Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature.Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's ac…
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Finnish startup Aisti secures €20M EIB loan to scale bio-based ceiling tile production
ain - Aisti is building a large-scale production facility in Kitee, Eastern Finland, set to begin manufacturing in the second half of 2026.
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Omnidocs acquires majority stake in Switzerland’s officeatwork to deepen DACH presence
Cate Lawrence / tech - Danish software company Omnidocs has acquired a majority stake in officeatwork, a Switzerland-based provider of document creation solutions with a strong foothold in the DACH region. Omnidocs is a do...
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Swiss Glucose-Monitoring Startup Liom Raises €13.9 Million In Series A Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Schwyz-based Liom, a developer of a non-invasive glucose-monitoring wearable and biomarker monitoring solutions, has secured a €13.9 million (CHF 13 million) extension to its Series A financing round. The round was led by existing investors, with new part…
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Early backer of Personio and Enpal Picus Capital raises €150M in preferred equity from Carlyle AlpInvest
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Picus Capital has secured a capital boost, closing a €150 million preferred equity financing provided by Carlyle AlpInvest.…
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Italy’s Cybersecurity Firm Exein Raises €100M To Fuel Global Expansion
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Exein, a Rome-based innovator in embedded cybersecurity for connected devices, has announced €100 million in new funding to accelerate product development and international expansion, bringing its total raised in 2025 to €170 million. The round was led by…
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Digital bank Monzo gains a full European banking licence
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - UK-based digital bank Monzo is ready to expand into Europe. The fintech has acquired a full banking licence from the Central Bank in Ireland, as well as from the European Central Bank. Monzo has gone from strength to strength since it launched back in 201…
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Wodan AI Secures €2M Funding To Advance Sovereign Data Security In Europe
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Wodan AI, a startup specializing in running artificial intelligence models directly on fully encrypted data, has closed a €2 million pre-seed round. The round was led by Spanish funds JME Ventures, Swanlaab, and Adara Ventures, with additional participati…
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U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight
Ana Swanson, Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek / nytimes - The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.
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Meet MyDello: This Baltic startup lands €3.1M to take on Flexport with AI freight automation
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - The global freight industry is one of the world’s largest markets, yet much of it still depends on…
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YC-backed Lucis bags $8.5M to turn blood tests into Europe’s daily health dashboard
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Europe’s healthcare system is still built around treating illness after symptoms appear. However, that approach comes at a…
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Mirelo Raises $41M in Seed Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Mirelo, a Berlin, Germany-based audio company generating synchronized sound effects for videos, raised $41M in Seed funding. The round was led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital. Angel in…
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QuantumDiamonds plans €152 million investment in quantum chip inspection facility in Munich
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - QuantumDiamonds (QD), a Munich-based quantum sensing company for semiconductor inspection, has unveiled plans to invest €152 million to build what it calls the world’s first production facility for advanced chip testing systems. The planned Munich facilit…
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Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine
Cate Lawrence / tech - Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics today announced the creation of “Quantum Frontline Industries” (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, indus...
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Swiss startup Soverli secures $2.6M to rethink smartphone security in Europe
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Europe’s push for digital sovereignty has transformed clouds, networks, and data infrastructure into strategic priorities. Yet the most…
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Mollie buys GoCardless in €1.05B deal to serve 350,000+ businesses across Europe
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Dutch payments leader Mollie has struck a landmark agreement to acquire UK-based GoCardless in a deal valued at…
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Elvy raises €500M to power its next-generation energy solution
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Swedish energy company Elvyhas secured a €500 million financing package from Scayl and a banking partnerto fund home energy packages offered through a monthly subscription model. Thepackages include s...
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Germany’s Amplifold Secures €5M To Advance Rapid, Affordable DNA-Origami Diagnostics
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Amplifold, a Munich-based biotech startup developing rapid diagnostic tests powered by DNA-origami nanotechnology, has closed an oversubscribed €5 million seed round. The LMU spin-off will use the funding to industrialise its DNA-origami signal amplificat…
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Mondu Secures €100M Funding And Strategic Partnership With J.P. Morgan Payments
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Berlin-based Mondu, a B2B payment solutions provider, has secured a €100 million debt facility from J.P. Morgan Payments to scale its services and support its expansion across European markets. Founded in 2021 by Malte Huffmann, Philipp Povel, and Gil Dan…
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Earlybird-X spin-off U2V launches €60 million fund to back DeepTech startups from European tech universities
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It will invest in …
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