Ineffable Intelligence launches with $1.1B, Nebius buys Eigen AI in $643M deal, and UK startups enter UK parliament

This week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €2.2 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.If email is more your thing, you c…

Invest Europe: PE- and VC-backed firms grow jobs 4%, 4x faster than Europe in 2024
Invest Europe: PE- and VC-backed firms grow jobs 4%, 4x faster than Europe in 2024

Invest Europe has published theseventh edition of its Private Equity at Work report, highlightingcontinued job creation by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC)-backedcompanies across Europe.Th…

Software: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025
Software: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025

In 2025, Europe’s software ecosystem raised €8.1 billion andgrew more focused, selective, and AI-driven. While overall funding remainedbelow peak levels, capital concentrated around a smaller number o…

Verda raises $117M, Aleph Alpha to be acquired, and solving the quantum bottleneck

This week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €632 million and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.If email is more your thing, you c…

Liquid Lifeline: NASA Tech Could Create IV Fluid In Space
Liquid Lifeline: NASA Tech Could Create IV Fluid In Space

On every crewed mission, NASA packs pouches of a potentially life-saving liquid in its cargo, known as IV (or intravenous) fluid. A simple mix of sodium chloride and purified water, it can treat up to 30% of medical conditions in flight, resolving things like dehydration, burns, and more. Crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit into […]

NASA Releases Powerful LAVA Software to US Aerospace Industry
NASA Releases Powerful LAVA Software to US Aerospace Industry

For years, NASA engineers have turned to a tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) framework to solve airflow challenges that could mean the difference between mission success or failure. When engineers need to know how a spacecraft will navigate re-entry or whether a new aircraft wing design will create enough lift, they […]

Fintech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025
Fintech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025

The 2025 fintech funding landscape in Europe reflects ahighly active yet concentrated market, shaped by a mix of venture capital,growth equity, and large-scale debt financing.Geographically, the UK cl…

NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I and II BAA, 2026 Appendix A and B are now live! Offers due May 21, 2026, 5:00PM EDT
NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I and II BAA, 2026 Appendix A and B are now live! Offers due May 21, 2026, 5:00PM EDT

https://www.nasa.gov/sbir_sttr/nasa-sbir-sttr-program-program-year-2026-information-hub

NASA’s 777 Aircraft Returns Home with Science Flights on the Horizon
NASA’s 777 Aircraft Returns Home with Science Flights on the Horizon

NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to the agency’s fleet after undergoing heavy structural modifications as it transforms from a giant passenger plane into the agency’s next-generation airborne science laboratory. After a check flight and a three-hour transit from Waco, the aircraft returned to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on April 22. Since January […]

Artemis II Mission Milestones: An Image and Video Recap
Artemis II Mission Milestones: An Image and Video Recap

On April 1, 2026, Artemis II launched on a nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon, marking the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, splashed down on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.  At their farthest […]