Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to develop fungal-based biological crop protection
Copenhagen-area AgTech startup Mycoverse has secured €2.4 million in pre-seed equity financing to advance a biological crop protection platform that uses fungi to replace or reduce chemical pesticid [...]
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted backdoors in all of them
An attacker bought 30+ WordPress plugins (Essential Plugin portfolio) on Flippa for six figures, planted a PHP deserialization backdoor in August 2025, then activated it eight months later to serve cl [...]
Oxa secures $103M Series D first close to scale autonomous vehicles for industrial logistics
Oxford-based autonomous vehicle software company Oxa has raised $103 million in the first close of its Series D round to expand deployment of its industrial self-driving platform. The round includes a [...]
PLD Space raises €180M Series C to scale Europe’s commercial launch capabilities
Spanish launch company PLD Space, headquartered in Elche, has secured €180 million in Series C funding to accelerate production of its orbital rocket systems and expand global launch operations. The [...]
Photoncycle raises €15M Series A to address Europe’s seasonal energy storage gap
Norwegian energy storage startup Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A funding to commercialise its seasonal energy storage technology across Europe. The round was led by NordicNinja and Vo [...]
GHARAGE Ventures launches €40M Fund I to back travel and airport technology startups
Berlin- and Singapore-based venture platform GHARAGE Ventures has launched Fund I, a €40 million early-stage fund focused on technologies shaping the future of travel infrastructure and airport reta [...]
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model
OpenAI has released GPT-5.3 Instant, the latest iteration of the fast, general-purpose model that powers everyday interactions in ChatGPT. Rather than introducing a new frontier model, the update focu [...]