Around 1750 BCE in Ur, a customer named Nanni complained in clay about the bad copper sold to him by the merchant Ea-nasir. It is the oldest known written customer complaint, and several others were found in Ea-nasir's house. The behaviour behind a one-star review, nearly four millennia early. Read more ›
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Amsterdam’s GreenShift, a cloud computing company, has secured funding to support its platform and growth. Investors express support for the team and the company’s focus on efficiency and performance. Amsterdam-based GreenShift, an AI technology company focused on sustainable cloud computing, has raised €2.35M in a Convertible Loan Agreement (CLA) round. The investment was led by ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based HyET Solaris, a company specialised in ultra-lightweight solar foils, has secured €60M in growth capital from UK investors Aequitas Carbon Ltd and Abbeydale Partners LLP. Aequitas Carbon is a UK-based investment firm focused on breakthrough energy and materials technologies that support the global energy transition. Maarten Scholten, Operating Partner at Aequitas Carbon Ltd, comments, ... Read more Read more ›
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Madrid-based Reveni raises Series A funding to expand its e-commerce logistics platform for returns, exchanges, and international sales. Madrid-based Reveni, a company transforming global e-commerce, has raised €7.5M in a Series A funding round to reinvent the entire logistics experience. The Spanish company manages global sales, returns, and logistics through a single platform that connects ... Read more Read more ›
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Ghent-based Highsail, a startup that utilises AI for field operations, has officially launched with pre-seed funding from Entourage, a venture Studio and early-stage VC that invests in the early-stage B2B and SaaS sectors. “Highsail is the kind of practical AI we love to back: embedded, and ROI-driven,” says Pieterjan Bouten, founder of Entourage. “They’re not ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Agricultural Commodity Transformation (ACT) Fund has announced the closing of its first senior loan facility from Dutch state-owned impact investor Invest International. The announcement comes two months after the Dutch (caretaker) government announced the merger of Invest-NL and Invest International to form a full-fledged National Promotional Institution (NPI). The dual-currency loan comprising of €10M ... Read more Read more ›
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Genmab to acquire Utrecht-based Merus in an all-cash deal expected to close in early 2026, adding Merus’ cancer therapies to its pipeline. Copenhagen’s biotechnology company Genmab and Utrecht-based Merus, an oncology company, announced that they have signed an agreement under which Genmab will acquire all outstanding shares of Merus. This acquisition involves Merus’ therapy asset, ... Read more Read more ›
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Warsaw-based Expeditions, an early-stage investor in European security, has announced over €100M committed to its Fund II, exceeding its initial target. LPs in Fund II include the NATO Innovation Fund, the Polish Development Fund, and early executives from Skype, Wise, Bolt, and Snowflake. Fund II has already invested in seven companies, including Lendurai, Orasio, and ... Read more Read more ›
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Dutch-based Ansana raises funds to advance SteriWatch, its sterilisation system designed to enhance hospital workflows and patient safety. Maastricht-based Ansana, a health tech company based in the Netherlands, has raised €1.5M in a Seed round of funding. The investment came from NLC Health Ventures, Healthliant Ventures, BGO Ventures, and a group of private investors. Margarida ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Evantic Capital, a new venture capital firm, announced its launch with over $400M (approximately €341M) in capital. The new UK VC will focus on investing in emerging AI leaders across the United States, Europe, and Israel, primarily in high-potential B2B AI companies. Evantic’s model is based on its partnership with The Legends, a global ... Read more Read more ›
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Swedish hydropower startup SeaPattern raises private funding and signs a memorandum of understanding with a European utility. SeaPattern, a Swedish hydropower startup, has announced that it raised €5M in private funding to support its operations and growth. The company stated that the financing round is the largest private investment secured by a European hydropower startup ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Clear.bio, a healthtech startup focused on personalised diabetes care, has secured €1.7M in a fresh funding round. The investment comes from sources including Horizon Flevoland, Future Food Fund, Invest International’s Dutch Trade & Investment Fund, and various business angels. The Dutch company aims to use this funding to accelerate the availability of its digital ... Read more Read more ›
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Lexroom, a Milan-based startup, is expanding its AI platform for legal professionals with support from new and existing investors. A US-based VC firm has joined the board to guide the next stage of development. Milan-based Lexroom has raised $19M (nearly €16.20M) in a Series A funding round to expand its generative AI platform for the ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Goodfit, a data platform for GTM (Go-To-Market), has raised a $13M (approximately €11M) in a Series A funding round led by Notion Capital, marking its first outside funding. Notion Capital is Europe’s leading early-stage business software investor, with more than $1bn assets under management and over 100 investments to date. Notion companies include Currencycloud ... Read more Read more ›
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Recent days have brought many announcements showing how quickly the startup and corporate worlds are changing. There have been new funding rounds that support companies, partnerships, and acquisitions that can shift entire industries. It’s been a busy time, and keeping up with everything can be overwhelming. So, we’ve put together a list of news that ... Read more Read more ›
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In this article, we have highlighted the startups that secured capital in September 2025, some of which are currently expanding their teams. Amsterdam’s startup ecosystem continues to attract substantial investment in September 2025, reinforcing the city’s position as one of the leading European hubs for innovation. Home to around 1,219 startups—nearly 45 per cent of ... Read more Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Netigate, an experience management platform, has announced the acquisition of Rotterdam-based Mopinion, a provider of digital customer feedback software. Founded by Udesh Jadnanansing, Mopinion is a feedback software for web, mobile apps and email campaigns. The solution empowers organisations to uncover insights that help optimise the digital experience. The Dutch company currently works with ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Actuals, a company specialised in helping finance teams process millions of transactions without errors, raises €3M in a Series A funding round led by investment firm Holland Capital. Holland Capital has been investing in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands and Germany for over 40 years. With offices in Amsterdam and Düsseldorf, ... Read more Read more ›
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San Francisco-based Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, announced the acquisition of Utrecht-based Eco-Movement, a platform for EV charge point location and pricing data. Eco-Movement will operate as part of OPIS, Dow Jones’s growing energy business. The Dutch company focuses on gathering and improving data about electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. ... Read more Read more ›
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Nathalie de Geus was named Top Woman of the Year 2025, and Fadime Keçe received the 2025 Young Talent Award. Nathalie de Geus, General Manager of Utrecht-based ArboNed, has been named Top Woman of the Year 2025. The announcement was made by jury chair Karien van Gennip in front of 400 attendees. The other finalists ... Read more Read more ›
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The Cupertino giant Apple has asked the European Union to repeal the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a new set of rules aimed at limiting the influence of major tech companies. “It’s been more than a year since the Digital Markets Act was implemented. Over that time, it’s become clear that the DMA is leading to ... Read more Read more ›
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