Swedish battery maker Northvolt has raised €4.6bn to boost the expansion of Europe’s first homegrown gigafactory and support the company’s battery recycling plans. Specifically, the capital will help expand cathode…
The Peregrine lunar lander is set to crash back to Earth in a sudden end to a mission that was set to put the first piece of European-built technology —…
Swiss startup Sirius Aviation has unveiled designs for the world’s first hydrogen-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The jet, which kind of looks like Night Fury from How to…
As a kid, perhaps unsurprisingly, I was the only person I knew interested in birdwatching. Nevertheless, I regularly went out in nature armed with my binoculars, bird book, and camera,…
A humanoid just has taken a step towards consumer households after robot maker 1x raised a cool $100mn. The Norwegian startup will spend the funds on bringing an android named…
Old Tesla batteries can look forward to new lives thanks to new funding for an energy system built from the ageing power units. The concept is the brainchild of Cactos, a…
Europe is electrifying — literally. From EVs to heat pumps, more and more of our critical technologies need to get plugged in. This is a positive step toward net zero,…
Antitrust regulators in the EU have joined their British counterparts in scrutinising Microsoft’s alliance with OpenAI. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, said on Tuesday that it’s “checking whether…
Instability is at the heart of technology, as new innovations constantly change the game. However, the last couple of years have been especially volatile as interest rates rose, VC funding…
Syndicate One, a Brussels-based angel investment group, has completed an initial €4.8mn close of its debut fund, after opening its capital to external investors for the first time in 2023.…
There is big tech — and then there is smaller tech with big impact. Dutch AI startup Whispp is using assistive voice technology to convert speech diminished by ailments such…
Dutch online supermarket Picnic has bagged a cool €355mn in funding after a year of international expansion, the company announced today. The grocery delivery service launched in the Netherlands back in…