yuv, a British beauty technology company developing a smart hair colour lab system for salons and freelancers, today announced the close of its €10 million ($12 million) Series A funding round. The round was led by Nineyards Equity, with participation from yuv’s Founder Francisco Gimenez, existing investor VNV Global, and a network of strategic angels. ... Read more ›
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Coremont, a London-based provider of real-time, multi-asset class portfolio management software and analytics, has received a €34 million ($40 million) strategic growth investment from funds managed by Blue Owl Capital. The investment will drive Coremont’s growth by expanding its product coverage into new asset classes, using AI to broaden access to advanced analytics, and strengthening ... Read more ›
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For me, agriculture has never just been about yields; it has been about resilience. In my family, this meant keeping a horticultural business alive in wartime, or building one of the first tissue culture labs in Europe. Today, for me, it means asking: How can we take the most fragile, manual steps of plant propagation ... Read more ›
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Annette, a Paris-based medical support platform dedicated to chronic obesity care and patients using GLP-1 treatments, has raised €2 million to provide a follow-up delivered by a clinical team and coordinated through a clinical companion app. The round was led by Redstone, Ring Capital and AFI Ventures (Ventech – early stage fund) Clover VC, and ... Read more ›
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Leeds-based OceanSaver, a UK-based eco-friendly cleaning brand has raised €2.1 million (£1.9 million) to continue its expansion and get its products on to more supermarket shelves. The funding from NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), will enable the company to ... Read more ›
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Why do so many promising startups trip at the regulatory stage? It’s not because they’re careless or underqualified. It’s because they treat regulation as a bureaucratic chore, not a strategic advantage. By the time someone notices how much those rules shape timelines, costs, and investor confidence, it’s already a scramble. But it doesn’t have to ... Read more ›
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London-based Track Titan, the AI-powered “Strava for motorsport”, has raised a €4.4 million ($5 million) Seed round in order to expand its AI coaching platform, deepen product capabilities, and grow its global community of sim-racers and real-world drivers. The round was co-led by Partech and Game Changers Ventures, the fund led by Alpine F1 co-owner ... Read more ›
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Laigo Bio, an Utrecht-based company pioneering novel and highly differentiated therapies using its proprietary SureTAC precision membrane protein degradation platform, has successfully raised €11.5 million in Seed financing. The funding round was co-led by Kurma Partners and Curie Capital. The other investors were Argobio Studio, Angelini Ventures (the venture capital arm of Angelini Industries), Eurazeo, ... Read more ›
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Paris-based Spark Cleantech today announced the successful completion of a €30 million Series A funding round (including €17 million in equity) to enable the decarbonisation of heavy industries (glassmaking, metallurgy, polymers, batteries) through a clean alternative to fossil-fuel combustion. The round was led by 360 Capital and Taranis, with participation from the Île-de-France Reindustrialisation Fund (initiated ... Read more ›
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This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, Emmet King, Founding Partner at J12, a venture firm investing early in frontier-tech and AI-driven companies across Stockholm, London and Paris. J12 is known for backing highly technical founders at the earliest stages, taking a strong thesis-led approach and helping teams build defensible infrastructure rather than short-cycle apps. Their ... Read more ›
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Brevo, a French innovator in customer engagement software, has closed its latest €500 million financing round, officially becoming a unicorn and accelerating its external growth strategy. General Atlantic, a leading global investor, and Oakley Capital, a leading, pan-European mid-market investor, are joining the Company’s shareholders. Bpifrance and Bridgepoint remain minority investors, with the latter reinvesting ... Read more ›
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Ray studios, a Paris-based innovator in medical tattoo removal, announced the completion of a €10 million fundraising round in order to double the size of its network across Europe again within the next two years, while reinforcing its clinical leadership and technological edge. The round was co-led by Factory Capital and Nickleby Capital. Nickleby Capital, which ... Read more ›
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French FinTech platform ECAIR has raised €11 million in funding to transform how Europe finances its energy transition. The funding will be used to accelerate the roll-out of its new lending product and expand operations across France as the first step in its roadmap to galvanise Europe’s energy shift. Participating in the round were Planet ... Read more ›
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Rail-Flow, a Frankfurt-based transport management platform for rail freight and intermodal logistics, has closed a €12.5 million Series A funding round in order to advance its AI-driven platform and expand internationally. The round was led by Trill Impact and Bonsai Partners, with participation from Climentum Capital including several business angels as well as the existing ... Read more ›
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Innerskin, a French medical aesthetics group innovating beauty and wellbeing, today announced a €12.8 million ($15 million) funding round to fuel its next phase of expansion by transforming the way Europe experiences modern aesthetics and skin health. The round was led by IRIS Ventures, alongside existing investors including Label Capital. “This investment marks a key ... Read more ›
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Stockholm-based investment firm, Incore Invest, has raised €15 million in a second closing of its Incore Invest II, bringing total committed capital to €40 million in order to support the growth of high-potential SaaS and FinTech companies across Europe. This comes mere months after raising €25 million for the launch of Invest II. Their typical ... Read more ›
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On May 7-8, Malta will transform into the main meeting point for Europe’s most ambitious founders and investors as we host the 12th edition of the EU-Startups Summit. The event will gather around 2,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media from across Europe – all united by a focus on startups with ... Read more ›
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Titan OS, a Barcelona-based technology, entertainment, and advertising company, today announced it has raised €50 million in Series A funding to continue product improvements, building enhanced user experiences for the end consumer and ecosystem partners. The round was led by Highland Europe, with participation from Mangrove Capital Partners and other investors. Timothy Edwards, COO/Co-founder of ... Read more ›
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Ghent-based Donna, the developer of a proactive AI assistant for field sales teams, has today announced €4.1 million ($4.8 million) in new funding to accelerate international expansion. The round is led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from existing investors and a group of seasoned angel investors. “Field sales teams have been neglected for far too ... Read more ›
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Milan-based tech company Bending Spoons is acquiring global event platform Eventbrite in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €430 million ($500 million). The definitive agreement will see the US-listed Eventbrite become a privately held company, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2026. The acquisition adds yet another high-profile name to ... Read more ›
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Axoltis Pharma, a French BioTech company dedicated to developing novel therapeutic solutions for neurodegenerative diseases, today announces the closing of a €18 million ($20.9 million) Series A funding round in order to develop its lead drug candidate, currently in phase 2 clinical trials in patients with ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease. FIDAT Ventures and Cenitz co-led this ... Read more ›
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Mirror Security, a research-driven cybersecurity company spun out of University College Dublin, has raised €2.1 million ($2.5 million) in pre-Seed funding to scale its encryption platform for AI Security. The round was led by Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) and Atlantic Bridge, with support from strategic angel investors. Pankaj Thapa, co-founder and CEO, Mirror Security, says: ... Read more ›
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Expedition Growth Capital, a British software-specialist growth equity firm, today announced that it has raised its third fund of €323 million ($375 million), continuing its focus on partnering with European companies without venture capital. The oversubscribed raise was completed in four months, with more than half of commitments from US investors. Typical initial investments are ... Read more ›
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From smarter farming tools to next-generation food products, agrifood innovation is accelerating across Europe, and startups are playing a key role in this shift, bringing practical solutions that respond to both market demand and environmental challenges. Yet they face many challenges as they try to grow and scale their ideas. The EU’s AgriFood Industrial Ecosystem ... Read more ›
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After twelve months of fundraising, Amsterdam-based Volve Capital has announced today the final close of its first fund at €9 million, dedicated to investing in early-stage startups across the Benelux and DACH regions. Fund I is supported by approximately 30 Dutch entrepreneurs as limited partners, including Henk Jan Beltman (Tony’s Chocolonely), Roelof Bijlsma (former founder ... Read more ›
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Bitstack, France’s leading Bitcoin savings application, announces today a €12.9 million ($15 million) Series A funding round in order to accelerate its European expansion and enhance its product offering, including the rollout of a euro account with a French IBAN and a VISA debit card featuring round-ups and Bitcoin “stackback” rewards. The round was led ... Read more ›
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Lausanne cybersecurity startup, Saporo – a graph-native identity security company that lets defenders see enterprise environments the way attackers do – has raised €7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by TIN Capital, with participation from G+D Ventures, CDP Venture Capital through its Corporate Partners I – ServiceTech fund, XAnge, Lightbird VC and Session VC. Beyond capital, each investor will play a ... Read more ›
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London-based startup Searchable has raised €3.4 million ($4 million) in funding at a €34 million ($40 million) valuation to power the next frontier of digital marketing: visibility within AI search platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity. The round was led by early-stage investor Freestyle VC and comes as major UK brands begin shifting from incumbent US ... Read more ›
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