Tempty Foods Reaches 100% of Crowdfunding Target on Republic Europe with 26 Days to Spare
Danish mycelium food startup Tempty Foods closed its Republic Europe equity crowdfunding at €356,538 (about $386,000), surpassing its €355,036 goal with 26 days remaining. The round, priced at €65.30 per share ($70.5), sells 10.09% of the company and values Tempty at a €3.2 million pre‑money valuation (~$3.5 million). The campaign follows a 5.2 million DKK seed round (~$750,000) and comes as the firm reports 100% year‑on‑year revenue growth after serving more than 250,000 meals across Danish retail and food‑service channels. Tempty plans to use the capital to expand its asset‑light mycelium product line across the Nordics.
Balcony Secures $12.7M for Avalanche Asset Growth
Balcony, a property‑intelligence startup, announced a $12.7 million seed round led by Blockchange Ventures, bringing its total funding to $14 million. The capital will fund the development of real‑world asset (RWA) infrastructure on the Avalanche blockchain. Balcony’s Keystone platform aggregates county land‑record...
Delft-Based FrostByte Secures a Cool €1.3 Million to Scale Cryogenic Electronics for Quantum Computing
Delft‑based FrostByte, a spin‑off from TU Delft and QuTech, announced a €1.3 million (≈$1.4 million) funding round led by InnovationQuarter Capital, Graduate Ventures, Paeonia Group, UNIIQ and an angel investor. The capital will fund team expansion, scale production of cryogenic switches, and...
Arāya Sie Fund Raises £7.5m First Close for Women-Led Startups Amid Tech ‘Bro Renaissance’
Arāya Ventures and the female‑founder accelerator Sie Ventures announced a £7.5 million first close (approximately $9.5 million) for their new Arāya Sie Fund. The vehicle is dedicated to backing women‑led startups operating in the United Kingdom and across Europe. By pooling capital...
TURKISH MOBILE GAMING STARTUP MINDTAIL RAISES $2 MILLION
Istanbul‑based mobile gaming studio Mindtail closed a $2 million pre‑seed round led by APY Ventures, with participation from Inveo Ventures and Ak Portföy GSYF. The capital will fund AI‑native production infrastructure, aggressive team growth and early marketing experiments as the studio...
Asterix Health Raises £2.1m to Boost NHS Primary Care Hiring
Asterix Health announced a £2.1 million (≈$2.7 million) pre‑seed round to scale its remote‑GP platform for NHS primary‑care practices. Founded in 2024 by Julian Titz and Max Thilo after personal health battles, the startup will use the capital to onboard new NHS...
Can’t Code? This Startup Just Raised $9m to Make You a Workflow Automation Genius
London AI startup CodeWords raised a $9 million seed round led by Visionaries, with angels including Miro CEO Andrey Khusid and Supercell founder Ilkka Paananen. The platform lets non‑technical users build complex workflow automations via a chat‑based AI agent, currently running...
Namibia-Based Firm to Back Early-Stage Southern African Startups with $10 Million Fund
Bellatrix Investment Managers, a Namibia‑based alternative asset firm, has launched the Ndjaba Seed Fund – a $10 million venture capital vehicle aimed at early‑stage startups across Southern Africa. The fund will back 35‑50 companies over a ten‑year horizon, focusing on fintech,...
Antwerp Startup Maurice & Nora Raises €1M to Address Rising Care Demand
Antwerp‑based social‑impact startup Maurice & Nora secured €1 million (about $1.09 million) in a funding round led by Coformaco and a roster of angel investors. The capital will fund commercial expansion, AI‑driven matching technology, and team growth as the platform scales its...
JobsUPI Raises Pre-Seed Round From IIMA Ventures and Others
JobsUPI, a multilingual Voice‑AI employment platform, closed a $250 K pre‑seed round led by IIMA Ventures with participation from several angel investors. The funding will fuel product enhancements, broader distribution and geographic expansion beyond its North‑India base. Co‑founders Shrey Bansal and...
Peter Sarlin’s QuTwo Reaches $380M Valuation in Angel Round
Finnish AI lab QuTwo, founded by ex‑AMD Silo AI chief Peter Sarlin, closed a €25 million ($29 million) angel round, lifting its post‑money valuation to €325 million (about $380 million). The company’s flagship QuTwo OS orchestrates workloads across classical, quantum and hybrid hardware, positioning it as...
Silo Founder Raises €25m for 'Palantir of Quantum Computing'
Helsinki‑based AI startup Qutwo announced a €25 m (~$27 m) angel round, valuing the company at €325 m (~$354 m) post‑money. Backed by a roster of high‑profile angels—including Yuri Milner, Xavier Niel and Thomas Wolf—the firm has already hired 50 experts and secured €20 m (~$22 m) in contracted...
Lime Health Secures $1M in Funding for Emilia
Lime Health, a Quebec‑based B Corp, closed a CAD$1 million financing round (≈ $740,000 USD) backed by private investors, Desjardins’ Startup in Residence program, and the Business Development Bank of Canada. The capital will accelerate commercialization of Emilia, an AI‑driven mobile app that...
Altara Raises $7M to Accelerate Scientific and Industrial Breakthroughs with Agentic AI
Altara announced a $7 million seed round led by Greylock, with participation from Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures and angels such as Jeff Dean. The San Francisco startup builds AI agents that ingest fragmented scientific data—from wafer maps to sensor logs—and deliver actionable insights in...
WaiV Robotics Emerges From Stealth with €6.4 Million to Develop Autonomous UAV Landing Infrastructure
British startup WaiV Robotics raised €6.4 million ($7.5 million) in seed funding as it emerges from stealth to commercialise an autonomous landing and take‑off platform for VTOL drones on moving vessels. The gyro‑stabilised, AI‑driven system can recover drones up to 15 kg on...
Exclusive: XCaliber Health Scores $6.5M for Workflow Platform
XCaliber Health announced a $6.5 million seed round to scale its agentic AI platform that automates healthcare administrative tasks. The system ships with pre‑built agents, analytics models and integrates with major EHRs such as Epic, Cerner and athenahealth. CEO Prakash Khot...
Healthcare Billionaire, His Daughter, and a Family Office Spin-Off Backing an X-Ray Vision Startup
A newly created investment vehicle, spearheaded by the daughter of healthcare billionaire Joe Kiani, has launched with backing from the family office’s chief investment officer. The firm, operating under the Elderberry Ventures banner, targets life‑science and medical‑technology startups. Its first...
A Business Rooted in the Paper Industry Has Transformed Into a Family Investment Group Backing Startups…in the Former East Germany
A paper‑processing company in a small former East German village has evolved into Golzern Holdings, a private family‑owned investment group. Founded in 2000, the holding now backs startups primarily in former Soviet‑bloc countries. Its latest investment is a biotech firm...
Jurisphere Raises $2.2 Mn Led by InfoEdge Ventures
Jurisphere, a legal‑AI startup founded in 2024, announced a $2.2 million financing round. The round was led by InfoEdge Ventures with participation from Flourish Ventures, Antler and 8i Ventures. The capital will support global expansion and the development of an AI‑native...
Warsaw-Based Elastics Raises €1.7 Million to Build AI Agents for Prediction Markets
Polish startup Elastics raised €1.7 million ($2 million) in an oversubscribed pre‑seed round to develop AI agents for prediction‑market trading. The round was led by French venture firm Frst and included a roster of angels from ElevenLabs, a16z, Alven and other tech...
Cambridge Spin-Out Barocal Raises €8.5 Million Seed Round for Refrigerant-Free Heating and Cooling Tech
Cambridge University spin‑out Barocal has closed a €8.5 million (≈$10 million) seed round led by World Fund, Breakthrough Energy Discovery, Cambridge Enterprise Ventures and IP Group. The funding will expand its engineering team and accelerate commercialization of solid‑state barocaloric heating and cooling...
STACKUP: The Stack's Weekly Tech Startups and Funding Wrap
Online Oceans, a UK maritime‑tech startup, closed a £4 million ($5.5 million) funding round led by Seraphim Space, with angel investors including SolarCity co‑founder Peter Rive. The company builds solar‑powered autonomous surface vessels, called Scouts, to collect data for maritime and defence...
ENVIOTECH Raises €1M Pre-Seed for Smart Street Lighting
Frankfurt‑based ENVIOTECH secured €1 million (≈$1.09 million) in a pre‑seed round led by Jürgen Fitschen, with participation from Joachim Drees. The startup offers retrofit kits that can be installed on existing streetlights in under 15 minutes, enabling remote dimming, monitoring, and up to...
Fireside Ventures Leads $5 Mn Series A Round in Skincare Brand CHOSEN
CHOSEN, a Chennai‑based skincare brand focused on melanin‑rich skin, closed a $5 million Series A round led by Fireside Ventures, with participation from L’Oréal’s BOLD fund and several angel investors. The company previously raised $1.2 million in an angel round in 2024. Proceeds...
Pmtbox Secures $15M For Enterprise Commerce Platform
pmtbox announced a $15 million seed round to accelerate its enterprise commerce platform that consolidates payments, risk management, and data analytics for merchants. The round was led by Tandem Ventures with participation from Element Ventures, Cynosure Investment Partners, and Pluralsight founder...
Fudi Protein Bags Funding to Make Egg & Dairy Alternatives From Rubisco
U.S. food‑tech startup Fudi Protein has closed an early‑stage round led by Green Boy Group to commercialise alfalfa‑derived Rubisco protein. The ingredient, harvested from the leaves of alfalfa, delivers 80% protein purity, a near‑complete amino‑acid profile and up to 94%...
Former Index Partner Raises $80m for Debut Seed Fund
Damir Becirovic, after a decade at venture firm Index, has launched Relentless, a new seed‑stage fund. He secured $80 million in commitments to back founders who are pursuing what they call their "life's work." Relentless will write initial checks ranging from...
Swiss BioTech Startup ALP Bio Raises €1.9 Million to Advance Immune Organoid and AI Platform
Swiss startup ALP Bio announced a €1.9 million (≈$2.1 million) pre‑seed round led by 42CAP to accelerate its immune organoid‑AI platform for antibody development. The platform couples human tonsil organoid readouts with generative AI to predict and reduce immunogenicity risk earlier in...
Why Startups Don’t Make It to Series A
Antler’s Path to Series A report, based on over 40,000 UK funding rounds, finds that only about 12% of seed‑stage startups advance to a Series A. Companies that rely solely on SEIS or EIS tax‑incentive investors see a conversion rate...
Auryx Raises $2M to Transform Earbuds Into Health Monitors
auryx raised $2 million in a pre‑seed round led by Celero Ventures to commercialize a platform that turns everyday earbuds into continuous health monitors using acoustic signals. The Cambridge‑based team will use existing in‑ear microphones to capture heart, lung and blood‑flow...
Piper Serica Leads Rs 10 Cr Seed Round in AIoT Startup Ubiqedge
Ubiqedge, a full‑stack AIoT startup founded in 2024, secured a Rs 10 crore (≈ $1.2 million) seed round led by Piper Serica, with participation from Atomberg CEO Shibam Das and investor Sumit Chhazed. The capital will boost its AI capabilities and expand deployments in...
Spiral Hydrogen Raises €3.4M to Build Green Hydrogen Pilot in Rotterdam
Estonian‑Dutch deep‑tech startup Spiral Hydrogen secured €3.4 million (≈$3.7 million) in pre‑seed funding and grants to advance its bubble‑free rotating electrolyser. The technology routes gases through a porous electrode, achieving over 90% efficiency and promising lower capital and operating costs for green...
Deep-Tech Startup Ctruh Secures $2.5 Mn in Seed Funding
Ctruh, a Bengaluru‑based deep‑tech startup, closed a $2.5 million seed round co‑led by Inflection Point Ventures and Avinya Ventures. The funding follows a $2 million raise in early 2023 and will fuel R&D, product innovation, and expansion into the United States and...
Impact+ Heads to FinovateSpring to Spotlight Early-Stage Fintech Innovation
FinovateSpring will host Impact+, a new session on May 4 that gives eight early‑stage fintech founders four‑minute pitch slots before investors, banks and industry leaders. The event opens with a keynote from Stripe’s Asya Bradley and follows with a panel and...
Mosaic SoC Secures Funding for Spatial Wearable Push
Swiss semiconductor startup Mosaic SoC announced a $3.8 million pre‑seed round led by Founderful and the Kick Foundation. The funding will accelerate development of a proprietary multi‑core chip designed to handle visual and positional sensor data without relying on power‑hungry GPUs....
Exclusive: Groove Quantum Raises €16m to Ramp up Chip Production
Groove Quantum, a Dutch quantum‑chip startup, announced a €16 million seed round, roughly $17.4 million. The capital will be used to enlarge its quantum processors and launch industrial‑scale manufacturing. The financing marks a significant step toward commercializing quantum hardware in Europe. Investors...
General Analysis Snares $10M in Seed Funding
General Analysis, a startup building security infrastructure for agentic AI, announced a $10 million seed round. The financing was led by Altos Ventures and included 645 Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator and other strategic investors. Founded by former NVIDIA, Cohere and DeepMind researchers,...
Aerospace and Defense Startup Hybron Closes $25 Million Seed Round
Hybron, an aerospace and defense manufacturing startup, announced the close of an oversubscribed $25 million seed round led by Marque Ventures. Founded by Stanford and UC Berkeley alumni, the company unveiled the world’s first carbon‑fiber compressor blade that operates at full power...
Marloo Raises $10m Seed to Transform Financial Advice
Marloo, a London‑based AI partner for financial advisers, announced a $10 million seed round, bringing its total capital to $12.7 million. The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, the early backer of Canva, which sees Marloo as a potential industry disruptor. The...
Finland’s Realm Raises $4.5 Million Seed to Automate Enterprise Sales Workflows
Finland‑based Realm secured a $4.5 million seed round led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Slack co‑founder Cal Henderson and Axonius founder Alex Bouaziz. The startup builds a unified, AI‑ready representation of a company’s go‑to‑market data, enabling...
British Biomaterials Developer Ponda Seeks Fresh Backing to Scale Plant-Based Insulation for Fashion
British biomaterials startup Ponda launched a Republic crowdfunding campaign to raise at least €230,000 ($250,000) with no cap, aiming to scale its plant‑based insulation product BioPuff made from wetland‑grown bulrush. The round follows a €2 million (€2.2 million) seed round in November...
Optimized Electrotech Raises ₹35 Cr To Expand Into Space Imaging
Optimized Electrotech, a deep‑tech startup focused on electro‑optical defense systems, secured ₹35 Cr ($3.7 M) in a round led by Exfinity Ventures. The capital will fund satellite development and the launch of a real‑time imaging constellation for defence and security customers. The...
Seed Funding Is Bigger Than Ever — And Harder To Get
Seed funding in the United States is expanding in dollar terms, but the landscape is polarizing. In 2025, more than half of all seed capital was allocated to deals of $10 million or larger, while the total number of seed rounds...
Leipzig’s Primogene Raises €4.1 Million to Scale Enzymatic Biomanufacturing of Complex Bioactive Molecules
Leipzig‑based biotech Primogene announced a €4.1 million (≈$4.5 million) seed round led by High‑Tech Gründerfonds to expand its enzymatic biomanufacturing platform. The funding will be used to scale production, grow the team, and broaden its IP portfolio and strategic partnerships. Primogene’s enzyme‑driven...
Cleo Labs Secures €1.5M to Scale AI-Driven Product Compliance Globally
Cleo Labs, a Paris‑based regtech startup, closed a €1.5 million (≈$1.6 million) funding round led by Larry Berger with participation from Kima Ventures, Financière Saint‑James and an Accel scout ticket. The capital will accelerate its AI‑driven platform that automates product regulatory compliance...
Dex Lands $5.3M to Grow Its AI-Driven Talent Matching Platform
London‑based Dex, an AI‑driven recruitment platform for software engineers, closed a $5.3 million seed round led by Notion Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun programme and other investors. The funding brings Dex’s total capital to $8.4 million and will be used...
SUNeVision Concludes Third Startup Program Cohort
SUNeVision Holdings, Hong Kong's largest data‑centre operator, completed the third edition of its Startup Programme, selecting four AI‑driven startups for awards. The cohort attracted nearly 100 high‑calibre applications spanning smart‑city, green tech, digital assets, EdTech and immersive entertainment. Winners—including maritime...
Manifest Raises $2 Million to Help Ad Agencies Eliminate Timesheets
Australian startup Manifest has closed a $2 million AUD pre‑seed round—about $1.3 million USD—led by Brand Fund and backed by Antler, Techstars and several ad‑industry veterans. The company’s AI‑powered platform automatically records agency workflows across tools, replacing traditional timesheets with real‑time visibility...
Cultivating Unicorns: Strategic Elements Incubates Australian Tech Breakthrough
Strategic Elements (ASX:SOR) leverages Australia’s pooled development fund (PDF) – a tax‑exempt vehicle – to plug a $38 billion AUD (≈$25 billion USD) funding gap for growth‑stage SMEs. The fund incubates deep‑tech ventures such as Stealth Technologies’ EdgeiQ, which landed a $225,000 AUD...
Why We Invested in Dex
Notion Capital is leading a $6 million seed round in Dex, an AI‑powered recruitment platform that flips the traditional model by working on behalf of candidates. The $856 billion recruitment industry has seen time‑to‑hire climb to 44 days, highlighting deep inefficiencies. Dex’s voice‑agent...