Chelsea FC is close to signing Marco Palestra from Atalanta with a 5-year contract worth 5 million euros per season and a transfer fee of 55 million euros
Berlin-based defence startup Stark raises €500m to expand research, development and manufacturing capacity across Europe
OTTO Group partners with Google for AI services and invests 350 million euros in IT
Nscale, a London-based AI infrastructure company, raised $2bn Series C and landed a $14.6bn valuation
OpenRouter, a Dutch AI startup, raised 113 million dollars in Series B funding from investors including Nvidia, Snowflake, and Databricks
Earlybird and AVP launch E2D, a €500M growth-stage fund focused on defence and dual-use technologies
Sakana AI launches Sakana Marlin, an autonomous B2B research agent that generates 100-page strategy reports
Kos Biotechnology Partners, founded by Greek-American investors Dr. Simos Simeonidis and Alex Tzoukas, has raised €106M for its first life sciences fund, making it the largest debut venture capital fund in Greece and one of the largest first-time life sciences fund launches in Europe.
Anterra Capital reaches $100M first close for Fund III to back next-gen food and agritech innovation
FintechOS, a Romanian fintech startup, achieved profitability after 9 years of operation and $145 million in funding.