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Venture capital can be a mysterious space to outsiders. Discovering your route into the industry, or trying to decode the path to fundraising as a founder, can often feel challenging. Without a base level of familiarity, understanding the tangled web of relationships, norms, and practices that make VC tick can seem almost impossible. What can ... Read more ›
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Venture capital can be a mysterious space to outsiders. Discovering your route into the industry, or trying to decode the path to fundraising as a founder, can often feel challenging. Without a base level of familiarity, understanding the tangled web of relationships, norms, and practices that make VC tick can seem almost impossible. What can ... Read more ›
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A new report, The European Open-Source AI Landscape, has just been released by the StepUp Startups project. The report offers a snapshot of where Europe currently stands in the global AI race, and explores how faster adoption of open-source AI could boost competitiveness while strengthening the EU’s digital sovereignty. Open-source AI refers to models, tools ... Read more ›
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Antwerp-based cybersecurity company XFA has announced the closing of its €1.5 million Seed round to scale its platform and build a safety net for the modern, hybrid, and AI-native workplace. This round was led by ScaleFund (Belgium) and Curiosity (the Netherlands), with participation from previous investors PMV, Seeder Fund, as well as experienced entrepreneurs from ... Read more ›
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Stockholm-based energy company Elvy has secured €500 million from Scayl, a Swedish debt funding platform, and one of its banking partners to enable homeowners to adopt modern energy systems easily and affordably. With this funding, Elvy aims to finance subscription-based home energy packages for homeowners, which include solar panels, heat pumps, and home battery systems. ... Read more ›
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The British Business Bank has announced a €5.7 million (£5 million) commitment to the London-based British Design Fund (BDF), an early-stage fund and angel network that backs UK product-focused businesses, through its Regional Angels Programme. The fund is managed by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP and seeks to support UK-based startup enterprises that design and manufacture ... Read more ›
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Spoor, an Oslo-based startup that leverages AI to help wind farms monitor and protect wildlife, announced it has secured an €8 million Series A investment round to support further global expansion and new hires. The round was led by European EnergyTech VC SET Ventures, with additional participation from EnBW New Ventures, Ørsted Ventures and Superorganism. ... Read more ›
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Yonda Tax, a British tax automation platform helping businesses stay compliant across borders, today announces its first institutional funding round, bringing total investment to €12 million ($15 million). The round was led by Kennet Partners, with participation from NYO Capital and Portfolio Ventures. The funding will be used to enhance platform features and functionality, and ... Read more ›
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Qargo, a Ghent-based intelligent Transport Management System (TMS) cutting operating costs for European transport operators, today announced it has raised €28 million ($33 million) in Series B funding. The round was led by Sofina, the Belgian family-backed investment company, alongside existing investor Balderton Capital and follows Qargo’s rapid expansion across key European logistic hubs in ... Read more ›
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Hello Vet, A British veterinary practice that invites pet owners into treatment and recovery rooms, has raised €17 million (£15 million) in Series A funding to expand its approach across the UK. Hello Vet’s Seed and Series A rounds have been supported by investors Addition and Future Positive, alongside 15 leading and specialist vets – ... Read more ›
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makesense, a Paris-based nonprofit organisation working on social and environmental transitions, announces the first close of makesense seed II, a new pre-Seed investment fund to finance a socially inclusive, circular economy in France and Europe. €15 million have already been raised through the European Investment Fund (EIF), Mirova, Revital’Empoi and a dozen business angels and ... Read more ›
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This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Karim Saleh, Co-founder and CEO of Cerrion. This Zurich-based company is building agentic AI that watches factory lines around the clock and intervenes in real time to prevent safety incidents, scrap, and costly downtime. By plugging into standard cameras and understanding production flows like an ... Read more ›
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London-based dementia care startup Punto Health has raised €2.3 million ($2.7 million) in a Seed funding round to accelerate product development and commercial expansion across the UK and Spain. The round was co-led by Shilling VC and Plus Partners, with participation from Exceptional Ventures, Heartfelt, Fondo Bolsa Social, and ABAC Nest. “Dementia is never just ... Read more ›
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Trendtracker, the Ghent-based AI-driven strategic intelligence platform, has raised €5.9 million (€$7 million) in Series A funding to accelerate global expansion, with a particular focus on the US and Middle East markets. The capital will also be utilised to fund the company’s next phase of AI and product development. The round was led by Armilar, ... Read more ›
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EpilepsyGTx, a Cambridge-based BioTech startup focused on research and development of  gene therapies to treat refractory epilepsy, today announced it has raised €28 million ($33 million) in Series A financing to advance its lead programme EPY201 through Phase 1/2a clinical trials. The round included investment from XGEN Venture, the British Business Bank (who invested €12 ... Read more ›
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Mondu, the Berlin-based innovator in B2B payments, today announced it has secured a €100 million debt facility from J.P. Morgan Payments to scale their B2B payment solutions and support its expansion across Europe. This collaboration is aimed at providing J.P. Morgan Payments’ clients with seamless access to Mondu’s flexible payment options, helping them to improve ... Read more ›
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APEX, a Oeiras-based investment firm specialising in sports assets, has announced the launch of a new private equity fund targeting €300 million ($350 million) to back minority investments in European sports teams, leagues, and related businesses, with a focus on small to mid-size assets historically ignored by larger institutional investors. The new fund will focus ... Read more ›
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Amplifold, a Munich-based BioTech startup developing rapid diagnostic tests using DNA-origami nanotechnology, has announced the closing of an oversubscribed €5 million Seed round. This spin-off from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) aims to use this capital to industrialise its DNA-origami–based signal amplification platform for lateral flow assays (LFAs). The round was co-led by Matterwave Ventures and XISTA ... Read more ›
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European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It will invest in pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups across Europe, focusing on AI novel computing, IndustrialTech and CleanTech, with up to ... Read more ›
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Evertrust, a Parisian cybersecurity software vendor specialising in digital trust, has raised €10 million in Series A funding from the US venture capital firm Elephant. The company plans to use the investment to strengthen and scale its sovereign Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) software suite, while accelerating its expansion across key ... Read more ›
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