Tech Funding News

If 2025 was defined by the speed of the AI boom, 2026 is set to be the year the market pivots from “AI tourism” to a focus on tangible value, robust infrastructure, and the human element.

Sifted

As founders and investors look ahead to 2026, their New Year’s resolutions reveal a familiar challenge: how to scale a fast-moving startup without losing purpose, people or perspective.

TechCrunch

It’s been three years since OpenAI released ChatGPT and kicked off a surge in innovation and attention on AI. Since then, optimists have regularly claimed that AI will become a critical part of the enterprise software industry, and so enterprise AI startups mushroomed on the back of immense amounts of investment.

Startup Reporter

In November 2023, Oleksandr Komarevych, Editor of Startupreporter.eu, sat down with Tom Henriksson, General Partner at OpenOcean, to discuss the challenges and opportunities awaiting venture capital in 2024. One year later, in November 2024, they reconvened at Slush to reflect on how those predictions unfolded and to look ahead to 2025.

PitchBook

Tax exemptions, VC scheme reforms and investment incentives were among the announcements in the country’s annual financial statement.

Tech Funding News

Finland’s startup ecosystem has been on the European radar for quite some time, riding the Nordic wave initially set in motion by the telecommunications giant Nokia. During my recent trip to Turku and Helsinki with Business Finland, the Nokia legacy was clear. Nearly every person I spoke with had served in a C-level role there, and yes, I never saw that many Oura rings in my life.

IFA Magazine

After weeks of speculation, Chancellor Reeves has now laid out her full Budget measures to Parliament.

PitchBook

The Helsinki startup conference drew 13,000 attendees, with discussions centering on the two topics.

Forbes

Change is apparently coming. Early next year, the European Commission will publish proposals for a harmonised legal framework aimed at making it easier and less costly for startup and scale-up companies to expand their activities across the EU.

Tech.eu

Berlin’s Arbio is building an AI-native operating system for Europe’s fragmented short-term rental market.

Startups Magazine

The AI boom has reshaped the startup landscape. By some estimates, just over half of all the new billion-dollar companies in 2025 so far are AI companies.

Diginomica

There's no sign of a jobs apocalypse, claim Yale researchers. In fact, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a minimal impact on the world of work. So, is it an epochal damp squib?

Tech Funding News

If 2025 was defined by the speed of the AI boom, 2026 is set to be the year the market pivots from “AI tourism” to a focus on tangible value, robust infrastructure, and the human element.

Sifted

As founders and investors look ahead to 2026, their New Year’s resolutions reveal a familiar challenge: how to scale a fast-moving startup without losing purpose, people or perspective.

TechCrunch

It’s been three years since OpenAI released ChatGPT and kicked off a surge in innovation and attention on AI. Since then, optimists have regularly claimed that AI will become a critical part of the enterprise software industry, and so enterprise AI startups mushroomed on the back of immense amounts of investment.

Startup Reporter

In November 2023, Oleksandr Komarevych, Editor of Startupreporter.eu, sat down with Tom Henriksson, General Partner at OpenOcean, to discuss the challenges and opportunities awaiting venture capital in 2024. One year later, in November 2024, they reconvened at Slush to reflect on how those predictions unfolded and to look ahead to 2025.

PitchBook

Tax exemptions, VC scheme reforms and investment incentives were among the announcements in the country’s annual financial statement.

Tech Funding News

Finland’s startup ecosystem has been on the European radar for quite some time, riding the Nordic wave initially set in motion by the telecommunications giant Nokia. During my recent trip to Turku and Helsinki with Business Finland, the Nokia legacy was clear. Nearly every person I spoke with had served in a C-level role there, and yes, I never saw that many Oura rings in my life.

IFA Magazine

After weeks of speculation, Chancellor Reeves has now laid out her full Budget measures to Parliament.

PitchBook

The Helsinki startup conference drew 13,000 attendees, with discussions centering on the two topics.

Forbes

Change is apparently coming. Early next year, the European Commission will publish proposals for a harmonised legal framework aimed at making it easier and less costly for startup and scale-up companies to expand their activities across the EU.

Tech.eu

Berlin’s Arbio is building an AI-native operating system for Europe’s fragmented short-term rental market.

Startups Magazine

The AI boom has reshaped the startup landscape. By some estimates, just over half of all the new billion-dollar companies in 2025 so far are AI companies.

Diginomica

There's no sign of a jobs apocalypse, claim Yale researchers. In fact, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a minimal impact on the world of work. So, is it an epochal damp squib?