Selling to the public sector has long been considered a startup graveyard — slow, bureaucratic, and nearly impossible to scale. But Justin Wenig, founder of Starbridge, believes that’s exactly where the next major AI opportunity lies.
Selling to the public sector has long been considered a startup graveyard — slow, bureaucratic, and nearly impossible to scale. But Justin Wenig, founder of Starbridge, believes that’s exactly where the next major AI opportunity lies.
The rise of vibe coding — the new wave of AI-assisted app creation powered by platforms like Lovable and Replit AI — promised that anyone could build full-scale applications from a single prompt. But while AI can now generate production-ready code in seconds, deploying and maintaining that code remains a
Sumble, a new AI-driven sales intelligence startup founded by Kaggle co-founders Anthony Goldbloom and Ben Hamner, has emerged from stealth with $38.5 million in funding to help sales teams truly understand what’s happening inside target companies — not just who to contact.
Franco-Italian startup Volta has raised €5 million in fresh funding to accelerate its mission to modernize B2B commerce through AI automation. The round was led by RTP Global, with participation from Pascal Houillon (former CEO of Cegid and Sage), and existing investors Emblem, Robin Capital, and Founders Future.
Ocean energy storage innovator Sizable Energy has raised $8 million in funding to accelerate the development and deployment of its offshore long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems.
Property technology startup Lette AI has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed funding to expand its agentic AI operating system for property teams and accelerate growth across Ireland, the UK, and the UAE.
Circular-economy leader refurbed has raised €50 million to fuel its European expansion — with a major focus on entering the UK market — and to strengthen its AI-driven sustainable recommerce platform.
The founders behind Oculus are back with a new ambitious venture — and a quarter-billion dollars to fund it. Sesame, a conversational AI and smart glasses startup led by Brendan Iribe (Oculus co-founder and former CEO) and Ankit Kumar (former CTO of AR startup Ubiquity6), has raised a $250 million
Cleantech venture builder BigCircle Ventures has raised €2 million to accelerate the creation of new startups tackling energy, materials, and circular economy challenges.
Anti-fraud startup Acoru has raised €10 million in a Series A round to help banks detect and prevent AI-powered scams, money mule activity, and financial crime before transactions occur.
