Sennder details €228 million financing package for freight operations
Digital freight forwarder sennder has secured a €228 million financing package, EU-Startups reported. It includes €73 million in equity accumulated over the past two years and €155 million in institutional financing, rather than an entirely new equity round.
Course Corrected closes €80 million fund for European technology startups
Stockholm-based venture capital firm Course Corrected has reached the final close of its second fund at €80 million, EU-Startups reports.
Switchpoint Bio raises €4.75 million for blood-based drug response platform
Switchpoint Bio has raised €4.75 million ($5.3 million) in pre-Seed financing to develop its blood-based platform for studying disease and treatment response, EU-Startups reports. Treehouse Delmar Investments supplied €4.48 million ($5 million) of the round.
EU proposes subscription controls and ban on loot boxes for minors
The European Commission proposed a Digital Fairness Act that would ban paid loot boxes for under-18s, prohibit manipulative interface practices and require online subscription cancellation in a few clicks, The Next Web reports.
Metalenz acquires PxE for light-routing camera sensor technology
Metalenz has acquired Israeli startup PxE Holographic Imaging, developer of an optical layer that redirects light onto camera sensor pixels instead of absorbing it through color filters, WIRED reports. Financial details were not disclosed.
England's university regulator urges return to exams as AI complicates grading
England's Office for Students recommends that universities return to written exams and in-person presentations because AI makes grading coursework "close to impossible," The Guardian reports.