rapid growth. The company provides an AI-driven platform that helps businesses measure, manage, and derive value from emissions read more
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The 2026 European Deeptech Report: Sector reaches $690B as VC share hits record
The 2026 European Deeptech Report, published by Lakestar, Walden Catalyst, and Dealroom, highlights a record surge in Europe’s deeptech ecosystem. VC-backed deeptech companies are now valued at $690 billion, with investment in the sector continuing to outperform the broader technology market. Deeptech is playing an increasingly important role in addressing global challenges, including climate, energy, read more
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Agents for finance startup Zalos raises $3.6M to transform finance departments
A startup looking to ease the manual workload of finance teams through deploying AI agentshas raised $3.6m in a seed funding round. The funding round in the London and San Francisco-basedZalos was led by Swiss VC 14Peaks Capital. Other investors include Cohen Circle, Harry Stebbings’ 20VC and several angels, including Ian Sutherland, the CTO of read more
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Team Scaleup launches to close Europe’s post-Seed funding gap
Today sees the launch of a new venture targeting Europe’s scaleup gap. Europe is losing too many of its most promising companies in the critical growth phase after seed funding; only one in four ever graduates to a Series A round. In response,Team Scaleup, a newly launched platform, is building a bespoke accelerator that tailors read more
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Foreverland lands €6M to tackle cocoa supply with alternatives
Foreverland, a Milan-based foodtech company developing cocoa-free chocolate alternatives, has secured €6 million in a new funding round, bringing its total capital raised to €9.4 million. The round includes follow-on investment from Kost Capital and Maia Ventures, alongside new investors, including CDP Venture Capital, Linfa agrifoodtech fund (managed by Riello Investimenti SGR), and Newtree Impact. read more
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Worlds Collide: The Art of Mary Iverson – Hi-Fructose Magazine
While the inklings of Iverson’s new work were a long time stewing, she had to undergo several dramatic changes in style before arriving at her current location. “Where this series really started was when I was out painting Seattle’s industrial areas, and doing plein air realistic renderings.” Iverson recalls. “As I focused more on that read more
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Credo Ventures raises $88M Fund 5 to double down on pre-seed in CEE and its global diaspora
Today, Credo Ventures announces Credo Stage 5, a $88 million fund that continues the firm’s mission to be the first backer of the most ambitious CEE founders globally, both in the CEE region and in diaspora communities. Credo Ventures is a Prague and Krakow-based venture capital firm founded in 2010, investing in exceptional founders from read more
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Interloom raises $16.5M to develop enterprise memory for AI agents
Interloom, an enterprise operations platform that captures expert knowledge and converts it into a persistent memory layer for AI agents, has closed a $16.5 million seed funding round. The round was led by DN Capital, with participation from Bek Ventures and existing investor Air Street Capital. The company addresses a key limitation in enterprise AI read more
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Adzuna acquires Trovit and Mitula jobs businesses to expand global footprint
Job search platform Adzuna has acquired the jobs businesses of Trovit and Mitula, two market-leading search engines operated by the Lifull Connect group. The acquisition marks Adzuna’s third acquisition in four years, further strengthening its position as one of the world’s leading global job search platforms. Founded in 2006, Trovit and Mitula operate in more read more
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EGIDE raises €8M Seed to build affordable interceptor systems for modern warfare
French defencetech EGIDE has raised an €8 million seed round. The round was co-led by Expeditions, Eurazeo, and Heartcore Capital, with participation from Galion.exe and Kima Ventures. Founded in 2025 by former MBDA aerospace and defence engineers Simon Calonne and Florian Audigier, EGIDE was created to address the rapidly growing threat posed by cheap mass-produced read more
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Newly secures $2M+ in funding to advance native app creation platform
Stockholm-based Newly (formerly Natively), a mobile app development company,has raised over $2 million to date in funding to accelerate its growth and broaden access to native app development. The round was led by PSV Tech, with participation from Karaoke Club, Wave Ventures, Inception Fund, Foundry Ventures, Tiny Supercomputing Investment Company, and a group of prominent read more
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Nathan Benaich's Air Street raises $232M Fund III, becoming Europe’s largest solo GP venture firm
Air Street Capital, founded by Nathan Benaich, has raised $232M for Fund III — making it the largest solo GP venture fund in Europe. The fund invests in AI-first companies in North America and Europe. The firm will lead early-stage rounds with cheques ranging from $500,000 to $15 million, alongside select growth investments of up read more
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360 Capital announces €85M close for Poli360 2, targeting €100M
360 Capital, a European venture capital firm, has closed €85 million for Poli360 2, its new technology transfer fund targeting a total size of €100 million. The fund focuses on early-stage deeptech startups. Poli360 2 is classified as an Article 8 fund under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Its investor base includes the European read more
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Lasers, robots, action: MIT workshop explores Raman spectroscopy
Could a three-hour workshop on an advanced materials analysis technique turn someone into a detective — or perhaps an art restorer? At MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) in late January, about a dozen students explored that possibility during an Independent Activities Period (IAP) workshop on Raman spectroscopy, a technique that uses laser light read more
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AI model giants should pay a levy to operate in Europe, says Mistral boss
AI model giants should pay a “levy” for selling their services in Europe with the money funnelled into Europe’s cultural sector,according to the boss of Europe’s leading AI model startup. Arthur Mensch, the CEO and co-founder of Mistral, says such a levy would be a win-win for both the AI model providers, giving them legal read more
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Starling Bank rolls out “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant”
Starling Bank is rolling out what it says is the “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant”, as it looks to leverage the new technology to help improve day-to-day banking. The UK challenger bank, which has nearly fivemillion customers, said that Starling Assistant can help its customers manage day-to-day finances, share personalised financial insights and give read more
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Meet Rachel: the AI agent that phoned 3,000 pubs to price a pint
Over Paddy’s weekend 2026, a friendly Northern Irish “woman” called Rachel rang more than 3,000 pubs across all 32 counties to find out the price of a pint of Guinness. Over 1,000 gave a price. Only a handful seemed to realise Rachel was an AI voice agent. A data gap 14 years in the making read more
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A New Game Turns the H-1B Visa System Into a Surreal Simulation
More than half of the nine developers who worked on the game have either obtained a US visa or tried and failed to do so. Most of them are from China, but the team also intentionally recruited talent from other countries in the hopes of incorporating more diverse immigrant perspectives. “Everybody knows somebody that’s on read more
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Marc Fornes' New Sculptural Pavilion Reimagines the Architectural Folly
A bold new structure has appeared in Cary Park in Cary, North Carolina: the latest sculptural pavilion by Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY. The work is titled “L’Ile Folie,” which nods to the architectural tradition of the folly, a landscape feature that was all the rage with wealthy estate owners in the 18th and 19th centuries. read more
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