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  • Steward, an AI-driven compliance platform managing $100B, raises $5M

    Steward, an AI-first AML platform purpose-built for complex investor onboarding and ongoing monitoring, has raised $5 million to advance automation in compliance operations. The round was led by Motive Partners, with participation from Outward VC, Cooley, and a group of founders and operators. The oversubscribed round also included angel investors such as Shai Wininger, Mark read more

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  • Partech’s €300M Impact Fund targets Europe’s next generation of industrial and climate tech leaders

    Global investment firm Partech announces the final closing of its inaugural Partech Impact Fund, securing €300 million in total commitments to scale European B2B tech transforming global value chains. Partech Impact Fund was created to fill a structural gap in the European market: providing scale‑up capital and operational expertise to commercially mature companies, often exceeding read more

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    Partech’s €300M Impact Fund targets Europe’s next generation of industrial and climate tech leaders

  • First Concepts raises $1M to develop AI-native OS for creative work

    London-based startup First Concepts, an AI-powered workspace for early-stage creative work, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding less than nine months after its founding. The round was led by Arāya Ventures alongside Antler. Additional participants included industry leaders such as Jez Jowett (former Managing Partner at Havas), Nathan McDonald (founder of We Are Social), read more

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    First Concepts raises M to develop AI-native OS for creative work

  • Tracebit raises $20M Series A to expand cloud-native deception tech

    Tracebit, a cloud-native cybersecurity company focused on threat detection, has raised a $20 million Series A round led by FirstMark, with participation from Accel. MMC Ventures, Tapestry VC, and CCL also joined the round. The funding follows the company’s $5 million seed round in 2024, led by Accel, bringing Tracebit’s total funding to $25 million. read more

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    Tracebit raises M Series A to expand cloud-native deception tech

  • Choice secures $7.1M Series A to expand its restaurant operating system across Europe

    Choice, a Prague-founded all-in-one SaaS and QR ordering platform for restaurants, has raised $7.1 million in Series A funding. To date, the company has raised a total of $11.6 million. Founded five years ago, Choice began as a platform enabling restaurants to communicate with customers online. Since then, it has evolved into a comprehensive operating read more

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    Choice secures .1M Series A to expand its restaurant operating system across Europe

  • Italian startup Alomana raises €4M for its AI operating layer for enterprise workflows

    Italian startup Alomana has raised €4 million to accelerate the development of Alo, the AI operating layer for enterprise. Enterprises need more than AI that can answer when prompted; they need AI that can run and execute their workflows. Legacy systems were not built for AI. Organisations spend months testing and stitching together tools, integrations, read more

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    Italian startup Alomana raises €4M for its AI operating layer for enterprise workflows

  • WhiteBridge AI raises $3M to redefine standards in people search and research

    WhiteBridge AI, a team developing an AI-powered people search and research engine, has raised a $3M seed round. The round was led by FIRSTPICK VC, with participation from First Degree, NGL.VC, Scalewolf.VC, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs, Plug and Play, and several angel investors. Founded in 2024 by Tomas Martūnas, Irmantas Motiejūnas, Justinas Barauskas, and Paulius Taraškevičius, WhiteBridge read more

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    WhiteBridge AI raises M to redefine standards in people search and research

  • EU–INC campaign warns: Without a pan-European standard, founders will keep choosing Delaware

    Europe’s startup community is urging the European Commission to ensure that its upcoming proposal for a new pan-European company framework delivers on its promise of a true “28th regime”. Today, EU–INC, Allied for Startups, and the European Startup Network released a joint statement on behalf of the European startup ecosystem calling for a genuine European read more

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    EU–INC campaign warns: Without a pan-European standard, founders will keep choosing Delaware

  • Chipmaker Axelera AI hoping to benefit from European businesses wanting to run AI locally

    Dutch chipmaker Axelera AI is hoping to benefit from European businesses wanting to run AI systems locally, amiddata security concerns, a push towards European sovereignty, and geopolitical tensions. Axelera AI, founded in 2021, is one of the few European challengers challenging the dominance of US chip market leader Nvidia. In the US, the likes of read more

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    Chipmaker Axelera AI hoping to benefit from European businesses wanting to run AI locally

  • Energy Aspects to buy Paris-based Kayrros to add satellite and geospatial analytics capabilities

    UK market data and intelligence provider Energy Aspects has agreed to acquire Paris energy analytics and satellite data company Kayrros. The acquisition supports Energy Aspects’ growth strategy and will expand its data and analytics capabilities. By combining Energy Aspects’ market expertise and analysis with Kayrros’ capabilities in satellite-based monitoring and advanced analytics, the combined group read more

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    Energy Aspects to buy Paris-based Kayrros to add satellite and geospatial analytics capabilities

  • Tower secures €5.5M to support data engineers in the AI era

    Berlin-based Tower has raised €5.5 million across pre-seed and seed funding rounds to develop its approach to data engineering in the AI era. DIG Ventures led the pre-seed round, while Speedinvest led the seed round alongside existing investors. Additional participants include Flyer One Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Celero Ventures, and Angel Invest, as well as angel read more

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    Tower secures €5.5M to support data engineers in the AI era

  • Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training

    Ukraine is opening partner access to train AI models using real battlefield data — the first initiative of its kind in the world. According to Mykhailo Fedorov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, the government has approved a resolution launching a new framework for cooperation between the state, Ukrainian companies, and international partners. For startups, read more

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    Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training

  • Ukrainian-Estonian Defencetech Black Forest Systems raises $400K to scale infantry drone platform

    Kyiv-based company Black Forest Systemshas received $400,000 in investment from Front Ventures and Hede Capital Partners AB. Founded in 2024, Black Forest Systems develops vertically integrated unmanned systems and tactical drone platforms for infantry and Special Operations Forces operating in forward positions. Their solutions combine proprietary electronics, secure communications, and control software into vertically integrated read more

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    Ukrainian-Estonian Defencetech Black Forest Systems raises 0K to scale infantry drone platform

  • $3M for DEXTools’ PerpTools from DEXForce and Orderly

    PerpTools, an on-chain perpetual futures trading platform, has been introduced by the creators of DEXTools, an analytics suite for decentralised exchanges. The platform was developed following a $3 million seed funding round led by DEXForce and Orderly and is built on the Orderly liquidity layer. PerpTools is integrated directly within the DEXTools environment, allowing users read more

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    M for DEXTools’ PerpTools from DEXForce and Orderly

  • Kodree raises $10M in user acquisition financing to expand AI-powered edtech platform globally

    Kyiv B2C edtech platform Kodree has secured $10 million in user acquisition financing (UA) from financial services firm PvX Partners. Kodree is the first product from Rist Labs, a co-founding studio launched by the founders of Ukrainian edtech company Mate academy – Roman Apostol, Anna Apostol and Max Lysak – focused on building AI-powered B2C read more

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    Kodree raises M in user acquisition financing to expand AI-powered edtech platform globally

  • AIRMO raises €5M for airborne and space-based GHG monitoring

    AIRMO, a space tech startup developing advanced greenhouse gas monitoring technology, has announced a €5 million seed round to support its first satellite mission planned for 2027 and the expansion of its airborne coverage. The round was led by Ananda Impact Ventures, with participation from Unconventional Ventures, kopa ventures, Desai Ventures, Hypernova / New Venture read more

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    AIRMO raises €5M for airborne and space-based GHG monitoring

  • Qdrant closes $50M Series B to expand vector search infrastructure

    Qdrant, an open-source vector search engine, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by AVP, with participation from Bosch Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, and 42CAP. Vector search initially emerged as a technique for retrieving nearest neighbours from dense embeddings within relatively static datasets. However, modern AI systems operate under more dynamic read more

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    Qdrant closes M Series B to expand vector search infrastructure

  • SkySelect raises $9M to modernise aircraft parts procurement with AI

    Estonian-founded SkySelect, an AI-powered procurement platform transforming how airlines and maintenance providers source aircraft parts, has secured $9 million in funding. Airlines face mounting pressure to modernise legacy procurement systems that leave them holding approximately $50 billion in excess parts inventory globally. When aircraft are grounded due to missing components, airlines scramble to procure parts read more

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    SkySelect raises M to modernise aircraft parts procurement with AI

  • From scientific excellence to global startups: the Swiss tech ecosystem

    Switzerland’s tech ecosystem in 2025 showed strong resilience and continued specialisation in deep technology, life sciences, climate innovation, and industrial AI. Startups across the country attracted €3.3 billion in funding through hundreds of rounds, reinforcing Switzerland’s position as one of Europe’s most capital-efficient innovation hubs. Investment was largely concentrated in science-driven and technically complex sectors, read more

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    From scientific excellence to global startups: the Swiss tech ecosystem

  • Delfos Energy secures €3M Seed extension to scale AI “virtual engineer” for energy infrastructure

    Delfos Energy, an AI company building “virtual engineer” technology for the energy industry, today announced that it now supports more than 1,000 energy sites across Europe, alongside the close of a €3 million Seed extension round. The round includes new investment from Vox Capital/COPEL, existing investors include Headline, Contrarian Ventures, DOMO VC and EDP Ventures. read more

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    Delfos Energy secures €3M Seed extension to scale AI “virtual engineer” for energy infrastructure