Category: business
Finance, startups, productivity
-
Germany unifies deeptech funding: DTCF to join HTGF in major VC platform overhaul
The German Federal Government plans to consolidate and strengthen financing for technology startups and scaleups. The DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) will be continued under the umbrella of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). By integrating DTCF into HTGF, a seamless financing architecture will be established – from foundation to exit. The existing funds will continue investing in read more
Written by
-
Skeleton opens €220M Leipzig SuperFactory to power Europe’s AI and grid stability
Skeleton Technologies has officially opened its €220 million SuperFactory in Markranstädt, near Leipzig. The facility is already delivering to Siemens, General Electric, and Hitachi Energy for European electrical grids, and to major US hyperscalers for AI infrastructure. I sat down with CEOTaavi Madiberk to learn all about it. Skeleton Technologies is a European global leader read more
Written by
-
6 Degrees Capital closes €154M fund
London and Antwerp-based VC firm 6 Degrees Capital (6DC) has closed a€154 million fund, with the fund backing enterprise software, AI and fintech startups at seed and Series A stages. The fund is6DC’s third fund since its launch in 2023. Fund IIIwill invest cheques of between€1m and€5m and follow-on capital up to €15m per company. read more
Written by
-
Quantum Systems’ €180M Series C extension lifts company to €3B+
Europe’s first dual-use unicorn, Quantum Systems, has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital. This follows its €160 million Series C in May this year, bringing the total amount secured in 2025 to €340 million, which marks the largest private capital raise in Europe’s dual-use sector. read more
Written by
-
Humbrela receives €161K to build a unified insurance intelligence layer
Swiss-based ICT startup Humbrela has received €161,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to advance the development of its AI-driven platform, which unifies insurance and warranty data and helps brokers, wholesale brokers and Managing General Agents (MGAs) better support their customers. Today, insurance information is spread across emails, portals, PDFs, credit card benefits and embedded products. read more
Written by
-
Índico Capital Partners launches €125M Fund
Índico Capital Partners has launched its sixth fund, Indico VC Fund III, with a target size of €125 million. The fund has secured a €30 million anchor commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF), a part of the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) focused on equity investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and read more
Written by
-
StirlingX extends seed round to $11M
UK-based StirlingX, a drone operations and data intelligence company, has closed its extended seed round at a total of $11 million. The SAFE investment, which follows the initial seed funding secured earlier in the year, was led by the RCM Private Markets Fund managed by Rokos Capital Management, with participation from new and existing investors, read more
Written by
-
Tyten raises £750K to bring AI-powered automation to the global facilities management industry
Tyten(formerly Fixo), an AI company for the next generation of facilities management, has secured £750,000 in an investment round co-led byFuel VenturesandConcrete Ventures, with follow-on participation fromAntler and several angel investors. Using artificial intelligence, Tyten aims to modernise and improve the global facilities management industry. Its platform combines intelligent workflow automation for help desks with read more
Written by
-
Ranketta receives €1M to improve e-commerce brand performance in AI search
Czech-based Ranketta, an AI visibility platform that helps brands understand and improve their presence in AI search and AI shopping results, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Lighthouse Ventures with participation from Gi21 Capital. Recent data indicates that around 50 per cent of consumers already use AI-powered search to read more
Written by
-
Noteless gains €3.5M to free doctors from administrative burden
Oslo-based Noteless, an AI company focused on improving how doctors document patient consultations, has raised €3.5 million in new seed funding. The round was led by Redstone, joining as a new investor, alongside Futurum Ventures and Farvatn Venture, who continue their support. Medical documentation has long been a challenge for clinicians, taking up hours that read more
Written by
-
Gosta Labs completes €7.5M seed to scale its AI OS for oncology worldwide
Helsinki-based healthtech company Gosta Labs has closed a €7.5 million seed round to scale its AI operating system for complex medical specialities. The round was led by Voima Ventures, with participation from COR Group, the Aho family, and both existing and new investors, including Reaktor and a group of notable angel investors. This follows a read more
Written by
-
Neuracore raises $3M to power next-gen robots and open robotics research
London-based Neuracore, a robot learning platform focused on faster scaling and deployment, has closed a $3 million pre-seed round led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Clem Delangue (Co-founder & CEO of Hugging Face) and advisors from academia, hardware, and AI. Founded in 2024 by Stephen James, Assistant Professor of Robot Learning at Imperial read more
Written by
-
Startups react to Autumn Budget, as the chancellor says ”if you build here, Britain will back you”
UK startups have broadly welcomed measures introduced by the UK chancellor in the Autumn budget, designed to get entrepreneurs to scale their startups in the UK, which has been a long-running concern for the industry. However, the response from the fintech industry was mixed, with some praising the budget while others bemoaning that more was read more
Written by
-
Clover raises €30M to become the go-to investor for work and education startups
French Entrepreneur Samuel Tual has today launched Clover, a €30 million early-stage evergreen fund to back startups reshaping the future of work and education. Tual is an entrepreneur, Vice-President of the MEDEF and Chairman & CEO of Actual Group, a major player in employment and labour in France and Europe. Clover aims to become the read more
Written by
-
Posters with purpose: the analog protest calling out the censorship of women’s health
In response to widespread suppression of women’s health vocabulary, health creative studio Ouch! launches the GOOD WORDS campaign: a series of posters highlighting how essential terms such as “vulva,” “uterus,” and “period” are censored by digital platforms, forcing women to navigate a growing “euphemism economy” of coded language just to find information online. The campaign read more
Written by
-
Recruiting platform Helio AI secures $1M Seed to power faster, fairer frontline hiring
Recruitment tech startup Helio AI has secured a $1 million Seed round led by SABAH.fund, joined by DOMiNO Ventures, Axiom, Tetrad VC,and Angel investor Bas Godska. The US-based, Georgian-founded team has developed an AI-powered recruiting platform for high-volume and frontline hiring. It combines an intelligent recruiting agent, able to chat, think, and act in local read more
Written by
-
Procure AI nets $13M to scale autonomous AI for procurement
London-based Procure AI, a company pioneering AI-native procurement automation for procurement and supply chain management, has raised $13 million in seed funding. The round was led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures, Futury Capital and notable angel investors from across the procurement industry. Procurement teams are under pressure to do more with fewer resources. read more
Written by
-
ElevenLabs and Revolut backer launches $15M solo GP fund
An angel investor in UK AI unicorn ElevenLabs and Revolut has launcheda $15m solo GP fund to back pre-seed and seedstage founders building startups across AI, robotics, and defence. Carles Reina has launchedBaobab Ventures,an “oversubscribed”fund backed by institutional LPs Cendana Capital, Isomer Capital, RSJ Investments,Emergence Ventures, and Cyber Fund. Partners from Concept Ventures, Credo Ventures, read more
Written by
-
Empowering women to shape the future of food: inside EIT Food’s EWA programme
Women across Europe are building innovative solutions in agrifood — yet many still lack access to the support, visibility and networks needed to scale. The EWA — Empowering Women in Agrifood program from EIT Food was designed to change that. It is open to women from selected European and neighbouring countries (in 2025, 13 countries read more
Written by
-
Bsure raises $2.1M to fix one of modern IT’s most overlooked problems
Norwegian startup Bsure has secured a $2.1 million seed round to help companies gain visibility into blind spots within their Microsoft environments. The round was led by Scale Capital, with participation from existing US investors. Most companies rely on identities such as people, apps and services that need access to do their work. The challenge read more
Written by
