A 13‑year‑old English teenager, Ryan, created the social enterprise We Can CIC to turn discarded aluminum cans into cash for charity, collecting roughly 20,000 cans weekly and donating about £5,000 annually to local food banks and other aid organisations.
Aiom is urging US biotech company Revolution Medicines to launch a compassionate‑use program for daraxonrasib, a targeted therapy that has doubled survival in a pancreatic cancer trial. While the drug received FDA approval in the United States, no similar early‑access program exists in Europe, and Revolution Medicines has not submitted a registration dossier to the European Medicines Agency. Aiom and Italian oncologists argue the drug should be provided free of charge to Italian patients pending approval, citing ethical concerns over high import costs.
Drita Capital Partners, founded by former Polimi Graduate School of Management students Nazario Monzillo and Yll Luma, announced the creation of Italy’s first search fund. The fund raised €640,000 from a network of institutional and private investors to spend a 24‑month scouting period aimed at acquiring a high‑potential Italian family‑owned SME in sectors such as ICT, healthcare, manufacturing or food & beverage.
Robutler, a Silicon Valley‑based startup founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Volodymyr Seliuchenko, secured a $400K seed round from US venture firm ZAS Ventures to develop its AI‑driven, collaborative software platform described as the “YouTube of software.”
London‑based deeptech startup Anemo Labs secured £700k in a pre‑seed round led by Zinc and SFC Capital, with support from Innovate UK, to advance its AI‑driven electronic nose technology for non‑invasive disease screening via volatile organic compounds in urine.
BIOSINTEX SRL, a Romanian manufacturer of high‑performance surgical sutures, together with technology partner TRICUBIQ SOLUTIONS SRL, has completed a 16‑month project worth 18.07 million lei that automates key production processes through robotics, AI and digital tools. The project, financed by the EU‑backed PNRR, enhances BIOSINTEX’s production capacity, quality control and international market position.
Spanish startup Dimenso, which builds AI infrastructure to automate the capture and structuring of scientific work in labs, raised €600,000 in a seed round led by Draper B1 and joined by Next Tier Ventures.
Flip, a German startup based in Essen, posted €8.1 million in revenue, underscoring the rapid expansion of roll‑up businesses in the region with backing from Tengelmann Ventures.
UK‑based startup Rightcharge secured £500k in growth funding led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from BlackWood and Purple Ventures, to scale its fleet EV‑charging payment solution across Europe and accelerate product development ahead of a Series A.
Swedish startup Find My Factory has changed its name to Speya and secured 6 million Swedish crowns to build AI‑powered supplier review tools, positioning the solution as a new standard for the industry.