Helsinki-based Wave Ventures, a Gen Z-led venture capital firm, has announced a third fund totalling €7M. This new fund is three times larger than its previous one and is the largest Gen Z-led and Gen Z-focused fund in Europe. Wave Ventures focuses on supporting Gen Z founders across the Nordics and Baltics. The fund is ... Read more Read more ›
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Remember how Netflix started as a DVD rental-by-mail service in the shadows of Blockbuster, the giant dominating the movie rental market? Two companies. Two choices. One decided to pivot. The other didn’t. We know how the story turned out. Pivots are more common than we expect. The founders of Shopify aimed to create an online ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based Arctic Reflections, a company with a mission to restore Arctic sea ice to counter global warming, announced that it has been selected as one of the projects funded by the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) under Exploring Climate Cooling programme. Alongside the University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, UCL, and Real ... Read more Read more ›
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As AI technology rapidly evolves, enterprises face a critical challenge: keeping up with this change while ensuring the high levels of security and compliance required in their industries. However, most enterprises lack the internal expertise or resources to do both effectively. Here’s where GLBNXT, an Amsterdam-based SaaS startup, comes into play! Launched today after months ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based BASH, a platform for social event pages, has secured €1.3M in funding from angel investors. This funding is part of a super-seed round to support growth ahead of its Series A. The company is supported by a group of entrepreneurs, including Sjuul Berden (United Wardrobe), Leon Ramakers (Mojo) and Geert-Jan Smits (Flinders). Geert-Jan Smits, ... Read more Read more ›
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Hamburg-based Akeno, a tech company that provides real-time automated production planning, has raised €4.5M in seed funding to advance its AI-based software. The round was led by Cusp Capital, with participation from TS Ventures and another.vc. Dr. Maximilian Rowoldt, Investor and General Partner at Cusp Capital, says, “Akeno uses the increasingly available operational technology data ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based MarvelX, a company specialised in building AI agents to manage claims, compliance, and support insurance, has secured $6M (approximately €5.3M) in a seed funding round led by EQT Ventures. EQT Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Luxembourg, with investment advisors in key cities, including Stockholm, Amsterdam, London, New York, Berlin, and ... Read more Read more ›
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Espoo, Finland-based ICEYE, a microsatellite manufacturer and operator, announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland. This agreement involves delivering an initial batch of three ICEYE Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites to the Polish Armed Forces. Additionally, there is an option to purchase three more ... Read more Read more ›
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Spanish-born Xoople, a data and AI company, emerges from stealth to close its latest equity round. The company’s total funding now stands at €115M. Investors include both Spanish and international backers, such as CDTI, a public entity under the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and AXIS, a VC manager owned by Instituto de ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based GoDutch, a fintech company that provides an advanced account for business users, has secured €1.2M in a pre-seed funding round. Founders of Dutch neobanks such as René Frijters and Mike de Boer (Knab) and Bart Wesselink (former COO and CFO of bunq) provided half of the investment. De Boer adds, “GoDutch is an excellent ... Read more Read more ›
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Netherlands-based Azafaros, a clinical-stage company developing therapeutics for rare lysosomal storage disorders, has completed an oversubscribed €132M Series B funding round. The investment was led by Jeito Capital, co-led by Forbion Growth, and included participation from Seroba, Pictet Group, and existing investors Forbion Ventures, Schroders Capital, and BioGeneration Ventures (BGV). Rachel Mears, Partner at Jeito ... Read more Read more ›
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Vienna-based Kickscale, an AI-powered SaaS platform, has secured €2.1M in a Seed round led by aws Gründungsfonds. The aws Gründungsfonds is an Austrian venture capital fund with a fund volume of around €70M. As an investor, the aws Startup Fund supports startups from the initial growth phase through subsequent financing rounds (Series A/B) to exit. ... Read more Read more ›
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Italy-based Fleequid, an online marketplace for buying and selling used buses, has raised €3M in Seed funding. Fleequid will use the funds to grow its presence in Europe, increase its workforce, and improve its auction platform. The company’s goal is to speed up the rollout across the region and advance its technology, allowing businesses to trade ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Optics11, a life science instrumentation company that specialises in fibre optics, has reportedly secured €17M in new funding to advance its mission of safeguarding Europe’s critical infrastructure. The round was led by Forward.One, a Dutch venture capital fund focused on industrial and physical technologies. New investors, including SET Ventures (Netherlands) and Join Capital (Germany), ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based MX3D, a company specialised in robotic metal 3D printing technology, has raised €7M in a Series A funding round to accelerate its international growth. The funding round was led by EDF Pulse Ventures, the corporate venture investment arm of the French energy leader EDF. The EDF Group plays a key role in the energy ... Read more Read more ›
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Dutch startup VitsAll, the employee wellbeing platform founded by Sabine Bakkum, has been named the winner of a Dragons’ Den pitch competition organised by Rabobank in collaboration with the Academic Business Club. The event brought together rising entrepreneurs to pitch their ventures before a panel of expert judges, including Raymon Pouwels, José van Dalen, Martijn ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Carbon Equity, an investment platform for financing climate solutions, has opened access for retail investors to invest in non-listed climate technology companies. Through the new Access to Climate Tech Fund II, individuals can participate starting from €20,000. The fund channels capital into climate-focused projects via private equity, infrastructure, and venture capital funds. This type ... Read more Read more ›
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Osnabrück, Germany-based desk.ly, a provider of an AI-powered platform for modern workplace management, has secured an undisclosed seven-figure funding from HTGF for its next growth phase. HTGF is one of the most active early-stage investors in Germany and Europe, financing startups in the fields of Deep Tech, Industrial Tech, Climate Tech, Digital Tech, Life Sciences, ... Read more Read more ›
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Madrid-based Room00 Group, an urban lifestyle hospitality platform, announced that it has secured €400M in a strategic investment from King Street Capital Management, a global alternative investment firm. King Street is a global alternative investment firm managing over $28B in assets across public and private markets. The company focuses on debt and equity investments in ... Read more Read more ›
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Sweden-based Lignin Industries AB, a company in the greentech sector, has raised €3.9M in a funding round to support its commercialisation and scaling plans. The company transforms lignin into renewable biomaterials that replace fossil-based plastics and support net-zero CO2 products. Lignin is a complex organic polymer found in the support tissues of most plants. It ... Read more Read more ›
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