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Cleantech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025
European cleantech companies raised €3.1 billion in 2025, with investment activity concentrated around clean energy infrastructure, industrial decarbonisation, advanced materials, recycling technologies, carbon management, and electrification. Large infrastructure and energy-transition projects attracted the biggest rounds of the year, particularly in areas such as battery storage, renewable energy, clean fuels, electric vehicle infrastructure, and low-carbon industrial read more
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AI: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025
European AI companies raised over €5.3 billion during 2025, with capital heavily concentrated among a small group of companies led by Mistral AI, Helsing, Black Forest Labs, Synthesia, ElevenLabs and n8n. While foundation models, defence AI and generative media attracted some of the year’s largest rounds, the broader market also showed strong momentum across applied read more
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The Bennett Prize Just Raised Its Award to $75,000. These Artists Think You Should Apply.
The art world isn’t having an easy moment. Galleries are closing, federal arts funding has dried up, and collectors have pulled back from big-ticket purchases. Against that backdrop, The Bennett Prize — a biennial award for women painters working in figurative realism — just raised its grand prize from $50,000 to $75,000. The timing is read more
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Spotlight Pathology has raised £1.4M to catch blood cancer sooner
Spotlight Pathology, a UK healthtech company, has raised £1.4 million in seed investment to support its development of AI software that analyses digital pathology images to support clinicians in identifying blood cancers faster and consistently. Blood cancers are among the hardest to diagnose, often requiring multiple reviews by specialist pathologists. Delays can have serious consequences read more
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€4.5M raised by FlyFocus to scale European drone production
FlyFocus, a Poland-based defence technology company specialising in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and avionics, has raised €4.5 million in a funding round led by ffVC, with participation from the NCBR Investment Fund, the venture capital arm of Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development. The investment marks the company’s first institutional round following eight read more
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