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The EU-funded report highlights how AI can transform public services and create opportunities for startups across the EU. Between 2021 and 2024, venture capital investment in AI-powered public sector technologies soared, with nearly 50% of deals in 2024 involving AI-first GovTech startups.

Irish sales planning platform Lative secured $7. 5M to boost its product development and expand its market reach....

Dublin-based Lative secured €6. 4 million to scale its AI-driven sales planning platform, boosting product development and go-to-market efforts....

Forgis, a Swiss startup, secured €3. 8 million to automate industrial machines using software in the automotive and manufacturing sectors....

Vodafone and Ibercaja were ordered to refund nearly €23,000 to a customer scammed via SIM swapping. The court ruled the companies were liable after fraudsters duplicated the victim's SIM and stole the money.

The Spanish Cometa system, managing anti-abuse bracelets, suffered a technical incident causing service overload and triggering an emergency protocol. The issue affected the safety of approximately 4,500 women using the devices, with roughly 10% of alerts causing system failures.

FMC secured €100 million to revolutionize memory chips, aiming for faster, more energy-efficient AI data centers. The funding, led by HV Capital and DTCF, will help the company compete with global chip manufacturers.

Paris-based Didomi, a consent and privacy management platform, secured €72M in funding during the first half of 2025. This allows businesses to manage user data choices while ensuring compliance with global data regulations.

Zilch, a UK fintech, secured over $175 million in funding, led by KKCG, to fuel growth and acquisitions. The company, with over 5 million customers, aims to expand its brand and product development.

Ghent-based startup Introw secured $3M led by Visionaries Club to redefine partner sales with its AI platform. The platform connects quickly to a company's CRM, reducing setup time from months to minutes, and has already facilitated tens of thousands of partner interactions since launching in 2023.

The European Commission launched an investigation into Google for potentially violating the Digital Markets Act by demoting media publishers' content. The probe focuses on Google's "site reputation abuse policy," which the Commission suspects impacts publishers' ability to conduct business.

Cronvall, a Finnish tech company, secured €3. 9M to scale its digital industrial procurement platform across Europe....

X faces a probe in Ireland over its content moderation system under the Digital Services Act. The investigation will examine if users can appeal content moderation decisions.

Dutch organizations are encouraged to assess their digital resilience against ransomware attacks using a new readiness checklist. The checklist helps organizations evaluate current security measures and identify areas for improvement in prevention, crisis recovery, and governance.

Backed VC closes its third fund at $100 million and celebrates its 100th investment in frontier tech startups. The fund will focus on AI-native therapeutics, blockchain, and manufacturing automation, with previous investments yielding five unicorns.

Danish startup Skycore Semiconductors secured €5 million in seed funding to develop Power IC technology for AI data centers. The company’s solutions aim to address power infrastructure challenges with 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) architectures.

Italian startup CommerceClarity secured €2. 7 million to fuel the agentic era of e-commerce with its AI operating system....

Finnish VC firm Vendep Capital launches an €80 million fund to back early-stage SaaS founders in the Nordics and Baltics. The fund, backed by European investors, will invest in approximately 20 startups with initial investments between €100k and €3M.

Finnish data-intelligence company CHAOS secures €2 million to scale its AI platform for the real estate industry. The funding will fuel expansion across the Nordics and DACH regions, offering AI-driven insights to developers and investors.

German startup ExoMatter won the 2025 Innovation Radar Prize for its AI-powered platform designed for materials R&D. The platform provides easily searchable, AI-enriched data through advanced filters and a natural language AI agent.