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Gaming🇺🇸May 22, 2025 Chess.com Reaches 200 Million Users with a Fully Remote Global Team

🇵🇹May 22, 2025 OW Ventures: Investing to Scale Portuguese Tech and Innovation

M&AEnterprise Software🇺🇸May 22, 2025 Big Move: OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive’s io to Design Future AI Hardware

🇳🇱May 22, 2025 EIF’s First-Ever Defence Fund Investment: €40M into Keen Venture Partners

Fintech🇬🇧May 21, 2025 Chip Reports 2024 Profit Milestone and Crowdfunding Success

PeopleEnergy🇦🇹May 21, 2025 OMV CEO Alfred Stern to Step Down in 2026 After Leading Strategic Shift

Media🇸🇪May 21, 2025 Tictail: The Swedish Shopify That Almost Made It

Enterprise Software🇬🇧May 21, 2025 Builder.ai Enters Insolvency Amid Restructuring Efforts

🇨🇭May 21, 2025 1000 Ocean Startups: Supporting Marine Startups for a Sustainable Future

🇳🇴May 20, 2025 Kongsberg Innovasjon: Supporting Industrial Innovation and Deep Tech Growth in Norway

Food🇪🇸May 20, 2025 Spanish Xoople Emerges With €115M to Advance Earth Intelligence

Health🇬🇧May 20, 2025 CMR Surgical: The Cambridge Challenger to Da Vinci

Media🇫🇷May 20, 2025 Viva Tech: Showcasing Paris as a Leading Tech Hub

Enterprise Software🇺🇸May 20, 2025 Unframe Emerges With $50M to Streamline Enterprise AI Adoption

Health🇩🇪May 20, 2025 Differential Bio Emerges with €2M to Streamline Biomanufacturing Scale-Up

ProductsRobotics🇸🇪May 19, 2025 Ex-Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson Launches AI Startup for Manufacturing

🇺🇸May 18, 2025 Dovey Wan: Bridging East and West in Crypto Through Primitive Ventures and Cultural Insight

M&AEnterprise Software🇬🇧May 17, 2025 Salesforce acquires Convergence.ai in ~$120M exit

🇦🇪May 16, 2025 Kema: Powering SME Cash Flow in the MENA Region

Fintech🇦🇪May 16, 2025 Kema: Powering SME Cash Flow in the MENA Region

Fintech🇦🇪May 16, 2025 NymCard's Mission to Power Embedded Finance

Fintech🇦🇪May 16, 2025 Smart Spend Management from Dubai’s Pemo

Travel🇦🇪May 16, 2025 How Qstay Is Reshaping MENA’s Hospitality Landscape

Jobs Recruitment🇦🇪May 16, 2025 Ogram: On-Demand Staffing for the New Middle East

ProductsHealth🇫🇷May 15, 2025 Inpart: Unifying Biotech Collaboration Through Strategic Integration

🇬🇧May 15, 2025 Cambridge Innovation Capital: Powering the Future of Deeptech and Life Sciences

Food🇬🇧May 15, 2025 The Evolution of Ello Group: Consolidation, Leadership, and Rebranding

Marketing🇬🇧May 15, 2025 The Evolution of Ello Group: Consolidation, Leadership, and Rebranding

FundingSpace🇫🇮May 15, 2025 Poland Secures $227 Million ICEYE Satellite Deal to Boost Defense

Health🇮🇹May 14, 2025 Doctorsa: Telehealth Platform for Travellers Expanding Globally

Real Estate🇳🇱May 14, 2025 Calosol transforms facades into solar-powered heating systems to tackle the Dutch energy crisis

Transportation🇵🇱May 14, 2025 InPost: Expanding Out-of-Home Parcel Delivery in Europe

Transportation🇨🇭May 14, 2025 Swisspod: Advancing Hyperloop for Sustainable High-Speed Transit

🇫🇷May 13, 2025 ISAI’s Big Year(s): New Funds, Smart Bets & Bold Moves

Products 🇬🇧May 13, 2025 Conception X Launches £600K Angel Syndicate to Back Europe’s Deep Tech PhDs

🇬🇧May 13, 2025 After American pivot, EF is still going strong

🇬🇧May 13, 2025 AlbionVC: Strategic Capital and Steward of UCL’s Spinout Fund

Legal🇳🇴May 12, 2025 Schjødt: A Century-Strong Nordic Legal Powerhouse

🇱🇻May 12, 2025 BADideas.fund: Fueling Bold Startups in the Baltics and CEE

🇫🇷May 12, 2025 The Story of Eurazeo: From Parisian Conglomerate to Global Private Equity Powerhouse

Health🇫🇮May 12, 2025 IXI: Reinventing Eyewear with Autofocus Glasses

🇳🇱May 10, 2025 BOM: Empowering Innovation and Driving Global Impact from the Heart of Brabant

🇩🇪May 9, 2025 Andreas Klinger: Investing in Deep Tech and Advancing EU Startup Policy

🇺🇸May 9, 2025 Andreas Klinger: Investing in Deep Tech and Advancing EU Startup Policy

🇦🇺May 7, 2025 Adelaide BioMed City: A Cluster for Health and Biomedical Innovation

M&AFood🇧🇷May 7, 2025 iFood Acquires Saipos in Second Deal with Same Founders

Enterprise SoftwareKazakhstanMay 7, 2025 Kazakh-Born Nozomio Is Reimagining AI for Devs

Energy🇨🇦May 6, 2025 Ambyint: From Pumpwell Solutions to AI-Driven Oilfield Optimization

FundingSemiconductors🇮🇹May 6, 2025 2D Photonics Secures €25M to Advance Graphene Photonics

Gaming🇩🇪May 6, 2025 Gameforge: A Longstanding Force in Online Gaming