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-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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The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 40 companies (startups and SMEs) to receive funding following its latest evaluation round. Out of 150 proposals that reached the interview stage, these companies were chosen for their transformative technologies and strong commercial promise, securing a mix of grant and equity support. The proposed funding is around €230M. ... Read more Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Tandem Health, a healthtech company transforming clinical workflows with AI, has raised $50M (approximately €42.6M) in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Kinnevik, with participation from Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries Club. The investment will accelerate Tandem’s mission to remove the administrative burden from healthcare professionals and enable more time ... Read more Read more ›
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Zwijndrecht-based SDS Separation BV, a Dutch company specialising in end-to-end carbon capturing, has completed a Series A funding round of €2M. Percival Participations, Invest-NL, and management participated in the financing round. Bart Boogaard, investment manager at Invest-NL, says, “CO2 capture is essential for a carbon-neutral industry. Even in the long term, there will be industrial ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based Tibo Energy, a developer of a next-generation Energy Management System (EMS) for industrial and commercial energy sites, has raised €6M in the Seed funding round. The round was led by KOMPAS VC with participation from Hitachi Ventures and WEPA Ventures, alongside existing investors SET Ventures and Speedinvest. KOMPAS VC is a specialist early-stage venture ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based Tarnoc, a cleantech startup, announced that it has secured €1.2M in a fresh funding round to accelerate the commercial rollout of its innovative Turbine Heat Pump. Tarnoc’s mission is to reshape sustainable heating and decarbonise the built environment across Europe. The Dutch company will utilise the funds to scale up production capacity, execute its ... Read more Read more ›
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When Jignesh Dave decided to launch his fourth startup, he could have chosen any number of global tech hubs. Silicon Valley beckoned with its venture capital magnetism. London offered financial services expertise. Singapore promised Asian market access. Instead, this seasoned entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in operational, market, and financial risk mitigation set his ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Tiqets, a ticketing platform, announced that it has secured €25M in a loan from ABN AMRO. The funding will be utilised to refinance existing venture debt, providing cost savings and more flexibility for future growth. ABN AMRO focuses on supporting clients across industries through innovative financial solutions. With a focus on digital transformation, ABN ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Bonx, a company that provides an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system based on no-code and graph technologies, has secured $8.6M (nearly €7.33M) in Seed funding. The round was led by global investment firm 9900 Capital, with participation from Kima Ventures, Purple, OSS Ventures, and Dynamo Ventures. Capital utilisation Bonx will allocate the funds as ... Read more Read more ›
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