Alvotech, a ReykjavĂk-based BioTech company specialising in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines, has secured a €100 million senior term loan facility to strengthen liquidity and support the execution of its strategic priorities in 2026. The term loan facility bears an interest rate of 12.50%, payable monthly in cash, and has a maturity date ... Read more ›
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Pragmatech, a Spanish HealthTech startup focused on AI solutions in pharmacology, microbiology, and infectious diseases, has raised €650k in funding to boost the commercial deployment of iAST®, its antibiotic prescribing software that obtained CE marking in July 2025. The round was led by First Drop, which invested €300k, and included Urriellu Ventures with €175k. The ... Read more ›
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No company can afford to innovate in isolation. The speed at which new technologies and business models emerge often outpaces the traditional R&D cycle of large organisations. To bridge this gap, a growing number of corporates have created a dedicated role: the Innovation Manager. The idea of formal innovation management emerged in the 2000s, influenced ... Read more ›
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Let’s talk about something your sales team probably isn’t doing but should be: turning social media into an actual revenue stream. Most companies limit their social media presence to generic updates that generate little engagement. But real impact comes from using these channels strategically, to create a pipeline, book qualified meetings and close actual deals. ... Read more ›
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Belgian-American startup Aidoptation has secured €20 million in additional financing to accelerate the development and industrialisation of advanced AI-driven autonomous systems. The round included €10 million from SFPIM, €5 million from John Cockerill Defence, and €2.5 million each from Ethias Ventures and Belfius Bank & Insurance. “What started on the racetrack is now scaling into ... Read more ›
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Raising a funding round does not start when you share your deck. It starts long before that moment, with the reputation, presence, and profile you build in the months leading up to it. Investors form early impressions well before a formal process begins, and those impressions are shaped by how clearly you communicate your vision, ... Read more ›
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Octopus Energy Group has raised €850 million ($1 billion) for its technology company, Kraken. The round is the first standalone investment into Kraken and values the business at €7.3 billion ($8.65 billion). This transaction establishes Kraken’s formal independence and demerger from Octopus. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners, with participation from Fidelity International, ... Read more ›
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There is no denying that European tech sovereignty is in vogue. After years of voices from the sidelines warning of the risks of Europe being invisible in the echelons of big tech, such warnings have gone mainstream. But what does it mean to be a European company? For every homegrown champion startup built in and ... Read more ›
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NanoXplore, a French fabless company, has secured €20 million in funding to speed up its diversification into the defence sector by developing security-focused products and to back its strategic external growth plans in Europe. The funding was raised from European defence company MBDA and the Defence Innovation Fund managed by Bpifrance. “As an independent French ... Read more ›
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Europe’s decarbonisation journey is often told through the lens of renewable generation, smart grids and electric passenger cars. Yet one of the biggest and least transformed sectors is only now shifting gears: heavy-duty road freight. Trucks are the backbone of European logistics and the arteries of modern trade. They are also among the hardest segments ... Read more ›
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European food retail remains one of the most dynamic and strategic sectors within the continental economy, with grocery sales in Europe growing by around 2.4% in 2024 and food sales volumes staying broadly stable following the post-pandemic recovery. At the same time, the sector is being reshaped by digitalisation, sustainability requirements, and changing consumer expectations around ... Read more ›
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The main thing AI has done for business is fundamentally change competition. When AI is in skilled hands, it has effectively reduced the cost of feedback, which is essential for building better products, to almost zero. The rise of AI closely resembles the famous “Pottery Experiment”, an anecdote illustrating the power of quantity over perfection, ... Read more ›
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Oulu-based CleanTech company Filtrabit has secured a €2 million funding commitment from Ajanta Innovations 2 Ky for its coming financing round. The Finnish startup plans to use the capital to expand the deployment of its modular dust extraction technology into new markets outside Finland, primarily, but not exclusively, in the Nordics, Central Europe, and India. ... Read more ›
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Kyiv-based Reface, a startup that develops AI tools to empower content creation, has secured €15.2 million ($18 million) in non-dilutive user acquisition funding from Singapore’s PvX Partners. PvX Partners is a financial services and data intelligence platform for consumer apps. It co-invests in a company’s sales and marketing budget, and in return, receives a share ... Read more ›
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Belgium-based predictive maintenance company I-care has announced the completion of a €20 million fundraising and refinancing operation conducted as a round reserved for existing shareholders and employees. With this transaction, the company has hit unicorn status. According to I-care, this fundraising is the first step in a three-phase development plan. Following the “Eau Rouge” operation ... Read more ›
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Stowlog, a SaaS platform developed by Castellón-based Estudio Cactus, has closed a €1 million investment round to accelerate the digitisation of safety and security processes across port logistics operations. The round was led by Draper B1, a venture capital fund affiliated with the Draper Venture Network, with participation from First Drop and the Castellón-based technology ... Read more ›
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Maastricht-based cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has secured an additional €15 million in funding to fuel its next phase of regulatory market approvals and first significant revenue generation. This financing round was supported by Invest-NL (backed by a guarantee from InvestEU), LIOF, PHW Group, and Jitse Groen, founder and CEO of Just Eat Takeaway.com. Victor ... Read more ›
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Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food. On 25 November, the Demo Day of the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme took place in the PKO Rotunda in Warsaw, an initiative that supports women entrepreneurs working to create a more sustainable and innovative food system. Now in its ... Read more ›
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ScrubMarine, a UK-based startup developing subsea robotics and data systems for inspection and maintenance, has closed its €849k ($1 million) pre-Seed round to accelerate engineering, expand its team, and move into the next phase. PXN Ventures North Of England, SFC Capital, and strategic angel investors Colin Greene and Graham Westgarth supported the round. According to ... Read more ›
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A new report published by the European Commission and the StepUp StartUps Consortium outlines how Europe is entering a critical phase in which the ability to integrate AI across civilian and defense innovation ecosystems will determine both technological competitiveness and strategic autonomy. AI is becoming central to Europe’s dual-use technologies, with the European startup and ... Read more ›
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