SooHouse Coffee expands to Europe! Founder Harun Reşit Al announced that preparations for the brand’s first strategic branch in Germany are officially underway. ISTANBUL – SooHouse Coffee, one of the fastest-growing brands in Turkey’s coffee sector, has turned its route…
Thoma Bravo to combine WWEX Group with Auctane Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire WWEX Group, a shipping and logistics technology provider with roughly $5 billion in annual revenue, and merge it with portfolio company Auctane. The deal is aimed…
baCta closes €7 million seed financing baCta has raised €7 million in a seed funding round led by LocalGlobe and Daphni, with participation from OVNI Capital, the company said. The financing provides fresh capital for the startup as it moves…
February rebound for Europe’s female founders Funding for Europe’s female founders accelerated in February 2026, with deal momentum strengthening across healthcare, climate tech, deeptech and AI. The uptick outpaced January activity even as investors broadly maintained a cautious stance amid…
Gropyus adds €100M to accelerate factory-built housing Vienna-based PropTech Gropyus has raised an additional €100 million, pushing its total funding to more than €400 million, as it scales a robot-powered housing production facility in Richen. The company is positioning its…
Flanders’ startup value climbs, but founders warn of a scale-up squeeze Startups based in Flanders have reached an estimated €74 billion in combined value, underscoring the region’s growing role in Europe’s innovation economy. But founders and executives say the momentum…
Encord lands fresh funding to scale physical AI data Encord, a data infrastructure company positioning itself as a rival to Scale AI, has raised $60 million in a Series C round at a $550 million valuation. The company said the…
Founders House Helsinki launches equity-free workspace Founders House Helsinki has opened a new equity-free workspace designed for 15 high-potential founding teams, with backing from Slush, Lifeline Ventures, and the City of Helsinki. The initiative is positioning itself as a high-intensity…
ByteDance valuation rebounds in secondary sale ByteDance, the parent of TikTok, is seeing its valuation rise again as investor General Atlantic plans to sell part of its stake, according to details referenced in the transaction. The planned sale values ByteDance…
Stripe valued at $159B in new employee tender Stripe has reached a $159 billion valuation following a new employee tender offer, co-founder and president John Collison told Bloomberg. The transaction is primarily funded by outside investors including Thrive Capital, Coatue…
