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Xataka's NordVPN Awards 2025 will feature a new category recognizing the best generative AI tools, highlighting the technology's growing impact. Readers can vote for their favorite AI tools, with winners announced at a gala in Madrid on November 20th.

European startups are scrambling to combat the surge in deepfake fraud, as losses exceed €1. 3 billion....

Fintech startup Saturn secured $15 million in Series A funding to make financial advice accessible to a wider audience. The AI-powered platform automates administrative tasks, reducing costs and freeing up advisors, with a focus on compliance within the UK financial sector.

Copenhagen-based Scaleup Finance secured £3 million to launch Nume, an AI CFO aimed at the 50 million SMEs struggling with financial leadership. Nume will answer financial questions and proactively guide founders using familiar communication channels.

Portugal's government moves to implement the NIS2 Directive, aiming to bolster cybersecurity across the EU. The law, published on October 22, 2025, aligns with the EU's goal of a high common level of cybersecurity.

Austrian recommerce marketplace refurbed secured €50 million to expand its AI-driven platform for refurbished electronics into the UK. The funding will fuel a 40% year-on-year sales growth and push for mainstream adoption of its sustainable model.

Refurbed, a marketplace for refurbished electronics, secured £44 million in funding to expand into the UK market. The company aims to address the rising demand for sustainable tech in the UK and tap into the £7 billion re-commerce sector.

Spanish cybersecurity startup Acoru secured €10 million in Series A funding to use AI to predict and prevent financial scams. This investment reflects a wider trend with other European firms like Hawk, Trustfull, Innerworks, and Resistant AI securing funding to combat AI-driven fraud.

Berlin-based roclub secured €10 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-powered remote operations platform for medical technology. The funding will accelerate roclub's global rollout, expand support for more MedTech equipment, and strengthen its international commercial teams across 11 countries.

French-Italian startup Volta secured €5 million in funding, led by RTP Global, to revolutionize B2B commerce using AI. Volta's platform integrates with existing systems and automates up to 90% of manual tasks, aiming to bring B2C simplicity to B2B.

Irish startup Bronto secured a $14 million seed round to modernize log management for the AI era. The logging platform was founded by entrepreneurs Noel Ruane and Trevor Parsons.

Madrid-based Acoru secured €10M to combat AI-enabled fraud and money laundering with its Account Monitoring Platform. The platform predicts Authorised Push Payment fraud and prevents scams, addressing the nearly $500 billion annual global losses.

roclub secures $11. 7M to expand its teleoperation platform for medical technology, using AI to address staffing shortages....

London-based Saturn secured €12. 9 million in Series A funding to cut the cost of financial advice using AI....

WhatsApp rolls out a new tool to shield users from screen-sharing scams designed to steal accounts and financial information. Simultaneously, the platform is testing an AI-powered feature to identify suspicious messages on Messenger.

German IIoT provider in. hub secured a seven-figure add-on financing round to deepen its industrial digitalization offerings across Europe....

Dublin-based Bronto secured €12 million in seed funding to revamp log data management for the AI era. The platform aims to become the leading logging solution for various use cases, recognizing the increasing importance of log data in the age of AI.

Brussels announced its first Annual Progress Report, detailing efforts to simplify and enforce digital regulations. The report, covering January to July 2025, highlights the upcoming Digital Simplification Package and implementation efforts for the Digital Services Act and AI Act.

German deeptech firm etalytics secures a €16 million Series A extension led by Microsoft's M12, boosting its industrial energy optimization platform. The AI-powered etaONE platform, used by Volkswagen and others, aims to reduce energy use by up to 50% for its customers.

Vilnius-based nexos. ai secured €30 million to help enterprises securely adopt AI at scale, responding to “shadow AI” risks....