European venture
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Sifted · United Kingdom · US observability firm Datadog acquires French-American AI startup Adaptive ML for an undisclosed sum
Establishes Adaptive ML's European roots: a US$20m seed led by Index Ventures with ICONIQ, Motier and Xavier Niel, and a founding team of ex-Hugging Face researchers based in Paris.
“Adaptive ML closes $20m seed round led by Index Ventures.”
Tech Funding News · United Kingdom · US frontier lab Mirendil, founded by ex-Anthropic researchers, raises a US$200m seed at ~US$1bn
Earliest original found; frames the raise as ex-Anthropic researchers building AI that creates better AI, and one of the largest AI seed rounds on record at a ~US$1bn valuation.
“One year at Anthropic, then $200M at $1B.”
EU-Startups · European Union · UK's Tapestry VC closes a €70m (US$80m) Fund III for repeat founders, co-anchored by the state British Business Bank
Leads with the British Business Bank's €35m co-anchor commitment, reading state money as central to a European early-stage fund clearing its raise.
“Co-anchored by a €35 million commitment from British Business Bank.”