European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on ​Wednesday she wanted to open the door to Canada becoming the EU’s first “associate” member of…

Rome-based Exein, the Physical AI cybersecurity company, has announced $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation, making it the “most valuable cybersecurity…

By Mark McSherry Global company dividends reached $757.8 billion in the second quarter while share buybacks surged 26.8% year-on-year to $572 billion, driven by increased…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it has signed a €630 million financing agreement with Romania for the upgrade of the Brașov–Sighișoara railway, alongside EU…

Milan-based technology conglomerate Bending Spoons — which recently acquired Eventbrite, AOL and Vimeo — said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation…

Google said it plans to invest at least €13 billion in digital infrastructure in Finland over the next two years (2027 – 2028) “deepening its…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Elia Transmission Belgium a credit facility of €1 billion on favourable terms for the second phase of the…

Portugal is to upgrade or build 50,000 social housing units with the support of a €1.5 billion loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Both…

Claret Capital Partners has announced the final close of its Claret European Growth Capital Fund IV, raising €575 million “to back Europe’s boldest innovators.” Following…

Volkswagen’s supervisory board has approved a “transformation” plan that will include cutting another 50,000 jobs — on top of 50,000 job cuts already agreed. That…

By Mark McSherry The central bank of the Netherlands — De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) — said it “has improved the tradability of its gold reserves”…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it is lending up to €100 million to Swedish medical-technology company Elekta AB to advance treatments for a range…

Berlin-based Cloover, the AI-native energy platform for residential solar, heat pumps and home electrification, said it has secured a new $100 million facility, taking its…

Elche, Spain-based PLD Space, the international space transportation company, has extended its Series C funding round, originally launched in March 2026, with an additional €108 million investment, bringing the total…

Swedish private equity group EQT has completed its $3.2 billion acquisition of London-based Coller Capital. Coller – now operating as Coller EQT – is one…

A group of the Nordic region’s largest investors and companies are in discussions to create a “single, unified” stock exchange, Bloomberg News reported, citing sources….

The European Commission approved €6.1 billion in new defence procurement for Ukraine on Monday — Ukraine Independence Day. The Commission said the new funding covers…

Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena has launched separate all-share takeover bids totalling about €34 billion for Banco BPM and Italian insurer Banca Generali…

The European Commission said it has “positively assessed” Poland’s fifth payment request for €7.9 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. “This…

Oceanloop, a German aquaculture technology company developing software-driven recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), has secured up to €38.5 million to scale its technology and expand production…

Stockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable said it has raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $13.3 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures and…

Nasdaq said it has appointed Nikolaj Kosakewitsch as Head of European Market Services, effective immediately. Kosakewitsch assumes full leadership of Nasdaq’s trading, listings, clearing and…

Revolut announced that Revolut Bank S.A. (RBSA) has received a full banking licence, following a joint assessment by the ACPR, the French prudential regulator, and…

Munich-based NavVis — a “spatial twin platform for the built world” — said it secured a $85 million investment round, led by US private equity…

Swedish private equity giant EQT announced that the European Union’s €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund has completed its first investment by co-leading ICEYE’s Series F…

Milan-based technology conglomerate Bending Spoons — which recently acquired Eventbrite, AOL and Vimeo — said on Tuesday it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire…

Capital markets firm Euronext published its results for the second quarter of 2026, showing Q2 “underlying revenue and income” up 16.9% at €544.4 million. Euronext’s…

Dutch grid operator Enexis has secured a €500 million financing facility from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its 2026 electricity grid investment programme. The…

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has appointed Jean-Christophe Laloux as its next chief executive. He will assume his duties on January 1, 2027, succeeding Marjut…

San Sebastian-based Multiverse Computing — a scale-up focused on “sovereign and efficient AI” — announced a €500 million Series C funding round at a €1.5…

Lunar exploration company ispace-Europe, the Luxembourg-based European entity of ispace, inc, has been awarded Phase 2 of the Magpie contract, the Mission for Advanced Geophysics…

The European Commission said it has fined Alphabet’s Google a total of €890 million in two decisions finding non-compliance by the US tech giant with…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Spain’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business — through the Regional Resilience Fund — will provide €870 million in…

Spanish electricity giant Iberdrola, owner of ScottishPower, said it reached an agreement to acquire Finland-based electricity distribution company Caruna in a transaction valuing 100% of…

The European Commission said it fined Alibaba business AliExpress €550 million for “breaching its obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to diligently assess and…

Switzerland-based Swissto12, an “enabler” of the new space economy, announced the close of its €61 million Series C funding round. Swissto12 said it leverages patented…

Stockholm-based Neko Health, the body-scanning preventative healthcare tech firm co-founded by CEO Hjalmar Nilsonne and Spotify founder Daniel Ek, has announced the completion of its…

Intel has announced a €5 billion capital investment at its Leixlip campus near Dublin in Ireland, marking the next phase in the site’s capacity expansion….

The European Commission said it has approved €659 million in German State aid to support the establishment of four first-of-a-kind facilities in the semiconductor value…

Barcelona-based CriteriaCaixa, the holding company that manages the business assets of “la Caixa” Banking Foundation, has announced a “reboot” of its startup investment business to…