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From autonomous agriculture to encrypted finance, satellite-enabled infrastructure underpins 18% of the United Kingdom’s GDP – an estimated €515 million (£454 billion) of economic activity. Yet, as the global space economy booms and European neighbours ramp up capital deployment into sovereign launch systems and orbital manufacturing capabilities, the UK is at risk of drifting in ... Read more ›
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I’m an ex-GM at Uber and am now building a startup in the UK, and I have one very painful question: Why is hiring for a startup in the UK so damn difficult? Within our entrepreneurial network, we often see the repercussions of poor hiring. Dying from bad hires is faster and easier than from ... Read more ›
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Balnord, a Luxembourg-based early stage investor for the Baltic Sea Region, has announced this morning that it has oversubscribed its €70 million fund target and is well on its way to achieving a final close of €100 million by mid-2026. LPs backing the fund include the European Investment Fund, PFR Ventures, and European family offices, ... Read more ›
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French gaming app Hoora announced a €1.1 million ($1.3 million) fundraising round to blend social-media mechanics with instant-access gameplay – marking a key step in its ambition to become the “TikTok for gaming.” The project has attracted investors including Kima Ventures, Mathias Salanon (ex-Voodoo, Ubisoft), Nicolas Steegmann (Stupeflix exit to GoPro), Jean-Guillaume Kleis (Keleops), as well ... Read more ›
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Devengo, a Spanish FinTech specialising in account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure, has closed a pre-Series A funding round worth €2 million, combining debt and equity, to offer multi-sector infrastructure for instant payments. The round features participation from Bankinter, Demium, and Banco Sabadell as lead investors, alongside continued support from existing partners such as TheVentureCity, Wayra – ... Read more ›
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arcoris bio, a Swiss life science research tools and in vitro diagnostics company, has secured €6.7 million (CHF 6.3 million) in an oversubscribed Seed financing round to advance the development and commercialisation of its breakthrough MUSE biomarker detection platform. The round was co-led by Ventura Ace and ZEISS Ventures, with participation from Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) ... Read more ›
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We all know that artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype phase and is now reshaping nearly every industry, from healthcare and finance to logistics, retail, and defence. Across Europe, this technology is here to stay, with billions flowing into platforms, applications, and infrastructure that power the next wave of intelligent systems. Initiatives such as ... Read more ›
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This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Rebecka Löthman Rydå, General Partner at Norrsken Evolve, a €57M oversubscribed pre-seed fund backing founders who are building Europe’s resilient and sustainable future. Born out of Norrsken Accelerator, which has supported over 80 startups since 2021. Evolve combines capital, community, and world-class mentorship to help ... Read more ›
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Europe’s startup ecosystem moves fast. Our education systems don’t. Over the past two decades, working across startups and education, we have seen this gap grow wider: while founders push to innovate at speed, talent pipelines are too slow and rigid to keep up. If we want to compete in this globalised world, we must treat ... Read more ›
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Europe’s startup ecosystem moves fast. Our education systems don’t. Over the past two decades, working across startups and education, we have seen this gap grow wider: while founders push to innovate at speed, talent pipelines are too slow and rigid to keep up. If we want to compete in this globalised world, we must treat ... Read more ›
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Swiss battery start-up BTRY AG has raised €4.9 million in an oversubscribed Seed round for its ultra-thin solid-state batteries reportedly capable of combining fast charging, extreme temperature stability, and intrinsic safety within an extremely thin format. The round was led by Redstone VC, with participation from Bloomhaus Ventures, Linear Capital, Kickfund, Kick Foundation, and the ... Read more ›
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Norwegian EdTech and AI startup WeWillWrite is rapidly growing in the U.S. and has now raised €2 million in growth capital to help make writing social, playful, and a core skill for the AI age. The round was led by Skyfall Ventures and Spintop Ventures. Existing angel investors, including Johan Brand and Jamie Brooker (co-founders of ... Read more ›
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DREV, a Swedish startup pioneering contamination control for the battery industry, announced the closing of its €2.8 million Seed round in order to expand its engineering and product development capabilities to accelerate delivery of the Vault product line. The round was co-led by Butterfly Ventures and Almi Invest GreenTech, with support from S-E-Bankens Utvecklingsstiftelse and ... Read more ›
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Aspirity Partners, a London-based private equity firm focused on Financial and Enterprise Technology Services, has announced the final close of its inaugural fund, Aspirity Partners I (AP I), at over €875 million. The fundraise reached its hard cap within six months after formal launch and was “significantly oversubscribed“, signaling strong demand for Aspirity’s differentiated strategy ... Read more ›
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EU-Startups has learned that Dutch FemTech startup YON E Health has raised €250k in pre-Seed funding to develop a first-of-its-kind smart vaginal health device that measures pH and temperature, the key biomarkers for fertility, infection risk, and overall reproductive wellbeing. The round was led by PMK-Group, with support from UniPrisma Venture Studio (Károly Szántó and ... Read more ›
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Adaptronics, a Bologna-based DeepTech startup specialising in electro-adhesive grippers for robotic systems with industrial automation and space applications, today announced the closing of a €3.15 million round. The round was led by European venture capital fund, 360 Capital, alongside Galaxia, the Technology Transfer Hub for Aerospace, created by CDP Venture Capital’s Tech Transfer fund together ... Read more ›
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Armilar, a leading Lisbon-based venture capital firm, has announced the first closing of its Fund IV, securing over €120 million to invest in disruptive technologies in Portugal, Spain, and the rest of Europe. Armilar IV has attracted a notable base of institutional investors, including the Sociedad Española para la Transformación Tecnológica (SETT), the NextTech instrument ... Read more ›
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Tsuga, a French observability platform built on a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) model, has emerged from Stealth this morning with €8.7 million in Seed funding in order to accelerate product development and expand its engineering and customer success teams as it brings its AI-native observability platform to market. The round was led by General ... Read more ›
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EU-Startups has learned that Kabilio, a Barcelona-based company specialising in the application of AI to automate accounting and tax processes, has closed a €4 million pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by international venture capital funds Visionaries Club and Picus Capital. The round also includes €200k in public funding from ENISA, reportedly making it ... Read more ›
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Reflex Aerospace, a German manufacturer of high-performance satellite platforms, today announced the successful closing of its €50 million Series A funding round – the largest Series A in the European New Space sector to date. The round was led by Human Element together with Alpine Space Ventures, Bayern Kapital, HTGF, Renovatio Financial Investments. “Europe cannot ... Read more ›
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