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Sophie is a Paris-based technology journalist covering the Western European startup ecosystem. With over a decade of experience reporting on venture capital, fintech, and deep tech innovation across France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg, she brings sharp analytical insight to the stories shaping Europe's digital economy.

American Express to Acquire TheFork for $700 Million

June 15, 2026 by Sophie Renard

American Express has made a proposal to acquire TheFork, a European restaurant booking platform, for $700 million.

Categories Acquisition Tags Consumer, France, TheFork Leave a comment

Belfius Insurance Acquires Leocare to Strengthen European Digital Insurance Position

June 15, 2026 by Sophie Renard

Belfius Insurance acquired Leocare, aiming to build a European champion in digital insurance

Categories Acquisition Tags Belfius Insurance, Belgium, Insurtech Leave a comment

Researchers Ditch Text Parsing for Screenshots in New RAG System That Outperforms Traditional Approaches

June 12, 2026 by Sophie Renard

PixelRAG outperforms text-based RAG across six benchmarks, improving accuracy by up to 18.1% over text-based baselines.

Categories Launch Tags Artificial Intelligence, PixelRAG, Switzerland Leave a comment

Paul Murphy Departs Lightspeed Venture Partners After Five Years Leading European Investments

June 12, 2026 by Sophie Renard

Paul Murphy, known for leading Lightspeed’s bet on French AI unicorn Mistral, is leaving the US-headquartered firm after five years.

Categories People Tags Artificial Intelligence, France, Lightspeed Venture Partners Leave a comment

CardNexus Secures €3.5 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Build Trading Card Game Platform

June 11, 2026 by Sophie Renard

CardNexus, a French trading card game platform, raised €3.5 million in pre-Seed funding to support team expansion and platform development.

Categories Funding Tags CardNexus, France, Gaming, Pre-seed Leave a comment

French AI Adoption Platform Mendo Raises €12M in Series A Funding

June 11, 2026 by Sophie Renard

Mendo helps enterprises adopt generative and agentic AI

Categories Funding Tags €20M–€100M, Artificial Intelligence, France, Mendo, Series A Leave a comment

France Positions Itself as European Hub for AI-Powered Data Centre Development

June 11, 2026 by Sophie Renard

France is determined to establish itself as a prime location for data centre development to power the next generation of AI in Europe

Categories Startups Tags Cleantech, France, Stargate Leave a comment

Surgical AI Startup Uncovr Secures $7M in Seed Funding from Index Ventures and Backers

June 10, 2026 by Sophie Renard

Uncovr, a surgical AI startup, raised $7M in seed funding to develop AI infrastructure for surgery

Categories Funding Tags €5M–€20M, Artificial Intelligence, France, Healthtech, Seed, Uncovr Leave a comment

French AI startup FONIO.AI secures 14.5 million euros to advance conversational telephone agents

June 10, 2026 by Sophie Renard

FONIO.AI raised 14.5 million euros in funding to develop AI-powered telephone agents

Categories Funding Tags €20M–€100M, Artificial Intelligence, FONIO.AI, France Leave a comment

Belgian Cybersecurity Startup Aikido Security Builds Momentum Through Bold Marketing Tactics

June 10, 2026 by Sophie Renard

Aikido Security, a Belgian cybersecurity company, used unusual marketing stunts to gain popularity and push itself to the top

Categories Startups Tags Aikido Security, Belgium, Cybersecurity Leave a comment
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