Expansion Funding
Light Frame raises $5.1m to grow wealth software business in EMEA
The Swiss-American startup will develop its banking platform and expand its commercial team across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
10 Nov
Europe Correspondent · Berlin
Tomás Ferreira
Covers: European expansion, ecosystems
Tomás covers European scale-ups crossing borders and the ecosystems that help them do it, from Lisbon to Berlin to Stockholm. Born in Porto, he began his career at a Portuguese financial newspaper before moving to Berlin to report on the city's startup scene. He writes about founders, accelerators and the events where cross-border deals actually start.
Latest from Tomás
Market Intelligence & Trends
EU supply chain rules strengthen case for shared checks
Assessments taking 31 minutes or several hours expose a data-readiness gap as brands face growing demands for evidence about their supply chains.
08 Nov
Expansion Funding
FluoRok raises €26.64m to scale HF-free fluorochemical production
The Oxford spin-out will build demonstrator facilities, recruit staff and expand partnerships for a process that avoids highly hazardous hydrogen fluoride.
05 Nov
Expansion Funding
Volare secures €7.1m for factory ramp-up and European expansion
The Finnish insect-protein producer has completed a €15m plant in Pori and secured fresh funding to increase output and prepare further factories.
26 Oct
Market Intelligence & Trends
Europe’s AI sovereignty push confronts cloud and chip dependencies
Europe’s reliance on overseas chips, cloud services and AI models is sharpening the case for supplier choice rather than complete technological self-sufficiency.
25 Oct
Expansion Funding
YGO raises €8m to expand AI travel platform beyond DACH
Ventech leads YGO’s Series A as the travel technology company prepares to reach more customers beyond Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
21 Oct
B2B Commercial Expansion
Kesko selects Manhattan for grocery warehouse overhaul in Finland
Kesko’s €6.5bn grocery business will replace its legacy warehouse software with Manhattan’s cloud platform, with an initial rollout across five distribution centres.
13 Oct
Trade, Regulation & Policy
OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU
OpenAI will introduce invisible text watermarks to meet EU AI Act requirements, while giving developers worldwide an optional setting for selected models.
06 Oct
Retail & Consumer Brand Expansion
Rhode enters over 500 Sephora stores across 19 European markets
Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand is widening its European reach through Sephora, supported by exclusive products, store installations and a Paris café pop-up.
01 Oct
Expansion Funding
DYAD raises £7.5m to expand NHS AI rollout and enter new markets
The UK healthcare AI company will build on adoption by more than 200 GP practices, with secondary care and mental health services next.
29 Sept
B2B Commercial Expansion
Muju Earth starts paid UK trials for soil-aerating Aeropod
Nine UK farmers will test Muju Earth’s Aeropod this autumn, with more than 30 on a waiting list for a device designed to reduce cultivation costs.
25 Sept
Expansion Funding
Primo raises €6.9m to expand AI-led IT platform in Europe
Paris-based Primo will use the funding to hire and deepen its presence in the UK, Germany, Benelux and the Nordics as it develops autonomous IT agents.
22 Sept
Companies Entering New Markets
Vinted enters three European markets as revenue hits €1.1bn
Vinted added Latvia, Estonia and Slovenia in 2025, with investment in expansion, delivery and payments reducing profit as trading grew.
21 Sept