Legimi is building a wider international distribution channel for its publishing partners, signing cooperation agreements with Kobo, ElevenLabs and Spotify to make its books available globally.
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.
Paris‑based Cycloid, an internal developer portal startup, secured a strategic agreement with the European Commission to provide the unified portal for its €180 million sovereign cloud framework, positioning the company as a pre‑approved supplier for EU institutions after its 2025 Series A funding.
Copenhagen‑based plant‑based food startup MATR announced a partnership with Germany’s largest grocery delivery service, REWE Lieferservice, giving the company access to roughly half of German households and expanding its fermented greens product range nationwide.
Wero has expanded its payment solution to physical cash registers in Belgium, allowing consumers to pay with NFC or QR codes via Payworld. The rollout marks a step toward European payment sovereignty, bypassing US card processors, and follows a rapid adoption across several European countries.
ESA chose the ARISE consortium, headed by Finnish startup ICEYE, to develop a concept for a European sovereign Earth observation system for government use.
Swedish autonomous‑vehicle startup Einride is testing its electric driver‑less truck with Lidl in Germany, marking the first public‑road use of such a vehicle in German grocery retail and a potential reference case for wider adoption.
Polish companies Exatel, Energa Operator, Creotech Instruments and Phoenix Systems formed the Polish SatCom Alliance to develop an independent satellite communications infrastructure for Poland.
EveryCarbon, a German startup developing high‑performance polyester shielding materials, secured a subcontract in the EU‑backed FLAIR project to move its circular diol process to an industrial pilot plant. The partnership with TU Hamburg, the University of Hamburg and Fraunhofer IPA will demonstrate that existing food‑processing infrastructure can be repurposed to produce fossil‑independent polymers at scale.