Opinion: Europe’s VCs must embrace risk — or resign the AI era to US control

Europe’s AI startups are losing ground to the US — and their own investors are to blame. Only 5% of global venture capital is raised in the EU, according to the European Commission. The US, by con [...]

How European battery startups can thrive alongside Asian giants

The global battery market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections showing the sector will reach $400bn by 2030. Yet European entrepreneurs often feel locked out, watching Chinese giants [...]

How Rose Rock Bridge is building the future of energy in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Presented by Tulsa Innovation LabsTulsa was once called "the oil capital of the world,” and since its launch in 2022, Rose Rock Bridge (RRB), a Tulsa-based non-profit startup incubator led by T [...]

Two startups want to replace how AI learns: one just raised $180M, another is seeking up to $1B

Two new AI labs want to reinvent the foundations of AI development: Flapping Airplanes is raising 180 million dollars, Core Automation is looking for up to a billion. Both believe that AI development [...]

Funding for gaming startups dropped off in Q4 2024 | Konvoy

Konvoy's latest report shows that funding for gaming-related startups was curiously low in Q4 2024, as were VC deals. [...]

Europe’s 20 largest startup funding rounds this year (so far)

Despite a cautious VC climate and ongoing geopolitical jitters, European startups are still attracting serious cash.  Covering everything from AI drug discovery and space launches to quantum softwar [...]

Startups, listen up: Proton says you're not "too small" to be hacked

Proton's latest report shatters the myth that hackers only target big banks, urging European startups to "build in private" before it's too late. [...]

Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

Railway, a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B fundi [...]

Softr launches AI-native platform to help nontechnical teams build business apps without code

Softr, the Berlin-based no-code platform used by more than one million builders and 7,000 organizations including Netflix, Google, and Stripe, today launched what it calls an AI-native platform — a [...]