Category: business

Finance, startups, productivity

  • Why Emmi AI spends €1,000 per person every month to bring its remote team together

    Emmi AI is an Austrian deep-tech company that builds AI-driven physics simulation technology to accelerate engineering processes in fields like Fluid Dynamics, Multiphysics, and Solid Mechanics. For a company doing this kind of work, how people collaborate matters as much as the tech itself. And it turns remote work on its head with its hybrid, read more

    Why Emmi AI spends €1,000 per person every month to bring its remote team together
  • MyDello receives €3.1M to support international expansion

    Tallinn-based logistics startup MyDello has raised €3.1 million in a funding round led by Icelandic venture capital firm Frumtak Ventures, with participation from existing investor Finnish early-stage venture capital firm Superhero Capital. Frumtak Ventures general partner Andri Heiðar Kristinsson and Jevgeni Kabanov, President of urban mobility company Bolt and a previous investor in MyDello, have read more

    MyDello receives €3.1M to support international expansion
  • Mindoo raises €5M for AI healthcare workforce platform

    The European platform for deploying safe and governed agentic workflows in healthcare, Mindoo, has secured €5 million in seed financing from 6DC, Syndicate One and a group of strategic angel investors. Healthcare organisations are increasingly balancing limited staffing with growing demand for care, leaving some workflows unfinished or not recorded because teams do not have read more

    Mindoo raises €5M for AI healthcare workforce platform
  • Jutro Medical extends Series A to €36M for AI-enabled primary care scale

    Warsaw-based Jutro Medical, an AI-first primary care operator combining online and in-person care, has raised €24 million in new funding led by Warsaw Equity Group, with participation from Vinci, naturalX Health Ventures, Fluent Ventures, Aternus, KAYA VC, and Inovo VC. The round also includes a debt component from mBank and Orbit Capital. The raise extends read more

    Jutro Medical extends Series A to €36M for AI-enabled primary care scale
  • PolyAI raises $86M

    London-based AI startup PolyAI has raised $86 million in a Series D funding round. The funding round in the AI assistant developer for call centres was co-led by existing investors Canadian B2B software investorGeorgian, London-based investor Hedosophia and US VC firm Khosla Ventures. Additional investors wereNVentures (Nvidia’s VC arm), Sands Capital, Squarepoint Ventures, Citi Ventures, read more

    PolyAI raises M
  • The rise of battery storage as an infrastructure asset

    As renewable generation expands and conventional baseload plants retire, electricity supply has become more volatile — amplifying price swings and increasing pressure on grid stability. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) address this imbalance by absorbing excess power when generation is high and discharging it when demand peaks. In doing so, they stabilise the grid, reduce read more

    The rise of battery storage as an infrastructure asset
  • Inside Ignite Next: the new scaleup program supercharging Europe’s deeptech

    Ignite Next today announced its launch as Europe’s new scaleup program for deep tech innovation, designed to bridge the gap between early-stage founders and industrial-scale success. Headquartered in Dresden, the heart of Silicon Saxony, and created by the team behind the renowned Intel Ignite program, now independently operated, Ignite Next introduces a new collaborative model read more

    Inside Ignite Next: the new scaleup program supercharging Europe’s deeptech
  • Lean Operations for Fragmented Middleware: A New Model

    Most organisations do not wake up one morning and decide to overhaul how they manage messaging and streaming. The shift usually begins with something far less glamorous. A delayed release because a queue was not provisioned on time. A compliance reviewer asking for audit evidence that takes days to assemble. Or a capacity scare on read more

    Lean Operations for Fragmented Middleware: A New Model
  • MD One Ventures and Randox launch security and biotech accelerator for national resilience

    Europe’s first National Security VC firm, MD One Ventures and Randox, a global diagnostics and healthcare company from the UK and Ireland, today announce the launch of Randox for Builders, a security and biotech incubator and accelerator. Randox for Builders gives early-stage companies the funding and hands-on support they need to grow faster. At its read more

    MD One Ventures and Randox launch security and biotech accelerator for national resilience
  • IVFmicro raises £3.5M to make IVF treatment accessible for all

    IVFmicro, a University of Leeds spinout developing technology intended to improve IVF outcomes by increasing the quality and number of embryos produced per cycle, has raised £3.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Northern Gritstone, with support from the Innovate UK Investor Partnerships Programme. An estimated 1 in 6 couples globally experience read more

    IVFmicro raises £3.5M to make IVF treatment accessible for all
  • Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine

    Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics today announced the creation of “Quantum Frontline Industries” (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, industrial-scale foreign production line for drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Under the Build with Ukraine initiative, the new venture will mass-produce battlefield-proven multi-use drones developed by the Ukrainian company read more

    Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine
  • Soverli raises $2.6M to develop sovereign smartphone architecture

    Zurich-based cybersecurity company Soverli has raised $2.6 million in pre-seed funding to develop a sovereign smartphone architecture designed to operate alongside Android and iOS for OEMs, enterprises, governments, and consumers. The round was led by Founderful, with participation from the ETH Zurich Foundation, Venture Kick, and cybersecurity industry figures. Based on more than four years read more

    Soverli raises .6M to develop sovereign smartphone architecture
  • QuantumDiamonds invests over €150M for quantum chip inspection facility

    German quantum sensing company QuantumDiamonds GmbH has announced an investment of more than €150 million to establish a production facility for quantum-based chip metrology systems. The facility, planned for eastern Munich, is expected to receive significant public support from the German federal and Bavarian governments under the European Chips Act. QuantumDiamonds, a spin-off from the read more

    QuantumDiamonds invests over €150M for quantum chip inspection facility
  • Backed by Nordic VCs, CYBRET AI bets on autonomous systems to redefine cyber defence

    This week sees the launch out of stealth of CYBRET AI, an autonomous security and development lab building autonomous systems that understand modern attack behaviour, reason across complex environments, and operate at machine speed. From deep attack understanding to real-time reasoning and response, its work focuses on pushing security beyond human-only operations. Although the financials read more

    Backed by Nordic VCs, CYBRET AI bets on autonomous systems to redefine cyber defence
  • Elvy raises €500M to power its next-generation energy solution

    Swedish energy company Elvy has secured a €500 million financing package from Scayl and a banking partner to fund home energy packages offered through a monthly subscription model. The packages include solar panels, heat pumps, and home battery systems, and are designed to remove the need for large upfront investments. Elvy is providing integrated home read more

    Elvy raises €500M to power its next-generation energy solution
  • £15M boost for Hello Vet as it reimagines the future of veterinary care

    Hello Vet, the UK’s first veterinary practice to invite pet owners into treatment and recovery rooms, has raised £15 million in Series A funding to bring its transparent and collaborative approach to vet care to more British pets and their owners. This takes the total investment to £21 million, following a £6 million Seed round read more

    £15M boost for Hello Vet as it reimagines the future of veterinary care
  • Yonda Tax raises £11M to simplify global tax compliance for scaling companies

    Global tax automation platform Yonda Tax has raised £11 million in investment funding. Yonda Tax automates global tax compliance from registration to filing and remittance, so businesses can focus on scaling. Every jurisdiction has its own filing requirements and deadlines, which often change with little notice. In addition, tax authorities worldwide are intensifying their scrutiny read more

    Yonda Tax raises £11M to simplify global tax compliance for scaling companies
  • The bug-bounty court bringing order to DeFi

    Crypto has created a financial system that runs on code, moves vast sums at the speed of the internet, and can be attacked from anywhere. A single missed check or stray line of code isn’t a minor bug — it can take down an entire protocol. Bug bounties began as an informal pact between developers read more

    The bug-bounty court bringing order to DeFi
  • Pre-seed funding fuels Lynk’s expansion of AI-driven contract control platform

    Rotterdam-based Lynk, a collaborative AI contract workspace that helps businesses manage and control their agreements, has closed a pre-seed round led by European AI investor Curiosity VC, with participation from strategic angel investors. Lynk is developing a contract intelligence layer integrated into the contract-control process. The platform automates audit tasks, identifies potential risks, and flags read more

    Pre-seed funding fuels Lynk’s expansion of AI-driven contract control platform
  • Runware nets $50M Series A for ‘one API for all AI’ platform

    UK-based AI workload startup Runware has raised a $50 million Series A round led by Dawn Capital, with participation from Speedinvest, Comcast Ventures, and existing investors including Insight Partners, a16z speedrun, Zero Prime Ventures, and Begin Capital. Runware provides infrastructure for enterprises to integrate AI into media-creation workflows. Its customers include Wix, Together.ai, ImagineArt, Quora, read more

    Runware nets M Series A for ‘one API for all AI’ platform