Stockholm-based Varangians, a new DefenceTech-focused investment fund co-founded by Beetroot founder Andreas Flodström, has closed at over €9.1 million (100 million kronor) to back Ukraine’s DefenceTech ecosystem. The fund has already completed investments in Ukrainian DefenceTech companies including Norda Dynamics, Himera and Sine Engineering, while a fourth portfolio company remains confidential. Varangians Co-founders Pär Lager, ... Read more ›
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Zurich-based Climate and PropTech startup viboo, founded in 2022, has closed its second financing round at €3.3 million. The round was led by Realyze Ventures, with participation from Zürcher Kantonalbank, existing investors HTGF and Swisscom, and new backers. The capital will fund market entry in Germany and product expansion from an energy management tool to ... Read more ›
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Paris-based venture capital firm Serena has announced the first closing of its fourth flagship fund at €200 million, bringing its total capital raised to €1 billion in less than five years. The new fund will focus on applied artificial intelligence and the energy transition, two areas the firm sees as central to Europe’s technological and ... Read more ›
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Warsaw-based defence tech startup Orbotix has secured €6.5 million in a strategic funding round to accelerate the development of its AI-powered autonomous drone systems. The investment was led by BVVC Fund, with participation from Gustav Söhne Verwaltung GmbH & Co. KG and Leryon Global Holdings. Founded in 2023 by Bogdan Ochiana from Romania and Sebastian ... Read more ›
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Paris and New York-based Vibe.co, the ad platform bringing hyper-targeting to connected TV (CTV) for performance marketers, announced today that it has closed €42 million in Series B financing – bringing total valuation to €349 million. The round was led by Hedosophia, with participation from previous backers, Singular, Elaia, Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky’s fund QuantumLight, ... Read more ›
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London’s Notion Capital, a leading venture investor in business software and FinTech, has today announced the close of its new €114 million growth fund, Notion Capital Opportunities III SCSp. Investors in the new fund comprised sovereign wealth funds, fund of funds, pension funds, insurers, family offices and high net worth individuals from across Europe, MENA ... Read more ›
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Qovery, a French SaaS platform that automates DevOps and makes application deployment effortless on any cloud, has raised €11.3 million in Series A funding to accelerate expansion in the region, scale its team and advance its AI-driven product innovation. The round was led by IRIS, with participation from Speedinvest, Crane Venture Partners, Techstars, Irregular Expressions, ... Read more ›
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A new VC fund out of Münster has launched this morning, May Ventures has already raised over €30 million for its AI-focused mission to invest in early-stage startups from the DACH region. The fund is backed by investors such as NRW.BANK, banks from the Sparkassen and Volksbanken group, as well as Helaba. The target volume ... Read more ›
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London-based Concept Ventures is today announcing the close of an €75 million Fund II to back the UK and Europe’s most promising early-stage tech talent – allegedly positioning it as the largest dedicated pre-Seed fund in Europe. The raise was backed by LPs including Aldea Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Marktlink Capital, Dominus, and Granite ... Read more ›
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Evantic Capital, a freshly launched British VC firm, has emerged on the scene with more than €340 million in capital, aiming to power a new wave of B2B AI startups across Europe, the United States, and Israel. Founded by former Sequoia partner Matt Miller, the fund has hit the ground running with five initial investments and ... Read more ›
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Talentiqa, a recruitment automation startup out of Prague, has secured €1 million in funding to expand its AI-powered hiring assistant. The round was equally backed by Purple Ventures and Venture to Future Fund. “For twenty years I dealt with hiring hundreds of people in retail, hospitality, and gastronomy, and we constantly ran into the same ... Read more ›
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Strasbourg-based RDS, a French MedTech company, today announced a €14 million Series A funding round for its remote monitoring and wearable patch, in order to accelerate its development in France, Germany and the broader European market. The SPI (Sociétés de Projets Industriels) fund, managed on behalf of the French state by Bpifrance, led the round, ... Read more ›
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London’s MyEdSpace, a leading online education platform, announces today that it has raised €12.8 million in Series A funding to hire additional teachers, introduce new subjects and develop its AI-powered learning tools to create an even better experience for students. The round was led by White Star Capital with participation from Educapital, Emerge, Active Partners ... Read more ›
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OXCCU, an Oxford University spin-out developing a one-step process to convert waste carbon into SAF, has raised €23.7 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round to accelerate its commercialisation efforts, expand its operations, and advance its next phase of technology scale-up. The round includes new investors Orlen VC, Safran Corporate Ventures, International Airlines Group ... Read more ›
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Lexroom, the startup out of Milan using generative AI to transform the legal sector, has closed a €16.2 million Series A round in order to accelerate international expansion and further develop its legal AI platform. In the past six months, the startup has reportedly tripled its client base and doubled its team, with expansion already underway ... Read more ›
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Warsaw-based Expeditions, a leading early-stage investor in European security, has announced over €100 million committed of its Fund II, exceeding its initial target, and is reportedly on track for a full €150 million final close. Dr Mikolaj Firlej, Co-founder and General Partner of Expeditions, said: “Europe no longer has the luxury of time or waiting ... Read more ›
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After a year in stealth, Stockholm-based company Redpine announces €1.1 million in funding and the launch of their platform to give AI builders and agents high-quality, licensed data. The round saw participation from prominent angel investors and established partnerships with leading foundational AI companies and content owners worldwide. Investors, include Colin M. Evans (OpenAI), Feng ... Read more ›
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I have dedicated my work to building bridges between continents, connecting ecosystems, creating opportunities for exchange, and developing new business ties between startups across Africa and Europe. We cannot deny that, compared to Europe, many African startup ecosystems are still less mature. The figures underscore that, while African startups raised €1.4 billion in the first ... Read more ›
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Huddersfield-based advanced manufacturing specialist Holdson has raised €1.7 million to expand its patented electroform process and supply business across the aerospace, defence, automotive and nuclear fusion industries. The round was led by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II) managed by Praetura Ventures (soon to be PXN Group, subject to FCA approval), which raised ... Read more ›
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