San Francisco-based Airwallex, a payments and financial platform for modern businesses, announced that it has witnessed exponential growth in the Netherlands (NL), in the last year. In Q2 2025, its revenue increased by 199 per cent compared to the same period in 2024. Additionally, the company has tripled its customer base in the same period. ... Read more Read more ›
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Qbeast, a spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, created to solve the toughest trade-offs in lakehouse technology, has secured $7.6M (nearly €6.57M) in seed funding to enhance its data optimisation platform. The funding round was led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India), with additional participation from HWK Tech Investment and Elaia Partners. Qbeast ... Read more Read more ›
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Delaware, US-based AIxBlock, a decentralised AI tech startup, has secured a €1.5M innovation grant from the European Union, along with up to €61.5M in two additional grants that have been pre-approved to support its long-term expansion across Europe. The US company’s €1.5M secured grant comes with zero dilution, with onboarding (KYC) underway prior to fund ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based EssilorLuxottica, a company that designs, manufactures and distributes ophthalmic lenses, frames and sunglasses, has acquired Automation & Robotics (A&R), a designer and manufacturer of automated systems for optical lens quality control. A&R serves both mass production facilities and prescription laboratories. Aim of the acquisition Founded in 1983 and based in Belgium, A&R provides technologies used ... Read more Read more ›
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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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Edinburgh-based Approov, a company specialised in mobile app and API security, has raised £5M (approximately €5.7M) in a Series A funding round led by the Investment Fund for Scotland managed by Maven Capital Partners. Operated by the British Business Bank, the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) provides a mix of debt and equity funding. IFS ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based BUX, a neo-brokerage platform, has announced the launch of BUX Prime Investment Plans. These plans feature J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s active ETFs in pre-built multi-asset portfolios designed to make active management accessible and affordable. The announcement comes a couple of weeks after UpToMore, The Hague-based fintech company, announced the launch of an investment app ... Read more Read more ›
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Tallinn-based Sunly, a renewable energy company and an investor in renewable energy and electrification startups, has secured nearly €85M in international financing to develop solar energy projects in Latvia. The Estonia-based renewable electricity provider will receive €35.2M each from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and €14.4M ... Read more Read more ›
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Prague-based Resistant AI, a company that protects financial services from financial crime, has secured a strategic investment from Experian, a global data and technology company. Experian is a global data and technology company that focuses on providing data-driven solutions for individuals and businesses. The company works to improve lending practices, identify and prevent fraud, simplify ... Read more Read more ›
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Maryport, England-based SIS Pitches, a company specialised in sports surface solutions, has acquired a majority stake in DrainTalent, a Netherlands-based business specialising in circular soil management systems, and HeatTalent, an innovative and sustainable electric undersoil heating. SIS Pitches manufactures and installs sports surface solutions, pitches, courts and track construction and maintenance services. This recent acquisition ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based AXA, a global insurance and financial services company, has announced an agreement to acquire Milan’s Prima, a direct insurance company in Italy with recorded premiums of €1.2B in 2024. Founded in 2015, Prima has gained a significant share in the retail motor insurance segment in Italy, holding around 10 per cent of the market. ... Read more Read more ›
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The startup world hasn’t slowed down one bit. Over the past couple of weeks, there’s been a wave of fresh funding, partnerships, and acquisitions across Europe and beyond. From AI and fintech to deeptech and health, companies are raising funding, expanding globally, and teaming up to solve real-world problems. Having said that, it is important ... Read more Read more ›
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When it comes to large institutions, feedback is often too slow and inconsistent. As a result, educators spend countless hours grading long-form assessments. And here’s where Amsterdam-based LearnWise comes into play! LearnWise: AI-powered edtech platform Founded in 2023, LearnWise is led by a team of education technology experts, including Greg Marschall, Michel Visser, Pietro Vigilanza, ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based Arceon, a company developing Advanced Ceramic Matrix Composites (ArCMC) to improve materials and structures, secures investment from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI). The announcement comes ten months after the Blue Magic investment and innovation conference in the Netherlands last November, where GA-ASI and its partners heard pitches from innovative Dutch companies about the ... Read more Read more ›
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Porto-based Reckon.ai, a SaaS startup, has raised €5.1M in a fresh funding round led by Iberis Capital. Private equity funds Alea Capital Partners and Touro Capital Partners also participated in this round. Founded in 2017, Iberis Capital is a Portugal-based private equity and venture capital firm with over €600M in assets under management and a ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based blood flow restriction (BFR) brand Hytro has raised approximately £2M (nearly €2.30M) in its latest funding round, backed by athlete-led investment syndicates Joyned Capital and Skin In The Game. New investors include Arsenal footballer Jurrien Timber (Arsenal FC), his twin brother Quinten Timber (Feyenoord), and NFL player Benjamin St-Juste of the LA Chargers. They ... Read more Read more ›
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Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), the VC firm investing in the UK’s highest-potential deep tech and life sciences companies, announced that it is committing at least £100M (approximately €115M) to invest in spinouts from the University of Cambridge. The £100M funding is part of the launch of CIC’s Fund III, its latest £250M (approximately €280M) early-stage ... Read more Read more ›
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Madrid-based Altano Energy, a renewables investment company, has announced that M&G Investments will invest €60M in its platform. The funding will support the expansion of Altano Energy’s operations across solar, hydro, wind, and storage sectors. The partnership aligns with Altano’s ongoing efforts to build a diversified energy model. M&G’s Infrastructure & Real Assets team, part ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Labfresh, a startup that aims to fight overconsumption by developing intelligent apparel, announced that it has reached the target amount of €1M through crowdfunding on the eyevestor platform. The Dutch company raised a total funds from 331 investors. The company will use the funds to launch a smart womenswear collection.  According to Kasper Brandi ... Read more Read more ›
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In 2015, the year Oscar Pierre and I founded Glovo, the environment for entrepreneurs in Southern Europe was still quite limited. Capital access, regulatory frameworks and support networks were inconsistent, restrained within markets or simply unclear, and high-level VCs with capital were scarce. Today the landscape is certainly better, but many challenges remain that are ... Read more Read more ›
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