The 2026 AWS Pioneers cohort spans healthcare, climate, and conflict zones, and lands alongside a stark warning that Europe risks losing its best innovators if the regulatory environment doesn’t cha [...]
A few months ago, at the SmallSat Symposium, a panel issued a sobering warning to space startups: do not chase defence dollars at the expense of long-term sustainability. Why? Because companies, parti [...]
Britain’s new military tech strategy will fail unless startups are given clear pathways to adoption, experts have warned. Their concerns follow the government’s announcement that defence spending [...]
In the wooded hills south of Munich, Germany, engineers are drilling 8 km down in a bid to harvest limitless clean energy from Earth’s molten, radioactive core. The project could offer a blueprint f [...]
Running out of money is a story as old as startups, and still highly relevant in 2026. According to recent findings of CB Insights, based on an analysis of 431 VC-backed companies that shut down since [...]
Heather Hall, a fractional CFO and founder of Sapphire CFO Solutions, observes a growing sense of AI overwhelm among startup founders. “New tools may promise greater automation and efficiency, but t [...]
Eindhoven-based LUMO Labs has secured a €6 million commitment from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), the public investment arm of the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transfor [...]
Europe is home to twice as many climate tech startups as the US (30,000 vs. 14,300). However, limited access to VC funding is forcing these early-stage companies to seek capital from outside the conti [...]
The 12th edition of one of Europe’s longest-running startup events takes place on 7–8 May in Valletta. Alongside the usual pitch competition and investor matchmaking, this year’s programme inclu [...]