Infrawatch Secures $3M Pre-Seed for Internet Infrastructure Intelligence
London‑based Infrawatch has closed a $3 million pre‑seed round co‑led by Outward VC and Triple Point Ventures. The startup is building an Internet Infrastructure Intelligence Layer that maps the underlying servers, domains and networks used in cyberattacks, phishing and online fraud. Its platform ingests tens of billions of internet events each day to surface actionable threat indicators and enable custom detection rules. The new capital will fund engineering hires, early enterprise pilots and a U.S. market push ahead of a public launch later this year.
Overwatch AI Secures $1.5M to Streamline Airline Operations
Overwatch AI, an aviation operations platform founded by a former pilot and a tech entrepreneur, closed a $1.5 million pre‑seed round backed by United Airlines Ventures and other investors. The solution merges disparate flight‑deck data, documentation, and weather feeds into a...
Retailgrid Targets Retail Spreadsheets with €358K Pre-Seed Round
Helsinki‑based Retailgrid raised €358,000 (approximately $390,000) in a pre‑seed round led by Finnish B2B SaaS investors Ali Omar, Henry Nilert and Pekka Ylitalo, with Innovestor Angel CoFund participating. The startup offers an AI‑powered workbook that blends spreadsheet familiarity with cloud...
After the Hype, Europe’s Foodtech Sector Is Rebuilding Around Fundamentals
Europe’s foodtech ecosystem is entering a pragmatic phase as startup funding slipped 25% to €3 bn (≈ $3.2 bn) in 2025, yet early‑stage capital remains steady, keeping the region at 28% of global foodtech investment. Investors are gravitating toward infrastructure‑heavy categories such...
CRACI Raises €1.4M for EU Cybersecurity Compliance Platform
Finnish startup CRACI secured €1.4 million (about $1.5 million) in pre‑seed funding led by Lifeline Ventures, with First Fellow Partners and Wave Ventures also participating. The capital will accelerate product development for its software‑supply‑chain security platform, which helps firms meet the EU...
Mouro Capital Secures $400M First Close for Latest Fund
Mouro Capital announced a $400 million first close for its third venture fund, pushing total commitments beyond $1 billion. The round was led by long‑time strategic partner Banco Santander. The fund targets AI, data infrastructure, blockchain, insurtech, capital markets and wealth‑management. Seven...
Alcolase Raises €1.5M to Tackle Alcohol Intolerance with Enzyme Technology
Danish biotech Alcolase secured €1.5 million (about $1.6 million) from investors including Ada Ventures, Delphinus VC, Antler and angel groups. The startup is developing a liposome‑encapsulated enzyme that breaks down alcohol in the stomach, aiming to help the roughly 540 million East Asians...
Meet the Startup Taking on Gaming's Cheating Problem
Portugal‑based startup Anybrain has turned its AI‑driven input‑behavior analysis into a commercial anti‑cheat platform for AAA games across PC, console and mobile. After securing European, US and South Korean patents, the company now partners with major studios to detect bots...
Startup Nsave Is Bringing International Banking Access to Syrians Shut Out of the Financial System
nsave, a UK‑based offshore banking platform, announced the launch of international financial services for Syrians, offering inbound transfers and foreign‑currency accounts in USD, EUR and GBP. The rollout follows the recent lifting of sanctions on Syria, enabling residents to hedge...
Twin Prime Lands $10M Pre-Seed to Build Frontier AI Models for Defence and Security
Twin Prime announced a $10 million pre‑seed round led by Expeditions, with participation from American and European venture firms, family offices, and angels from Palantir, Anduril and others. The startup is building frontier AI models that natively reason across multiple sensor...
Ouinex Reaches $9M in Community Funding, Launches Token Platform
Ouinex, a hybrid crypto‑traditional trading platform, closed a $3.5 million equity round, bringing its community‑sourced capital to $9 million. The raise was funded exclusively by retail and professional traders using the exchange, with no venture‑capital involvement. Concurrently, Ouinex launched the Ouinex Launchpad,...
Meet the 3D Printing Startup that Spent Five Years Not Selling Its Technology
Caracol, an Italian‑founded advanced manufacturing startup, spent five years operating as a service bureau to certify its large‑format additive manufacturing (LFAM) technology before launching commercial sales in 2022. By marrying industrial robotic arms with 3D‑printing processes, the company can produce...
Glocalzone Acquired by MovitOn to Expand Decentralised Logistics Network
MovitOn has acquired Glocalzone, the peer‑to‑peer travel‑based delivery platform with over 1.3 million registered users and more than 600,000 completed cross‑border shipments. The deal integrates Glocalzone’s marketplace into MovitOn’s decentralized logistics network, which relies on AI‑powered courier matching and blockchain‑enabled payment...
Gyver Scores €1.4M to Help Power Europe’s Industrial Workforce
Italian startup Gyver raised €1.4 million (about $1.5 million) in a pre‑seed round led by Brighteye. The funding will accelerate its AI‑driven hiring platform that mimics electrician referrals and expands into upskilling and productivity tools. Gyver targets the looming shortfall of skilled...
Romanian DesignVerse Raises $5.5M to Modernise Legacy Enterprise Software
DesignVerse, a Bucharest‑based AI startup, announced a seed round exceeding $5.5 million, backed by Begin Capital, Gapminder VC, Underline Ventures and strategic angels from Adobe, LSEG and UiPath. The company’s platform automatically generates enterprise‑grade applications from existing design systems, component libraries...
Corti Launches No-Equity Accelerator for Healthcare AI Startups
Healthtech startup Corti has launched a grant‑funded Startup Acceleration Program that gives healthcare AI founders free access to its clinical‑grade Symphony model and up to $5,000 in credits, without taking equity. The initiative also provides regulatory guidance for navigating the...
BioInnovation Institute Launches AI Lab with €7M From Danish Industry Foundation
The BioInnovation Institute (BII) has launched AI Lab, a new platform to accelerate AI startup commercialization in Denmark, backed by €7 million (about $7.5 million) from the Danish Industry Foundation. The program offers non‑dilutive funding, access to corporate datasets, computing power, technical...
Lunar Co-Founder Exits CEO Role After 11 Years
Lunar co‑founder and CEO Ken Villum Klausen is stepping down after eleven years, handing the role to former Saxo Bank and Danske Bank executive Søren Kyhl in early June. Klausen cites the bank’s strong team, healthy business and ambitious next phase...
From Outsourcing to AI-Native Delivery: Poland’s Software Evolution
Poland, long known for outsourcing, is pivoting to AI‑native software delivery, with firms like Miquido integrating generative and agentic AI into enterprise projects. The country now boasts two home‑grown large language models—BIELIK and PLLuM—and sees AI tools such as Claude...
European Tech Weekly Recap: €1.4B in Deals and April's Highlights
European tech investors completed more than 65 funding deals last week, aggregating roughly €1.4 bn ($1.5 bn). In April, the region recorded 290 deals and €5.1 bn ($5.6 bn) raised, a decline from March’s €7.5 bn ($8.2 bn). The United Kingdom stayed the largest funding market,...
Keel Unveils Fintech Infrastructure Business After Pivot From Neobank
Manchester‑based Keel has emerged from stealth after reaching profitability, rebranding from its original neobank Frost. The company now offers a Banking‑as‑a‑Service platform that delivers multi‑currency accounts, Visa card issuing and access to domestic and international payment rails via a single...
NanoStruct Raises €2.6M Seed to Bring Same-Day Pathogen Detection to the Food Industry
German deep‑tech startup NanoStruct secured €2.6 million (≈$2.8 million) in seed funding, led by High‑Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and the AUXXO Female Catalyst Fund. The company’s nanostructured sensor chips combine optical measurement, nanotechnology and machine‑learning to identify food‑borne pathogens within hours instead...
Europe’s Second Chance: The Rise of a New Battery Ecosystem
Europe’s battery strategy is rebounding after Northvolt’s collapse, pivoting to a modular ecosystem of specialised scale‑ups. Companies such as Cylib, tozero and R3 Robotics are tackling recycling and end‑of‑life dismantling, collectively raising over $220 million to close material loops. Manufacturing innovators...
Meet the French Startup Fixing the Guardrail Gap Holding Enterprise AI Back
Enterprises deploying autonomous AI agents face escalating risks such as hallucinations, security breaches, and regulatory violations. French startup Giskard has launched Giskard Guards, Europe’s first sovereign guardrail platform that monitors the entire agent execution chain and blocks unsafe behavior in...
Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2025 Report Highlights Strong Fundraising and Investment Performance
Invest Europe’s 2025 Private Equity Activity report shows fundraising reaching €147 billion ($159 billion), a 16% jump from 2024 and the second‑largest on record. Buyout funds led the surge, pulling in €103 billion ($111 billion), while venture capital rebounded to €20 billion ($22 billion), 20% above...
SWEBAL Raises €30M to Build Sweden’s First TNT Facility and Strengthen NATO Ammunition Supply
Swedish defence firm SWEBAL announced a €30 million ($32.7 million) funding round to complete its first domestic TNT manufacturing plant in Nora. The facility, slated for full‑scale operation by 2028, will produce more than 4,000 tonnes of TNT annually to feed Europe’s artillery,...
Belgian AI Startup Tekst Raises €11.5 Million to Tackle the Bottleneck Holding Back Enterprise AI
Belgian AI startup Tekst closed a €11.5 million (≈$12.5 million) Series A round led by US venture firm Elephant. The Ghent‑based company targets the hidden, unstructured processes that prevent enterprises from scaling AI, automatically mapping workflows from emails, PDFs and system logs. Its...
AI Consulting Startup Co-Founded by DeepMind Scientist Lands $22.75M Series A
London‑based AI consulting and recruitment startup Ethos announced a $22.75 million Series A round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and joined by General Catalyst, Evantic and XTX. The funding follows a $3.25 million seed round and brings total capital raised to about $30 million. Ethos...
OpenTrade Secures $17M in Strategic Funding to Scale Its Stablecoin Yield Infrastructure
OpenTrade announced a $17 million strategic funding round led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, bringing its total capital to over $30 million. The fintech‑focused stablecoin yield infrastructure platform now supports $200 million in total value locked and processed $250 million in transactions in...
RSI Europe Skipped the Crowded Drone Race — and It Paid Off
RSI Europe, a Lithuanian defence‑tech startup, pivoted from a planned drone programme to low‑cost remote‑initiation systems, delivering them to Ukraine within months. Bootstrapped with a €40,000 (~$43k) personal loan, the firm generated €170,000 (~$184k) revenue in its first year and...
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...
Renaissance Philanthropy Reshapes Science Funding with a New Model for Innovation
Renaissance Philanthropy, a nonprofit that links wealthy donors with scientific innovators, has mobilised more than $533 million in its first two years. The organization now runs over 20 active, thesis‑driven programmes covering AI, climate, energy and health, and has forged partnerships...
Monzo to Launch in Spain, as Ramps up EU Expansion Plans
Monzo, the UK‑based challenger bank, announced it will launch its services in Spain, adding a second European market after Ireland. The bank secured a pan‑EU banking licence from the ECB and Central Bank of Ireland in December and has opened...
Getaround Europe and GoMore Merge to Create Europe’s Largest Peer-to-Peer Carsharing Network
Getaround Europe and GoMore have merged their European operations, creating the continent’s largest peer‑to‑peer carsharing network. The combined entity now spans 11 countries and serves more than 5 million users, leveraging Getaround’s connected‑car technology and GoMore’s long‑term rental expertise. Leadership will...
Backed by Y Combinator and 20 Unicorn Founders, Moritz Lands $9M
Legal‑tech startup Moritz announced a $9 million oversubscribed financing round after its Y Combinator batch, backed by 20VC, Urban Innovation Fund, Inception and a coalition of 20 unicorn founders. The company blends artificial intelligence with a vetted lawyer network to automate...
Detecht Lands €395K to Grow Global Motorcycle Platform
Sweden‑based mobility app Detecht has secured €395,000 (approximately $425,000) in a funding round led by Chalmers Ventures and existing shareholders. The capital will fuel the company’s push into North America and Europe while accelerating product development. Detecht’s platform blends crash...
Quantum Machines Acquires QHarbor and Opens Delft Office to Deepen European Quantum Footprint
Quantum Machines announced the acquisition of Dutch quantum‑software firm QHarbor and the launch of a new office in Delft, Netherlands. The move embeds a local R&D hub within Europe’s leading quantum ecosystem and expands QM’s Orchestration Platform across all major...
A-Cube Lands €4M to Accelerate Global Expansion
Italian regtech firm A‑Cube secured €4 million (about $4.4 million) in a round led by P101 SGR with Sella DirectVentures participating. The capital will fund expansion across Europe and accelerate platform development, including AI‑driven features for automated tax compliance. A‑Cube’s API‑first solution...
Mobility Signage Secures €1.8M to Unify Public Transport IT
Munich‑based Mobility Signage closed a €1.8 million (≈$2 million) pre‑seed round led by High‑Tech Gründerfonds to expand its digital infrastructure platform for public transport. The startup offers a central, hardware‑agnostic data architecture that integrates legacy IT systems rather than replacing them. Its...
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...
European Tech Weekly Recap: More than 65 Tech Funding Deals Worth over €2.2B
European tech investors completed more than 65 funding rounds last week, injecting over €2.2 billion (about $2.4 billion) into the region. Artificial intelligence attracted the most capital at €951.2 million, followed by fintech (€678.6 million) and robotics (€135.3 million). The United Kingdom led geographically with...
Berlin Tech’s New Reality: AI-Driven Output, Stagnant Wages, and a Workforce on the Move
The 2026 Berlin Salary Trends report, based on 4,627 tech professionals, shows median full‑time compensation rising to €80,000 (≈$86,000), a 4.6% gain year‑over‑year. AI and Machine Learning engineers have entered the top‑three pay tier with a €95,000 median, while 87.5%...
DeepMind Alumni Start Dozens of European Startups in Last 18 Months, New Data Shows
Google DeepMind alumni have founded or are planning 112 startups in the past 18 months, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence. The most visible deal is David Silver’s Ineffable Intelligence, which secured a $1.1 billion seed round, while other alumni...
Invest Europe: PE- and VC-Backed Firms Grow Jobs 4%, 4x Faster than Europe in 2024
The seventh edition of Invest Europe’s *Private Equity at Work* report quantifies the employment engine that private‑equity and venture‑capital backed companies have become across the continent. In 2024 these firms generated a net 295,312 new positions, translating into a 4 percent...
SPRIND Launches €125M Next Frontier AI Challenge to Back New AI Paradigms in Europe
SPRIND, the Russian state‑owned venture fund, has launched the Next Frontier AI Challenge, allocating €125 million (≈$136 million) in seed funding for up to ten European teams. The competition seeks breakthrough AI paradigms—more efficient training methods, novel architectures, and disruptive agent‑based systems—beyond...
Online Oceans Raises £4M to Scale Autonomous Fleets for Maritime Security
UK‑based maritime defence startup Online Oceans announced a £4 million (approximately $5.1 million) financing round led by Seraphim Space. The capital will be used to scale production of its solar‑powered Scout autonomous surface vessels and the cloud‑based Tether command‑and‑control platform. The company...
ManaMind Secures $1.5M to Develop Autonomous Testing for Gaming
London‑based ManaMind announced a $1.5 million pre‑seed round led by Sure Valley Ventures to accelerate its AI‑driven game testing platform. The startup’s autonomous agents continuously play games, detect bugs and generate actionable reports, aiming to replace labor‑intensive manual QA. Early design...
Earlybird Closes €360M Fund VIII, Doubling Down on Deeptech and Long-Term Ownership
Earlybird Venture Capital closed its eighth fund, raising €360 million (about $393 million), the largest in the firm’s history. The new fund brings Earlybird’s total assets under management to roughly €2.5 billion ($2.73 billion) and continues its focus on AI infrastructure, deep‑tech and health....
Freepik Rebrands as Magnific, Unifying Its AI Creative Stack as Enterprise and “No-Collar” Growth Accelerates
Freepik has rebranded as Magnific, positioning itself as a unified AI‑powered creative platform. The company now reports $200 million in annual recurring revenue and over 1 million paid subscribers, with more than 250 enterprise clients such as BBC and DeliveryHero using its...
AI Partner for Financial Advisers Marloo Closes $10M Seed Round
London‑based Marloo announced a $10 million seed round led by Blackbird Ventures, bringing its total funding to $12.7 million. The AI platform automates note‑taking, documentation and compliance for financial advisers, freeing them to focus on client interaction. Marloo plans to use the...