Smartwage, an Italian FinTech startup, announced the closing of its €2 million pre-Seed funding round. The startup aims to transform traditional corporate welfare by enabling employees to use their welfare credit with any merchant through its platform. The round was led by Step Fund, the venture capital fund managed by Alternative Capital Partners SGR. The ... Read more ›
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SolvaPay, a Stockholm-based AI payments startup, today announced that it has raised €2.4 million ($2.8 million) in pre-seed funding to build out its new payment infrastructure platform, built for agentic commerce. The round was led by European FinTech VC Redstone and Silicon Valley-based MS&AD Ventures, with participation from Antler and Greens Ventures, both investors in ... Read more ›
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Founded in Amsterdam in 2014 and entirely self-funded, Poki has grown into the world’s largest web gaming platform, reaching 100 million monthly players and recording 1 billion gameplays in a single month in 2025. But the more interesting story for Europe’s indie developer community is not the scale, but how the platform got there. Unlike ... Read more ›
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Vox Talk AI, a Dublin-based startup deploying AI operators for the alarm monitoring and CCTV industry, has closed a €1.35 million pre-Seed funding round to accelerate commercial adoption, advance product development, and grow the team. The round was co-led by Delta Partners and Act Venture Capital, with participation from Enterprise Ireland. “Security companies are crying ... Read more ›
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Agriodor, a Rennes-based AgriTech startup using natural scents to protect crops, has raised €15 million in Series A funding to accelerate its growth and the global deployment of its olfactory biocontrol technology. The round was led by the Environmental and Solidarity Revolution Fund, which is financed by the societal dividend of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale ... Read more ›
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French VC Newfund has closed HEKA (€60 million), the first European fund dedicated to BrainTech, to promote European innovation in BrainTech – spanning AI, digital therapeutics, advanced imaging and BioTech. With the new fund, Newfund aims to finance 25 technology startups focused on brain health. This is in response to U.S. dominance when it comes ... Read more ›
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London-based Helical, a virtual AI lab for pharma R&D, has announced a €8.4 million ($10 million) Seed round to close the gap between computational predictions and biological decision-making, so teams that traditionally worked in silos can collaborate on the same evidence. The round was led by redalpine with participation from Gradient, BoxGroup, Frst and notable ... Read more ›
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Graftcode, a Warsaw-based developer tools startup that eliminates the integration layer between software systems, has raised €2.1 million in funding as it launches the beta version of its platform, aiming to accelerate early developer adoption. The funding was led by Hard2beat, with additional participation from Digital Ocean Ventures, Heartfelt Capital, and private investors, including company ... Read more ›
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Wamo, a British SME financial operating platform, has raised €10 million in Series A funding to accelerate expansion in Italy and the Nordics, enhance its product capabilities, and support the rollout of AI-driven tools across its business account platform. The majority of the funding round was provided by TCEE Fund IV, advised by 3TS Capital ... Read more ›
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EU-Startups has learned that Spain and U.S.-based Modern Relay, a shared foundation for enterprise AI, has raised a €2.5 million ($3 million) funding round along with releasing its first open-source product, Omnigraph – a Git-style graph database built for a world where agents are first-class operators. The round was raised with participation from Point Nine, ... Read more ›
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EVANIUM, a Regensburg-based life-science company developing ingredients based on its IP-protected drug delivery technology OPTISOLV®, has closed a €2.2 million Seed funding round. The round was supported by FoodLabs and Feast Ventures, with participation from existing angel investors. The company plans to use this funding to scale its proprietary OPTISOLV® technology, expand the team, advance ... Read more ›
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Remote-first startups in Europe face a complex web of employment compliance requirements as they expand across borders. Missteps in compliance can become costly constraints on growth, especially when operations are scaling rapidly. A proactive approach to core HR and data obligations is essential for sustainable cross-border hiring. As companies embrace distributed teams, the demands of ... Read more ›
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Kelluu, a Helsinki-based DeepTech company that claims to operate the world’s largest autonomous airship fleet, has raised €15 million in Series A funding to support international growth as it enters new markets this year. It will also be used to boost its tech and AI capabilities, fleet expansion, and hiring. The round was led by ... Read more ›
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Ralio, a London-based FinTech startup building a payments platform tailored for business AI agents, has announced a €2.1 million ($2.5 million) pre-Seed funding round to further develop its core platform and expand its engineering team in London. The oversubscribed funding round was led by SVV (Sure Valley Ventures) with participation from venture funds Seed X, ... Read more ›
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Neuchâtel-based CleanTech startup LightSeeds has obtained €162k (CHF 150k) from Venture Kick to accelerate the commercialisation of its dedicated vertical solar system, with a strong focus on business development – enabling LightSeeds to move from early market traction to scalable commercial deployment. Operating in the fast-growing global solar market, the company focuses on unlocking the ... Read more ›
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Artificial intelligence is already changing the way companies hire, manage teams, deliver services, and scale their operations. From workforce management to customer experience and automation, AI is not only improving efficiency but also redefining what work looks like across industries. For startups and scale-ups alike, understanding how to adapt to this shift is becoming increasingly ... Read more ›
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Berlin-based Zell, an AI startup automating sales management workflows, has raised €500k in order to accelerate commercial growth, expand the team with new hires across tech and sales, further develop its AI engine, and drive expansion across Europe beyond the DACH and Italian markets. The round was co-led by P3 Ventures, SkyDeck Europe, UC Berkeley ... Read more ›
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Nesto, a Karlsruhe-based startup building an AI-driven platform for workforce management in the hospitality industry, has secured €11 million in growth equity funding from Expedition Growth Capital. With this capital, the company plans to support continued product investment and accelerate its expansion across Europe. Dr Theodor Ackbarow, co-founder and Executive Chairperson of Nesto, “We are ... Read more ›
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Replenit, a Warsaw-based startup building an AI decision engine for retail that turns customer signals into real-time, individualised decisions, has raised €2.1 million ($2.5 million) in a pre-Seed funding round for product development, AI research, and operations and hiring. The round was co-led by Movens Capital and Vastpoint, with participation from Logo Ventures, DigitalOcean Ventures, ... Read more ›
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In early-stage companies, timing often matters just as much as the idea itself. A decision made too late can cost traction, while acting too early can stretch already limited resources. That’s why more startups across Europe are relying less on static reports and paying closer attention to what’s happening in real time. Data has always ... Read more ›
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