Category: business

Finance, startups, productivity

  • ScyAI secures €2M and launches AI risk platform for real assets

    Zurich-based startup ScyAI has closed a €2 million pre-seed funding round led by AENU and co-led by PT1. The round also includes participation from unicorn founders David Helgason (Unity), Maex Ament and Philip Stehlik (Taulia, Centrifuge) through Anti Ordinary Ventures, as well as Bela Lainck, Robert Levenhagen, Christoph Aufmhof and Stefanie Gerhart through the angel read more

    ScyAI secures €2M and launches AI risk platform for real assets
  • simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding

    simmetry.ai, a synthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors, has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of the German state of Lower Saxony. The funding was provided through the High-Tech Incubator (HTI) accelerator programme. simmetry.ai was founded in 2024 as a spin-off from the German Research Centre for Artificial read more

    simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding
  • Demoboost closes €2.8M to turn product demos into revenue intelligence

    Warsaw-based Demoboost, a platform that enables B2B software companies to deliver scalable, data-driven product demos, has raised €2.8 million in funding to support further product development and international expansion. The round was co-led by Digital Ocean Ventures and Rafał Brzoska’s family office RIO, with participation from B-Value. As B2B software sales cycles lengthen and conversion read more

    Demoboost closes €2.8M to turn product demos into revenue intelligence
  • Bracket closes $7M round to expand treasury intelligence platform

    London-based Bracket, an FX, treasury, and cash management platform for mid-market businesses, has raised $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets business and Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from existing investor Failup Ventures. Demand for modern treasury infrastructure has grown among mid-market companies, many of which continue read more

    Bracket closes M round to expand treasury intelligence platform
  • Rivage raises €2.6M to expand payroll software across accounting firms

    Paris-based Rivage has closed a €2.6 million pre-seed funding round to support the rollout of its payroll software across accounting firms. The round includes Partech, alongside business angel investors from the technology and accounting sectors, including the founders of Skello, Hexa, Quarksup, and Teledec. More than half of employees in France rely on accounting firms read more

    Rivage raises €2.6M to expand payroll software across accounting firms
  • Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with $14M round

    Electric Twin, an AI platform developing synthetic audience models designed to simulate real-world human thinking and behaviour, has raised $14 million in funding. The total includes a $10 million round led by Atomico, with participation from LocalGlobe, Mercuri and Samos Investments, as well as several angel investors, including Marc Andreessen, Cal Henderson, Eric Salama, Tom read more

    Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with M round
  • London fintech Tangible raises $4.3M in seed funding

    A London-based fintech which helps companies access and manage debt finance has raised $4.3m in a seed funding round. The funding round inTangible was led by Pale Blue Dot with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital, and Aperture. It follows a £4m ($5.45m) funding round Tangible carried out last year. Tangible read more

    London fintech Tangible raises .3M in seed funding
  • Lifeaz raises €13M to further its efforts to improve access to life-saving interventions

    Lifeaz, a France-based company focused on improving access to defibrillators for individuals and businesses, has closed a €13 million funding round. The round includes continued participation from existing investor Mutuelles Impact, initiated by La Mutualité Française and managed by XAnge in partnership with Impactivist, as well as new investments from BNP Paribas, GO CAPITAL, and read more

    Lifeaz raises €13M to further its efforts to improve access to life-saving interventions
  • Nocomed raises seed funding to address healthcareʼs biggest emissions blind spot

    Nocomed, a Dublin-based sustainability software company, has raised €650,000 in seed funding to support the continued development and expansion of its platform, which focuses on supply chain-related emissions in the healthcare sector. The investment came from independent medtech investor Barry Comerford (Founder of Sauleen Holdings and Cambus Medical), software angel investor Edmund Wilson (Co-Founder of read more

    Nocomed raises seed funding to address healthcareʼs biggest emissions blind spot
  • Reflow launches following a $15M+ seed round focused on operational visibility for enterprises

    Reflow has closed a seed funding round of more than $15 million to support ongoing technology development and broaden access to its workflow and AI automation intelligence, alongside the launch of its workforce and workflow intelligence platform for enterprise customers. As organisations adopt AI, many are able to measure outcomes but have limited visibility into read more

    Reflow launches following a M+ seed round focused on operational visibility for enterprises
  • Mistral boss calls for European unity in AI race, as pledges €1.2bn Swedish data centre investment

    The boss of one of Europe’s most high-profile AI startups today called on European unity inthe global AI race, as it committed €1.2 billion to build its first data centres outside of its nativeFrance, in Sweden. Arthur Mensch, the CEO and co-founder of French AI startup Mistral, said: “We think it is a bit of read more

    Mistral boss calls for European unity in AI race, as pledges €1.2bn Swedish data centre investment
  • Overmind launches with £2M in seed funding to support development of agentic AI

    London-based Overmind, which is developing a supervision layer for AI agents, has closed a £2 million seed funding round. The round was led by specialist cybersecurity investor Osney Capital, with participation from 14Peaks, Portfolio Ventures, Antler, and Endurance Ventures. As agentic AI systems advance, security requirements are becoming more complex and are increasingly difficult to read more

    Overmind launches with £2M in seed funding to support development of agentic AI
  • Ukraine’s wartime VR therapy is scaling beyond trauma care

    When Russia’s invasion overwhelmed Ukraine’s mental-health system, clinicians faced a surge of trauma patients with no increase in staff or therapy time. That constraint — rising need without added capacity — is also familiar in the US, where provider shortages, long waitlists, and brief appointments are common. But now, a Ukrainian startup, Luminify, has found read more

    Ukraine’s wartime VR therapy is scaling beyond trauma care
  • Andercore is expanding its AI-based industrial trade platform following a $40M Series B raise

    Berlin-based Andercore, an AI-enabled industrial supply trade platform, has raised $40 million in a Series B round comprising equity and debt to support its expansion in Europe. The round includes participation from existing investors Atomico and Project A, with Inven Capital joining as a new investor, alongside institutional financing from Commerzbank and KfW. The company read more

    Andercore is expanding its AI-based industrial trade platform following a M Series B raise
  • Seamflow raises $4.5M seed round to develop AI tools for the TIC industry

    London-based Seamflow, an AI-focused software company serving the global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) industry, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Northzone and Initialized Capital, with participation from Entrepreneur First, Nebular, and angel investors including Charlie Songhurst and Mario Götze. Before products can be commercialised, facilities can operate, or read more

    Seamflow raises .5M seed round to develop AI tools for the TIC industry
  • Mozart AI secures $6M to develop AI tools for music creation

    London-based Mozart AI has raised $6 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Balderton Capital. The round included participation from Mercuri, EWOR, Kevin Hartz, Charles Ferguson, and Emery Wells, alongside existing investors and strategic angel backers from the music, AI, and creator technology sectors. The round follows a pre-seed round raised earlier this read more

    Mozart AI secures M to develop AI tools for music creation
  • Circle Health completes €9M to build preventive health platform using AI

    Berlin-based Circle Health has closed a €9 million seed round of equity and debt financing, led by Atlantic.vc, with participation from CRB Health Tech, Calm/Storm Ventures, and Kfund. The funding comes amid a highly fragmented preventive healthcare landscape in Europe, where care is delivered by a large number of small providers and chronic conditions are read more

    Circle Health completes €9M to build preventive health platform using AI
  • Porters closes €2.7M pre-seed funding for financial services backoffice software

    Porters has closed a €2.7 million pre-seed funding round to develop AI-based software for banking operations. The round was led by Earlybird, with participation from Seedcamp and a group of fintech founders and industry professionals. Angel investors include Martin Kassing (Upvest), Alexandre Prot (Qonto), Lukas Zörner (Penta and Integral), and Adrien Treccani (Metaco). Additional participants read more

    Porters closes €2.7M pre-seed funding for financial services backoffice software
  • New CBI boss criticises UK government policy of taking stakes in businesses

    Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The CBI’s new president has criticised the government’s strategy of taking direct stakes in businesses, saying she doubts whether it attracts private capital. Cressida Hogg, who is also chair of defence group BAE and senior read more

    New CBI boss criticises UK government policy of taking stakes in businesses
  • Elaia’s Digital Venture Fund V reaches €120M at first close

    Elaia has announced a first close of its fifth Digital Venture Fund (DV5) at €120 million. The fund will focus on investing in European B2B technology companies with strong intellectual property foundations, spanning both foundational infrastructure and application-level innovation. The first close includes commitments from both returning and new investors. Participants include Bpifrance, investing on read more

    Elaia’s Digital Venture Fund V reaches €120M at first close