French impact investor Time4 VC secures a €50M first close to fund diverse and rural founders, aiming to rebalance access to venture capital beyond major tech hubs.
Author: Aden Erickson
UK agritech startup Cytotrait secures £3M to apply organelle engineering to wheat, maize and potatoes, aiming to boost yields and climate resilience on global farms.
Cape Town-based Orca Fraud raises $2.35M seed led by Norrsken22 to embed real-time fraud intelligence into payment flows across Africa and high-growth emerging markets.
UK-based sovereign AI startup Pimloc secures $15M to turn legacy CCTV cameras into intelligent threat-detection systems while keeping data under national control.
Former Google AI researcher Jad Tarifi raises fresh capital for a robot-learning startup tailored to Japan’s aging society and advanced manufacturing needs.
Stockholm- and Oslo-based mental health startup Braive raises SEK 30M to expand its digital therapy platform and partnerships across European healthcare systems.
German energy startup Einklang raises €2.2M to help small and mid-sized businesses cut electricity costs by up to 40% with data-driven optimization and smart procurement tools.
Slovenia’s startup ecosystem is maturing fast. Here are 10 high-potential young companies expected to shape the country’s innovation landscape in 2026.
Nscale has raised $2B in a landmark Series C round, making it Europe’s most valuable AI infrastructure startup and signaling surging investor confidence in foundational AI platforms.
Puglia’s Mirai Robotics is building autonomous systems and data platforms to bring physical AI and real-time intelligence to the maritime industry.