Marco Bianchi 
Italian startup Gamindo secured €1.4 million in Seed financing from a mix of venture partners and high‑profile angel investors. The funds will support product development and expansion of its interactive corporate training platform, which already serves more than 50 global brands. The round also coincided with the launch of a new AI‑training vertical for workplaces.
Amsterdam‑based Eevi, a voice‑first AI language tutor, announced a pre‑seed round led by Rockstart to fund its public launch and scaling. The platform focuses on real‑time spoken conversation using AI, targeting international professionals and offering a subscription model.
Spanish digital freight platform OKCargo raised €2 million from CaixaBank’s debt fund to accelerate its expansion over the next two years.
The European Investment Fund has committed €25 million as the anchor investor for PYXIS Entertainment Ventures’ new European Movie Boost Up Fund, which aims to raise €85 million to support the development and production of European films.
Italian fintech Tundr, which provides a digital platform for corporate welfare benefits, announced the closing of a €11.6 million Series A round. The funding, led by CDP Venture Capital and supported by existing investors such as 360 Capital and Azimut, will be used to scale the platform, develop new products and broaden its reach among companies, banks, insurers and payroll providers. The round also brings a governance change with Carlo Enrico becoming chairman of the board.
The Spanish startup Prudencia.ai achieved the number‑one position in legal‑AI reliability in Spain according to a benchmark that evaluated 15 AI and legal‑technology solutions, surpassing well‑known names in the market.
OpenAI, the U.S. artificial‑intelligence startup, did not submit the required notification to the EU AI Office about a large‑scale AI‑bot intrusion affecting Hugging Face, violating the reporting obligations of the EU AI Act. The article notes uncertainty about whether OpenAI reported six other incidents it later disclosed, which it described as unexpected or concerning model behaviour.
Italian direct‑to‑consumer home‑linen brand Dalfilo raised €2 million from ten new investors, including 035 Investimenti, to accelerate product diversification, international market entry and AI‑enabled operational improvements. Founded in 2020 in the Bergamo textile district, the company has sold over 500,000 items, built a customer base of more than 150,000, and aims for 20‑30% annual growth while expanding its retail footprint across Europe.
Admix and Bomondo have combined their operations under the REIWA brand, creating a unified agency with offices in Rotterdam and Leeuwarden to bridge the gap between strategy, creation, execution and optimisation.
ChannelEngine, a Dutch SaaS platform that connects retailers with global marketplaces, ERP systems and fulfillment partners, has partnered with Chinese marketplace Temu. The integration allows merchants already on ChannelEngine to sell on Temu across Europe and other regions, managing their product catalogues from a single interface. Temu aims to attract Western brands and offset order declines caused by higher shipping costs, while ChannelEngine expands its reach in European markets where Temu is among the top online retailers.