G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner
G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner

G2, the Chicago-based software insights platform, agreed today to acquire three prominent software review and discovery properties from Gartner: Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp. The deal brings four of the largest B2B review sites under a single …

Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M to refine real-time weather forecasting
Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M to refine real-time weather forecasting

Warsaw, Poland 26 January 2026 – Rainbow Weather has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to push weather forecasting further into the short-term, high-precision territory it believes the industry still underserves. The Warsaw-based climate tech startup…

Synthesia’s valuation jumps to $4B after $200M raise
Synthesia’s valuation jumps to $4B after $200M raise

London-based AI video startup Synthesia has raised $200 million in a Series E round, nearly doubling its valuation to around $4 billion and cementing its position as one of Europe’s most valuable AI companies. The round was led by Google Ventures, with…

Mews raises €255M to accelerate AI and automation in hospitality
Mews raises €255M to accelerate AI and automation in hospitality

Amsterdam-based hospitality tech platform Mews has raised €255 million (about $300 million) in a Series D funding round as it pushes deeper into automation and AI-powered workflows for hotels around the world.  The round was led by EQT Growth with new …

French fintech Pennylane raises €175M
French fintech Pennylane raises €175M

Paris-based fintech Pennylane has just pulled off one of Europe’s most noteworthy funding rounds of the year, announcing €175 million in new capital to accelerate its push into artificial intelligence and expand its footprint across the continent. The …

Berlin’s Cloover secures over $1.2 Billion to build the “Shopify of Energy”
Berlin’s Cloover secures over $1.2 Billion to build the “Shopify of Energy”

Berlin’s energy transition sector got a defining boost today as Cloover, a climate fintech based in Berlin, announced it has secured more than $1.2 billion in total capital commitments, combining Series A equity and a substantial debt facility to accel…

Odoo tops €7 billion valuation as General Atlantic increases stake
Odoo tops €7 billion valuation as General Atlantic increases stake

Belgian business software company Odoo, also a unicorn, has reached a fresh milestone. Growth investor General Atlantic has increased its stake in the firm, buying additional shares from regional backer Wallonie Entreprendre and pushing Odoo’s valuatio…

Sequoia’s big bet on Anthropic
Sequoia’s big bet on Anthropic

Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital is preparing to invest in Anthropic, the AI startup best known for its Claude family of large language models, in one of the largest private funding rounds in tech this year. The deal is being led by Singapore…

Europe’s €307 million AI funding call
Europe’s €307 million AI funding call

When the European Commission announced on 15th of January a €307.3 million funding call for AI and related tech under Horizon Europe earlier this year, the press materials presented it as a strategic push toward trustworthy AI and European digital auto…

BizzyNow opens Mamacrowd equity round to fund “micro-meetings” for business professionals
BizzyNow opens Mamacrowd equity round to fund “micro-meetings” for business professionals

Italian startup BizzyNow has launched an equity crowdfunding round on Mamacrowd to finance the next phase of its networking app, built around quick, in-person meetups it calls “Bizzy Moments.” The campaign targets €150k–€400k at a €3m pre-money valuati…