London-based Howbout, a social scheduling app, has secured $8M (approximately €7.19M) in a Series A round of funding led by Goodwater Capital with participation from FJ Labs, Sequel, and England and Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire. Existing investors Boost Capital Partners and Angel Invest also contributed to the round. Other previous investors include Supernode Global, ... Read more Read more ›
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Milan-based Ephos, the producer of glass-based photonic chips, announced on Monday that it has secured $8.5M (approximately €7.6M) in a Seed funding round led by Starlight Ventures. Other investors, including Collaborative Fund, Exor Ventures, 2100 Ventures, and Unruly Capital, among others, as well as angel investors Joe Zadeh (former Vice President at Airbnb), Diego Piacentini ... Read more Read more ›
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Barcelona-based Sateliot, a company behind the first low-Earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellite constellation utilising 5G NB-IoT NTN standards, announced that it has secured €10M in a Series B funding round led by Global Portfolio Investments, a Spanish investment group. The announcement comes as the Spanish company aims to get €30M from investors to launch 100 nanosatellites ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based impact investor The Sharing Group (TSG) has increased its stake in Drop Mobility to a majority share, aiming to accelerate the startup’s growth. Drop Mobility, now part of The Sharing Group, joins other companies focused on sharing initiatives, including MyWheels, Mijndomein, EnergyZero, HomeZero, Hegg Energy, and Cargoroo. Karen van den Boom, who joins Drop ... Read more Read more ›
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Oxford, England-based FluoRok, a deep-tech focused on fluorochemical manufacturing and licensing, announced on Monday that it has secured £7.7M (approximately €9.2M) in a fresh funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by BGF alongside the Green Generation Fund and included battery specialist Volta Energy Technologies, current investors (Oxford Science Enterprises and University of Oxford), Excellis ... Read more Read more ›
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Stockholm-based H2 Green Steel, a company that aims to decarbonise the steel industry using green hydrogen, has announced that it has changed its name to Stegra. “The team continues to prove that it is possible to do more and change things fast, also in an industry that has been considered difficult to decarbonise for a ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Jump, a workforce startup, announced that it has raised €11M in a Series A round of funding. The pan-European fund Breega led the round, with participation from Index Ventures, Roosh Ventures and RAISE Seed For Good. Following an initial €4M funding round in 2021, this new capital will help Jump expand in France and ... Read more Read more ›
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We know it’s been a busy week, and with so much happening worldwide, it’s easy to miss some of the smaller but equally important stories. Here’s a brief roundup of news we have missed this week (September 16 – 20). Flink raises €134.6M to double down in Germany and the Netherlands Based out of Berlin, ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based health insurance partner Alan has raised €173M in a Series F funding round led by Belfius, a Belgian Federal State-owned bank insurer. With this round, the company has reached a valuation of €4B. Besides Belfius, the round also saw participation from existing investors including OTPP via Teachers’ Venture Growth, Temasek, Coatue, and Lakestar, as ... Read more Read more ›
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Netherlands-based former automaker Lightyear is making a comeback after bankruptcy, having raised €10M to develop its solar roof technology further. According to NRC, the funds will enable Lightyear to enhance its production capabilities at its facility in Venray (Netherlands), where advanced machinery allows for the layering of flexible solar panels. With a current capacity of ... Read more Read more ›
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The Hague-based Young Startups, a Dutch organisation dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, has launched a new loan initiative aimed at supporting early-stage startup founders across the Netherlands. The programme offers up to €20,000 per co-founder, providing financial support to young innovators in the country’s startup ecosystem. Founded in 2024, Young Startups empowers innovators pushing boundaries with ... Read more Read more ›
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Tallinn-based Superangel, an early-stage investment fund and company builder, announced that its second fund will increase its investment capacity to nearly €40M with the addition of SEB’s pension funds. This capital will be directed toward innovative tech companies in Estonia, the Baltic States, and the Nordic countries. Superangel’s partner Marko Oolo emphasised that SEB’s involvement ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Datamaran, an ESG risk management software platform, announced that it has raised $33M (approximately €29.52M) in a Series C round of funding. The funds will support the company’s expansion in the US and Europe and advance its generative AI initiatives. Prior to this, in September 2022, the UK-based company raised £11.7M in its Series ... Read more Read more ›
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Groningen-based Future Tech Ventures (FTV), on Thursday, announced the official launch during the Startup Festival in Groningen. The proof-of-concept fund has a size of approximately €20M and is partly financed by a European subsidy from the Just Transition Fund (JTF) of €10M. The remaining financing comes from the collaborating partners in FTV and co-investors, including ... Read more Read more ›
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Those working in the tech industry will remember 2021 as a banner year for both VC funding and unicorn creation. That year, it seemed like a new billion euro company was minted every week, and in fact, with a final tally of 69 for 2021, it was a huge increase on 2020’s number of unicorns ... Read more Read more ›
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Utrecht-based Cordys Analytics, a startup that aims to transform heart care using Artificial Intelligence (AI), has been awarded €650K in funding from Health Holland and the EU. The grant comes from the Dutch company’s €800K Eurostars grant in June with UMC Utrecht and MedicalCSE. Connecting human and AI in cardiology Cordys Analytics is transforming heart ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Yonder, a rewards credit card challenger, announced on Thursday that it has raised £23.4M (approximately €27.8M) in new funding at a post-money valuation of over £100M (approximately €119M). The funding round was led by Dan Jones through Repeat (formally Jigsaw), and Gareth Jefferies through RTP Global with support from Remus Brett through Latitude, the ... Read more Read more ›
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In recent developments, the federal government, KfW, the financial sector, and players from the startup ecosystem have agreed on joint efforts to strengthen growth and innovation financing in Germany. On September 17th, a joint declaration of intent was signed at the Startup Germany Summit, assuring a commitment to Germany as a financial centre and promoting ... Read more Read more ›
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Utrecht-based Effective Media & Marketing (EMM), the holding company of Scoupy founders Geert Luyendijk, Jeroen Lubbers, and Valentijn Bras, is selling its majority stake in Amsterdam’s Hiiper to Woolsocks AG. Woolsocks, a Swiss money app, was created to help people regain control through smart technology. It simplifies financial management and empowers users to take charge ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Return, an energy transition platform, announced on Thursday that it has acquired a majority stake in Hamburg-based J&P Batterie Projekte with a €50M investment and commitment. The announcement comes as the Dutch company aims to expand its renewable energy market in Germany. What does this acquisition solve? Storage is the bottleneck of the energy ... Read more Read more ›
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