The enterprise AI agent market is gaining a new, heavily funded player. Wonderful, a startup founded just in early 2025, has announced the raising of a $100 million Series A round. The funding, led by Index Ventures with participation from…
German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems is gearing up for a €150 million funding round which, according to Manager Magazin magazine sources, could raise the company’s valuation to €3 billion. This is a threefold increase compared to the last valuation and…
UK start-up Nscale, which specialises in infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has signed an extended deal with Microsoft. As part of the collaboration, the company will supply around 200,000 Nvidia chips to data centres in the US and Europe – one…
Record amounts of venture capital funding are flowing into AI startups, but leading global investors are beginning to publicly warn of disconnected valuations. There is growing concern that the early-stage AI sector is becoming overheated, with fear of falling behind…
The European Central Bank has taken a key step towards the realisation of the digital euro by selecting Portuguese startup Feedzai as the main provider of an AI-based fraud detection system. Under the framework agreement, Feedzai, together with PwC, is…
Snowflake is stepping up its efforts in the artificial intelligence space , targeting start-ups directly. The company has announced the launch of the Snowflake for Startups programme, which aims to make it easier for young technology companies to build and…
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long ceased to be seen as an ’emerging’ technology market. Today, it is a globally established, dynamic and competitive centre of innovation, whose IT services and R&D market is growing four to five times…
Israeli cyber security startup Vega has raised $65 million in a combined seed and Series A round, reaching a valuation of $400 million. The funding was led by Accel Fund, with participation from Cyberstarts, Redpoint and CRV. Such a high…
London-based startup Nothing, led by Carl Peia, has raised $200 million in a new funding round. Led by the Tiger Global fund, the company’s valuation has risen to $1.3 billion. The funds are to be used for a key goal:…
The UK venture capital market experienced a noticeable slowdown in the first seven months of 2025. Analyst data shows a decline in deal volume of around 14% and a reduction in total deal value of 11% year-on-year. This cooling off…