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Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan. 26-30)

by EU StartupsJanuary 30, 2026

Atos relaunches its AI, HPC, and quantum group under Bull brand

by dcdJanuary 30, 2026

What Series A founders get wrong about hiring

by EU StartupsJanuary 30, 2026

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After raising nearly €60 million in 2025, London’s Sokin bags additional €83 million for its payments platform

January 28, 2026

Cellnex completes sale of French data center business to Vauban Infra Fibre

January 26, 2026

Italy’s private equity weekly roundup. News from MSA Mizar, TowerBrook, Columna Capital, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, and more

Italy’s private equity weekly roundup. News from MSA Mizar, TowerBrook, Columna Capital, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, and more

January 26, 2026

Italy

Italy’s Real Estate weekly round-up. News from CDP Real Asset, QC Spa of Wonders – QC Terme, White Bridge Investments, DeA Capital Real Estate, Harbert Management Corporation, Colussi Ermes, Middleby, Intesa SanPaolo, and more

Italy’s Real Estate weekly round-up. News from CDP Real Asset, QC Spa of Wonders – QC Terme, White Bridge Investments, DeA Capital Real Estate, Harbert Management Corporation, Colussi Ermes, Middleby, Intesa SanPaolo, and more

January 30, 2026

Italy’s private debt & corporate finance weekly round-up. News from AC Milan, Comvest Capital BDC, Elliott, RedBird, Eurocommercial Properties, Intesa SanPaolo, and more

Italy’s private debt & corporate finance weekly round-up. News from AC Milan, Comvest Capital BDC, Elliott, RedBird, Eurocommercial Properties, Intesa SanPaolo, and more

January 29, 2026

Italy’s private debt & corporate finance weekly round-up. News from Banca Progetto, JPMorgan, TPER, Intesa SanPaolo, CDP, BPER, F2i, and more

DISTRESSED ASSETS

Italy’s distressed assets and NPEs weekly round-up. News from Banca Progetto, Oaktree Capital Management, Pro-Gest, Carlyle, Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Banco BPM, BPER Banca, Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit, MCC, and more

January 28, 2026

Gateways to Italy

Gateways to Italy – Offer your services to funds and investors willing to explore opportunities in Italy. Become a partner!

Gateways to Italy – Offer your services to funds and investors willing to explore opportunities in Italy. Become a partner!

ItaHub

Crypto-assets supervision rules in Italy, Banca d’Italia will supervise payment systems and Consob on market abuse

Crypto-assets supervision rules in Italy, Banca d’Italia will supervise payment systems and Consob on market abuse

by Stefania Peveraro

November 4, 2024

Joint document published by the two authorities clarifying who does what on crypto-assets, following the publication in Italy's Official Gazette...

Italy’s SMEs export toward 260 bn euros in 2025

Italy’s SMEs export toward 260 bn euros in 2025

September 9, 2024

With two months to go before the NPL Directive, in Italy the securitization rebus is still to be unraveled

With two months to go before the NPL Directive, in Italy the securitization rebus is still to be unraveled

EU’s AI Act, like previous rules on technology, looks more defensive than investment-oriented

EU’s AI Act, like previous rules on technology, looks more defensive than investment-oriented

January 9, 2024

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Italian private equity accelerates, driven by add-ons. BeBeez reports.

Italian private equity accelerates, driven by add-ons. BeBeez reports.

September 7, 2025

AlixPartners: Automotive, retail and manufacturing sectors may go through restructuring in 2025

AlixPartners: Automotive, retail and manufacturing sectors may go through restructuring in 2025

Funds vying for management consulting firm BIP, a CVC portfolio company. All deals in the sector

Funds vying for management consulting firm BIP, a CVC portfolio company. All deals in the sector

Private equity, Italy 2024 closes with 588 deals as for investments and divestments from 549 in 2023. Here is the new BeBeez’s report

Private equity, Italy 2024 closes with 588 deals as for investments and divestments from 549 in 2023. Here is the new BeBeez’s report

February 10, 2025

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Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan. 26-30)

January 30, 2026

Friday is here with a new edition of our weekly VC funding overview for our CLUB members. Below you’ll find...

What Series A founders get wrong about hiring

January 30, 2026

GuestReady’s acquisition of Lightbooking lifts Spanish portfolio by 200+ units, taking global total beyond 4,000

January 30, 2026

Dutch data centre optimisation startup Lucend raises €2.7 million to expand to the U.S.

January 29, 2026

Maharashtra Signs MoUs Worth USD 360 billion in Davos, Advanced discussions held for additional USD 120 billion worth of agreements

January 29, 2026

Google gets greenlight for data center in Kronstorf, Austria

January 29, 2026

H.I.G. WhiteHorse Provides Financing to Büter Group

January 29, 2026

Iberia

Spain’s rising tech scene: 10 of the most promising startups driving change in 2026

January 30, 2026

Following our series of country articles, today we turn our attention to Spain’s innovation landscape, exploring the factors shaping its...

Cisco finalizes 15-year PPA with R.Power to support development of four Polish solar projects

by dcd

January 29, 2026

Polish renewable energy firm R.Power has finalized a 15-year virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Cisco Systems, a US networking...

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Benelux

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan. 26-30)

January 30, 2026

Friday is here with a new edition of our weekly VC funding overview for our CLUB members. Below you’ll find...

Amsterdam’s Proba raises €1.25 million to scale fertiliser-related Scope 3 reductions across agri-food supply chains

January 30, 2026

Atoms for Data

January 29, 2026

Dutch data centre optimisation startup Lucend raises €2.7 million to expand to the U.S.

January 29, 2026

France

Atos relaunches its AI, HPC, and quantum group under Bull brand

January 30, 2026

Eutelsat cancels ground station sale after French gov’t intervention

January 30, 2026

ONLYLYON Invest announces MCatalysis has established European subsidiary and first industrial prototype in Lyon

January 29, 2026

Scandinavia & Baltics

Aker Nscale plans 96MW data center in Skien, Norway

by dcd

January 30, 2026

Aker Nscale has entered into an agreement with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway.The...

NorthC plans 30MW data center in Stockholm, Sweden

January 29, 2026

atNorth Announces 30MW metro data center in Stockholm, Sweden

January 29, 2026

Skanska and Entra invests about NOK 1.8 billion, about SEK 1.7 billion, in a new office project in Oslo, Norway

January 29, 2026

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Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan. 26-30)

Friday is here with a new edition of our weekly VC funding overview for our CLUB members. Below you’ll find ...

January 30, 2026

Atos relaunches its AI, HPC, and quantum group under Bull brand

Atos has relaunched its artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and quantum group as Bull, ahead of the subsidiary being ...

January 30, 2026

What Series A founders get wrong about hiring

You just closed your Series A. The wire hit last week, and now you’re staring at a hiring plan that ...

January 30, 2026

GuestReady’s acquisition of Lightbooking lifts Spanish portfolio by 200+ units, taking global total beyond 4,000

GuestReady, a Swiss short-term rental management company, is expanding into the Canary Islands with the acquisition of Lightbooking, a Spanish ...

January 30, 2026

National Grid partners with Atos to develop digital twin of UK grid

Atos has partnered with the UK’s transmission operator National Grid to develop Triton, a digital twin and data visualization platform ...

January 30, 2026

Eutelsat cancels ground station sale after French gov’t intervention

European satellite firm Eutelsat has cancelled the sale of its passive ground segment infrastructure to EQT Infrastructure VI following an ...

January 30, 2026

Spain’s rising tech scene: 10 of the most promising startups driving change in 2026

Following our series of country articles, today we turn our attention to Spain’s innovation landscape, exploring the factors shaping its ...

January 30, 2026

UK MPs launch cross-party group focused on data center industry

UK parliamentarians have launched a cross-party group focused on boosting understanding of the data center industry.The Data Centres APPG (all-party ...

January 30, 2026