AI-powered Gizmo raises $22m Series A to make learning as addictive as social media
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by @AmeliaKIsaacs / @ameliakisaacs.bsky.social

Here’s the @Pathfounders pick of today’s tech news:
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The Hungarian people have ended Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian domination of society and the economy. What will this mean for its tech startup ecosystem?
We broke it down with two insiders:
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During the Renaissance, the Medicis didn’t just fund art, they powered European resurgence. The Renaissance Summit and Pathfounders will do just that this June. Learn how you can join us:
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Can Europe's family offices re-ignite the spirit of the Renaissance? Europe doesn’t have a capital or talent problem, but it clearly has a coordination problem. Can it's Family Offices fix that? pathfounders.com/p/can-europe...

Europe doesn’t have a capital problem. It has a coordination problem.
What happens when founders, investors, and policymakers actually sit in the same room with the goal to drive change. That’s what Renaissance Summit is building. And it’s only just getting started. 🎧 Watch the full conversation wit

W is a soon-to-launch European social media platform with a radical premise: owned, invested and operated from Europe. Founder Anna Zeiter, formerly of eBay, spoke exclusively to Pathfounders. YouTube: youtu.be/cEl25tpFleE?...

Are we really killing it? In this Pathfounders Guest Essay, Sonia Afzal argues that the row over a recent “tech bro renaissance” article misses the real story: a deeper cultural shift in tech, where feminism, media incentives, and “brosculinity” collide.
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Granola made a great product for individuals - that helped it get into enterprises

Granola's game plan was to use note-taking as a 'Trojan Horse' into the enterprise

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Women are harnessing AI — and ignoring the Tech Brosculinity

The Pathfounders special report and podcast:
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Italy’s deeptech scene gets an €85m vote of confidence from 360 Capital- The European VC firm sees Italy as “systematically underinvested” in deeptech.
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Day Zero makes OPUS more attractive to investors

#opus #dayzero #investors #startup

Europe Backs ‘EU Inc’ — But will it go all the way?
The European Commission has thrown its weight behind the idea of a cross-EU company structure. But while the political will is there, will the execution fall short?
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Rivia raises $15m Series A to speed up clinical trials with AI

Zurich-based startup building infrastructure to improve drug development outcomes
By @AmeliaKIsaacs
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*Exclusive: OPUS launches Day Zero venture platform to back early stage startups*

Can you leverage community into an early start startup funding platform? That’s the bet that UK-based OPUS plans to make with its international membership network of founders and operators.

by @mikebutcher

This London-based startup is hoping to make international taxes easy

#internationaltaxes #startup #business #tech #taxes #industry

This startup raised $17.5 million to solve international payments and regulations for global trade


#internationalpayments #startup #regulations #globaltrade

Pathfounders is excited to support PODIM as a media partner, taking place May 11–13, 2026 in Maribor, Slovenia. Apply *now* to be one of the 150 selected startups at this highly curated event for investors: podim.org/startups

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Outpost aims to do what Deel did for international employees, but with global trade. And it's just raised a $17.5 million Series A funding round to do it.

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Pathfounders ‎with Mike Butcher. A broadcast of latest articles on https://Pathfounders.com and Pathfounders social channels.

@Pathfounders is now also on Telegram

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UK-based Isembard secures $50m to retrofit aerospace and defence component factories for the AI-era

The plan is to open 25 factories across the UK Germany, France and Ukraine.

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*BREAKING: Paris-based Qevlar AI raises $30M to bring AI to cybersecurity*
Read on Pathfounders, Listen/watch on YouTube, Spotify, Apple
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*Europe, it's time to put your money where your mouth is*

In an open letter, the partners of three major VC funds argue that Europe — after proving it can create world-class startups — must now prove it can scale them with growth capital.

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Italy has long been synonymous with incredible design, engineering, and industrial giants, but can it take advantage of the new AI era? pathfounders.com/p/can-italy-...

Pathfounders: Join our February 26, London Mixer

“AI, Power & the Road to 2026”

Apply for our *upcoming Mixer* featuring a VC panel, breakout roundtables, and networking drinks.

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*Exclusive: Aisy emerges from stealth to simplify cybersecurity’s endless ticket storm using AI*
Three cybersecurity VCs are backing a self-taught hacker with a Seed round
by @AmeliaKIsaacs / @ameliakisaacs.bsky.social
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2150 closes €210m Fund II, says cities are the answer to de-carbonisation The VC now has €500m AUM, and plans to double-down on its existing thesis

Read the full story and watch the interview here:
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Watch the full interview here:
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