UK’s Onstage, the group behind Europe’s biggest standalone demo day, has taken its next big leap by launching its first venture fund. London-based Onstage, known for organising Europe’s largest standalone demo day, has officially launched its inaugural venture fund. The fund has reached its first close, raising £10M (approximately €11.3M) to support the growth of ... Read more Read more ›
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Hello Klean has secured €1.7M to advance its work in water-focused personal care and strengthen its presence in key markets. London-based Hello Klean, a water-first beauty brand, has secured £1.5M (nearly €1.7M) in debt financing from re:cap to support the next phase of its growth. re:cap, founded in Berlin in 2021 by Paul Becker and ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam / Singapore — November 24, 2025 — Brown Brothers Media, a Singapore-based digital publisher, announces the acquisition of Silicon Canals, the European technology startup media platform and community founded by Remco Janssen and operated under Proudly Media. The six-figure, asset-based deal marks a new chapter for the 11-year-old Dutch media brand, which has grown ... Read more Read more ›
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Zapier has acquired Netherlands-based research group Utopian Labs to support its AI roadmap. Utopian Labs, a research group based in the Netherlands, has been acquired by Zapier, a San Francisco-based AI orchestration platform. Under the deal finalised in October 2025, the Dutch company wound down its operations on November 15. Bryan Helmig, Zapier co-founder and ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based GoPhoto is set to acquire Capturelife, combining their digital photo platforms to support future growth. Amsterdam’s GoPhoto LLC, a provider of photo retail technology, has entered into an agreement to acquire Capturelife, a Minnesota-based digital image and content capture and distribution platform. The acquisition supports GoPhoto’s plan to expand its reach in mobile photo ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam’s Picnic has raised €430M funding to support its expansion plans and ongoing operations across multiple markets. Amsterdam-based online supermarket Picnic has raised €430M in funding, led by its existing investors. The unicorn plans to utilise most of the capital toward its operations in Germany, where it claims to be the market leader. The funding ... Read more Read more ›
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Data has become the lifeblood of modern institutions. Banks need it to detect fraud networks. Law enforcement agencies require it to track criminal activity across borders. Healthcare systems depend on it to develop treatments and improve patient care. Yet across all these sectors, the most valuable data remains locked away, trapped behind regulatory compliance and ... Read more Read more ›
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German freight infrastructure company NexDash raises €5M to expand its electric freight network and further develop its fleet and software platform. Berlin-based NexDash, a three-month-old company building freight infrastructure, has secured €5M in seed funding to develop a network for electric trucks across Europe. The company was founded by Michael Cassau, who previously built tech-rental ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Vyntelligence has raised $30M (nearly €26M) in a Series B funding round, the largest in the company’s history. London-based Vyntelligence (Vyn), a provider of an agentic video intelligence work platform, has raised $30M (nearly €26M) in a Series B funding round. This is the largest funding completed by the company. The round was co-led ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based NcodiN secures €16M to support the next stage of its chip communication technology and prepare for industry testing and partnerships. Paris-based NcodiN, a deeptech startup redefining how chips communicate, has raised €16M in an oversubscribed Seed funding round to advance its optical interposer technology with integrated nanolasers. The round was led by Germany’s MIG ... Read more Read more ›
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Sweden’s AlixLabs has raised €14.1M to develop its chip-manufacturing technology further and prepare it for testing with customers. Lund-based AlixLabs AB, a deeptech company building a new generation of semiconductor manufacturing solutions, has completed a €14.1M in Series A funding round. The global semiconductor industry faces rising capital intensity, high energy use, and a need ... Read more Read more ›
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SAPI has raised $80M (nearly €69M) to expand its payment-linked financing services and support more small businesses. London-based SAPI, a provider of Liquidity-as-a-Service and credit infrastructure for payment companies, has secured $80M (nearly €69M). This includes roughly $75M in debt and $5M in equity. Investors in the round include Hudson Cove, along with existing backers ... Read more Read more ›
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The gaming industry is no stranger to a blockbuster funding round. Venture capital has long been involved with the studios responsible for shaping the modern gaming landscape. On the back of the success of Fortnite, Epic Games netted an eye-watering $1 billion round in 2021, $200M of which came direct from Sony. The money hasn’t ... Read more Read more ›
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Bitfury has pivoted from its work in mining and incubation to an investment firm and launches $1B initiative to support ethical innovation. Amsterdam-based Bitfury has announced its pivot from a bitcoin miner turned technology incubator to a full investment firm. The company has launched a $1B funding initiative to support creators developing ethical technology. The ... Read more Read more ›
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French crypto-banking startup Deblock has secured €30M in Series A funding round led by Speedinvest, alongside CommerzVentures and Latitude. Existing backers, including Shapers, Headline, Chalfen Ventures, and Kraken Ventures, also participated in this round. The startup aims to use this capital to expand across Europe, starting with Germany. Founded by ex-Revolut and Ledger execs Founded ... Read more Read more ›
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A new Deep Tech & AI Founder Playbook by CFO Insights lays out a stark argument: Europe’s lab-born companies in AI, quantum, robotics, photonics, and advanced materials are being limited by financing models designed for apps, not algorithms. In software, traction validates value. In Deep Tech, at least in the beginning, science does. But Europe’s ... Read more Read more ›
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Norrsken VC is launching “Fixathon” with global partners, bringing participants together to develop AI solutions across several challenge areas. Stockholm-based Norrsken VC, which pledged €300M to startups using AI earlier this year, is launching Fixathon, an AI-for-good hackathon in collaboration with Spotify, Lovable, Google, NVIDIA, Advania, and The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank. The event aims ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based Tree Composites won the 20th KVK Innovatie Top 100, with other category winners also announced. Delft-based Tree Composites has won the 20th edition of the KVK Innovatie Top 100, a ranking of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands. With this result, the company is recognised as the “most innovative SME in the ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam’s Avanzanite raises €32M to support its expansion across Europe and strengthen its work with rare-disease medicines. Amsterdam-based Avanzanite Bioscience BV, a company that develops and distributes treatments for rare diseases, has raised €32M in a Series A round of funding. The investment came from MVM Partners, a global life-science private equity firm. MVM has ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam’s AKA Foods closes seed round at €14.8M and introduces a new system aimed at improving how food companies develop products. Amsterdam-based AKA Foods, a foodtech company transforming how new food products are created, has closed a $17.2M (nearly €14.82M) Seed funding round led by AI researchers and entrepreneurs Alex and Michael Bronstein. With the ... Read more Read more ›
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