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Eindhoven-based Astrape Networks, a Dutch deeptech startup focused on improving short-distance data network performance, has completed a €7.9M seed round. This includes a €2.5M grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The round was co-led by PhotonVentures, Join Capital, and Brabant Development Agency (BOM), with participation from Shift Invest, an impact-driven Dutch VC. Ewit Roos, ... Read more
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OpenAI today launched ChatGPT agent, a new agentic model that is able to think proactively and complete computer-based tasks on the user's behalf. The ChatGPT agent is in the same family as o3. It combines several existing ChatGPT features, and it can do things like research and generate reports, execute code using Terminal, generate slides and spreadsheets, and connect to external data sources and applications. OpenAI gives several examples of... Read more ›
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The Verge's Emma Roth reports: The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has "successfully secured" the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. The trade association says 12ft.io's webhost took down the site on July 14th "following the News/Media Alliance's efforts." 12ft.io -- or 12 Foot Ladder -- also allowed users to view webpages without ads, trackers, or pop-ups by... Read more ›
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Texas-based Oracle, a cloud technology company, announced its plans to invest $1B (approximately €855.4M) in the Netherlands over the next five years. This investment will boost Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the Netherlands by expanding AI capacity in the Oracle Cloud Amsterdam Region. “Organisations in the Netherlands are rapidly embracing AI and new technologies,” says ... Read more Read more ›
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Rotterdam-based Passionfruit, an AI startup that helps food companies tackle ESG, quality, and compliance challenges, has secured a €250,000 investment from Smarter Ventures. Smarter Ventures offers a new approach to venture capital by investing in entrepreneurs who use technology to solve real-world problems. They focus on early-growth software companies, especially in AI and Web3. In ... Read more Read more ›
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Copenhagen-based Ageras, a software platform for accounting, administration, and banking for small businesses, has acquired Amsterdam’s Employes, a payroll software company. This is Ageras’s second acquisition in 2025 and its eighth overall. The company has expanded its operations in several European markets, including through the 2024 acquisition of Shine from Société Générale. With the acquisition ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Altura, an AI-powered bid management startup, has acquired Berlin’s Tendara. Founded in 2024, Tendara built an AI software to help government contractors find, analyse, and win public tenders, gaining customers such as AFRY and Datagroup in Germany. With this deal, Altura looks to expand its operations in Germany and support companies entering the country’s ... Read more Read more ›
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Lisbon-based Ventures.eu, in partnership with Dealflow.eu, announced the first closing of Ventures.eu Fund I, aimed at supporting early-stage startups across Portugal and Europe. The fund aims to raise €30M in total capital. Ventures.eu Fund I will back startups led by “high-potential founding teams with a clear global vision,” says the Portugal firm. 60/40 share The ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based re:cap, a fintech company, has launched a €125M credit facility for onward lending and has expanded its operations to the UK. The funding was provided by HSBC Innovation Banking and Avellinia Capital. Julian Schickel, Founding Partner at Avellinia Capital, says, “re:cap is solving a major headache for tech founders. Traditional banks rarely lend to ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based CityFibre, an independent telecommunications network provider, has secured £2.3B (approximately €2.6B) in a financing round to support its growth. This funding includes £500M (approximately €5.7M) in new equity investment from shareholders such as Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Investment Company, and Interogo Holding. Alongside the equity injection, the UK company has also ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based SeaO2, along with TU Delft, University of Twente, and NERA, has received €1.64M in funding from the TKI Energy and Industry programme. The funding will support the development of a decentralised process to produce aviation fuel using seawater, renewable electricity, and captured CO2. The project combines work in CO2 capture, electrochemical conversion, and catalysis ... Read more Read more ›
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Ukraine-based TENCORE LLC, a defence technology company, has secured $3.74M (nearly €3.19M) in funding from MITS Capital. The deal was announced at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025) in Rome. The investment was enabled through collaboration with the Diia.City government team and supported throughout by Diia.City United, an association representing Ukrainian product tech companies. “This agreement ... Read more Read more ›
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In an attempt to further accelerate Germany’s startup ecosystem, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche announced the winners of the EXIST Lighthouse Competition: Startup Factories. As part of the federal startup strategy, ten selected winners will receive up to €10M in matching funds to scale highly integrated, science-driven startup ecosystems over the next five ... Read more Read more ›
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