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Covalo lands €3.5M funding extension to advance personal care data platform
Covalo, a Switzerland-based platform for ingredient discovery and data management in the personal care industry, has raised €3.5 million in a funding extension. The round was led by Hi Inov, with participation from existing investors HTGF and seed+speed Ventures. The company addresses challenges in managing ingredient data, which is often fragmented across multiple systems, formats, read more
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Paparuda Studio lands €210K to launch Moldova’s next generation of game development talent
Today, Moldovan game development studio Paparuda Studio secured an investment of over €210,000 (4 million MDL) to develop its first internationally targeted video game, marking a new step in the country’s transition toward high-value digital industries. Founded in 2026 by Victor Marchitan, Artiom Snegur, and Alex Culeva, Paparuda Studio represents a new generation of Moldovan read more
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Deeptech startup Renasens lands €10M to scale textile recycling in Europe
Renasens, a Stockholm-based deeptech company developing textile recycling technology, has raised €10 million in a seed funding round led by Extantia, with participation from Course Corrected VC and continued backing from Norrsken Launcher. Renasens is addressing a structural challenge in the textile industry, where more than 12 million tonnes of waste are generated annually in read more
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Galtea lands $3.2M to cut costly AI testing delays
Galtea, a provider of AI evaluation infrastructure, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to further develop its platform for generating high-quality, use case-specific test scenarios for generative AI agents. The round was led by 42CAP, with participation from Mozilla Ventures and existing investors including JME Ventures, Masia and ABAC Nest Ventures, bringing total funding read more
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Foreverland lands €6M to tackle cocoa supply with alternatives
Foreverland, a Milan-based foodtech company developing cocoa-free chocolate alternatives, has secured €6 million in a new funding round, bringing its total capital raised to €9.4 million. The round includes follow-on investment from Kost Capital and Maia Ventures, alongside new investors, including CDP Venture Capital, Linfa agrifoodtech fund (managed by Riello Investimenti SGR), and Newtree Impact. read more
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Homaio lands €3.6M to extend access to energy transition assets
Paris-based Homaio has raised €3.6 million in a funding round led by RAISE Ventures, with participation from Groupe Eren, business angels, and existing investors XAnge and Redstone, bringing its total funding to over €5 million. Founded in 2023, Homaio is an investment platform that provides retail investors with access to emissions allowance markets, which have read more
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Neuramancer lands €1.7M pre-seed to scale deepfake detection tools
Neuramancer AI Solutions GmbH (formerly Neuraforge) has closed a €1.7 million pre-seed funding round led by Vanagon Ventures, with participation from Bayern Kapital and a group of additional venture capital firms and business angels. The investment consortium also includes the Nuremberg-based ZOHO.VC and family office Lightfield Equity. In addition, the founding team is supported by read more
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UniverCell lands €30M Series B to advance European lithium-ion cell manufacturing
UniverCell, a European manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery cells and electrodes, has raised a €30 million Series B financing round. The round was co-led by the DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), IKA and WIKA, with strong support from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. Founded in 2019 in Kiel, Germany, UniverCell has grown into an read more
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Flink lands $100M to advance targeted expansion
Berlin-based Flink, a quick commerce operator active in Germany and the Netherlands, has secured around $100 million in new growth capital. The round was led by Prosus and other existing investors, with Btomorrow Ventures, the corporate venture arm of BAT, also participating. Founded in 2021, the company operates a network of local fulfilment hubs that read more
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Alpa lands $3.5M to build financial platform for hospitality
London-based Alpa has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Daphni, with participation from True Capital, 2100 Ventures, Firedrop, Oprtrs Club, Kima Ventures, and Sonorcap. Angel investors include Alexandre Yazdi (Voodoo founder) and Jerome Tafani (former Burger King France CEO and McDonald’s Europe CFO), who has joined the board. Hospitality remains one read more
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TrueLayer lands eBay "strategic investment"
eBayhas made a “strategic investment” in UK open banking fintech TrueLayer, the UK fintech announced today. eBay has made the investment through its VC arm, eBay Ventures, joining existing TrueLayer investors Stripe, Tiger Global, Tencent and Temasek. TrueLayer did not provide details about the size of the investment. TrueLayer said: “For TrueLayer, it represents both read more
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Valeria lands $2M to fix payroll for the frontline economy
Valeria, a Barcelona-based payroll and workforce operations startup, has raised $2 million in a funding round led by Venture Friends, with participation from Fortino Capital and 10k Ventures. Founded by Pau Laporte, Carlos Saiz, and Sergio Morales Bonet, Valeria is pioneering a payroll and workforce management platform designed specifically for industries where high turnover and read more
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A Celestial Nest by Atelier YokYok Lands on a Former Farm in Eastern Portugal
On a promontory in eastern Portugal overlooking the Hispano-Portuguese plateau and the gorges of the Rio Erges, a spherical installation sits amid brush and old stone walls. A project of Paris-based studio Atelier YokYok, “Ninho Globo” is made of a local black rock called schist. The material lends a dramatic effect in contrast to the read more
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Swedish startup Berget AI lands €2.1M as demand grows for sovereign AI in Europe
Swedish AI company Berget AI has raised €2.1 million (SEK 24 million) in funding. The investment comes at a time when AI is rapidly becoming critical infrastructure, while increasing regulatory requirements, geopolitical tensions, and the EU’s new AI legislation are driving growing demand for local control of data and AI workflows. Berget AI was founded read more
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ABZ Innovation lands €7M to scale autonomous heavy-lift drones
Drone manufacturer ABZ Innovation has closed a €7 million funding round led by Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Day One Capital and Assembly Ventures. The Europe-based company develops heavy-duty drones for agricultural and industrial applications, including spraying, spreading, cleaning, and other specialised tasks. ABZ focuses on robust hardware, high payload capacity, and long-term partner support. read more
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Touchwaves lands €1.5M for next-gen wearable tech for NATO
Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups, scale-ups, and innovative SMEs addressing the innovation needs of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Regional Development Agencies under 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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Sky Spy lands $1.6M to fix SIGINT failures in saturated signal environments
Sky Spy, a technology company developing compact signal intelligence (SIGINT) systems for contested and congested environments, has raised $1.6 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to go-to-market, launch production and expand its team to deliver fully autonomous AI-driven systems. Sky Spy was founded to address a critical gap in SIGINT in today’s saturated signal environments.Lessons read more
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Fronted lands $1M to modernise global hiring using AI
Fronted, the Nordic startup building an AI-powered platform to simplify international hiring, has closed a $1 million pre-seed funding round led by Antler and Sondo Capital. Fronted is a global talent operating system that provides a unified platform for companies to manage their international teams. It addresses two key challenges for scaling businesses in a read more
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Orq.ai lands €5M to close the AI production gap for enterprises
Amsterdam-based Orq.ai has raised €5 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by seed + speed Ventures and Galion.exe, with continued support from Curiosity VC, Spacetime, XO Ventures, xdeck ventures, Waves Capital, and GoldenEggCheck. The round brings the company’s total funding to €7.3 million since its founding in 2022. As regulatory requirements tighten under GDPR read more
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