Munich, a city known for its role in technology and innovation, recently hosted Photonica 2025 – the final event of the PhotonHub Europe project. Taking place on 25 June at automatica’s Start-up Arena, happening alongside Laser World of Photonics at Messe München, the half-day gathering served as an important platform to connect promising startups with ... Read more ›
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SLNG.ai, a speech infrastructure startup out of Barcelona building the first radically global platform for voice AI, today announced it has raised €3.3 million in pre-Seed funding to challenge the US-centric voice technology ecosystem that “has left billions of users worldwide in digital silence.“ The round, led by Earlybird VC, will accelerate SLNG’s plan to ... Read more ›
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Rome-based SpaceTech startup Titan4 has closed a €4 million Series A round to advance its Earth Intelligence platform, which integrates satellite data, ground sensors and AI-powered analytics to monitor the condition of critical infrastructure. The round was led by CDP Venture Capital, through the Infratech sector of the Corporate Partners I fund, together with Vertis, ... Read more ›
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Revolut, the British FinTech leader with more than 65 million customers worldwide, today announced the strategic acquisition of Berlin’s Swifty, an AI-powered travel agent startup and former FutureTravel Summit Pitch Competitor. This acquisition brings Swifty’s proprietary AI technology and Co-founders to Revolut, where they will focus on enhancing the company’s loyalty and lifestyle products for ... Read more ›
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Clove, a new startup in personal finance and wealth management, today exited stealth and announced that it has secured a €12 million pre-Seed funding round to continue building its team and platform with a view to a full launch in 2026. The funding was led by Accel, with participation from Kindred Capital, Air Street Capital ... Read more ›
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London’s Spex Capital, a leading early-stage investor tackling global healthcare challenges through HealthTech solutions, today announced the first €30 million commitment to its flagship €100 million Venture HealthTech Fund. The fund will invest globally in early-stage HealthTech startups, from Seed to Series A/B, with investments of up to €5 million. Spex has partnered with EIT ... Read more ›
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Venture capital is a critical driver of innovation, and in recent years, Malta has carved out a place for itself on the European map of startup investment. Its strategic location, international business links, and government-backed initiatives have made the island an increasingly attractive base for both founders and investors. The country welcomes several events throughout ... Read more ›
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Arbio, a startup out of Berlin applying AI to the service-heavy property rental sector, is announcing its €31 million Series A funding round – bringing total funding to over €38 million. The round was led by Eurazeo, with investors including AI-focused VC OpenOcean and previous investors Atlantic Labs and leading angels Philipp Freise and Justin ... Read more ›
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Maia Ventures, an early-stage Milan-based AgriFoodTech fund, today announced the launch of its first fund at €55 million to back 20 to 25 companies, with initial ticket sizes ranging from €0.5 to 1.5 million. The Limited Partner base brings together institutional investors, such as the European Investment Fund (EIF) and CDP Venture Capital Sgr, alongside ... Read more ›
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Afori, a new AI platform purpose-built for insurance brokers out of Berlin, today announced its official launch out of stealth alongside the closing of a €4 million pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Yellow, Booom, insurance industry leaders including Christopher Lohmann (Founder the Mulberry Ventures, ex-CEO HDI and ... Read more ›
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Gothenburg-based energy innovator Liquid Wind is charging ahead with its next-generation eFuel production facility, securing €3.6 million in support from the Swedish Energy Agency’s Industriklivet programme. The backing will fund pre-engineering for what is set to be one of Europe’s largest eMethanol plants, based in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The funding forms part of the EU-backed Recovery ... Read more ›
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FemTech startup Unfabled out of London has just raised an additional €1.4 million for their women’s health platform, as well as expanding into 737 Boots stores across the UK – bringing total Seed funding to just over €3.3 million. Among the investors is Arāya Ventures, founded by Managing Partner Rupa Popat and backed by British ... Read more ›
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As enterprise businesses expand across borders, one quiet challenge can stall growth: payments. From managing multiple acquirers to navigating PSD2, local payment methods, and high decline rates, scaling transactions is rarely simple. That’s where payment orchestration — and players like Akurateco — step in. The European-founded white-label payment software company has built a Payment Orchestration ... Read more ›
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Quivo, a Wien-based technology and logistics scale-up, has secured a €5.2 million strategic investment from Qatar’s leading logistics provider GWC, marking the beginning of a joint expansion into the Gulf region. The capital injection will fuel Quivo’s move into Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, aiming to address the demand for professional e-commerce ... Read more ›
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ClaimSorted, a British startup transforming insurance claims from a “chronic pain point into a competitive advantage“, today announced a €11.4 million Seed funding round, one of the largest InsurTech Seed rounds on record. The round was led by Atomico, with participation from Eurazeo, Y Combinator, firstminute capital, Start Ventures Capital, and a network of insurance ... Read more ›
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The StepUp Startups project has released a new report detailing how AI is starting to reshape everyday business support functions such as HR, finance, and customer relations. The report offers fresh data and recommendations, making it a must-read for founders, investors, and policymakers who want to stay ahead in Europe’s digital economy. AI adoption in ... Read more ›
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Prague’s Resistant AI, a provider of native AI models for financial crime and fraud prevention, today announced a €21 million Series B funding round to expand its document fraud detection and transaction monitoring offerings into new territories and partnerships, and build out its threat intelligence capabilities. The round was led by DTCP, with participation from ... Read more ›
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Yverdon-les-Bains-based Ecorobotix, an innovator in AI-powered Ultra-High Precision (UHP) spraying, has announced their €90 million Series D to transform sustainable agriculture with improved crop health and efficiency – this is combined with 2024’s Series C (€38 million) for a total of €128 million in funding. The round was led by Highland Europe, with The European ... Read more ›
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Stockholm-based quantum technology company FirstQFM AB has raised €1.2 million (13.1 million SEK) in pre-seed funding to advance its patent-pending AI foundation models for quantum computing. The round was led by BSV Ventures, with participation from Almi Invest, Further than Capital, and Luminar Ventures. The funding will accelerate the development of FirstQFM’s proprietary technology, support ... Read more ›
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