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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/24/2025 07:00 EDT

Berlin’s Trade Republic takes on Dutch banks; introduces the first free current account that pays the full ECB interest rate

Berlin-based Trade Republic, an online broker and bank, has announced a new free current account for its Dutch customers that pays the full ECB interest rate of 2 per cent on unlimited cash balances. With this announcement, customers can now send and receive money instantly, move funds between banks with ease, and earn 2 per ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 07/24/2025 06:34 EDT

London’s Zenobē secures €325M to expand electric vehicle fleet operations across Europe

London-based Zenobē has secured €325M in debt financing from a syndicate of seven international banks to accelerate electric vehicle fleet expansion across Europe. The syndicate comprises six existing lenders – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, ABN AMRO, National Australia Bank, Siemens, and Credit Agricole CIB – plus new participant BayernLB. The ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 07/24/2025 05:00 EDT

Italy’s IdentifAI raises €5M tackle the threat of AI-generated disinformation

Milan-based IdentifAI has secured €5M in funding led by United Ventures to expand its AI-driven deepfake detection platform across European markets and into the United States. This round follows the company’s €2.2M seed funding it raised less than a year ago. The investment will fuel international expansion and accelerate research and development of the company’s ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/24/2025 04:36 EDT

Belgium-based FixForm’s co-founder Thomas Vanhumbeeck steps down as CEO; find out who’s filling his shoes

Thomas Vanhumbeeck, Co-founder and CEO of FixForm, the smart maintenance platform, announced that he is stepping down from his role after 4.5 years at the helm. He also announced that he will step away from day-to-day operational involvement through a LinkedIn post. “It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve made — but also the right ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 07/24/2025 03:36 EDT

London-based Lightyear secures €19.5M to expand investment platform across Europe

London-based investment platform Lightyear has secured $23M (nearly €19.55M) in Series B funding led by NordicNinja, bringing its total funding to $58M (nearly €49.30M). The round also saw participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Metaplanet and Skaala, alongside newcomers Superangel, SpecialistVC, and Bolt founder Markus Villig. Other investors included Sir Richard Branson, Wise’s Taavet ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals 2 place · 07/24/2025 02:47 EDT

Swiss startup Freename raises €5.5M to build the world’s first unified internet: Here’s how

Zurich-based Freename, a domain registrar bridging Web2 and Web3 technologies, has secured $6.5M (approximately €5.5M) in a  Series A funding round led by Entrée Capital. Based out of Tel Aviv, Entrée Capital is a VC investment firm that invests in a wide range of sectors, including AI, Data, DeepTech, FinTech, Cyber, SaaS, and Crypto. The ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals 2 place · 07/24/2025 02:11 EDT

360Learning awarded €1.8M French Government grant for its AI-driven skills training platform

Paris-founded 360Learning, a collaborative learning platform, has received a €1.8M grant from the French Government to support its research and development in AI-powered skills-based learning.  The funding is part of France’s 2030 investment strategy aimed at promoting industrial transformation through innovation.  360Learning plans to use the funds to grow its software and machine learning engineering ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 10:24 EDT

Zurich-based Candi Solar secures €20M to expand clean energy reach; eyes major Series D in 2026

Zurich-based Candi Solar, a distributed energy company simplifying clean power for businesses, has secured $24M (approximately €20M) in fresh funding from its existing investors, bringing the total capital raised to over $140M (approximately €120M). The raise includes a $20M convertible loan from Norfund and STOA, alongside a $4M top-up to its existing mezzanine facility with ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 08:54 EDT

After hitting unicorn status, Sweden’s AI ‘vibe coding’ startup Lovable becomes the fastest-growing software company ever

Stockholm-based Lovable, an AI platform that lets anyone build end-to-end software by talking to AI, announced that it has just surpassed $100M (approximately €85.2M) in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in just eight months, and has amassed more than 2.3M active users. This makes Lovable the fastest software company to grow from $1M to $100M of ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 08:11 EDT

Amsterdam’s Supplied AI raises €1.6M to become the ‘Stripe for compliance’, plans to double its team by 2025-end

Amsterdam-based Supplied AI has secured €1.6M in seed funding led by Rethink Ventures and Volve Capital to transform how digital platforms handle onboarding, compliance, and regulatory reporting. The round also saw participation from Volta Ventures, EWOR, and Newschool.VC, alongside angels including Christoph Morbee, Michiel Goris, Constantine Gerasimovich, and Ardan Bousche (ClickPatrol). Supplied AI already serves ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 07:27 EDT

Milan-based Soplaya secures €6M to digitise restaurant supply chains

Lombardy, Italy-based Soplaya, the digital platform transforming supply chains for the HoReCa sector, today announced the successful closing of its €6M in a Series A round, bringing its total funding to €22M to date. The round was backed by leading investors Alkemia Capital, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Riello Investimenti SGR, and P101, with legal support ... Read more Read more ›

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Bella The AI Editor @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 06:16 EDT

Germany’s 4screen shifts gears with €17.89M to scale the world’s first driver interaction platform

Munich-based 4screen has secured $21M (€17.89M) in Series B funding led by Bosch Ventures, with participation from NewRoad Capital Partners and Bayern Kapital. The round also included participation from Dr. Mark Grether, Uber & PayPal Ads architect, alongside all existing Series A investors, including S4S Ventures, Continental VC, Summiteer, BayBG, FRIBA Investment, and Opera Ventures. ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 06:06 EDT

Amsterdam’s Greener Power Solutions appoints Jasper van den Driest as new CEO: Know more

Amsterdam-based Greener Power Solutions, an impact startup looking to lower the CO2 footprint with mobile batteries and smart energy planning, announced the appointment of Jasper van den Driest as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 September 2025. He will succeed co-founder and outgoing CEO Dieter Castelein, who steps down after eight years of leadership. ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 04:41 EDT

German property management startup Buena rides 500% growth wave to €49.4M Series A backed by GV, 20VC, others

Berlin-based Buena, a proptech company, has secured $58M (nearly €49.42M) in total funding, including a Series A, to digitise property management. The funding follows the company’s revenue growth of over 500 per cent in 2024 and over 300 per cent in 2023. The round was led by GV, with participation from investors including 20VC, Stride, ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 03:24 EDT

London’s Genie acquired by US-based DOSS to bring AI-powered operational clarity to e-commerce brands

London-based Genie, the AI-powered operations platform that helps e-commerce brands, announced that it is officially joining forces with Doss, an AI-native Adaptive Resource Planning (ARP) company. Genie was an operations platform designed for rapidly growing Shopify e-commerce brands, aiming to streamline workflows such as inventory management, purchase orders, and forecasting. These processes were made user-friendly, ... Read more Read more ›

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Vishal Singh @ Silicon Canals · 07/23/2025 02:40 EDT

Germany’s Credibur launches with €1.8M funding to streamline how institutions manage private credit

Berlin-based Credibur, a fintech company, has raised $2.2M (nearly €1.87M) in a pre-seed funding round. With this deal, the company is emerging from stealth mode and commencing operations with its initial pilot customers. The funding will be used to develop its API- and AI-based infrastructure, expand its team, and acquire customers. Investors supporting Credibur The ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/22/2025 11:05 EDT

UK AI startup Magentic launches with €4.7M from Sequoia Capital, others to slash supply chain waste

London-based Magentic, a company building an AI Agent platform for the world’s supply chains, announced its launch today and has raised $5.5M (approximately €4.7M) in a Seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital. “Today, the best AI companies are selling outcomes, not seats. In the old world, SaaS sold the promise of ROI. In the ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/22/2025 09:58 EDT

UK femtech startup Daye secures patent for its organic plastic-free diagnostic & menstrual tampons

London-based Daye, a female-founded gynaecology health startup, announced that it has been granted a new patent covering both the design and manufacturing of its proprietary Organic Diagnostic & Menstrual Tampon. According to Valentina Milanova, the founder of Daye, the newly patented product works better than the most absorbent synthetic fibre tampons and uses only organic, ... Read more Read more ›

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Editorial team @ Silicon Canals · 07/22/2025 08:18 EDT

Turin-based Toduba tops up €3.5M funding to advance employee welfare digitalisation

Turin-based Toduba has secured €3.5M ($4.1M) in funding led by Italian venture capital firm P101 SGR to accelerate its digitalisation of the employee welfare sector. Founded by Gianluca Enrietti and Bruno Cavigioli in 2020, the scaleup operates a cloud-native platform with proprietary blockchain technology for corporate benefits management. The funding will support product expansion, international ... Read more Read more ›

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Vigneshwar Ravichandran @ Silicon Canals · 07/22/2025 07:17 EDT

French pharma giant Sanofi to acquire British vaccine biotech Vicebio for â‚¬1.36B 

Vicebio, a biopharmaceutical company that develops vaccines for serious respiratory viral infections, has agreed to be acquired by Sanofi. As part of the deal, Vicebio shareholders will receive up to $1.6B (approximately €1.36B), which includes an upfront payment of $1.15B and an additional $450M (approximately €385M) based on development and regulatory milestones, pending usual conditions. ... Read more Read more ›

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