Bristol’s Ponda, the biomaterials company behind the plant-based insulation material BioPuff, has secured a €2.76 million (£2.35 million) grant to lead what the company is calling one of the world’s largest wetland farming demonstrations supporting peatland regeneration. The grant was awarded by DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme and will support a 30-month project and establish a ... Read more ›
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Deutsche Sanierungsberatung (dsb), a Berlin-based ClimateTech startup helping to make residential homes climate-neutral, has closed a Series A round of over €10 million to fund a proprietary electricity tariff, entry into the B2B market, and further growth. The round was led by Simon Capital and VERBUND X Ventures, with existing investors IBB Ventures, Vireo Ventures, ... Read more ›
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ORiS, a Turin-based DeepTech startup developing laser-based wireless power transmission systems for space and dual-use applications, has closed a €4.5 million pre-Seed round. The round was led by Earlybird and co-led by Pitchdrive, with participation from Galaxia, Vento and Piemonte Next Fund. The company has also secured a €500k (€0.5 million) grant through the Piedmont ... Read more ›
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Europe’s most frequently mentioned startup investors in 2026 include a mixture of public-backed institutions, established European VC firms and global multi-stage investors. One notable feature of the ranking is the strength of investors active in Germany, with High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital among the most frequently cited names, alongside firms such as Cherry Ventures, Atomico ... Read more ›
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Sensesbit, a Lugo-based FoodTech startup specialising in advanced sensory analysis, has closed a €1 million funding round to accelerate its international expansion. The round included participation from Clave Capital, Eoniq Fund, WindOne Consultores, and Paraíso Natural Ventures, the investment vehicle promoted by Grupo Central Lechera Asturiana. Maruxa Quiroga, CEO and co-founder of Sensesbit, said, “For ... Read more ›
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Xentra, a Leeds-based digital security startup providing cybersecurity, safeguarding and compliance solutions to SMEs, has secured a €3.18 million (£2.7 million) investment from the Maven VCTs and NPIF II – Maven Equity Finance to support its next phase of growth. This investment will enable the business to strengthen its senior leadership team, accelerate customer acquisition ... Read more ›
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CuspAI, a Cambridge-based company building an AI system for materials discovery, today announced its €393.2 million ($450 million) Series B funding round at a €2.2 billion ($2.6 billion) valuation and the launch of “AI Materials Foundry”, a global network to accelerate the design of new materials. The funding round was led by Kleiner Perkins and ... Read more ›
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Contents, a Milan-based enterprise execution platform that orchestrates AI agents, enterprise knowledge and approval workflows for global brands, has acquired Balio, a Barcelona-based enterprise company specialising in corporate financial wellbeing. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This deal represents Contents’ sixth acquisition and further advances its buy-and-build strategy, which it has been ... Read more ›
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American VC firm Lockheed Martin Ventures is expanding its reach to European markets in order to invest its €874 million ($1 billion) fund in promising DefenceTech companies from across the continent The firm will also be opening a London office with the goal of investing at least €87 million ($100 million) of its funding in ... Read more ›
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Greenjets, a London-based aerospace technology company developing propulsion systems, aircraft platforms and launch technologies for the next generation of aviation, today announced a €35 million ($40 million) Series A funding round. The round was led by Blossom Capital, with participation from the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and existing ... Read more ›
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Berlin-based frontier AI lab Prior Labs today announced that the multinational software company SAP has completed its acquisition of the company, supported by more than €1 billion in investment from SAP in order to fund infrastructure, hiring, and long-term frontier research. Prior Labs will continue under its own brand, leadership, research agenda and customer relationships, ... Read more ›
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European venture capital firm Lakestar announced the closing of its Lakestar Resilience I fund at €262.2 million ($300 million). The fund was oversubscribed, with investor interest significantly exceeding its targeted size. The firm describes it as Europe’s largest institutional venture fund built exclusively for dual-use and defence technology companies, and raised from private capital. It ... Read more ›
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“SaaS is dead” has become the line of the year. But the obituaries are premature. Software isn’t shrinking. It is being rebuilt to compete for a far bigger prize. You will find it on founder feeds, in investor memos, and on conference stages from Lisbon to Helsinki. And on the surface, the market seems to ... Read more ›
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DefenceTech startups Quantum Systems and Destinus are among the technology companies selected as founding members of the newly established EU–Ukraine Drone Alliance, a European Commission-backed initiative designed to accelerate cooperation on drone and counter-drone technologies. The pair are the startup highlights among the nine European founding members, which also include Croatian drone technology startup ORQA, ... Read more ›
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Sightera Biosciences, an Antwerp-based AI drug discovery startup and spin-off from the University of Antwerp (UA) and Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), today announced the closing of a €3 million pre-Seed financing led by Entourage, Anacura and QBIC. The company plans to use this funding to expand the team, accelerate the expansion of its AI-native drug ... Read more ›
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ENGO, a Grenoble-based startup developing smart, lightweight AR glasses with integrated displays for athletes, has raised €5.1 million in funding to strengthen its leadership in the sports smart eyewear market and expedite R&D on miniaturisation and innovation. The round was led by Ventech, Odyssée Venture, and Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel. Blueprint Partners has supported ENGO from ... Read more ›
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Ask a founder what keeps them up at night and you’ll hear about runway, hiring and product-market fit. Rarely the inbox. Yet the data is stubborn on this point: according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, phishing was once again the most common initial attack vector, responsible for 16% of breaches analysed, at ... Read more ›
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Syntetica, a Paris-based DeepTech company advancing technology to recycle complex textile waste, today announced a €26.1 million ($30 million) Series A funding round to enable the company’s first commercial demonstration facility in partnership with Michelin. The round was led by the Ecotechnologies 2 fund managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance, with participation ... Read more ›
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Omio Group, the Berlin-based multimodal travel scale-up, has today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Rail Europe, a French rail distribution platform founded over 90 years ago. Upon completion, Rail Europe will become part of Omio Group, joining Omio’s B2C booking platform, its B2B distribution business, and its travel discovery brand, Rome2Rio. ... Read more ›
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