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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Vilnius-based MELP has raised fresh funding from a VC firm and business angels to expand its operations in the UK market. Vilnius-based MELP, a company that provides an employee well-being platform, has raised €1.25M in funding. The investment came from Coinvest Capital, which contributed €800,000 to the round, along with participation from business angels. Coinvest ... Read more Read more ›
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Zurich-based Una Terra, a venture capital and growth equity platform, announced a €50M close of its Circular Economy Growth Fund. The company secured equity from Italy’s CDP Venture Capital SGR through its Green Transition Fund PNRR, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (FPA2), Deutsche Nachhaltigkeit (DN – German Sustainability), and selected forward-looking family offices. ... Read more Read more ›
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Dutch biotech company Mevaldi has secured funding to scale its operations and move its bio-based products toward commercialisation. Geleen-based Mevaldi, a Dutch biotech company, announced that it has secured fresh funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and ICIG Ventures, the venture capital unit of International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG). Dr Pelin Yilmaz, investment director at ICIG ... Read more Read more ›
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In Europe, buildings consume a large amount of energy, accounting for 40 per cent of all energy use in the EU, according to the European Commission’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Most of these buildings are old, around 85 per cent were built before 2000, and many are not energy efficient. In this case, smart ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Nebius Group, an AI infrastructure company, has announced the pricing of its offering of $2.75B in convertible senior notes. It includes two series — $1.375B of 1.00 per cent convertible notes due in 2030 and $1.375B of 2.75 per cent convertible notes due in 2032. This offering is available only to qualified institutional buyers ... Read more Read more ›
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Kópavogur, Iceland-based ORF Genetics, a plant biotechnology company, has raised €5M to expand its MESOkine growth-factor portfolio. The funding round, which remains open until mid-October, is expected to reach €7M with additional investor participation. The company plans a major scale-up of MESOkine production to meet the needs of cultivated meat producers as the industry moves ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam’s Caeli raises funds from the Netherlands Space Office to develop satellite-based projects addressing environmental challenges. Amsterdam-based deep tech company Caeli has received funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) through the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) to develop its Carbon Eye project further. “This contract is a good example of how targeted support for innovation ... Read more Read more ›
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What if the world’s water crisis isn’t about scarcity, but about access? According to Sander Pielkenrood, CEO and founder of Dutch Clean Tech, “We don’t lack water. We lack clean, drinkable water.” With a bold pivot from family-owned technology supplier to cleantech investment platform, Dutch Clean Tech is aiming to redefine how the world finances ... Read more Read more ›
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Leusden, the Netherlands-based Pasguard, a company specialised in monitoring infostealer marketplaces, has raised €500K in a pre-seed funding round from a group of prominent cybersecurity experts and angel investors. The round brings on board three well-known names in the sector: Dimitri van Zantvliet says, “Infostealers are one of the biggest blind spots in cybersecurity right ... Read more Read more ›
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US-based video platform Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons in an all-cash transaction. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. New York-based Vimeo, a video platform for business, announced an agreement to be acquired by Milan’s Bending Spoons in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.38B (nearly €1.18B). Founded in ... Read more Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Klarna, an AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, made an impressive debut on Wall Street under the symbol “KLAR” with its initial public offering (IPO) on September 10, 2025. CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski marked the occasion by livestreaming the bell-ringing ceremony on Instagram Live and X. “Going public in New York is ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based Integer Technologies secures fresh funding to expand its AI-driven HVAC optimisation platform across Europe. Eindhoven-based Integer Technologies, an AI platform for plug-and-play heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) optimisation, has secured €1M in funding. The round was led by LUMO Labs, with participation from BOM (Brabant Development Agency) and VP Capital. Jeroen Heine, Director ... Read more Read more ›
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Bavaria-based AMSilk, a company specialised in advanced biomaterials made from silk-based proteins, has secured €52M (€30M in equity, and €22M in convertible bonds) in a funding round led by existing investor ATHOS (AT Newtec). ATHOS KG is a Munich-based single-family office. With a background in healthcare and life sciences, the company focuses on investing in ... Read more Read more ›
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Nijmegen, the Netherlands-based Aiosyn, a medical software company specialising in AI-powered pathology, has raised €2.4M in a funding round. Participating investors are TNO Ventures, Oost NL, LUMO Labs, and Health Innovations. Besides funding, the Dutch company also announced a strategic partnership with TNO, the Netherlands’ largest research and technology organisation. The new funding will enable ... Read more Read more ›
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Cambridge-based CuspAI has announced the closure of its Series A funding round, raising $100M (nearly €85.40M). The UK-based company works with partners in automotive, semiconductors, energy, and climate to develop materials that address global challenges in clean air and water, AI compute, and sustainable energy. It aims to enable progress in these sectors by removing ... Read more Read more ›
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The Hague-based Carepool is developing an app designed to assist individuals with personal budgets in searching for, planning, and managing their care. The Dutch company raised €300K from InnovationQuarter and the Municipality of The Hague to further develop the platform to launch it on the market next year. “With Carepool, we want to show that ... Read more Read more ›
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As a founder team, you have the vision. You have the passion. And the drive. Consciously or not, you create a shared set of values that gets you through the early days: building product, landing customers, convincing investors. Then comes growth. The next round of funding. New hires. A new layer of leadership emerges – ... Read more Read more ›
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Dutch company SaXcell secures fresh funding to expand its operations in Enschede, Netherlands, with support from Turkish shareholders. Overijssel-based SaXcell, a Dutch company turning textile waste into valuable new fibres, has secured €4M of a planned €5M investment to build a production plant and pulp development centre in Enschede, the Netherlands. The funding comes from ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Dyme, a company specialised in helping consumers save money through financial apps, has been acquired by RISK, a Dutch insurtech backed by Swedish financial group Söderberg & Partners. With the acquisition, RISK gains access to a large, young audience, and Dyme can expand its products in the Netherlands and enter the German market. The ... Read more Read more ›
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London and Amsterdam-based Naq, a cybersecurity and compliance company, has raised €6M in a Series A funding round from Automate Health. In addition to funding, Automate Health will assist the UK-Dutch company by providing access to the group’s best practices in health tech SaaS operations, a long-term capital base, and a network of advisors that ... Read more Read more ›
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