IFAST Diagnostics Bags £5M to Speed up Infection Testing and Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance
iFAST Diagnostics, a UK biotech, closed a £5 million (~$6.3 M) funding round led by Meridian Health Ventures, bringing total capital to £12 million (~$15.1 M). The company’s rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) platform delivers results in under three hours, a stark improvement over the typical 40‑hour turnaround. Investors include QantX, RAW Ventures, OKG Capital, Cambridge Capital Group, and a £2.1 million (~$2.6 M) non‑dilutive loan from Innovate UK. The capital will fund UK expansion, EU market clearance, and accelerate US FDA approval efforts.
Mykor Lands £4M to Scale Waste-Based Construction Materials
UK biotech firm Mykor has secured £4 million (about $5.1 million) in a funding round led by the Clean Growth Fund. The capital will accelerate scale‑up of its industrial biofabrication platform that turns agricultural and industrial waste into low‑carbon construction products such...
Publicit Secures €700K to Reinvent Programmatic Advertising
Barcelona‑based Publicit announced a €700,000 (≈$760,000) pre‑seed round co‑led by BStartup Banco Sabadell and Successful Fund. The startup is building an AI‑powered omnichannel platform that lets small and medium‑sized enterprises plan and launch campaigns across connected TV, out‑of‑home, radio, digital...
Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger Launches VC Business
Goalhanger, the media and production company co‑founded by former England striker Gary Lineker, has launched a venture‑capital arm called Goalhanger Ventures. The new unit will invest in and partner with creator‑led media businesses across video, audio, social and live platforms....
Voxmind Raises £546k Pre-Seed Funding as Cloud Giants Exit Voice Biometrics Market
London‑based Voxmind secured £546,491 (≈$694,000) pre‑seed funding led by Ascension Ventures. The round arrives as Microsoft and AWS retire their voice‑biometrics services, leaving enterprises without cloud‑based authentication. Voxmind’s patent‑pending phoneme‑frequency engine delivers 99.8% deep‑fake detection in under three seconds, running...
Lucis Raises $20M Series A to Expand AI-Driven Preventive Healthcare Platform
Lucis announced a $20 million Series A round led by Singular, bringing its total capital to $28 million after an $8 million seed four months earlier. The Paris‑based startup offers an AI‑driven preventive health platform that evaluates more than 110 blood biomarkers and delivers...
Avrea Emerges From Stealth with $4.7M to Reinvent CI/CD for the AI Coding Era
Avrea, a CI platform built for the agentic AI era, emerged from stealth after closing a $4.7 million pre‑seed round led by Earlybird. The solution plugs into existing CI/CD pipelines with a single line of code and is engineered for direct...
Tequipy Raises €3M+ to Automate Global IT Operations Across 180 Countries
Tequipy, a platform that ships, services and retrieves employee IT devices in more than 180 countries, closed a funding round of over €3 million (about $3.2 million) led by Smedvig Ventures, with participation from Manta Ray and Unfold.vc. The startup already supports...
European Tech Weekly Recap: Over €1.1B Invested Across 65+ Deals
Last week European tech startups secured over €1.1 billion (≈ $1.19 billion) across more than 65 funding rounds, accompanied by five exits and several M&A moves. The space sector attracted the most capital at €420.5 million (≈ $453 million), followed by software (€283.6 million/≈ $306 million) and fintech (€134.4 million/≈ $145 million)....
The Call Centre Enters the Voice AI Era
Synthflow AI, a Berlin‑based startup founded in 2023, provides conversational voice‑AI platforms that replace traditional IVR menus with natural language agents. Its system can schedule appointments, qualify leads, answer support queries and update CRMs in real time, handling over 5 million...
Bliq.ai Wins Approval for Fully Driverless Road Operations in Estonia
Bliq.ai has secured the first EU approval to operate fully driverless cars on public roads in Estonia, allowing remote‑supervised trips without a driver in the vehicle. The company already runs about a dozen autonomous vehicles, which it claims form Europe’s...
NEX Health Intelligence Secures €1M to Tackle Hospital Infection Spread
NEX Health Intelligence, a health‑tech startup, closed a €1 million (≈$1.09 million) pre‑seed round led by Brighteye Ventures. The company’s AI‑driven infection intelligence platform helps hospitals detect, predict and prevent healthcare‑associated infections before they spread. To date, the system has supported infection...
Monzo Reports Revenue and Profits Leap
Monzo announced FY2026 revenue of £1.7 bn (≈$2.2 bn), up 39% year‑over‑year, and pre‑tax profit of £87.3 m (≈$111 m), a 44% increase. The digital bank added three million customers, bringing its total to 15.2 million, and grew customer deposits to £25.7 bn (≈$32.6 bn), a 55% rise....
Cosmico Raises €12M in Series B Round
Milan‑based Cosmico raised €12 million (about $13 million) in a Series B round that blends equity and debt, with P101 SGR as lead investor and participation from existing backer Prana Ventures. The capital infusion coincided with the full acquisition of Flatmates, a creator‑agency...
LawX Raises €7.5M to Build Europe’s Legal Operating System
Berlin‑based legaltech startup LawX announced a €7.5 million (≈$8.1 million) seed round led by Motive Partners, with participation from WENVEST Capital, xdeck, SIVentures and several sector angels. The company is building an AI‑driven platform that consolidates case management, workflow automation, document handling,...