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VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF DOWNTOWN

by CisionFebruary 20, 2026

CBRE: European hyperscaler self-build capacity growth to outpace colocation supply growth, but supply outpaces take-up in weaker than expected 2025

by dcdFebruary 20, 2026

The space race is being rewritten by AI – and Europe risks falling behind

by EU StartupsFebruary 20, 2026

Trending

2026 is shaping up to be a ‘good year to buy’ property

February 16, 2026

Platform designed to cut cell and gene therapy production costs attracts €6.9 million for UK startup Tozaro

February 16, 2026

How Does the Sale of Receivables Affect the Balance Sheet?

February 17, 2026

Italy

Italy’s Real Estate weekly round-up. News from Le Palme Lazise Family Collection, Club Del Sole, BonelliErede, TEC-The Equity Club, and more

Italy’s Real Estate weekly round-up. News from Le Palme Lazise Family Collection, Club Del Sole, BonelliErede, TEC-The Equity Club, and more

February 20, 2026

Italy’s private debt & corporate finance weekly round-up. News from Bio Hold, Vesper Infrastucture Partners, Pietro Fiorentini, UniCredit, Crédit Agricole Italia, and more

Italy’s private debt & corporate finance weekly round-up. News from Bio Hold, Vesper Infrastucture Partners, Pietro Fiorentini, UniCredit, Crédit Agricole Italia, and more

February 19, 2026

Italy’s distressed assets and NPEs weekly round-up. News from Titagarh Firema, Ferrovie dello Stato, Valery, Journelle, Hoepli, and more

DISTRESSED ASSETS

Italy’s distressed assets and NPEs weekly round-up. News from Titagarh Firema, Ferrovie dello Stato, Valery, Journelle, Hoepli, and more

February 18, 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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DACH

Austrian PropTech Lystio closes €500k round to refine real estate portal and expand across Europe

February 20, 2026

The Vienna-based startup Lystio, an AI-native real estate portal, has closed a €500k funding round in order to expand with...

Zurich-based AI infrastructure startup Rapidata raises €7.2 million to scale global human feedback network

February 20, 2026

KuCoin EU Expands Local Compliance and Governance Team in Austria

February 20, 2026

Colt romances hyperscalers in Paris

February 19, 2026

Unicity Labs Raises $3M to Scale Autonomous Agentic Marketplaces

February 19, 2026

German AI infrastructure startup Cognee lands €7.5 million to scale enterprise-grade memory technology

February 19, 2026

“From Germany, for the world” – Plato secures €12.2 million to automate sales and ERP workflows in distribution

February 19, 2026

Iberia

Imperia launches software that lets businesses build their own supply chain solutions with AI (Sponsored )

February 19, 2026

For decades, industrial planning software has operated under the same model: rigid tools, closed modules and expensive customisation. Adapting these...

Spain’s Oxigen DC acquires Banco Sabadell data center outside Barcelona

by dcd

February 18, 2026

Oxigen Data Center has doubled its operating capacity to 20MW after bringing into production a 10MW data center outside Barcelona,...

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Benelux

VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF DOWNTOWN

February 20, 2026

PIETER VAN RIJN NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF VMGLOS ANGELES and AMSTERDAM, Feb. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin Music Group...

Big ideas from a small nation: 10 of the most promising Luxembourg startups to watch in 2026

February 20, 2026

Colt romances hyperscalers in Paris

February 19, 2026

Liberty Global snaps up Vodafone’s stake in Dutch JV, VodafoneZiggo

February 19, 2026

France

From installation to predictive maintenance: The new service backbone of AI data centers

February 19, 2026

French VC Quantonation raises €220 million for flagship quantum and deep-physics fund

February 18, 2026

Carrefour and Vusion join forces to deploy the smart store at scale

February 18, 2026

Scandinavia & Baltics

CBRE: European hyperscaler self-build capacity growth to outpace colocation supply growth, but supply outpaces take-up in weaker than expected 2025

by dcd

February 20, 2026

Growth of European data center capacity operated and owned exclusively by hyperscalers will outpace colocation supply growth in the region...

Norway’s Trener Robotics closes $32 million Series A to turn industrial robots into adaptive teammates

February 20, 2026

Danish foodtech REDUCED brings Series A to €12 million to support industrial rollout of clean-label savoury ingredients

February 20, 2026

Copla raises €6m Series A

February 20, 2026

The Latest

VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF DOWNTOWN

PIETER VAN RIJN NAMED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF VMGLOS ANGELES and AMSTERDAM, Feb. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin Music Group ...

February 20, 2026

CBRE: European hyperscaler self-build capacity growth to outpace colocation supply growth, but supply outpaces take-up in weaker than expected 2025

Growth of European data center capacity operated and owned exclusively by hyperscalers will outpace colocation supply growth in the region ...

February 20, 2026

The space race is being rewritten by AI – and Europe risks falling behind

Once upon a time, a company would build large, costly, and unwieldy satellites that would then be sent into orbit ...

February 20, 2026

SCANDINAVIA&BALTICS

Norway’s Trener Robotics closes $32 million Series A to turn industrial robots into adaptive teammates

- Advertisement - San Francisco and Trondheim-based Trener Robotics has raised a $32 million Series A to push Physical AI ...

February 20, 2026

Cancer and immunology player Umlaut.bio adds funding to reach ~€3 million pre-Seed total

Umlaut.bio, a German/Swiss oncology/immunology BioTech company developing tRNA-modifying small molecules, announced the extension of its pre-Seed financing to ~€3 million ...

February 20, 2026

Planned data center in Maine under threat from proposed moratorium

Proposals to bring in a data center moratorium in Maine have threatened plans for a new campus in the Pine ...

February 20, 2026

UK energy regulator Ofgem launches grid connection overhaul consultation, with data centers a focal point

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has launched a wide-ranging review of electricity demand connection rules, with data center growth a ...

February 20, 2026

SCANDINAVIA&BALTICS

Danish foodtech REDUCED brings Series A to €12 million to support industrial rollout of clean-label savoury ingredients

- Advertisement - Copenhagen-based REDUCED has raised €4 million in a Series A extension, bringing its total Series A funding ...

February 20, 2026