PolyModels Hub just secured €7.9 million to expand its ModelFlow platform that dramatically reduces experimental workloads in drug development. The funding comes amid growing investor interest in digital solutions for the life sciences sector. Early deployments show the platform can cut experimentat
Accounts receivable automation startup Stuut landed major Series A funding to tackle one of corporate finance’s most tedious jobs. The company claims it can reduce overdue balances by 40% and cut manual work by 70% through true automation rather than just speeding up existing processes.
Klaus Hommels, the prominent European VC behind early bets on Spotify and Skype, is facing questions about potential conflicts of interest. While chairing NATO’s €1 billion Innovation Fund, his firm Lakestar was raising a defense tech fund and shared portfolio companies with the NATO vehicle. The si
Peter Carlsson and Siddharth Khullar have launched Aris Machina, raising $10.7 million to build what they call an “agentic operating system” for manufacturing. The startup aims to solve factory chaos by connecting machines, data streams, and legacy tools. But they’re entering an industry where 95% o
Two 19-year-old MIT dropouts have raised $2.7 million in seed funding for their AI startup Code Four. The company uses artificial intelligence to generate police reports from bodycam footage and currently works with 25 police departments.
Bristol-based Emm has secured €7.7 million in an oversubscribed Seed round to develop its smart menstrual cup and connected app. The funding will help bring the world’s first biowearable menstrual solution to market in early 2026.
Meter is taking Apple’s playbook to enterprise networking with a vertically integrated approach. The company just secured $170 million in Series C funding and promises autonomous networks by 2026. But is this Steve Jobs-inspired vision practical for networking infrastructure?
Kraken has raised $800 million in new funding, valuing the crypto exchange at $20 billion. The round was led by institutional investors including Jane Street and Tribe Capital, with Citadel Securities making a major strategic investment.
The Swedish fintech giant will sell up to $6.5 billion of loans to Elliott funds over two years. This forward flow agreement allows Klarna to originate new receivables while retaining consumer-facing functions like underwriting and servicing.
European AI talent has more than doubled since 2016, now representing 0.41% of the EU workforce. But the continent faces significant challenges including gender gaps and the need to reskill millions of workers by 2030.
