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LIVE: Europe’s fastest-growing startups in 2025 🌟

This year’s cohort generated €6.3bn in revenue in the last financial year, proving Europe’s startup ecosystem is building companies that could define Europe’s future.

Meet the rising stars 👉 https://t.co/t2NdWwrugt

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The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money?

The AI funding frenzy has seen investors pour billions of dollars into the next generation of “neolabs”, often before they’ve shipped a product.
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EXCLUSIVE: Plural backs $43m round for next-generation battery startup Ore Energy.

Dutch startup says its long-duration tech can help meet AI data centres’ power needs.

https://t.co/vioJBNxsdE

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EU’s €5bn tech superfund officially open for business.

The Scaleup Europe Fund, run by EQT, will be making its first investments in the coming weeks.
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ICYMI: Nscale to provide compute to Oxford, UCL and Imperial AI researchers.

Nscale has agreed to provide compute to researchers from the University of Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London.
https://t.co/l5ZB3Y9W4M

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After a decade of turning down VCs, Oxylabs hits $3.6bn valuation.

We spoke to Oxylab's CEO Vytautas Savickas and CFO Jurgis Rudgalvis to discuss their latest investment from US private equity Warburg Pincus and how agentic AI is reshaping web scraping.
https://t.co/q7UUBQNJ1a

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ICYMI: The 144 new funds this year and what they reveal about Europe's investment market.

Europe's fund managers are raising again. Just not the ones you'd expect.
https://t.co/j43KkH4wyU

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FUNDING NEWS: Fintech startup Moss crowned Europe’s newest unicorn with €30m Series C.
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ICYMI: Nik Storonsky in talks over new share deal for $500bn Revolut valuation.

Revolut cofounder and CEO is in talks for a new share deal that would up his stake in the fintech giant if it hits a valuation of about $500bn.
https://t.co/iThi4abYbV

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Are you sweaty or cracked?

Read our comprehensive guide to the increasingly absurd language founders and investors use to praise one another.
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EXCLUSIVE: Legaltech Wordsmith raises $14m Series B extension from Index, FT Ventures.

Edinburgh-founded legal AI startup Wordsmith has raised a $14m Series B extension, bringing the total round to $84m. 
https://t.co/doxCKHaGqf

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LATEST: Yann LeCun joins new VC firm backed by 244 LPs.

LeCun, known as the ‘AI godfather, launched Paris-based world models startup AMI Labs last year, which has since picked up $1bn in funding. 
https://t.co/aGwWtlcVSx

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NEW: 7 spots to meet founders and VCs in Paris

The bars, cafes, campuses and communities where the who’s who of French tech gathers regularly.
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ICYMI: Mollie doubles down on Europe with €350m expansion plan: ‘Superapp is a convoluted word’.

The Dutch payments fintech has committed €350m over the next five years to expand its product offering, infrastructure and team across the EEA.
https://t.co/9AibUo2CtU

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ICYMI: The 15 anti-fraud startups to watch in 2026 you should be keeping an eye on.

Regtech startup funding is up 147.6% year-on-year.
https://t.co/crr2W6BLTo

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How Daniel Ek is building his ‘new European dream’.

Neko Health and Helsing had rare success in Europe in raising their latest rounds at higher valuations than most of their US competitors.
https://t.co/qKGXfLqAlf

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NEW FUNDING ROUND: CuspAI lands $450m round to accelerate AI materials discovery.

The Cambridge-based AI startup hit a $2.6bn valuation with its latest fundraise, backed by Kleiner Perkins, NEA and Bezos Expeditions.
https://t.co/ayXKqk2EhC

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LATEST: Kendall and Kyle exit UK government amid Burnham reshuffle.

Speculation has mounted over the future of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology under Britain's incoming prime minister.
https://t.co/ZqXzWYNAzt

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NEW: Which University of Bristol spinouts should you be keeping on your radar?

From pre-seed to Series A, discover which spinouts are courting investors.
https://t.co/q65L9lvaIb

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NestAI wants to help Europe reduce reliance on foreign models for defence.

Sifted spoke to Nest AI's founder Peter Sarlin about launching AI models for defence and how this will help Europe own and control its own tech.

Read the full interview now.

https://t.co/Kn4aSCoop2

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LATEST: Exclusive: Defence tech Project Q lands €15m Series A 11 months after last raise

Polish investor Expeditions led the round, which also included German defence specialist Hensoldt and VC Heliad.
https://t.co/fvFYd4GMJi