Italian Instagram page “Berlusconismo nostalgico”, which amassed over 100,000 followers, filed a trademark registration for the brand covering multiple product categories, aiming to protect the page and expand into editorial and merchandising activities.
KidsHustle is the UK’s first iOS marketplace for teenage employment, offering a safe, parent‑verified platform for odd‑job work. The 14‑year‑old founder, Sasha Bagrov, is raising £500k pre‑seed to accelerate growth.
UK‑based EcoNomad Solutions secured a £400k funding round, led by the British Design Fund with support from Innovate UK and existing investor Beeches Group, to expand its BioNomad waste‑to‑energy technology for small livestock farms, aiming to cut methane emissions and lower energy and fertiliser costs across the UK and Europe.
Coolstuff, a Swedish startup, has abandoned its previous focus on novelty products and moved into the market for embroidered gifts. After years of decline, the new product line has generated roughly a million in profit.
UK‑based water‑tech startup Metal Morph secured £700k in pre‑seed funding, co‑led by Sustainable Ventures and Green Angel Ventures, to scale its infrastructure‑as‑a‑service solution that recovers aluminium and iron‑based chemicals from municipal and industrial wastewater, aiming to create a circular supply chain and reduce costs and emissions.
Amanda AI, backed by Spiltan, announced a new funding round of 10 million SEK, a change in leadership with Charlotte Berg becoming CEO, significant cost cuts, a move to cheaper offices, and its first steps into the UK market.
In 2017 a group of young visionaries in Berlin, led by Polish entrepreneur Konrad Maruszewski, launched Cringle with the idea that sending money should be as simple as sending a text message. The venture later failed to attract investment, unlike the successful BLIK service.
London‑based data centre builder Nscale will supply $1 million of compute resources to AI research groups at Oxford, UCL and Imperial, underscoring growing demand for sovereign compute capacity in European research institutions
Estel Technologies, a Bulgarian AI‑native sales platform for tech staffing firms, raised €270,000 in a pre‑seed round led by Vitosha Ventures, with participation from angel investor Kerem Basak, to enhance its demand verification and lead‑scoring technology and expand across Europe and into the US.
Mądra Babcia, a fast‑growing media startup targeting the 50+ audience, secured a million‑zloty injection from investor Szymon Negacz. Despite the funding, the company now struggles with mounting debts, unpaid invoices and internal tension, putting its future in doubt.