Paris-based VC firm Elaia has announced the closing of its third DeepTech Seed fund (DTS3) at €134 million, which is double the size of its previous DeepTech Seed funds. DTS3’s final closing includes support from longtime partners and new investors, including PSL Université, INRIA, Bpifrance under France 2030, MGEN, Famille C Participations, BNP Paribas, MACSF, ... Read more ›
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The EU–US transatlantic relationship has entered a new phase of volatility after the US Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s global tariff deals. The ruling casts fresh doubt over the 15% tariff rate on EU exports negotiated last summer, prompting the European Parliament to freeze the ratification of the new EU–US Trade Agreement pending legal ... Read more ›
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Today, Porto-based Sybilion announced a €3.6 million ($4.2 million) Seed round to build what it calls a decision layer, designed to give industrial companies the ability to act earlier and protect margins in volatile markets. The round was co-led by Venturefriends and Semapa Next. This announcement comes just months after their €517k ($600k) pre-Seed round, ... Read more ›
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On 7-8 May, Malta will become the meeting point for some of Europe’s most ambitious founders and investors as we host the 12th edition of the EU-Startups Summit. The event will bring together around 2,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media representatives from across Europe, all with a shared interest in startups ... Read more ›
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Lemrock, a Paris-based DeepTech startup building the infrastructure for agentic commerce, today announced a €6 million ($7 million) funding round to accelerate the deployment of its agentic commerce solution. The round was led by Galion.exe, an early-stage VC fund. Jean-Baptiste Rudelle, the founder of Criteo and a member of the fund’s investment committee, also joins ... Read more ›
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Bliss, a Finland-headquartered mental health startup, has raised €232.4k ($270k) in angel funding to build what it calls “culturally intelligent” AI infrastructure for therapy. The angel funding was led by Keiretsu Forum, Finest Love VC, and Plug and Play. The round combines angel investment with non-dilutive grants. “We’re not building another chatbot. We’re building AI ... Read more ›
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finperks, a Berlin-based FinTech startup building the API infrastructure layer for the global prepaid market, has raised €3.4 million ($4 million) in a pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by Motive Partners and seed+speed Ventures. This new capital will be utilised to expand the engineering team, strengthen brand partnerships, and scale operations across further ... Read more ›
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Samaipata, an early-stage pan-European venture capital firm, today announced that it has launched its third fund, Samaipata III, targeting €110 million, to back early-stage tech startups building on the AI wave. The fundraising process has already made significant progress, reaching €70 million. Institutional anchor investors include Spain’s SETT (Spanish Society for Technological Transformation) and Germany’s ... Read more ›
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Emerald Technology Ventures, a Zurich-based VC firm with two decades of water-sector leadership, announced reaching the €100 million milestone for its Global Water Fund II in order to invest in startups innovating in the WaterTech scene. Today’s milestone was reached with the help of Temasek, Grundfos Foundation, Veralto Corporation, Ecolab, SKion Water and Oxy Technology ... Read more ›
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London-based Outpost, an AI-powered platform that enables merchants to sell worldwide with “zero liability“, today announced it has raised €15 million ($17.5 million) in Series A funding to accelerate product development, expand jurisdictional coverage, and increase headcount to meet the global demand for liability-free commerce infrastructure. The round was led by Ribbit and supported by ... Read more ›
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Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup founded by the former Chief AI Scientist at Meta and co-recipient of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award, Yann LeCun, has raised nearly €890 million ($1.03 billion) at a €3 billion ($3.5 billion) pre-money valuation. AMI is developing a new kind of AI systems that comprehend the ... Read more ›
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Despite talk of an ‘AI bubble’ happening on the sidelines, enterprises are heading into 2026 with more investment earmarked for AI. According to Boston Consulting Group’s annual AI Radar, corporations expect to double their AI spending this year, from 0.8% to about 1.7% of revenues. Who stands to benefit? It wouldn’t be wise to write ... Read more ›
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Seprify, a Fribourg-based biomaterials company developing high-performance cellulose-based ingredients for industrial applications, today announced that it has raised €13.4 million (CHF 12.25 million) in Series A funding. Supported by this funding, the company has also announced the transition of its cellulose platform from pilot validation into procurement-ready industrial supply. This enables manufacturers to move from ... Read more ›
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Paris-founded Escape, an offensive security engineering platform, has raised €15.4 million ($18 million) in Series A funding to automate the entire security lifecycle with AI agents. The round was led by Balderton with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures and existing investors IRIS and Y Combinator. “Security teams are outnumbered and drowning in siloed, manual processes. In ... Read more ›
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Qevlar AI, a Paris-based startup providing an agentic AI Security Operations Centre (SOC) platform that automates and deepens security investigations, has raised €25.8 million ($30 million) in funding for its platform. The round was led by Partech and Forgepoint Capital International, with participation from EQT Ventures & Growth. The funding will be used to turn ... Read more ›
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Belfast-based HealthTech startup SignaCor Therapeutics has €288k (£250k) in funding from VC firm Zinc in order to advance the development of a new treatment designed to repair heart damage and slow the progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Today’s investment is part of the winning package for being named the winner of Discovery Park’s startup growth ... Read more ›
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On May 7-8, 2026, the EU-Startups Summit returns to sunny Malta, bringing together around 2,500 founders, investors, and startup ecosystem leaders for two days of networking, inspiration, and knowledge-sharing. Entrepreneurship is often portrayed as a combination of talent, strategy, and hard work, but many founders know that timing and unexpected events can play an equally ... Read more ›
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London’s Isembard today announced that it has raised €43 million ($50 million) in Series A funding, less than 12 months after its Seed round in order to open 25 factories by the end of 2026, expand its engineering teams while launching into Germany, France and Ukraine. The round was led by Union Square Ventures. New ... Read more ›
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Saltz, a Vilnius-based digital marketplace for the food supply industry, has raised €20 million in Series A funding to accelerate expansion across Europe, invest heavily in cross-border food trade technology, and grow its team by over 100 people by the end of 2026 The round was supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ... Read more ›
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British AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale today announced its €1.7 billion ($2 billion) in Series C funding, to further accelerate Nscale’s global development of vertically integrated AI infrastructure – from GPU compute and networking to data services and orchestration software – across Europe, North America, and Asia. The round was led by Aker ASA and 8090 ... Read more ›
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