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Lyft has announced its acquisition of German mobility platform FREENOW for €175 million, marking the U.S. company’s most significant expansion into the European market to date. The deal, confirmed on…

Berlin-based FinTech Pliant has acquired the Vienna-based Insurtech startup hi.health to enable Pliant to apply its payment expertise to the insurance sector while also gaining valuable industry-specific know-how. This marks…

This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with David Nothacker, Co-founder and CEO of Sennder, Europe’s leading digital freight-forwarding platform. Sennder recently made a game-changing move by signing…

Have you ever wondered how to take your marketing strategy to the next level while strengthening relationships with your existing customers? If so, you’re in the right place! The reality…

Despite growing concerns around declining investment levels across the European startup ecosystem, a fresh wave of data highlights one sector that continues to defy gravity—artificial intelligence. This article draws on…

The word of the day is “autodidact” (rhymes with grotto-pie-smacked, like when you get hit with a pastry while spelunking). It’s a fun one, right? I like its meaning, too,…

London-based Hammer Missions, an AI company innovating how owners, architects, engineers and contractors inspect built structures with drone technology, has raised €1.6 million in new funding to accelerate its AI…

Tallinn-based Esgrid, an ESG risk management platform, has raised €900k in pre-Seed funding to build the future of supplier management for SMEs and accelerate product development to cover a broader…

Regardless of whether you’re an online business or traditional brick-and-mortar, the truth is that your website is usually the first point of contact between your shop and your customers. And…

London-based Portia AI, an open-source AI agents SDK, announced today a €5.1 million funding round to give developers the tools to build production-grade AI agents they can predict, control and…