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A quantum security provider has secured new portfolio backing today. Arqit will join Tomorrow Street’s scaleup portfolio as demand grows around post-quantum migration and cyber resilience.
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Samothrace has closed one project and secured two successors already. The Sicilian research hub says follow-on funding totals €40m across two new programmes.
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Foreverland is scaling cocoa-free chocolate across Europe after fresh funding. The Italian foodtech company has raised €6 million to expand Choruba, deepen manufacturer partnerships, and support a new organic product line.
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VivaTech has published its latest ranking of rising European startups. The 2026 list spans 12 countries and frames technological sovereignty as a defining force across the continent’s growth sectors.
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Quantum computing is arriving faster than many organisations are prepared for. Rob O’Connor, EMEA CISO at Insight, explains why accelerating quantum advances threaten existing encryption models, how “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks raise immediate risks, and what practical steps businesses should take now to protect long-term data security.
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GoodData’s new MCP Server allows AI to execute analytics end-to-end. The San Francisco company’s launch integrates the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to let AI agents create, run and manage analytics directly under governance, aiming for up to 50x faster time to value.
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TSMC’s fourth-quarter profit hit a record NT$505.7 billion. The world’s top contract chipmaker reported a 35 per cent rise in earnings on surging AI demand, lifting revenue to NT$1.05 trillion and prompting a multi-billion-dollar capital-spending increase for 2026.
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G7 finance ministers and allied economies are pushing to lessen global dependence on Chinese rare earths. The 10-nation meeting in Washington signalled growing consensus that critical minerals are not just trade goods but strategic assets. Governments are now exploring joint financing models and market coordination to support non-Chinese producers.
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Meta buys Manus in a landmark AI agency deal worth over $2bn. The Singapore-based startup’s general-purpose agent technology could redefine how AI works — but success depends on whether Meta can turn autonomy into measurable business value.
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2026 will be the year of grown-up innovation. Cyrus Vantoch-Wood, Founder at Insurgent, forecasts a global shift from spectacle to substance — from performative sustainability to pragmatic regeneration — as companies rebuild purpose, value, and continuity in a world demanding competence over conjecture.