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Ex-McKinsey, Bain and BCG trio’s Spott lands $21M to build AI recruiting platform
While working as consultants, Lander Degreve, Manu Vanderveeren, and Samuel Smeys observed recruiters spending hours entering data by…
September 22, 2026
Cherry Ventures’ Tatiana Shalalvand on operator DNA, AI application layer, and why Europe’s first trillion-dollar company will come from the Nordics
Before she was picking startups to back, Tatiana Shalalvand was the person companies called when everything had already…
September 22, 2026
Ex-Octopus Ventures investor’s Metris lands $5M to bring AI agents to renewables
Natasha Jones spent three years evaluating energy-tech founders at Octopus Ventures before starting her own company. “I wanted…
September 21, 2026
‘Boring is where the value hides’: One of Europe’s earliest early-stage funds on the AI bubble and Europe’s exit problem
While the rest of the venture capital industry throws increasingly large checks at flashy AI agents, one of…
September 21, 2026
Anthropic’s CEO wants AI to slow down. European VCs ask: Who really benefits?
Dario Amodei is urging the AI industry to slow down, even though he plans to raise up to…
September 17, 2026
Exclusive: Monterro’s €3.1B software buyout firm opens London office after building its UK deal portfolio
Gustav Lagercrantz set up his very first software company when he was 16 and has since gone on…
September 17, 2026
Health Force nets €4.2M to deploy its AI agents across Europe
In the largest private hospital groups in Italy, three out of four insurance claims are processed from start…
September 17, 2026
Exclusive: NATO’s venture arm backs Iceland’s Laki Power with €6M to defend Europe’s power grid
Óskar Valtýsson, who previously worked for Iceland’s grid operator, realised that it was difficult for engineers to power…
September 17, 2026
Ex-Google and Adyen engineers’ Creem raises €5M after doubling revenue to €2M ARR
Gabriel Ferraz received his first payment at age 12, working at a stall at a flea market in…
September 17, 2026