Dutch AgTech Gravity Gardens secures €2.6 million to scale its dry, chemical-free seed activation technology
Gravity Gardens, a Nijmegen-based AgTech startup developing a chemical-free seed activation technology for European arable and horticultural crops, has secured a €2.6 million Seed round to bring a new...
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Copenhagen’s Seed Capital closes €130 million Fund V to back Nordic startups from Seed to Series A
Seed Capital, a Copenhagen-based seed-stage investor, has today announced that it has closed its Fund V at €130 million. The fund will invest in 15-17 companies, with first checks of €3-6 million in F...
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After €387 million raise, The Exploration Company wins ESA’s “ALADDIN” cargo capsule contract worth €760 million
The Exploration Company (TEC), the European space company, has been awarded a service contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) worth €760 million to build and fly Europe’s first commercial cargo ca...
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Munich-based Furo raises €3.44 million to make industrial battery storage economically viable
Furo (formerly Lumera Energy), a Munich-based energy software company, today announced that it has closed a €3.44 million ($4 million) funding round to further develop its software, expand into additi...
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Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Sept. 7 – Sept. 10)
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Bending Spoons enters definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation workspace Miro for €1.7 billion
Bending Spoons has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation workspace Miro at an enterprise value of €1.7 billion ($1.4 billion) with an all-cash transaction. The acquisition, incl...
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Italy’s Biorsaf raises €5.2 million and acquires Cooki to build AI-powered food RegTech platform
Biorsaf, a Tuscany-based company specialising in the digitisation of food safety and quality processes, has raised a €5.2 million funding round and has also acquired Cooki, a Bologna-based platform fo...
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Finnish investor Nordic Foodtech VC adds up to €30 million to €80 million Fund II
Finland-based Nordic Foodtech VC has announced an up to €30 million commitment for their Fund II to promote early-stage AgriTech companies and bolster research in more sustainable and resilient food p...
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Europe’s space sovereignty requires more than bigger companies
The chief executives of Airbus and Leonardo, the Italian aerospace and defence group, recently urged Brussels to approve their plan to create a pan-European space company with Thales, the French aeros...
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KU Leuven spin-out IVEX lands €5 million to accelerate AI-powered automotive safety testing
IVEX, a Heverlee-based DeepTech startup developing technology for automotive safety testing, has raised €5 million in Series A to accelerate its engineering roadmap and expand its presence in North Am...
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Milan-based Bynario raises €2.1 million pre-Seed after AI research exposed serious Apple vulnerabilities
Bynario, a Milan-based cybersecurity company whose researchers used frontier AI models to uncover serious flaws in Apple’s operating systems, has closed a €2.1 million pre-Seed funding round. The roun...
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New German AI research lab Grubel raises €3 million to build systems that adapt to individual legal cases
Grubel, a Munich- and Tübingen-based AI research lab developing systems that adapt to individual legal matters, has raised €3 million in pre-Seed funding to support research, product development, and...
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The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Momchil Sabev, Director of the EIC and EISMEA
Join us for an interview with Momchil Sabev, Director of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), as we explore the critical role of public institutions in shaping Europe’s...
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French cardiac monitoring startup Implicity reports 26% lower mortality as it raises €35 million
Implicity, an innovator in AI-driven cardiac remote monitoring out of Paris, has secured a €35 million funding round to accelerate its international expansion, particularly in the USA, while advancing...
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If you lost your LLM tomorrow, would you still have a business?
On a Saturday in the middle of June, Anthropic switched off its two newest models for every customer on the planet. Not throttled. Off. The US Department of Commerce had decided that foreign nationals...
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Munich-based FRYTE Mobility raises €3.5 million to connect eTruck fleets with charging infrastructure across Europe
FRYTE Mobility, a Munich-based startup building the central software platform to connect logistics and energy systems for eTruck operations, has closed its €3.5 million Seed round, bringing total fund...
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10 European VCs raising money in 2026 for a healthier planet
Europe has already warmed by around 2.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making it the fastest-warming continent on Earth, according to the latest European State of the Climate report. Over the past 30...
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London-based CloudNC raises €17.2 million to scale AI-powered precision machining
CloudNC, a London-based startup that develops AI software for precision machining, today announced it has raised €17.2 million ($20 million) to support wider adoption of its flagship product, further...
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Limetax lands €36 million to build an AI-powered group of German tax and accounting firms
Berlin-based Limetax has raised €36 million, comprising €6 million in pre-Seed equity and a €30 million credit facility. The pre-Seed equity was led by New York-based Motive Partners, with participati...
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Paris-based Actionable raises €8.6 million to scale its predictive customer experience platform
Actionable, a Paris-based startup specialising in predictive analysis of customer satisfaction using artificial intelligence, has raised €8.5 million ($10 million) to tell large enterprises which of t...
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The Exploration Company secures €387 million to accelerate development of reusable high-thrust rocket engine
The Exploration Company (TEC), the European space company, today announced a €387 million ($450 million) Series C financing. The funding will advance the Nyx reusable capsule toward a mission to dock...
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French AgTech startup Tellia raises €4.3 million to scale voice-enabled data capture
Tellia, the Paris-based voice AI assistant for agriculture founded in 2024, has raised a €4.3 million ($5 million) pre-Seed to scale technology that lets farmers, agronomists and field teams capture a...
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Italian VC Techshop launches second fund with €43 million first close
Milan-based VC firm Techshop announces the first closing of Techshop II at €43 million dedicated to pre-Seed and Seed startups developing AI B2B solutions – this edition exceeded its initial fundraisi...
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Capital clarity: Questions to ask before raising
Founders have no shortage of advice on how to raise money, including how to pitch, price a round, and survive due diligence. Yet almost none of it addresses the more fundamental question of whether to...
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Portugal’s Hope Care closes €6 million Series A to expand remote patient monitoring across Europe
Hope Care, a Portuguese digital health company specialising in regulated remote patient monitoring technology, has closed a €6 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Iberis Capital, with...
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Mistral raises €3 billion Series D led by Samsung at over €21 billion valuation
Paris-based Mistral AI has closed a €3 billion Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, marking the largest equity fundraise ever completed by a European technology c...
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Clean Growth Fund adds institutional backing as Fund II reaches €94.5 million
Clean Growth Fund, the specialist UK ClimateTech VC platform, today announces the second close of its Fund II vehicle, taking total investor commitments to €94.5 million (£81.5 million) – more than ha...
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BioInnovation Institute injects €1.3 million each into six startups tackling cancer, disease, pest control and decarbonisation
Copenhagen-based BioInnovation Institute (BII) has awarded additional convertible loans of €1.3 million each to six of its portfolio companies, bringing the total capital each has received from the in...
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UK-based Veridue secures €3.4 million to accelerate investment and project financing for renewable energy and data centres
Veridue, a London-based AI-native due diligence and M&A platform that accelerates investment and project financing for renewable energy and data centres, has raised a €3.44 million ($4 million) pre-Se...
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Robbie Williams-backed Tickets for Good raises €4.5 million for international expansion
Tickets for Good, a UK startup that provides key workers with low-cost tickets for live events, has raised a further €4.5 million (£3.9 million) to accelerate its international expansion and create 10...
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CEE’s biggest checks: 10 standout startup raises of 2026
Europe’s startup ecosystem continues to produce ambitious companies tackling some of the biggest challenges across defence, artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and digital infrastructure...
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Molten Ventures raises €203 million to back UK and European growth-stage tech companies
Molten Ventures, a British VC firm with a 20-year track record, today announces the first close of its Growth Fund at €203 million (£175 million) to invest across key technology sectors including Spac...
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Stockholm-based Fluencify raises €3.7 million to scale its end-to-end creator marketing platform
Fluencify, a Stockholm-based end-to-end creator marketing platform, has raised an oversubscribed €3.7 million ($4.3 million) pre-Seed funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by byFounders, wi...
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Kilian Kaminski, refurbed co-founder, joins the EU-Startups Summit 2027
We are excited to announce that Kilian Kaminski, co-founder of refurbed, will take the main stage at the EU-Startups Summit 2027, taking place on May 13-14 in sunny Malta! Kilian will deliver a keynot...
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Why legal expertise is the next innovation ceiling
Only 29% of European startups have filed for an IP right. This is according to a joint 2023 study by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). It’s...
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Swiss startup Jaipur Robotics raises €4.3 million to expand its AI operating system across more waste-to-energy plants
Jaipur Robotics, the Swiss AI company transforming waste plant operations with computer vision and automation, today announced a €4.3 million Seed funding round to pursue market leadership, expand int...
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Milan-based Cato raises €6 million to help companies find and win public tenders with AI
Cato, a Milan-based AI platform that helps companies find, analyse and win public tenders, has raised a €6 million Seed round led by Keen Venture Partners. The round, led by the Amsterdam- and London-...
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London’s Claret Capital Partners closes Fund IV at €575 million to back European tech, life sciences and impact companies
Claret Capital Partners, a London-based independent growth debt fund manager, today announced the final close of its Claret European Growth Capital Fund IV (Fund IV), which has now raised €575 million...
September 4, 2026
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Aug. 31 – Sept. 04)
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September 4, 2026
Oulu-based Creoir secures Seed funding to scale voice AI for defence and mission-critical systems
Creoir, an Oulu-based DefenceTech company developing voice AI for defence and mission-critical systems, has raised a Seed investment from Gungnir Capital. The Swedish VC fund is leading Creoir’s ongoi...
September 4, 2026
Belgium’s WAD Capital reaches €67.5 million first close for debut fund following €25 million EIF investment
Belgian investment firm WAD Capital has completed the first closing of its fund at €67.5 million with a €25 million investment from the European Investment Fund (EIF), making the EU’s development bank...
September 4, 2026
Pirkx joins Pri0r1ty Intelligence as AI company expands into employee wellbeing and benefits
UK wellness startup Pirkx has been acquired by the publicly-listed British company Pri0r1ty Intelligence adding an SME-focused employee wellbeing and benefits platform to its growing portfolio of AI-p...
September 4, 2026
London’s AI Score raises €4.6 million to help businesses keep AI agents under control
UK-based AI Score, a startup easing the adoption and management of gen- and agentic-AI, has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) in Seed funding to accelerate product development, expand its operations,...
September 4, 2026
How to spot non-obvious verticals for your core tech
Founders can often get tunnel vision with their technology. When an engineering team spends years building a solution for a specific problem in a specific market, it is easy for a startup to focus ent...
September 4, 2026
Spain’s iPronics raises €107.6 million with NVIDIA backing to scale optical networking for AI data centres
iPronics, a Valencia-based company specialising in silicon photonics-based optical circuit switching for AI infrastructure, has raised €107.57 million ($125 million) in Series B funding, bringing the...
September 4, 2026
Profitable Belgian CleanTech Octave.energy raises €10 million to scale BESS and EMS solutions across Europe
Octave.energy, a Mechelen-based CleanTech startup, has raised €10 million in Series A funding to accelerate its expansion across Europe and further develop its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and...
September 3, 2026
Breast implant alternative startup Tensive receives €20 million EIB loan to advance REGENERA
Milan-based MedTech startup Tensive, the developer of REGENERA/SOFTAG bioresorbable scaffolds for breast reconstruction and tissue marking, has recieved a loan of €20 million in order to fund research...
September 3, 2026
Europe’s next energy challenge is the grid
For most of the past decade, Europe’s energy question was one of supply. The continent poured capital into wind, solar and batteries, drove their costs down, and largely won that argument. But generat...
September 3, 2026
UK MedTech Strolll secures €5 million in Innovate UK funding and additional IW Capital-led investment
Strolll, a Stafford-based software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD) company using Augmented Reality for neurorehabilitation, has secured a new round of investment led by IW Capital, with participation from...
September 3, 2026
YC-backed Zeit AI raises €5 million to build Europe’s “autonomous data engineer”
Zeit AI, a Munich-based startup building the autonomous data engineer for Europe, today announced that it has closed a 5 million funding round. Investors in this round include Y Combinator, the Unive...