Belgian visual‑artist learning platform Artwod secured €1.1 million in seed funding to develop a marketplace where creators can offer paid critiques and guidance, expanding its community of over 100,000 artists.
Winningtemp, a SaaS startup, is no longer expanding and is cutting staff, but its performance results are soaring.
Copenhagen‑based Queue-it, a provider of online traffic orchestration software, secured a majority investment from growth‑focused investment firm THL Partners to boost product development and worldwide expansion.
Dutch dictation‑app startup Wispr secured $280 million of growth capital after a $30 million Series A, pushing its valuation to $2 billion. The round involved existing, new and private investors. The company, led by CEO Tanay Kothari, also launched a meeting‑transcription app called Notetaker and claims rapid quarterly revenue growth with a base of 100 k business users.
QuantumLight, the venture capital firm created by Revolut co‑founder Nikolay Storonsky, closed a $500 million second fund, twice the size of its first fund, to back high‑growth tech companies across AI, crypto, fintech, SaaS and healthtech. The fund is managed by CEO Ilya Kondrashov and will use an AI‑driven selection platform called Aleph to pick investments.
Swedish accounting‑software provider Fortnox has committed 50 million Swedish crowns to the Stockholm School of Economics for a decade‑long research initiative that will investigate the factors behind successful companies.
Salesforce announced the acquisition of Berlin‑based Contentful, a developer‑focused headless CMS used by over 4,000 companies. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal aims to embed Contentful’s API‑first platform into Salesforce’s Customer 360 suite and AI agents, enhancing its headless content capabilities. Existing investors in Contentful include Tiger Global, Base10 Partners, Tidemark, General Catalyst, Benchmark and Balderton Capital.
CoTrainer, a SportsTech startup from Cologne, aims to reduce administrative burdens for volunteer coaches. In an interview, co‑founder Claudius Ludwig discussed the company’s development, its recent multi‑million‑euro financing round, and future objectives.
Entravel Group, a European TravelTech startup founded in 2026, closed a €6.5 million round co‑led by Ethereal Ventures and Finality Capital. The capital will be used to obtain bigger supplier credit lines, scale booking volumes, broaden its white‑label platform and introduce a stablecoin‑based financial layer, positioning the company as a key infrastructure provider for AI‑driven travel commerce.
Zerolook, a Swiss startup based in Zug, secured €1.6 million (about $1.9 million) in a pre‑seed round led by London‑based Playfair. The funding will be used to launch its first version of an AI‑powered flight‑shopping API that predicts itineraries and prices, helping airlines and travel agencies handle the high volume of AI‑generated searches without incurring excessive computation costs. The round also included Vento Ventures, TrueSight Ventures, Alpha Venture and several angels.