Category: business
Finance, startups, productivity
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Legaltech Alice raises €1M to bring trustworthy AI workflows to legal casework
Belgium-based Alice, an AI platform developed for lawyers and legal teams, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to support the development of its end-to-end legal casework solution. The round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with participation from a group of Belgian angel investors. The adoption of AI in legal practice is increasing, read more
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ViCentra secures an additional $13M to accelerate growth and advance next-gen insulin system
Dutch-based medical device company ViCentra, which commercialises the Kaleido insulin patch pump system, has raised an additional $13 million as part of its Series D financing, bringing the total round to $98 million. The funding includes new capital from ROM Utrecht Region and a consortium of Dutch investors, including Venturing Tech, alongside increased support from read more
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CertHub raises €6.2M to tackle medtech’s compliance bottleneck
CertHub raises €6.2M to transform MedTech compliance with AI-driven automation Munich-based medtech manufacturing compliance startup CertHub,has raised €6.2 million in investment in just two months. Across Europe, medtech companies are facing unprecedented regulatory pressure. 70 per cent of manufacturers report significant struggles with regulatory burden, and implementing new medical regulatory requirements alone is estimated to read more
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E-commerce operating startup Swap raises $100M
London-headquartered e-commerce operating startup Swap has raised $100m in a Series C funding round. The round was co-led by existing investor Iconiq and DST Global. The Series C follows around nine months after Swap’s Series B round, when it raised $40m led by Iconiq. Swap has now raised $149m in total. Founded in 2022, Swap read more
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Robeauté is turning microrobotics into a surgical platform for the brain
There are around 350,000 people diagnosed with primary brain cancer every year, and 250,000 people die from it. Despite decades of progress in medicine, the tools primarily used to access, diagnose, and treat the brain remain limited — until now. Robeauté is a Paris-based MedTech startup developing a new class of therapeutic microrobots designed to read more
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Biographica raises £7M to expand AI crop design globally
London-based Biographica, an agricultural biotechnology company, has raised £7 million in a funding round led by Faber VC, with participation from SuperSeed, Cardumen Capital, The Helm, EQT Foundation, and Sie Ventures. The round also included existing investors Chalfen Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Nucleus Capital, Dhyan Ventures, Saras Capital, and Ventures Together. Developing new crop traits such read more
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United Manufacturing Hub bags €5m to power a shared data backbone for factories
Industrial data management platform United Manufacturing Hub (UMH) has raised €5 million in funding to accelerate its mission of building the foundational data layer for global manufacturing. The round was led by KOMPAS VC, with participation from seed + speed Ventures, Sustainable Future Ventures, Archimedes New Ventures, and renowned industry angels, including Jan Oberhauser (Founder read more
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UK bets £210M on cybersecurity to unlock digital government — and £45B in productivity savings
The UK Government has unveiled a £210 million cyber action plan to secure online public services and protect people’s data as more services move online. The plan aims to strengthen defences across departments, respond faster to cyber attacks, and support digitisation that could save up to £45 billionin productivity savingswhile cutting queues and paperwork. Driven read more
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CES 2026 showcases Europe’s hardware renaissance
This week CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, kicks off in Las Vegas. It’s a truly mammoth event, encompassing a myriad of venues and side events. While there’s the usual suite of wearables and gadgets sure to end up in your junk drawer within the year due to product failure or inactivity, there’s a whole lot read more
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Adopting an Intentional AI Strategy in 2026
As of late 2025, 88% of organizations are using AI in at least one business function, up from just 55% in 2023. But while this is the case, only 7% have fully scaled AI across their organization, while 62% are still experimenting or piloting. Most companies are drifting with AI—using tools because they’re available or read more
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WholeSum raises £730K to advance a qualitative data analysis platform
UK-based qualitative analytics startup WholeSum has raised £730,000, combining grant funding from Women TechEU with a pre-seed round led by Twin Path Ventures. The round also included participation from SFC and strategic angel investors via Ventures Together, including founders and operators from JustPark, Episode 1, ClearScore, and Prolific. A significant share of organisational data is read more
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Pixel Flow closes seed round three months after launch
Hybrid-casual puzzle game Pixel Flow has closed a seed round with participation from Akın Babayiğit and e2vc. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Three months after launch, the game has reached seven-figure daily revenue and entered the Top 25 of the US App Store Top Grossing chart, reflecting the team’s accelerated scaling efforts read more
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ESA at 50: What Europe’s space agency means for startups today
In 2025, the European Space Agency turned 50. Founded on 30 May 1975, when the ESA Convention was signed by ten Member States, it has since grown into a pan-European institution spanning 23 Member States, three Associate Members, and a widening network of international cooperation agreements. Anniversaries are good moments for celebration — but also read more
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Webrazzi GSYF invested $1M in GameByte
GameByte, an AI-powered game creation platform, has raised $1 million at a $10 million valuation from Webrazzi GSYF, the venture arm of Tech.eu’s parent company, Webrazzi. The investment adds GameByte to the fund’s portfolio and was completed with legal support from Arıkan Law Firm, representing Webrazzi GSYF. The fund was established in partnership with İş read more
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The Artists Collective launches as an artist-led investment platform
The Artists Collective has officially launched as the UK’s first artist-led investment collective, following a period in which it quietly backed 20 early-stage technology companies. The platform brings together established cultural figures, including Maya Jama, Daniel Kaluuya, Jack Whitehall, Roman Kemp, and Tom Grennan, alongside experienced venture investors to support early-stage businesses. Its model combines read more
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The tech news stories under the radar in 2025
After a particularly spirited onlineconversation about whether tech media should still be covering funding rounds, I found myself reflecting on what we actually do — day in, day out — at Tech.eu. When I do workshops about talking to the media, I often talk about the story behind the news. Beyond funding, there’s a broader read more
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Europe’s edge in energy, software, and the future of compute
Voyager is an early-stage venture capital firm backing climate technology companies building the foundations of a decarbonised global economy. Founded four years ago by climate-tech investors and operators Sarah Sclarsic and Sierra Peterson, the fund was set up with an explicit ambition: to become the leading early-stage climate-tech VC operating across Europe and North America. read more
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Omnidocs acquires majority stake in Switzerland’s officeatwork to deepen DACH presence
Danish software company Omnidocs has acquired a majority stake in officeatwork, a Switzerland-based provider of document creation solutions with a strong foothold in the DACH region. Omnidocs is a document generation and automation solutions company focused on enhancing productivity, compliance, and quality across critical sectors such as public services, financial services, and legal firms. Founded read more
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Nodu lands $1.45M to upgrade Europe’s payment rails as stablecoins surge
Stablecoin infrastructure startup Nodu has closed a $1.45 million pre-seed round led by Digital Space Ventures.Nodu is a London-based stablecoin infrastructure startup with Latvian roots, founded in 2025 by Alex Novozhenov (CEO), Vladislav Nikolayev (CTO), and Daria Dubinina, the team behind the fintech platform Crassula. Nodu provides banks, fintechs, and businesses with a ready-to-use global read more
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StretchSense raises $2.3M to drive global expansion of XR training gloves
StretchSense, a wearable technology company that develops data capture gloves, has secured $2.3 million in funding led by PXN Ventures, with support from Scottish Enterprise. The company has now raised nearly $20 million across three external funding rounds. Founded in 2012, StretchSense specialises in advanced motion capture gloves designed to connect human movement with digital read more
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