3 of LinkedIn’s 20 most promising startups are part of Eurazeo’s portfolio: Mistral AI, Electra, and Flowdesk. Another proof that European tech has what it takes and that the best startups grow here. https://lnkd.in/ddFSKxKi Matthieu Baret Benoist Grossmann Louis Bô Laurent Chatelin Melissa Cohen Martin Sichelkow

Investors are whipping themselves into a frenzy over the workflow automation sector right now. Few startups in European tech are capable of instigating VCs into all-out bidding wars, but in August German startup n8n did just that. Most VCs think there will be more stories like that to come as revenue opportunities ramp up. But which AI workflow automation startups have investors got their eyes on? Sifted spoke to VCs from Acadian Ventures, firstminute capital, Creandum and Episode 1 Ventures to find out. Several of the startups named include: 🇩🇪 askLio 🇬🇧 Kinfolk 🇩🇪 Synthflow AI 🇬🇧 Fern Labs 🇸🇪 Freda 🇳🇱 Lleverage 🇮🇪 Seapoint Full list: https://lnkd.in/e69iMfyw Audrey Handem | Mandeep Singh | Peter Specht | Michael Stothard | Carolina Monck, PhD.

Berlin-based AI startup n8n, which helps businesses automate workflows, has raised $180M in a Series C round, valuing the company at $2.5B. The round was led by US VC Accel, with participation from Meritech, Redpoint, Evantic, Visionaries Club, T Capital, nVentures, and existing investors Sequoia, HV Capital, Highland Europe, and Felicis Ventures. Jan Oberhauser | Ben Fletcher 🔗 Read full article link in comment #n8n #AI #WorkflowAutomation #BusinessAutomation #StartupFunding #SeriesC #TechInvestment #EnterpriseTech #NoCode #AIAutomation #BerlinStartup #Innovation #ScaleUp

What does it take to build a thriving startup ecosystem? At Expand North Star 2025, Nabil Arnous, Executive Director of RAK Innovation City, shared how they’re helping founders turn bold ideas into global ventures through innovation, mentorship, and collaboration. A great conversation with AI INFUSION CONSULTANCY COO, Saniyah Ahmed, on collaboration, vision, and what startups need to scale smarter. #AIInfusion #ExpandNorthStar #RAKInnovationCity #InnovationInAction #TechLeadership #StartupGrowth #SmartUAE #FutureOfWork #ArtificialIntelligence #GITEXGlobal #InnovationLeadership #DigitalTransformation

“Ship fast, stay loud, or become irrelevant” — Andreessen Horowitz Partner Bryan Kim on what actually matters in AI startups 🚀 #theventureconvivio Italian Founders Fund | Eurazeo | Base10 Partners | Rancilio Cube SICAF

Madica Adds Two AI Startups to Portfolio Investment Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed African startups, has announced new investments in two AI-powered companies: Anavid and Hypeo AI. Each company has secured up to $200,000 in funding and will join Madica’s 18-month program, which offers a tailored curriculum, hands-on mentorship, executive coaching, and two fully-funded immersion trips to key technology ecosystems, both… https://lnkd.in/dQWAGJmQ

💸💸 General Intuition raises $133.7 million from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Raine 📌 The startup, which is looking to push frontier models across agents capable of deep spatial and temporal reasoning, counts researchers, infrastructure experts, and video processing specialists among its founding members. Read more at:👇👇 https://lnkd.in/gsJUWVEk

Goodbyes in tech often mark new beginnings. In 2025, several top executives traded corner offices for startup dreams, setting the stage for the next wave of AI innovation. Here are the biggest exits and boldest ventures redefining the industry—and the ones to watch in 2026. Naveen Rao | Thomas Dohmke | Mira Murati | Igor Babuschkin | William (Liam) Fedus | Devi Parikh, Dhruv Batra, Abhishek Das | Ganesh Venkataramanan

“If you start building, you’re very likely to strike gold in every direction you turn.” This past weekend at HackMIT 2025, Dedalus Labs (YC S25) joined an incredible lineup of sponsoring companies and had the chance to sit down with Ankit Gupta, Y Combinator’s newest General Partner. In this conversation with our CEO Catherine Di, Ankit shares his perspective on working with founders, what YC looks for in a founding team, and the trends he sees shaping the future of startups. Check out the full interview in our blog post here: https://lnkd.in/g6eY2jWe

BII and Accelerace join forces 🤝 We are pleased to announce that Accelerace is merging with BioInnovation Institute (BII) and will now become an integrated part of our organization. With this merger, we aim to create Europe’s strongest launchpad for startups, strengthening the Danish innovation ecosystem and supporting even more university-based ventures – not only in biotech and life sciences, but also in tech, AI, and quantum technology. By combining BII’s innovation platform with Accelerace’s long-standing experience with tech startups, we are building a central hub for innovation across fields that will help shape a leading entrepreneurial environment in Europe for the benefit of the entire ecosystem. You can read more about the merger here: https://bit.ly/483G7lo Peter Torstensen Faerchfonden EIFO Symbion Community