Mannheim-based osapiens, a German software company, is expanding its operations in the United Kingdom. The company plans to invest €35M in the region and create over 150 jobs. This move signals osapiens’ ongoing commitment to the UK market and aims to support companies dealing with sustainability, transparency, and compliance requirements. Alberto Zamora, co-founder and CEO ... Read more Read more ›
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Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, has announced its intention to officially sign the European Union’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. In a statement, Anthropic highlighted that the Code reflects core principles the company has long championed: transparency, safety, and accountability. “We believe the Code advances the principles of transparency, safety, and accountability—values that ... Read more Read more ›
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The European Investment Fund (EIF), Amsterdam’s Invest-NL, and De Goudse Verzekeringen have committed €40M to the Fresh Closed SME Fund II. This fund offers loans to Dutch SMEs with a focus on growth, innovation, and sustainability. The investment continues the existing collaboration with Fresh Funds, making it the only Dutch company to receive a second ... Read more Read more ›
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Utrecht-based TrianecT, a medtech company specialising in acute stroke diagnostics, has secured €1.35M from XO Ventures and CbusineZ. The investment will support the commercial development and market launch of StrokePointer, a portable device that can assess the severity of a stroke while the patient is still in the ambulance. CEO and co-founder Wouter Potters adds, ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Anywyse, an AI learning startup, has announced that its core technology has been acquired by Learnbeat, a Leiden-based digital education platform. “The technology we built has been acquired by Learnbeat, a leading digital education platform here in the Netherlands. It’s a natural next step, a strong home where the product can grow and reach ... Read more Read more ›
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Blue Longevity Clinic, a longevity medicine service provider, has secured €2M in funding to expand its operations in Southeast Europe. The round was led by Bulgaria-based Eleven Ventures, with participation from Sofia Angels Ventures and several family offices. “The transition from reactive sick care to proactive health care is no longer a trend; it’s a ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Xelix, an agentic AI software company in the Accounts Payable (AP), has secured $160M (approximately €137M) in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners, with follow-on investments from Passion Capital and LocalGlobe. Based out of New York, Insight Partners is a software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startups and ... Read more Read more ›
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Koblenz-based Sdui Group, a German company that provides cloud-based administrative software for K-12 schools in Europe, has secured strategic investment led by Bain Capital’s Tech Opportunities fund. The round also saw participation from existing investors Munich-based HV Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). European school systems face increasing complexity, rising digital demands, and growing support for ... Read more Read more ›
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Deventer, the Netherlands-based MUCHgroup, a company specialised in the production of shiitake-based meat alternatives, has secured a new investment from Remagine Food, bringing its current funding round to €375,000. Amsterdam-based Remagine Food is a venture-building firm focused on helping food startups grow commercially. Besides, the Dutch company is also raising capital through crowdfunding. Fund utilisation ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Sunsave, a solar subscription company, has secured £113M (nearly €130.54M) to expand its rooftop solar operations across England and Wales. The funding includes £13M in Series A equity round co-led by Norrsken VC, IPGL, and others, and a £100M debt facility from Crédit Agricole CIB. New equity investors include Clearance Capital and early employees ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Auxxo, a sector agnostic pre-seed and seed stage investor that backs female (co-)founded startups in Europe, announced the first closing of its new fund — the Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund II, at €26M. The fund’s first closing is over one-third more than the previous fund’s total of €19M (Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund I). The ... Read more Read more ›
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The Hague-based TNO, an independent organisation for applied research, is collaborating with members of NDP Nieuwsmedia, who represent the vast majority of Dutch news publishers, to further develop GPT-NL, the first large-scale Dutch AI language model trained exclusively on legally obtained data. Consequently, the members of NDP Nieuwsmedia are making a substantial portion of their ... Read more Read more ›
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Stockholm-based CorPower Ocean, a company that designs, manufactures and operates wave energy farms, has added two new strategic investors to its Series B funding round. Acario, the venture investment arm of Tokyo Gas based in Silicon Valley, and GTT Strategic Ventures, the investment fund of French group GTT, have joined the effort. This investment follows ... Read more Read more ›
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It’s been a busy few weeks in the startup world. Between big funding rounds, new partnerships, and acquisitions, there’s been a lot going on. So much that it’s just not possible to catch everything as it happens. That’s why we’ve put together this short list, a simple roundup of the news stories we missed but ... Read more Read more ›
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Two Dutch companies, Schiedam-based Battolyser Systems and Eindhoven’s VDL Hydrogen Systems – part of VDL Groep – have agreed to merge into a single company. The partnership will offer a fully flexible pressurised alkaline electrolyser tailored for large-scale industrial applications. The new company will focus on developing and marketing this technology, with VDL Groep serving ... Read more Read more ›
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Gelderland, the Netherlands-based Solynta, a biotechnology company that specialises in hybrid potato breeding, has secured €20M venture debt financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB backing is supported under the European Commission’s InvestEU programme. The InvestEU programme provides the European Union with crucial long-term funding by leveraging substantial private and public funds in ... Read more Read more ›
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Singapore-based Coda, a global leader in digital content monetisation platform, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Recharge, an Amsterdam-based prepaid payments platform. The acquisition helps Coda expand beyond gaming and enhances its ability to serve a wider digital content market across different categories and regions. It increases Coda’s presence in Europe and strengthens its ... Read more Read more ›
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Dutch file-sharing platform WeTransfer has landed in hot water after users discovered new terms that suggested the company could use their files to train AI models. The clause received lots of criticism from customers on social media (including authors and comedians) after changing its terms of service, which some interpreted as allowing it the right ... Read more Read more ›
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Amstelveen-based SHIFT Invest, a Dutch venture capital firm, has announced the first close of its fourth fund, SHIFT Invest IV, securing €92M towards its target of €150M. The fund will invest in early-stage companies, including ventures at the proof of concept, seed, and Series A stages, developing solutions to tackle climate change, resource depletion, and ... Read more Read more ›
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The European Innovation Council (EIC) announced that it will provide €20M in funding for deeptech startups and SMEs in Ukraine. The funding is part of a broader effort to support Ukraine’s innovation sector during the ongoing conflict with Russia. The goal is to promote the development of new technologies and strengthen connections between Ukrainian innovators ... Read more Read more ›
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