Celebrity investment in startups is nothing new, but the range of businesses attracting famous backers is expanding. Beyond traditional endorsements and brand partnerships, celebrities are putting capital into companies working…
Europes
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For a long time now it has been hard to escape the impact AI has been having on our daily personal and professional lives. What may have started as a…
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Startup
EU and EIB launch launch institutional investor pact to tackle Europe’s scale-up funding gap
The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group have launched the European Institutional Investors Pact (EIIP), a new voluntary framework aimed at channelling more long-term institutional capital into…
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Startup
Helsinki’s Verda becomes Europe’s latest unicorn after raising €164.8 million to scale its full-stack AI cloud
Verda (formerly DataCrunch), a Helsinki-based AI infrastructure company, announced today that it has raised €164.8 million ($189 million) in fresh funding to scale its full-stack AI cloud. With this funding,…
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Earlier this year, I wrote about the AI power crisis and argued that coordination now matters more than new capacity. The numbers have not improved. Research from the International Energy…
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Crypto Currency
ESMA Warns Crypto’s Expanding Financial Links Could Magnify Europe’s Next Market Shock
Key Takeaways: Nearly €2 trillion of market value has been stripped from crypto losses since their October highs per ESMA. The convergence of crypto and traditional finance could lead to…
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EURC’s biggest-ever surge in addresses and wallets highlights rising interest in regulated euro stablecoins. Euro Coin (EURC) saw a sharp increase in on-chain activity as both daily active addresses…
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Every Friday, we round up the most popular, most read, most critical stories of the week to give you a quick catchup on the big headlines you might have missed…
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In 2026, European VC fundraising continued to concentrate around specialist funds targeting DeepTech, DefenceTech, AI, FinTech, quantum, BioTech, climate technologies, and early-stage software infrastructure. Based on fund announcements reported this…
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Startup
European Deeptech Week 2026: An invitation-only event bringing Europe’s deeptech leaders to Paris (Sponsored)
Organised by Bpifrance in collaboration with INSKIP and other European partners, the European Deeptech Week arrives in Paris from 16 to 20 March 2026, bringing together investors, founders, corporates and…
