Southeast Asia is electrification’s most interesting frontier: a market growing from $4.55B (2025) toward $23.6B by 2031, with EVs already…
Europe’s EV Market in 2026: Climbing Fast, on Softer Ground
Europe’s EV transition enters 2026 as its biggest industrial project and most contested political one at once. BEV volumes are…
From Niche to Norm: The Global EV Market, 2023-2026
In three years the electric car went from statement to statistic: global EV sales rose from 13.6M (2023) to over…
Europe’s LPs Bet Big on Industrial AI and Resilience as VC Strategies Narrow
European venture capital limited partners are pivoting from generalist funds to specialized industrial AI and resilience tech, reshaped by energy…
EU AI Act: Regulatory Shield or Innovation Straitjacket for European Startups?
The EU AI Act imposes strict transparency and high-risk rules, forcing startups like Moss and Neuraspace to adapt. Will Europe’s…
Europe’s $23B AI Boom Exposes a Critical Exit Void
European AI startups attracted $23B in H1 2026, but the IPO pipeline has contracted sharply. This analysis examines the funding…
Ore Energy Lands €43M to Fuel Iron-Air Battery Scale-Up for Data Centres
Dutch startup Ore Energy raises €43 million to scale iron-air batteries, offering a cost-effective, long-duration storage solution for the continent’s…
Predictive Maintenance and Supply Chain Agility: How IoT is Reshaping Smart Manufacturing Across Europe and Southeast Asia
Europe’s established Industry 4.0 framework and Southeast Asia’s rapid digitalization drive IoT adoption in manufacturing, with predictive maintenance and supply…
Ex-Anduril Founders Raise $30M to Build Europe’s ‘Synthetic Battlefield’ for Defence AI
London startup Agon has left stealth with $30M to build virtual environments where AI-powered autonomous weapons train before real conflict…
Ex-Anduril Founders Raised $30M to Build Europe’s Sovereign Defence-AI Data Pipeline — Not the Weapons
Agon emerged from stealth with $30M (Lakestar, Lux, Northzone, XYZ; Unity’s David Helgason as chair) to build the confidential training-data…
Europe Wants to Cut Energy Use and Build AI Data Centers at the Same Time. It Can’t Do Both.
Global data-center power is jumping ~27% to ~565 TWh in 2026, AI servers ~31% of it. Ireland already burns 20-24%…
Europes Deeptech VCs Confront the Factory Problem After Northvolt Collapse
Europes deeptech venture capital is being forced to master manufacturing scale-up after the Northvolt bankruptcy exposed a systemic gap between…