Felix Wagner 
The employee experience startup has secured new funding from Notion Capital, HV Capital and L-Bank as it looks to bring AI tools and digital access to workers in retail, manufacturing, logistics, care and other frontline industries. Flip, an employee experience software company focused on frontline and deskless workers, has raised €22 million in new funding … Read more
Serial entrepreneur Lars Kilchert has launched a new venture studio called beyondCare Labs in Germany.
Wero, a European fintech payment solution, is still largely unknown among German consumers two years after its launch, with low brand awareness and usage rates, though awareness is rising and the company plans to take over the iDEAL system in the Netherlands.
The article introduces five newly founded European startups – Generative Robotics, nestermind, Datasphere Analytics, Merlin and Riemann Robotics – highlighting them as brand‑new companies that readers should watch.
Attuned combines smartphone haptics, guided audio and live video connections with trained human “Anchors” to help users regulate stress and anxiety. After a pilot with 150 users, the startup is moving to a public beta later in 2026, aiming to scale human‑to‑human connection as a service.
German AI startup amber secured €7 million in a Series A round co‑led by Ventech and NRW.Venture to scale its knowledge‑management platform for SMEs across Europe, enhancing its proprietary AI Data Layer and expanding into the Benelux market.
Salesforce announced the acquisition of Berlin‑based Contentful, a developer‑focused headless CMS used by over 4,000 companies. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal aims to embed Contentful’s API‑first platform into Salesforce’s Customer 360 suite and AI agents, enhancing its headless content capabilities. Existing investors in Contentful include Tiger Global, Base10 Partners, Tidemark, General Catalyst, Benchmark and Balderton Capital.
German startup NEURA Robotics announced it will acquire Bosch Rexroth’s ACTIVE Shuttle driverless transport system, integrating it into its Physical AI ecosystem. The move follows a $1.4 billion Series C round raised in June to accelerate development of its autonomous robot platform.
CoTrainer, a SportsTech startup from Cologne, aims to reduce administrative burdens for volunteer coaches. In an interview, co‑founder Claudius Ludwig discussed the company’s development, its recent multi‑million‑euro financing round, and future objectives.
In 2017 a group of young visionaries in Berlin, led by Polish entrepreneur Konrad Maruszewski, launched Cringle with the idea that sending money should be as simple as sending a text message. The venture later failed to attract investment, unlike the successful BLIK service.