Foundry, the new venture of former Dyson India and Middle East and Africa managing director Ankit Jain, has raised ₹12 crore from BEENEXT and Kettleborough VC to build premium home appliances, starting with a kitchen range due in the second half of 2027.
Nvidia is taking minority stakes in four French AI companies, Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic, as chief executive Jensen Huang promised $2 billion in new European AI deals on top of the $8 billion invested on the continent over the past year.
Allswell, co-founded by CEO Dawn Androphy, has raised a $7 million seed round led by Rethink Impact to expand its insurance-covered virtual therapy platform for LGBTQ+ adults, which serves patients in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Silicon Valley seed firm Pear VC, co-founded by Mar Hershenson and Pejman Nozad, has closed a $333 million Fund V, about 23% smaller than its previous fund, and promoted three former founders to general partner.
Duvo, the enterprise AI company founded by Rohlik's Tomáš Čupr with Marek Paris and Martin Pecha, has raised a $32 million Series A led by Balderton Capital to move AI agents from pilots into everyday operations and expand into the US.
Harmonic Security, founded by the team behind Digital Shadows, has raised an oversubscribed $50 million Series B led by Crosspoint Capital Partners to help enterprises see and control what employees share with AI tools, rather than blocking them outright.
The 2026 State of the Climate report, published in BioScience, finds seven of 16 planetary vital signs at record extremes and warming accelerating, while pointing to the rapid growth of renewables as a turning point the world must build on.
Octopus Energy has unveiled the Cosy Cooler, a £500–600 add-on that uses an existing Cosy heat pump to cool individual rooms, offering an alternative to air conditioning systems costing £2,000–£6,000 after a summer in which UK temperatures hit 38.2°C.
England and Wales water regulator Ofwat has proposed that companies return a net £240 million to customers through lower bills for missing 2025-26 service targets, with Yorkshire Water and Thames Water facing the largest penalties and Severn Trent and Northumbrian earning the biggest rewards.
Finnish startup Ambio has raised a €5.1 million seed round led by b2venture to scale its AI-native service for buying recycled plastics, as Europe's recycling industry struggles with plant closures and a persistent price gap with virgin plastic.