Europe (European) stories

Auckland agritech firm Hectre raises NZD $12m in an oversubscribed Series A to scale its AI-powered fruit data platform globally.

Wesco becomes Acre Security’s exclusive US distributor, expanding cloud access control and intrusion offerings nationwide.

Copilot Capital promotes Dave Sun to Partner and Zerxis Billimoria to Director as it sharpens focus on pan-European software investments.

IDnow hires former Ukraine digital minister Liudmyla Rabchynska to steer EU identity wallet and eIDAS 2.0 regulatory strategy.

Yaspa appoints payments veteran Justin Fraser as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth of its open banking and AI payments platform.

Bending Spoons unveils a EUR €1.5m fellowship, offering major scholarships and mentoring to top computer science students across Europe.

UK firms ramp up travel and AI investment in 2025, even as advertising spend plunges 28%, signalling a sharper focus on productivity.

Global ocean freight punctuality slumps as on-time arrivals crash to 13.9% in 2025, leaving shippers facing mounting delays and uncertainty.

Submer buys Radian Arc to fuse liquid-cooled AI data centres with telco-embedded GPU edge, targeting sovereign AI at carrier scale.

DigiCert hires Christian Stanford as EMEA Partner Chief, sharpening channel strategy amid rising digital trust and compliance demands.

Mastercard taps Peter Schmeichel to front a UK push for tokenised Click to Pay checkouts, aiming to end manual card entry by 2030.

European cloud providers unite to onboard 10,000 SMEs into trusted data spaces within 18 months, easing access to secure data-sharing.

Late payments now make up 37% of global pay cycles, with firms waiting 51 days on average to be paid, Sidetrade data reveals.

UK consumers are embracing AI tools but trust is splintering, with most cross-checking search, social and brand sites before deciding.

Cyber firms warned over ‘verification crisis’ as tools flag floods of flaws but only 0.47% prove exploitable, leaving real risk unresolved.

OVHcloud rolls out Bare Metal 2026 AMD-powered servers in APAC, targeting data-heavy, AI, blockchain and game hosting workloads.

Yaspa joins UNLV’s new AiR Hub as a founding member, aiming to harness AI and open banking data to bolster safer, more responsible gambling.

ConnectWise appoints Johannes Kamleitner to lead EMEA go-to-market, aiming to accelerate MSP-focused growth across key European regions.

Mailchimp expands eCommerce tools and AI-driven automation, rolling out SMS to 34 new EMEA markets to boost small business marketing ROI.

OVHcloud launches Bare Metal 2026 AMD servers for ML, blockchain, gaming and HPC, promising higher performance and energy efficiency.