Leuven-based Swave Photonics, a true holographic display company, today announced an additional €6 million in funding as part of a follow-on investment to the company’s Series A round for the Augmented Reality (AR) technology. The funding was led by IAG Capital Partners and includes an investment from Samsung Ventures. “This follow-on investment demonstrates that there ... Read more ›
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Cambridge-based Antler Bio, an AgriTech company transforming dairy farming with gene expression technology, has announced a €3.6 million investment to scale its EpiHerd system. The investment round is led by The First Thirty Ventures, a VC firm that invests in early-stage agricultural technologies delivering health outcomes. It also included Endgame Capital and regenerative agriculture angel ... Read more ›
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EarthScale, a new UK-wide initiative is opening doors for ClimateTech startups and spinouts looking to move from prototype to commercial success – the 12-month programme backed by €5.8 million from the Research England Development Fund, is now accepting applications from ventures across the UK. Over the next three years, EarthScale aims to support at least ... Read more ›
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Munich-based DRIMCO, an innovator in AI-based requirement analysis, today announced the successful closure of its €4.2 million pre-Series A funding round to transform industrial operations through its product, DRIM – The Next Generation Requirements AI. The round was led by pan-European VC firm Ventech and BayernCapital. Dr Pankaj Gupta, Dr Bernt Andrassy and Costin Cozan, ... Read more ›
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Most AI startups don’t fail because of the technology — they fail because they don’t know how to bring their product to market. In this episode of the EU-Startups Podcast, we are joined by Carles Reina, the first investor and go-to-market strategist at ElevenLabs, where he shares what it really takes to scale an AI ... Read more ›
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DejaBlue, a French electrification startup building a platform to optimise flexible energy loads, including EV charging and on-site solar, today announced a €6.8 million Seed round to fuel commercial expansion across France and select European markets, and develop an AI-powered automation for site management. The round was led by redalpine, with the participation of Zeno ... Read more ›
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Cannes-based PoliCloud, a provider and developer of High Performance Computing (HPC) cloud infrastructure, announced today its €7.5 million Seed fundraise to hire an operating team and grow its business globally with a focus on public entities in Europe. The funding was led by Global Ventures, a leading VC firm in MENA, with participation from MI8 ... Read more ›
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Milan-based Sibill, a FinTech startup specialising in solutions that simplify financial and administrative management for SMEs, announced the closing of a €12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by the European venture capital fund Creandum, with participation from Keen Venture Partners and other Italian and international business angels – adding to the ... Read more ›
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Zurich-based Boost inc, a leading provider of unattended retail technology, has raised €16 million in a Series B funding round to fuel its international expansion and product innovation. Direttissima Growth Partners led the round, joined by Capmont Technology, existing investor Kineo Finance via its growth equity fund Kineo Capital, and other investment partners, combining financial ... Read more ›
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There’s a fact we can’t avoid: recently, more and more attention (and funding) has been flowing into the defence sector. Whether it’s due to growing global tensions, advances in autonomous tech, or rising concerns about national security, defence has become a hot topic for both governments and investors. For a long time, Europe didn’t see ... Read more ›
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German startup Climatiq, a leading provider of carbon intelligence infrastructure, announced today that it has closed a €10 million Series A round to enhance its AI capabilities, which automate the delivery of emissions calculations for activities, products, and suppliers. The round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from existing investors Singular and Cherry Ventures. ... Read more ›
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French company Zama, an open-source cryptography company building Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain, today announced a €49 million Series B funding round to support Zama’s mainnet launch and ecosystem adoption. The round was co-led by two leading U.S.-based investment firms Blockchange Ventures and Pantera Capital , bringing Zama’s total funding to over €129 ... Read more ›
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Vienna-based chatlyn, an AI communication hub transforming how hotels engage with guests, announced today it has secured €8 million in Series A funding to become “the AI brain for hotels” – an intelligent system that supports hotel operations (front desk, reservations, marketing, and guest services) and autonomously optimises guest communications to maximize revenue and satisfaction. The ... Read more ›
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Paderborn-based Unchained Robotics has closed an €8.5 million Series A extended funding round to scale its technology internationally and address one of the biggest hurdles in automation: making robots easy to operate through intelligent software. The round was supported by Direttissima Growth Partners, Navivo Capital, Future Industry Ventures, vent.io, and D11Z. “We’ve struck a chord ... Read more ›
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British startup Metaview, an AI platform that transforms job interviews into actionable hiring intelligence, has announced a €30.1 million Series B funding round to further develop their suite of AI agents. The round was led by GV (Google Ventures), with participation from existing investors including Plural, Vertex Ventures, Seedcamp, Coeluis Capital, True Equity, Victor Riparbelli, ... Read more ›
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German startup Synthflow AI, a voice AI platform for automated phone calls, today announced a €17.2 million Series A investment round to drive the next wave of enterprise adoption for AI voice agents. The round is led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Atlantic Labs and Singular. This follows the company’s Seed round last ... Read more ›
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Prague-based VC fund KAYA announces today they have raised nearly €70 million for a fifth fund to support Founders from the CEE region – expecting to support up to 25 startups from the pre-Seed stage to Series A. A typical initial investment from KAYA ranges from one to three million Euro. For companies that are ... Read more ›
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As an investor who has backed over 350 companies, I’ve learned that success isn’t about having the most resources, the largest team, or even the most innovative idea. It’s about focus. Here are the key principles of focus that have helped some of the most successful companies in my portfolio, such as Miro, Deel and ... Read more ›
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The stockholm-based Norrsken Foundation today announced that it will commit €300 million to investing in European startups using ‘AI for good’ to solve challenges in climate, health, food, education, and society. The funds will be drawn from the collective liquidity pool of Norrsken VC, Accelerator, and Launcher. The funds’ criteria are linked to UN Sustainable Development ... Read more ›
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In today’s tighter funding climate, the rules of the game for startups have changed dramatically. With venture capital harder to raise and runways shortening, early-stage founders are rethinking how to cut through the noise, attract capital, and gain traction. And one key shift is becoming clear: they’re turning to PR earlier than ever before. Once ... Read more ›
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