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The bridge: stories connecting the African and European tech economies through expansion, investment, partnerships, and talent moving between the two.
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The Danish TravelTech secured €6.5 million to widen supplier credit facilities, handle larger booking volumes and build a stablecoin-enabled settlement layer.
President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation creating Russia's first full legal framework for cryptocurrencies, with central-bank licensing of exchanges and a continued ban on domestic crypto payments.
The UK-based defence startup, founded less than two years ago, closed a $300 million round led by DFJ Growth to scale manufacturing of its drone-interceptor systems for allied militaries.
Australian AI infrastructure firm Firmus raised $2 billion in equity funding, nearly doubling its valuation to more than $10.5 billion post-money.
The Cyprus-based agentic CX firm plans to open its first US office in the second half of 2026 as it accelerates North American expansion.
Berlin's Moss reached a valuation above €1 billion with a €30 million Series C, while Washington DC-based Ordway raised $20 million to expand its AI billing platform.
The EU-backed fund managed by EQT made its first investment in Finnish SAR satellite company ICEYE, part of a round valuing the firm above €10 billion.
Brazil-based Hashdex will liquidate its DEFI Bitcoin ETF, which held about $14.7 million in assets, ending trading on Aug. 17, 2026.
Convex, Multiplier, Delightree and Paris-based Shiplog have secured funding to expand AI-focused platforms spanning backend infrastructure, professional services, franchise operations and customer intelligence.
The Amsterdam-based startup will use its Series A to build its first factory for grid-scale batteries that store renewable power for up to 100 hours.
China's SiEngine secured $200 million for automotive semiconductors, while Finland's Aiforia landed €20 million in EIB venture debt for AI pathology tools.
Only 150 unique firms joined crypto funding rounds in July 2026, the weakest monthly turnout since November 2020, according to CryptoRank data.
The Chinese chipmaker, co-founded by ECARX and Arm China, plans to expand manufacturing and pursue global automotive customers with its new funding.
London-based Olix has closed a $312M Series B backed by Arm, Hudson River Trading and Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, tripling its valuation to $3.3bn two years after launch.
The San Francisco startup wants trucking fleets to cut diesel use without buying new electric vehicles, using a battery-powered dolly that clips onto existing rigs.
The Web3-backed venture closed a strategic round to build a contributor mesh for sourcing and verifying AI datasets, and says it is live with over 700,000 nodes.
Funding rounds ranging from €1.2 million to $100 million back observability, enterprise AI, credit-union investing and car rental platforms across Israel, the US and Lithuania.
The Cambridge-based company will use its Series B funding to expand its AI imaging platform into new disease areas for clinical trials.
London-based Greyparrot has closed a $27 million Series B to scale its AI-powered waste analysis systems, bringing total funding to $60 million.
The UK-focused firm secured funding co-led by EQT Growth and General Catalyst to consolidate independent letting agencies under an AI-powered platform.
Recent funding rounds saw Xeltis, Enigma and Ominimo secure capital to expand technologies spanning artificial vessels, physical AI for robotics and motor insurance.
South Korea's largest lender will roll out an on-chain payment service for trade companies next month, using JPMorgan's Kinexys network to speed up dollar transfers across 10 countries.
BPI plans a stablecoin settlement pilot for overseas earnings, while South Korea's largest lender prepares a payment service on JPMorgan's Kinexys platform.
Ten African ventures spanning fintech, agri-tech, e-commerce, Web3 and climate-tech will present to investors at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi on February 14-15.
The Cambridge-based company plans to accelerate UK commercialisation and expand its AI-powered respiratory diagnostic technology internationally, including into the US.
The Heidelberg-linked DeepTech company aims to build AI that adjusts to new contexts without costly retraining, backed by UVC Partners and Entourage.
London-based Arrakis has secured roughly $38 million, including a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital, to grow its platform for embedding AI agents into industrial workflows.
CEO Anthony Soohoo says the remittance firm has moved from testing blockchain to running it inside its global payments network, and has introduced its own MGUSD stablecoin.
With African cross-border payments still routed through the US dollar and correspondent banks, Nigeria and South Africa are exploring stablecoins as settlement infrastructure.
The six-month-old Beijing company plans to use artificial intelligence and deep learning to speed up and lower the cost of liquid rocket engine development.
