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Deals•Feb 20, 2026
SportIQ Raises $6.2M Series A to Expand Smart Ball Technology
SportIQ, a Los Angeles‑ and Helsinki‑based sports tech company, announced a $6.2 million Series A round to fund international expansion and development of its sensor‑enabled smart ball platform. Investors include KB Partners, Koppenberg Management, Match Ventures and Tera Ventures, alongside high‑net‑worth individuals and family offices.
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News•Feb 11, 2026
Sweden’s IPercept Secures Large-Scale Gulf Rollout with Quant Gulf
Sweden‑based industrial AI firm IPercept has inked a partnership with Quant Gulf to roll out its CNC machine intelligence platform across the Gulf region. The deal, valued at up to €10 million, will see the patented diagnostics and universal data layer...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Antler Launches Always-On Nordic Residency and $100M+ Fund to Accelerate Startup Investment
Antler has unveiled an always‑on residency for Nordic founders, backed by the $100 million‑plus Antler Nordic Fund II—three times larger than its first fund. The continuous program replaces biannual cohorts and can approve investments within two to six weeks. Selected startups receive...
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News•Feb 4, 2026
Lithuanian Axiology Raises €5M Seed to Scale DLT-Based Capital Markets Infrastructure in Europe
Lithuanian fintech Axiology secured a €5 million seed round, bringing its total funding to €7 million, to expand a regulated, DLT‑based trading and settlement platform under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime. The company holds a rare Distributed Ledger Technology Trading and Settlement...
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News•Feb 4, 2026
Finnish Startup Optivian Raises $2 Million Pre-Seed to Turn AI Into a Sales Execution Workforce
Finnish startup Optivian secured $2 million in a pre‑seed round led by Failup Ventures and AI veteran Tero Ojanperä. The company is building an agentic AI platform that autonomously handles execution‑heavy B2B sales tasks, from business‑case creation to next‑best‑action recommendations. Early...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Axiology Raises €5M Seed Round to Scale DLT‑based Capital Markets Platform
European capital markets infrastructure startup Axiology announced a €5 million seed round led by Exponential Science, e2vc and Coinvest Capital, with participation from TIBAS Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, BSV Ventures, NGL Ventures and others. The funding will be used...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Norwegian AI Startup Watchdog Raises $600K to Catch Costly Invoice Errors
Oslo‑based AI startup Watchdog announced a $600,000 seed round led by venture studio Askeladden & Co and angel investors from OpenAI, Encube and Riff. The funding will accelerate development of its AI‑powered invoice verification tool that automatically cross‑checks invoices against...
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