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  • Art Investing Startup Masterworks Files Legal Complaint Against an Early Hire Over Lawsuit Threat

    From its offices on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center, employees at Masterworks hawk fractional ownership of blue-chip artworks, promising retail investors hefty returns. Reporting in both ARTnews in 2022 and the New York Times in 2024 has revealed a freewheeling atmosphere in which the company has played fast and loose with legal read more

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  • UK tech startups urged to take bold risks, by AI minister, as chip startup Fractile invests £100M

    UK tech startups are being urged to take bold risks, by the UK’s AI minister,saying the government will back them, as a UK chip startup pledges to invest £100m in its business. The call comes as the UK government looks to make the UK an AI superpower, attracting investment from tech giants to build massive read more

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    UK tech startups urged to take bold risks, by AI minister, as chip startup Fractile invests £100M

  • AI-native proptech startup MARC backed by a group of angel investors

    Dublin-based MARC, an AI company focused on real estate asset management, has raised a $1 million pre-seed round from 23 angel investors, with no venture capital participation. Backers include Jack Pierse (Wayflyer), Tom Kennedy (Hostelworld), Susan Spence (SoftCo), Eoghan Quigley (the Dublin Chamber of Commerce), and James McGann (Unmind), alongside institutional real estate investors and read more

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  • Kinnevik slashes valuation of stake in Swedish green startup Stegra

    Swedish VC Kinnevik has written down the value of its stake in Swedish green steel startup Stegra by half,citing the higher anticipated costsof a plant it’s building as it looks to become a major player in Europe’s green industrial transition. Kinnevik’s latest financial report reveals it has written down the value of its stake in read more

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  • TechBBQ secures €2M grant to boost Denmark’s global startup presence

    Denmark’s largest startup organisation, TechBBQ, has received a strategic grant of €2 million (DKK 15 million) from the Danish Industry Foundation (Industriens Fond). Since its establishment in 2013, TechBBQ has become one of Northern Europe’s leading platforms for technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The flagship event in Copenhagen now serves as a central meeting point for read more

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  • Healthcare and financial wellbeing startup for over 60s Lateral raises £2.5M

    Experts in healthcare and financial serviceshavesecured £2.5 million in seed funding to fund a startup geared towards providing health and wealth products for theover 60s. The funding round in UK-based Lateral was led by UK fintech investorAugmenum with support fromTriple PointandTinyVC. Lateral, which is a nine-strong team,believes it has spotted a gap in the market, read more

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    Healthcare and financial wellbeing startup for over 60s Lateral raises £2.5M

  • Swedish startup Berget AI lands €2.1M as demand grows for sovereign AI in Europe

    Swedish AI company Berget AI has raised €2.1 million (SEK 24 million) in funding. The investment comes at a time when AI is rapidly becoming critical infrastructure, while increasing regulatory requirements, geopolitical tensions, and the EU’s new AI legislation are driving growing demand for local control of data and AI workflows. Berget AI was founded read more

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  • $1M+ raise for construction startup Arctis AI led by former fencing champion Dila Ekrem

    The construction and real estate sector is Europe’s largest industry, yet it remains largely dependent on manual and disconnected processes. This inefficiency is becoming critical as the sector faces a massive wave of activity, driven by a €584 billion requirement for power grid upgrades and an estimated €500 billion in transport infrastructure modernisations across Europe read more

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    M+ raise for construction startup Arctis AI led by former fencing champion Dila Ekrem

  • Quantum startup Haiqu raises $11M

    A quantum startup based in the UK, Ukraine and the UShas raised what it says is one of the largest seed rounds in quantum software, bagging $11m. The funding round in Haiqu was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Qudit Investments, Alumni Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Silicon Roundabout Ventures and returning investors Toyota Ventures read more

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  • Tallinn AI startup Flashka raises €1M pre-seed and hits 1M users in a year

    Tallinn-founded startup Flashka, an AI-driven study app for university students, has closed a €1 millionPre-Seed round led by Outlast Fund, a Nordic-Baltic early-stage VC. Additional investors in the round include UCP and Vento Ventures. The app helps university students master complex subjects through automated flashcards, quizzes, and personalised learning tools. It has also reached 1 read more

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    Tallinn AI startup Flashka raises €1M pre-seed and hits 1M users in a year

  • Clinical voice AI startup Tucuvi raises $20M

    A Spanish AI voice startup, which says its tech makes minor clinical decisions while on a phone call with patients, has raised $20m in a Series A funding round. Tucuvi was co-founded by MariaGonzalez, its CEO, whose mother passed away after a reported hospital administration error. Its other co-founder is CTO Marcos Rubio. The Series read more

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  • E-commerce operating startup Swap raises $100M

    London-headquartered e-commerce operating startup Swap has raised $100m in a Series C funding round. The round was co-led by existing investor Iconiq and DST Global. The Series C follows around nine months after Swap’s Series B round, when it raised $40m led by Iconiq. Swap has now raised $149m in total. Founded in 2022, Swap read more

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  • How an Irish startup is turning speech into a dementia early-warning signal

    There are a whopping 64,142 people currently living with dementia in Ireland. With age being the leading risk factor for dementia, this number is expected to rise alongside population ageing to 150,131 by 2045. Dementia describes a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking, and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily life. Among read more

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    How an Irish startup is turning speech into a dementia early-warning signal

  • Wayve acquires German startup Quality Match

    Wayve, the UK self-driving startup, has acquired a German startup which specialises in analysing AI model training data for automated driving..The UK startup has acquiredQuality Match, founded in 2019, whichemploys around 20 staff, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition comes as London-based Wayve looks to trump rivals such as Tesla to prove that its tech read more

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    Wayve acquires German startup Quality Match

  • AI customer support agent startup GetVocal raises $26M

    A Paris-headquartered startupwhich develops AI agents for businesses to use in customer supporthas raised $26m and says it’s working with big-name brands such as Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom. The Series A funding round in GetVocal was led by Creandum, the Nordic VC firm, with participation from Austrian VC Speedinvest and Elaia, the French deeptech VC. read more

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