Luxembourg-based Banking Circle, a technology-led payments bank, has completed its acquisition of Australian Settlements Limited (ASL), a licensed Authorised Deposit Taking Institution (ADI) in Australia. The agreement was signed in December 2024. The acquisition brings together ASL’s ADI licence and domestic banking, payments, and settlement operations with Banking Circle’s cross-border payments and infrastructure network. The ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based HIVED, an AI-powered parcel delivery startup, has secured $42M (approximately €35.5M) in a Series B round led by NordicNinja. NordicNinja is a founder-led venture capital firm with strong engineering skills. Established in 2019, it is the largest Japan-backed VC fund in Europe. The firm invests in growing companies that have outstanding teams and aim ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Peec AI has secured €7M in funding within five months of its founding. The startup initially closed a €1.8M pre-Seed round in April, followed by the current €5.2M Seed round led by 20VC less than four weeks later. The Seed round was led by 20VC, with participation from Antler, Foreword VC, Identity.VC, Combination VC, ... Read more Read more ›
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Leeds-based AssetCool, a UK company focused on improving overhead power line capacity to address grid congestion, has secured £10M (nearly €11.56M) in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The UK-based company will use the funds to scale globally and create 15 new jobs in the next 18 months. The round was led by Energy Impact ... Read more Read more ›
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Weesp, the Netherlands-based Solarix, a startup that designs and supplies innovative coloured solar panels for facades, has secured €4.2M in funding. Investors in this funding round include ROM InWest, VP Capital, and several private investors, along with participation from existing investors, which strengthens Solarix’s finances. They also have €1.3M set aside from the National Growth ... Read more Read more ›
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In addition to artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is also growing at a never-before-seen rate. As IoT grows, organisations across industries face mounting challenges in managing complex device networks, connectivity services, and the vast streams of data generated by connected devices. The complexity of coordinating multiple SIM types, service configurations, and billing ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Talon.One, a loyalty and promotions platform, today announced it has secured $135M (approximately €114.7M) in the latest funding round. The funding round was led by Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm, and Meritech Capital, an investor known for backing category-defining companies such as UiPath and Salesforce. Existing investor CRV also participated in ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based FieldFactors has raised €1.65M in a funding round to support the growth of its local rainwater reuse systems. The oversubscribed round attracted investors from Europe, the US, and Latin America. The investment was led by Dutch impact investor Connect the Drops, with additional participation from Tailwind Climate, Amplifica Capital, Vanzal Limited, and the Water ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based EFFECT Photonics, a provider of next-generation coherent optical solutions for data centre and edge networks, has raised an additional $24M (approximately €20.4M) as part of its Series D financing round. This funding round brings the total raised in the round to $62M (approximately €52.6M). “This funding milestone reinforces the strong market demand we’re seeing ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Dexter Energy, a climate tech company, has raised €23M in a Series C funding round. The funding round was led by Alantra’s energy transition fund, Klima, joined by Mirova and with continued support from existing investors, including ETF Partners, Newion, and PDENH. Alantra is an independent global mid-market financial services firm providing investment banking, ... Read more Read more ›
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Madrid-based TuringDream, an Agentic AI Platform, has announced that it has secured €6M in seed financing co-led by Adara Ventures and HWK, with participation from AI-specialist fund Next Tier Ventures. Adara Ventures invests in ambitious businesses, supporting founders with the capacity, courage, and vision to execute. Over the past 20 years, the firm has invested ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based Groove Quantum, a company that develops germanium-based quantum computing technology, has obtained €10M in funding through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator programme. This includes a €2.5M grant component. The EIC selected Groove from 1,000 applicants as one of 40 deeptech startups to receive funding in Europe. The evaluation jury described Groove’s germanium qubits ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Balthazar, an AI-enabled platform that aims to reinvent how deep tech R&D labs run, has secured a total of €1.8M in a pre-seed funding round. The Dutch company’s initial amount came from global early-stage VC Antler and various Dutch innovation funders, followed by the latest €1.2M led by CapitalT with Antler’s participation. Bringing structure ... Read more Read more ›
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The Netherlands is home to numerous significant startups that have developed into global players, including Booking.com and Adyen. The country boasts an outstanding level of urban innovation and quality of life for both local entrepreneurs and immigrant talent. 2024 was the third-best funding year ever for Dutch startups, following the peak years 2021 and 2022, ... Read more Read more ›
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Steady Energy, a Finnish nuclear tech company that aims to transform the heating industry, has completed a €32M funding round. The company reached the halfway mark of the round back in March 2025 with a €22M raise led by 92 Ventures (now rebranded as 92 Capital). The current investment saw participation from LocalTapiola (a mutual ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Surebird, an insurtech startup, has closed a fresh funding round. The investment came from the Dutch Operator Fund, Quantum Leap Capital and Bright Business. The investment brings notable industry expertise to Surebird’s advisory structure, with former Independer CEO Coen de Ruiter joining as Chairman of the Advisory Board. “Better insurance for less!” Surebird operates ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Seenons, a technology platform for circular waste management, has announced a strategic partnership with Fortino Capital. The investment firm will join as the majority investor to support Seenons in its next phase of growth. It includes scaling Seenon’s independent platform across Europe and accelerating its mergers and acquisitions agenda. Fortino Capital is a European ... Read more Read more ›
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Utrecht-based TrueTribe, the Dutch HR-tech company focused on holistic employee wellbeing, has announced the acquisition of Quan, a platform that helps organisations measure and improve workforce health and vitality. “From day one, Quan has been about making wellbeing and performance human and science-based, says Arosha Brouwer, co-founder and CEO of Quan. ‘In TrueTribe, we’ve found ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Zango, a company specialising in regulatory compliance solutions, emerges from stealth and announces that it has raised $4.8M (approximately €4M) in a round led by Nexus Venture Partners. Nexus Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with extraordinary entrepreneurs building product-first companies. With $2.6B under management, Nexus operates as a unified team ... Read more Read more ›
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European technology companies are commanding attention on the global stage, with several securing massive funding rounds that place them among the world’s largest deals in 2025. This surge reflects a startup ecosystem that continues to attract investor confidence despite broader economic uncertainties. According to Dealroom, European startups have raised nearly $28.9B (nearly €24.53B) across 3,600 ... Read more Read more ›
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Prague-based TopK has raised $5.5M (nearly €4.66M) in seed funding to advance its AI-native search platform. The company is developing a unified search engine that enables developers and AI agents to manage both structured and unstructured data through a single system. The funding round included investments from Earlybird, KAYA, Irregular Expressions, and several angel investors. ... Read more Read more ›
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