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Navigating AI complexity with strategic finance: Sapphire CFO Solutions on the evolving role of CFOs in startups

Heather Hall, a fractional CFO and founder of Sapphire CFO Solutions, observes a growing sense of AI overwhelm among startup founders. “New tools may promise greater automation and efficiency, but t [...]

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Opinion: Space startups are pivoting to defence. That’s great for innovation

A few months ago, at the SmallSat Symposium, a panel issued a sobering warning to space startups: do not chase defence dollars at the expense of long-term sustainability. Why? Because companies, parti [...]

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Startups need ‘clear pathway’ into UK’s new defence plan, experts warn

Britain’s new military tech strategy will fail unless startups are given clear pathways to adoption, experts have warned. Their concerns follow the government’s announcement that defence spending [...]

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Digital-native startups are ditching rigid databases for their agentic stacks     

Presented by MongoDBThe gap between what AI models and agents can produce and what legacy infrastructure can reliably support is known as architectural drag, and it is the defining bottleneck of the a [...]

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GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups

Berlin- and Singapore-based venture platform GHARAGE Ventures has launched Fund I, a €40 million early-stage fund focused on technologies shaping the future of travel infrastructure and airport reta [...]

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Most startups don’t have a burn problem. They have a decision problem

Running out of money is a story as old as startups, and still highly relevant in 2026. According to recent findings of CB Insights, based on an analysis of 431 VC-backed companies that shut down since [...]

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Europe has twice as many climate tech startups as the US — but there’s a catch

Europe is home to twice as many climate tech startups as the US (30,000 vs. 14,300). However, limited access to VC funding is forcing these early-stage companies to seek capital from outside the conti [...]

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EU-Startups Summit returns to Malta in May with 2,500 attendees, and 80+ speakers

The 12th edition of one of Europe’s longest-running startup events takes place on 7–8 May in Valletta. Alongside the usual pitch competition and investor matchmaking, this year’s programme inclu [...]

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LUMO Fund wins €6M from Spain’s SETT to support European impact startups

Eindhoven-based LUMO Labs has secured a €6 million commitment from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), the public investment arm of the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transfor [...]

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