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Zuto Appoints Aimee Gethin As New CEO Of UK Car Finance Fintech
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Vox Talk AI Raises €1.35M To Bring AI Operators To Security Monitoring Industry
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Smartwage Raises €2M To Modernize Corporate Welfare With AI And Digital Payments
Italian fintech startup Smartwage has raised €2 million in a pre-seed funding round to modernize corporate welfare and improve employee benefit accessibility. The round was led by Step Fund, the venture capital fund managed by Alternative Capital Partners SGR. The investment includes an initial €1 million tranche, with a further €1 million committed to be […]
April 15, 2026
Zuto Appoints Aimee Gethin As New CEO Of UK Car Finance Fintech
Zuto the UK’s leading car finance fintech, has appointed Aimee Gethin as its new Chief Executive Officer. Aimee has been central to Zuto’s growth since joining the company in 2015 and has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2020 leading its transformation and driving sustained business growth. She succeeds founder Jim Wilkinson, who will remain […]
April 15, 2026Vox Talk AI Raises €1.35M To Bring AI Operators To Security Monitoring Industry
Vox Talk AI, a Dublin-based startup building AI operators for the alarm monitoring and CCTV industry, has raised €1.35 million in a pre-seed funding round to speed up commercial adoption, enhance product development, and expand its team. The round was co-led by Delta Partners and Act Venture Capital, with participation from Enterprise Ireland. Founded in […]
April 15, 2026Agriodor Raises €15M Series A To Scale Natural Scent-Based Crop Protection Globally
French agritech company Agriodor has raised €15 million in a Series A round to support international expansion and scale its olfactory biocontrol technology. The funding was led by the Environmental and Solidarity Revolution Fund, backed by Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale and managed by Crédit Mutuel Impact. Additional investors include Région Sud Investissement, CAAP Création (Crédit […]
April 15, 2026SolvaPay Secures €2.4M To Develop AI-Native Payment Infrastructure
SolvaPay, a Stockholm-based AI payments platform, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed funding to build payment infrastructure for the emerging era of agentic commerce. The round was led by Redstone and MS&AD Ventures, with participation from Antler and Greens Ventures. As digital ecosystems evolve traditional payment systems remain siloed, limiting interoperability and restricting how AI […]
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Germany Signs Deal With Ukraine To Scale Production Of AI-Powered Strike Drones
Germany has signed a cooperation agreement with Ukraine enabling Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture GmbH to begin large scale production of AI-guided autonomous strike drones. The deal transforms a February 2026 announcement at the Munich Security Conference into a fully funded programme, marking Germany’s largest production order to date for heavy autonomous strike systems. Ukrainian scaleup […]
April 15, 2026StirLight Raises £1.25M To Scale Real-Time Welding Quality Technology
UK-based startup StirLight has secured £1.25 million in funding to commercialise its technology and accelerate the large-scale adoption of advanced manufacturing processes among major industrial OEMs. The company combines its expertise in friction stir welding (FSW) with StirSense, a proprietary real-time monitoring and quality assurance platform. StirLight works with R&D engineers and production teams across […]
April 15, 2026
Stegra Secures €1.4B Funding To Complete Europe’s Largest Green Steel Plant
Swedish green-tech startup Stegra has secured €1.4 billion in rescue funding from a consortium led by the Wallenberg family, as it moves to complete construction of what is set to become the world’s largest green steel plant in Boden, Sweden. The funding follows months of negotiations with investors and lenders and provides Stegra with a […]
April 15, 2026
Graftcode Raises €2.1M Led by Hard2beat To Simplify Software Integration
Graftcode, a Warsaw-based developer platform focused on simplifying software integration, has raised €2.1 million in funding. The round was led by Hard2beat, with participation from DigitalOcean Ventures, Heartfelt Capital and private investors, including employees. The investment brings total funding to €6.5 million and coincides with the beta launch of its platform, aimed at accelerating early […]
April 15, 2026
TraqCheck Raises $8M Series A Led by IvyCap To Automate Hiring With AI
London-based HRtech startup TraqCheck has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from IIFL. The company automates hiring workflows using AI agents that handle candidate sourcing, resume screening, and background checks end-to-end reducing manual effort, improving efficiency, and minimising costly errors, especially in sensitive areas like background […]
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