Europe’s SpaceTech sector is reaching new heights, supported by growing public investment and a stronger industrial presence. According to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 2026 report, European public space budgets rose by 12% in 2025, while the region’s contractors regained part of their share of the upstream market – signs of the sector’s increasing strategic ... Read more ›
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Drivalia, a Rome-based rental and mobility company of the Crédit Agricole Auto Bank (CAAB) group, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a €48 million financing agreement to support the development of electric mobility in Italy and Finland. This EIB financing will enable Drivalia to put nearly 2,900 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) into ... Read more ›
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In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Tom Wehmeier, Partner and Head of Intelligence at Atomico, to discuss European technology, the firm’s investment philosophy, and the influential State of European Tech report. Tom reflects on his unconventional route into venture capital. Before joining Atomico, he worked in telecommunications, witnessing shifts such as the emergence ... Read more ›
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Sigvi, a Vilnius-based AI revenue agent for the car rental industry, has raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development and international expansion. The round was led by Helsinki-based venture capital firm Superhero Capital. Vladas Lašas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN) and co-founder of the Carbon War Room, participated alongside ... Read more ›
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Over the past two years, anti-tourism protests have spread across southern Europe. In July 2024, demonstrators in Barcelona protested over-tourism with the slogan “go home,” while around 10,000 people marched in Mallorca over rising housing costs. Similar protests have also taken place in the Canary Islands, Portugal and Italy. The backlash reflects an underlying tension: European governments ... Read more ›
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Wild Bioscience (Wild Bio), an Oxford University AgTech spinout that designs improved crops for resilient agriculture, has acquired F1 Seed, a Suffolk-based independent wheat breeding business. With this acquisition, Wild Bio becomes a fully integrated, end-to-end UK seed company. The financial details were undisclosed. The deal follows Wild Bio’s €51 million Series A investment, which ... Read more ›
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Plend, a London-based responsible lender dedicated to tackling financial exclusion across the UK, has secured a funding facility of up to €58.3 million (£50 million) from Triple Point, a London-based specialist investment manager. The investment firm has originated a €23.2 million (£20 million) senior revolving credit facility, with the potential to increase to £50 million, ... Read more ›
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Looking for inspiration and entertainment while travelling or unwinding during your summer holidays? We’ve compiled a list of movies that offer an engaging look at entrepreneurship, innovation, ambition, and the realities of building a business. From dramatised true stories and corporate rivalries to fictional accounts of founders and industry disruptors, these titles combine entertainment with ... Read more ›
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Xeltis, a commercial-stage MedTech company based in the Netherlands and the USA, developing artificial vessels and valves that are gradually replaced by patients’ own living healthy tissue, has raised an additional €20.5 million in new funding. This funding was secured from new and existing shareholders. The round was led by new investor Horizon 3 Healthcare, ... Read more ›
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Tiger Technology, a Sofia-based file data services company that specialises in on-premises-first hybrid cloud workflows, today announced the initial closing of a €8.7 million ($10 million) Series A financing round. The round was led by TCEE Fund IV, advised by 3TS Capital Partners, with participation from TDJ, Endeavor Catalyst, Impetus, and existing investors including MFG ... Read more ›
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On the fast-moving European startup scene, it’s software companies who often dominate the news cycle talking about the quick turnaround of their products and the benefits of agile sprints. Though, a quieter and at the same time just as significant transformation is currently happening in the hardware industry. According to the 2026 European DeepTech Report, ... Read more ›
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DITTO, the scientist-founded menstrual health company, today announced a €5.2 million ($6 million) Seed round to accelerate its research projects, expand its science-led supplement range and increase its reach. The round was led by FoodLabs, with support from returning investor EKA Ventures and a group of angel investors. Alice van der Schoot, co-founder and Chief ... Read more ›
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ZuriQ, a Zürich-based quantum computing company building a utility-scale quantum computer with a native two-dimensional trap architecture, today announced it has raised €22.4 million ($25.5 million) in Seed funding to scale its trapped-ion quantum processors. The round was led by Quantonation, with participation from Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures, and all previous round investors. It follows ... Read more ›
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Venture capital is one of the most varied industries out there. Very few careers let you jump between sectors, immerse yourself in the latest tech and trends, or meet some of the most talented people around – all as a routine part of the job. I was lucky enough to do it for fourteen years. ... Read more ›
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Beelzebub, a Milan-based AI-native cybersecurity platform that protects digital assets from AI-driven cyber attacks, today announced a €3 million Seed funding round exclusively led by the Italian DeepTech VC United Ventures. The company plans to use this capital to fund the expansion of the research team, the opening of new commercial offices in Rome and ... Read more ›
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This article draws on my talk of the same name at the EU-Startups Summit in Malta. The strongest validation came moments after I left the stage, when a man named Peter introduced himself. That initial conversation evolved into a relationship, and Peter later became one of Essence’s investors. He didn’t invest because of one 25-minute ... Read more ›
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Nuclear Turbines, a Manchester-based startup developing compact, cost-effective, advanced nuclear power systems, has raised a €17.5 million (£15 million) foundational round led by IQ Capital, joined by Rhapsody Venture Partners, Zero Carbon Capital and Empirical Ventures. The company plans to use this capital to advance and validate the reactor design, build large-scale test rigs, and ... Read more ›
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Multiverse Computing, a San Sebastian-based AI scale-up focused on sovereign and efficient AI, today announced a €500 million ($570 million) Series C at a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) pre-money valuation, five times its Series B valuation. The round was co-led by Forgepoint Capital International, BNPP SIVF, and Bullhound Capital, with additional commitments to date from ... Read more ›
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Ominimo, a Serbian-Hungarian InsurTech startup, has completed a €20.1 million ($23 million) Series B funding round with the venture capital arm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), at a €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) valuation. The profitable company plans to use the capital to accelerate its next phase of growth rather than fund ... Read more ›
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ispace-EUROPE, a Luxembourg-based lunar exploration company focusing on the development of lunar rovers, has been awarded Phase 2 of the MAGPIE contract, the Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration by the European Space Agency (ESA). The agreement represents ESA’s commitment to funding MAGPIE, Europe’s first lunar polar ice exploration rover and its flight. ... Read more ›
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For years, European iGaming growth has been driven by better products, faster payments, and expansion into new markets. These things still matter, but they’re not enough on their own anymore. Players now see the same types of games, bonuses, and payment options almost everywhere. So, what really makes a difference is whether you trust the ... Read more ›
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Street Group, a Manchester-based provider of vertical software and AI for the UK residential property sector, has secured a strategic growth investment from Hg, an investor in European and transatlantic software and services businesses. This values the company at over €233.8 million (£200 million). Street Group was previously backed by Manchester-based PXN Group, a venture ... Read more ›
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A potential angel investment, a newly appointed CEO, fresh customers and international partnerships were among the real-world outcomes born from the EU-Startups Summit. For many attendees, the conversations that began in Malta did not end when the venue closed its doors. They developed into contracts, hires, collaborations and business relationships that continued across Europe and ... Read more ›
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TidalSense (formerly Cambridge Respiratory Innovations), a Cambridge-based AI-powered respiratory diagnostic, today announced a €16.6 million ($19 million) funding round to accelerate commercialisation in the UK and support globalisation of the technology, including to the USA. The round included investment from new investor Cross-Border Impact Ventures, and returning investors BGF, Airstream Capital, and Foresight Group. This ... Read more ›
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Hyper-growth creates a strange contradiction. The moment a startup needs to move fastest on hiring is exactly the moment it has the least infrastructure to support it. A term sheet closes, a new market opens, and suddenly the plan calls for hires in three countries in the same quarter, with no local entities, no in-country ... Read more ›
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Moa Technology (Moa), an Oxford-based agricultural BioTech company tackling weed resistance to herbicides, has raised a €25.9 million (£22.2 million) Series C financing round. The round was co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova Invest. New investors in Moa are Agri Investment Fund; GrainInnovate, a fund investing on behalf of the Grain Research Development Corporation ... Read more ›
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