Germany

Vinted Completes Migration to Proprietary Payment System in Germany

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Vinted announced that it will stop using Mangopay for seller payments in Germany and switch to its proprietary Vinted Pay system. The change, finalised on 5 October, will allow tighter control over wallets, bank‑account matching, security checks and identity verification. Vinted Pay has been piloted in the Baltic states and several Eastern and Southern European countries, while Vinted still relies on external providers such as Mangopay and Adyen in markets like the Netherlands, France and the UK. The move does not end Vinted’s partnership with Mangopay, which was extended earlier this year.

Berlin AI Startup sci2sci Secures €1.2 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Scale Trust Infrastructure for Regulated Industries

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Berlin‑based sci2sci secured €1.2 million in a pre‑seed round co‑led by Heliad and IBB Ventures, aiming to scale its Integrity Cortex platform that links data and AI outputs to verifiable sources for regulated sectors like biopharma and banking.

Munich AI Startup Atira Secures $17.5M to Automate Industrial Sales Engineering

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Munich‑based AI startup Atira announced it has raised $15 million in a seed round led by Accel, together with a previously undisclosed $2.5 million pre‑seed round, bringing total new funding to $17.5 million. The capital will be used to scale its AI orchestration platform that automates complex industrial sales engineering processes and to expand internationally.