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Paris-based Robeauté, a medtech startup focused on neurosurgical microrobots, has raised $28M (approximately €27.28M) in funding led by Plural, Cherry Ventures, and Kindred Ventures. Additional investors include LocalGlobe, Think.Health, and APEX Ventures, with strategic investment from Brainlab. Ian Hogarth, partner at Plural, says, “Robeauté’s technology doesn’t just have the potential to transform neurosurgery — it ... Read more
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On Thursday, Enschede, the Netherlands-based Bizzdesign, a global enterprise architecture software company, announced the acquisition of Alfabet from Software GmbH. Alfabet is a business transformation platform specialising in Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM). More than 350 customers in over 40 countries use the company’s products to plan and manage business and IT ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based uniQure, a biotechnology company specialising in human gene-based therapies, recently announced its public offering of 4,411,764 ordinary shares at $17.00 per share. The expected gross proceeds are around $75M (approximately €73M), before fees and expenses. All shares will be sold by uniQure, which has also given underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional ... Read more Read more ›
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On Wednesday, Delft-based Hypersoniq, an electrochemical sensor technology company, announced that it has secured €1.1M in seed funding round. The funding consortium includes Impact Investor VP Capital and the Thematic Technology Transfer funds of Smart Industries and Netherlands Enabling Water Technology (NEW). Fund utilisation The company will use the funding to advance the development and ... Read more Read more ›
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Swedish electric-vehicle battery maker Northvolt sells its remaining shares in battery recycler Hydrovolt to Oslo’s aluminium and energy company Hydro, for NOK 78M (nearly €6.66M). The deal increases Hydro’s ownership in Hydrovolt from 72 per cent to 100 per cent. This development for Northvolt comes amid its financial crisis. In 2024, the company announced a ... Read more Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Utrecht-based Undagrid, a provider of wireless location and asset monitoring technologies, announced that it has been acquired by EnOcean, the German company known for energy-harvesting wireless technology for the Internet of Things (IoT). By combining Undagrid’s AI-driven technologies with EnOcean’s energy-harvesting products, the companies can offer scalable asset tracking and monitoring services and ... Read more Read more ›
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Finland-based Hycamite, a company that produces low-carbon hydrogen and carbon products by splitting methane, announced that it has secured €44M in a two-step series A investment from strategic and financial investors. The second part of the series was closed to start operations of the company’s industrial-scale demonstration unit. Sojitz Group led the round with existing ... Read more Read more ›
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On Thursday, London-based Verdiva Bio Limited, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced its launch to focus on developing innovative therapies for obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders. The company also announced that it has secured $411M (approximately €398.4M) in an oversubscribed Series A funding round co-led by Forbion and General Atlantic. Other investors, including RA Capital Management, ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Robeauté, a medtech startup focused on neurosurgical microrobots, has raised $28M (approximately €27.28M) in funding led by Plural, Cherry Ventures, and Kindred Ventures. Additional investors include LocalGlobe, Think.Health, and APEX Ventures, with strategic investment from Brainlab. Ian Hogarth, partner at Plural, says, “Robeauté’s technology doesn’t just have the potential to transform neurosurgery — it ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based PHOTON IP, a manufacturer of advanced low-power optical chips, announced that it has secured €4.75M seed round led by Innovation Industries. Other investors, including Faber and Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM), as well as PhotonDelta, participated in the round. The Dutch company will use the funds to accelerate the industrialisation and commercialisation of its breakthrough ... Read more Read more ›
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