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Silicon Canals Editorial Team @ Silicon Canals 1 place · 06/12/2026 09:32 EDT

Most people don’t realise the loneliest stretch of adulthood often arrives in the early 50s, when the children have left, the parents are still here but smaller, and nobody in the house is being raised anymore

The empty-nest narrative ends too soon. The lonelier stretch comes after — in the early 50s, when nobody in the house is being raised anymore and the cognitive patterns of the next thirty years are quietly being set. Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals 3 place · 10/09/2025 08:00 EDT

Berlin’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of workflow automation platforms n8n secures €154.9M at €2.15B valuation

Berlin-based n8n, a workflow automation platform, has raised $180M (approximately €154.9M) in Series C funding, bringing its total to $240M (approximately €206.6M). The latest funding round values the company at $2.5B (approximately €2.15B). The round was led by Accel, with participation from Meritech, Redpoint, Evantic, and Visionaries Club. Corporate investors NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm) ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/09/2025 05:42 EDT

Germany’s industrial AI startup findIQ launches US expansion after €3.4M Seed funding

Herford, Germany-based findIQ, a company that specialises in an AI-based knowledge platform, announced its expansion into the US market with a dedicated local team now in place. The announcement comes as the company recently raised over $4M (approximately €3.4M) towards the end of 2024. “findIQ’s intelligent combination of knowledge management and assistance systems has the ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/09/2025 04:46 EDT

Rotterdam’s Greenchoice acquires stake in EnergyZero: Know more

Rotterdam’s Greenchoice has acquired a strategic stake in EnergyZero. The current majority shareholder, The Sharing Group, will remain the majority shareholder. Rotterdam-based Greenchoice, a Dutch sustainable energy provider, has acquired a strategic stake in EnergyZero, a platform for dynamic energy contracts. Amsterdam’s The Sharing Group (TSG) will remain the majority shareholder. The investment expands the ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/09/2025 04:07 EDT

Amsterdam’s Bitcoin treasury company AMBTS closes €30M Initial Financing Round

AMBTS, the newly founded Bitcoin treasury company initiated by Amsterdam-based Amdax, has successfully closed its Initial Financing Round (IFR), raising €30M in aggregate investment. With the closing of the IFR, AMBTS is now fully funded to commence its bitcoin accumulation programme. The company aims to use capital to grow its holdings, which will help increase ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/09/2025 02:57 EDT

Google to invest €5B in Belgium to expand AI data hub, add 300 jobs; partners with Rotterdam’s Eneco for wind power

Search engine giant Google announced a new two-year €5B investment in Belgium (2026-2027). The funds will be used to expand Google’s data centre campus in St. Ghislain and add 600 people in full-time and contractor roles. The expansion will add another 300 jobs at Google’s data centres in Wallonia, bringing the total number of direct ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/09/2025 02:37 EDT

SoftBank to buy ABB Robotics for $5.38B to power its ‘Physical AI’ push

ABB has agreed to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group and change its reporting structure as part of the process. Zurich-based ABB, a technology company in electrification and automation, announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp for an enterprise value of $5.375B (nearly €4.62B).  The ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 09:23 EDT

Amsterdam-based ThreatFabric receives strategic investment from US cybersecurity firm OneSpan

Amsterdam-based ThreatFabric, a company specialising in tools and expertise for detecting banking threats, announced a strategic investment from OneSpan. Based out of Boston, OneSpan provides secure authentication, identity, electronic signature and digital workflow solutions that protect and facilitate digital transactions and agreements. The Company delivers products and services that automate and secure customer-facing and revenue-generating ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 08:30 EDT

Meet the 6 most innovative companies from Rotterdam, as per the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK)

Six Rotterdam-based startups have been included in the 2025 KvK Innovation Top 100, a ranking of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands.  The selected companies in the list operate in sectors such as agriculture, energy, circular economy, health, and digital technology. The KvK Innovation Top 100 is managed by the Kamer van Koophandel ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 07:43 EDT

Amsterdam’s Endeit Capital backs Stockholm-based Eir Insurance in €20M round: Know more 

Stockholm-based Eir Insurance,  a fully licensed B2B2X white-label insurance company, has secured €20M in a growth funding round led by Endeit Capital, with participation from family offices and existing shareholders. Based out of Amsterdam, Endeit Capital is a growth capital firm fuelling the internationalisation and innovation of European tech scale-ups. With AI as the overall ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 05:44 EDT

Amsterdam-based Fellos raises €2.15M to improve healthcare accessibility for men

Amsterdam-based Fellos, a digital men’s health clinic, has secured €2,15M in growth capital from strategic investors, including a group of healthcare professionals, Dutch Operator Fund, and Capital Mills. Based out of Amsterdam, Dutch Operator Fund is an investment fund targeting tech-driven Dutch startups in the pre-seed and seed stages. The fund, which was launched last ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 04:54 EDT

Dutch-based Main Capital Partners closes €300M continuation fund: Know more

The Hague-based Main Capital Partners closes €300M continuation fund to support its European expansion, with Hamilton Lane leading the investment. The Hague-based Main Capital Partners, a Dutch enterprise software investor operating in Europe and North America, announced the closing of its second continuation fund, raising €300M in commitments. The fund was capitalised by existing limited ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 04:51 EDT

After bootstrapping, Amsterdam’s Saga secures €1.5M to accelerate AI adoption in law firms

Amsterdam-based Saga, a lawyer-centric AI platform, has secured €1.5M in a seed funding round, backed by Dutch and Norwegian investors.  However, the names of the investors have not been disclosed. The Dutch company will use the funds to expand its lawyer-centric AI platform across Europe and Latin America. Additionally, the company is planning a Series ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 03:17 EDT

Ex-YC, ex-Google founding team raises €7M to break the wall between AI and the physical world

Milan-based Cyberwave, an AI-native robotics infrastructure platform, has secured €7M in a fresh funding round led by United Ventures (Massimiliano Magrini). Based out of Milan, United Ventures focuses on supporting entrepreneurs who want to create innovative products and technologies. They recognise the challenges these entrepreneurs face and the desire to succeed in business. Their goal ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/08/2025 03:00 EDT

Amsterdam’s Trusk secures funding to help detect and neutralise enemy drones autonomously

Amsterdam-based Trusk Technology receives fresh funding to develop software for autonomous interceptor drones. Amsterdam-based Trusk Technology, a company building scalable defence innovation for Europe’s security, has received €350K in funding from the North Holland Innovation Fund. The North Holland Innovation Fund (Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland) was established by the Province of North Holland in collaboration with the ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/07/2025 10:43 EDT

Meet the European companies that raised $100M and more in Q3 2025; 18 of them are currently hiring

Europe’s startup ecosystem has grown significantly over the past decade, with more companies achieving billion-dollar valuations. According to Atomico’s State of European Tech report, 11 ecosystems that had no unicorns in 2015 now have at least one. Investment activity remains high, with European startups securing $18.2B across 1,638 funding rounds in Q3 2025, surpassing the ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/07/2025 09:53 EDT

WealthTech startup NAO launches in the Netherlands, letting private investors access alternative assets from just €1

Berlin-based NAO, a co-investment platform, announced that it is expanding into the Netherlands. From October, Dutch private investors will be able to invest in alternative investment opportunities through the NAO app for as little as €1. These include private equity, private debt, venture capital, infrastructure, money market and hedge funds. NAO’s digital platform makes investing ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/07/2025 08:41 EDT

Dutch agtech firm Ceradis acquired by Arizona-based Gowan Company: Know more

Arizona-based Gowan Company announced that it has completed the integration of Dutch company Ceradis into the Gowan Group. This partnership combines Gowan’s global strength in Crop Protection & Seeds with Ceradis’ expertise and capabilities in the formulation, development and registration of Crop Protection compounds. The acquisition aims to strengthen Gowan’s presence in Europe and the ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/07/2025 05:56 EDT

Meet the Dutch companies that raised the 10 biggest funding rounds in Q3 2025; 7 are hiring right now

Dutch startups entered the third quarter of 2025 with tremendous resilience even amid global market challenges. The country’s combination of strong talent, quality universities, and collaboration continues to make it one of Europe’s most reliable places for innovation. From Amsterdam’s machine learning startup to Utrecht’s medtech companies, founders across the country continued to raise capital ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 10/07/2025 05:41 EDT

Production begins at VDL’s Born site as Dutch Defence Ministry signs new contracts with these 3 companies 

Production for the Dutch Ministry of Defence has officially started at the VDL site in Born. Consequently, Minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans signed contracts with the three companies that will boost the Limburg Defence Agenda. The Limburg Defence Agenda is a long-term strategic partnership between the Province of Limburg and the Dutch Ministry of Defence ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 10/07/2025 04:14 EDT

Amsterdam’s Datamonk secures €1.6M to speed up hospital imaging data migration with agentic AI

Amsterdam-based Datamonk, an AI platform for medical imaging, has raised funding to expand its operations and develop its technology. Amsterdam-based Datamonk, an AI-powered platform for automating medical imaging data migrations, announced a total of €1.6M in funding to date. Healthy.Capital and Nina Capital led the Dutch company’s pre-seed round, with participation from angel investors including ... Read more Read more ›

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