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Are Europe’s fintechs ready for Mythos?
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April 21, 2026
Are Europe’s fintechs ready for Mythos?
Scaleups already struggled to ensure criminal activity kept off their systems
# Fintech
Stripe alumni raise €7.5m for AI-powered fintech Seapoint
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April 21, 2026
Stripe alumni raise €7.5m for AI-powered fintech Seapoint
Dublin-based startup opens signups for British and Irish founders
# Fintech
The European robotics startups hiring the most right now
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April 21, 2026
The European robotics startups hiring the most right now
Equity investment into European robotics startups more than doubled in 2025, reaching €1.45bn
# Robotics
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
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April 20, 2026
‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands
German AI translation startup DeepL recently partnered with Amazon for its cloud infrastructure, sparking concerns
# European tech sovereignty
15 female founders to watch in European deeptech
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April 20, 2026
15 female founders to watch in European deeptech
From space to quantum through EVs and biotech, these are the female deeptech founders that should be on your radar
# Deeptech
Three lessons from Silicon Valley for Europe
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April 20, 2026
Three lessons from Silicon Valley for Europe
Billboards scream AI dominance in San Francisco — but the continent's path may lie elsewhere
# Venture capital
14 Portuguese startups to watch, according to investors
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April 20, 2026
14 Portuguese startups to watch, according to investors
A new generation of companies in AI, cybersecurity and SaaS is leading the charge
# Venture capital
Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?
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April 17, 2026
Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?
Some investors are cautious about the influx of public money, arguing other systemic changes are needed instead
# Venture capital
AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech
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April 17, 2026
AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech
AI startups captured 51% of funding in Q1; AI agents were the biggest VC draw
# Venture capital
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups
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April 16, 2026
The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups
Drug discovery, cheap supercomputing and sustainability startups among chosen partners
# Artificial intelligence
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
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April 16, 2026
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
London startups raised more in Q1 2026 than in the whole of H1 2025; the UK capital also captured over half of all European AI funding
# Venture capital
16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
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April 16, 2026
16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs
AI powers next new wave of B2B startups investors can’t get enough of
# Fintech
Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic
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April 16, 2026
Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic
Engineers work through the night to prepare new releases
# Artificial intelligence
Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare
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April 16, 2026
Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare
The Copenhagen-based company provides an information verification browser extension
# Artificial intelligence
Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’
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April 15, 2026
Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’
In a further sign of the 'SaaSpocalypse' hitting the tech world, the decade-old European tech conference SaaStock is closing down
# Events
Baillie Gifford on filling Europe's growth investment gap: 'There’s a dearth of capital in Europe'
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April 15, 2026
Baillie Gifford on filling Europe's growth investment gap: 'There’s a dearth of capital in Europe'
With clearly defined guardrails “someone else takes the risk”, says director Alan Coffey
# Venture capital
Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’
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April 14, 2026
Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’
With experience from Spotify, Google and Meta, Patrik "Totte" Torstensson moves back to Sweden to manage engineering at Lovable
# Startup life
Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay?
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April 14, 2026
Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay?
Fintech giant Revolut reports significant growth in its direct payment option
# Fintech
After Orbán? Hungary's tech leaders celebrate with 'cautious optimism'
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April 14, 2026
After Orbán? Hungary's tech leaders celebrate with 'cautious optimism'
Removal of authoritarian PM after 16 years signals optimism for homegrown entrepreneurs
# Government
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
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April 13, 2026
Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’
The firm is focused on less popular areas like health, wellness and decarbonisation
# Venture capital
Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects
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April 13, 2026
Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects
New insights on the backgrounds of successful investors are a mix of unsurprising, surprising and depressing.
# Venture capital
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
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April 13, 2026
OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions
Ministers face tough choices over energy prices, tech sovereignty and partnerships with Big Tech
# Deeptech
AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?
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April 13, 2026
AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?
Future price hikes of AI models could throw startups’ unit economics out of whack
# Artificial intelligence
Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years
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April 10, 2026
Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years
14 billion-dollar companies emerge across AI, defence and fintech
# Venture capital

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Are Europe’s fintechs ready for Mythos?

Stripe alumni raise €7.5m for AI-powered fintech Seapoint

The European robotics startups hiring the most right now

‘Europe is a digital colony’: Startups wrestle with tech sovereignty demands

15 female founders to watch in European deeptech

Three lessons from Silicon Valley for Europe

14 Portuguese startups to watch, according to investors

Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs?

AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech

The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit just struck deals with these 7 startups

Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin

16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

Lovable scrambles under pressure from Anthropic

Exclusive: 20VC leads €3.6m pre-seed for ‘TikTok meets Wikipedia’ startup Flare

Exclusive: Industry event SaaStock shuts down under ‘real pressure from AI’

Baillie Gifford on filling Europe's growth investment gap: 'There’s a dearth of capital in Europe'

Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’

Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay?

After Orbán? Hungary's tech leaders celebrate with 'cautious optimism'

Eka Ventures raises £80m to invest in startups ‘leaning into regulation’

Who gets ahead in VC? Mostly the usual suspects

OpenAI’s Stargate retreat exposes cracks in UK tech ambitions

AI bubble: Have VCs already forgotten 2021?

Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years