Tag: raises

  • Eternal.ag raises €8M to automate greenhouse harvesting with AI-powered robots

    Eternal.ag, a startup building autonomous harvesting robots for greenhouses, today announced it has raised €8 million in funding from Simon Capital, Oyster Bay Venture Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures and Backbone Ventures. Eternal.ag is developing fully autonomous robots that perform greenhouse crop work without human operators. Greenhouses are increasingly essential for securing the year-round supply of fresh read more

    Eternal.ag raises €8M to automate greenhouse harvesting with AI-powered robots
  • Sequoia-backed Edra raises $30M Series A to turn enterprise data into self-improving AI agents

    Today, startup Edra announced $30 million Series A led by Sequoia, which included investment from 8VC and A*z. Edra builds AI agents that learn how a business operates, then automate the work. Its AI agents reverse-engineer how a business actually runs from existing systems and create executable knowledge: structured, white-box instructions that agents can act read more

    Sequoia-backed Edra raises M Series A to turn enterprise data into self-improving AI agents
  • Cleavr raises €1M to develop an AI solution for accounts receivable

    Cleavr, an AI solution dedicated to autonomous accounts receivable management, has raised €1 million in a funding round backed by Kima Ventures, Better Angle, Raphaël Nahum (CFO of Pennylane), Régis Samuel (CEO of MyUnisoft), and Olivier Brourhant (CEO of Mantu). The company develops an AI solution designed to support finance teams across the full accounts read more

    Cleavr raises €1M to develop an AI solution for accounts receivable
  • Parallel raises $20M to scale AI solutions for hospital administration

    Paris-based Parallel, a startup developing AI agents for hospitals, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Frst, Y Combinator, Hexa, and several angel investors. The funding follows a $3.5 million seed round less than a year earlier, with the company’s technology already deployed across multiple public read more

    Parallel raises M to scale AI solutions for hospital administration
  • Rivia raises $15M to fix the broken data infrastructure behind clinical trials

    Rivia, the Zurich-based data engine for clinical trial intelligence, today announced a $15 million Series A led by Earlybird, with participation from Defiant and existing investors Speedinvest, Amino Collective, and Nina Capital. Over the past three years, the company built what it calls the first reusable intelligence layer for clinical trials. Its data engine integrates read more

    Rivia raises M to fix the broken data infrastructure behind clinical trials
  • Noru raises €560K to develop an agentic compliance platform

    Stockholm-based Noru, a startup building an AI-native platform for regulatory compliance, has raised €560,000 (SEK6 million) in a pre-seed round led by Ampli Ventures. The round also included participation from Andreessen Horowitz Scout Fund, SSE Business Lab, the angel network DHS, and several Nordic entrepreneurs and investors, as well as Mark Strande, CISO at Miro, read more

    Noru raises €560K to develop an agentic compliance platform
  • Elea & Lili raises €2.5M to scale fossil-free absorbent materials

    Elea & Lili, a deeptech startup spun out of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has raised €2.5 million in seed funding to industrialise its cellulose-based superabsorbent material, a fossil-free and biodegradable alternative to conventional polymers. The round was led by Lifeline Ventures, with participation from Ikorni Invest Oy Ab and Baltiska Handels Sverige AB. read more

    Elea & Lili raises €2.5M to scale fossil-free absorbent materials
  • Agent debugging startup Laminar raises $3M seed to tackle the observability gap in AI agents

    Laminar today announces a $3 million seed round led by Atlantic.vc, with participation from Y-Combinator, AAL.vc, and notable angels including Ben Sigelman, co-creator of OpenTelemetry and Ant Wilson, CTO of Supabase. Founders Robert Kim (CEO) and Dinmukhamed Mailibay (CTO) grew up together in Kazakhstan, studied at KAIST, and worked side by side in London before read more

    Agent debugging startup Laminar raises M seed to tackle the observability gap in AI agents
  • CiaoDott raises €1.5M pre-seed to bring vertical voice AI to Italy’s medical sector

    CiaoDott a vertical voice AI for the Italian medical sector, has raised €1.5 million Pre-Seed. The Techshop led the funding round, with Vento, Club degli Investitori, Growth Engine, and Alpha Venture. Founded in 2025, CiaoDott aims to solve the telephone overload of medical centres, ensuring uniform, timely and consistent responses to patients. In Italy, the read more

    CiaoDott raises €1.5M pre-seed to bring vertical voice AI to Italy’s medical sector
  • Level Nine raises €4M to unlock local feedstocks for chemicals

    Berlin-based Level Nine, a deeptech company developing next-generation catalysts for more sustainable chemical production, has raised €4 million in a seed round led by Visionaries Tomorrow, bringing its total funding to €6.5 million. Founded in 2023, the company combines bio-nanotechnology, quantum chemistry, and computational science to design synthetic catalysts, or nanozymes, that aim to overcome read more

    Level Nine raises €4M to unlock local feedstocks for chemicals
  • Wikifarmer raises $7.7M to develop AI tools for the agricultural supply chain

    Wikifarmer, a B2B marketplace that uses artificial intelligence to connect food businesses with producers, has raised $7.7 million in funding. The round was co-led by Brighteye Ventures and Piraeus Bank, with participation from existing investors Point Nine Capital and Metavallon VC, bringing the company’s total funding to approximately $18 million. The company is expanding beyond read more

    Wikifarmer raises .7M to develop AI tools for the agricultural supply chain
  • Upvest raises $125M to strengthen its API-based investment platform

    Upvest, a European investment infrastructure provider, has announced a $125 million financing round to support the modernisation of legacy banking systems across Europe and the UK. The $90 million equity round was led by Sapphire Ventures and Tencent, with participation from existing investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and BlackRock, while the company is also finalising read more

    Upvest raises 5M to strengthen its API-based investment platform
  • Steward, an AI-driven compliance platform managing $100B, raises $5M

    Steward, an AI-first AML platform purpose-built for complex investor onboarding and ongoing monitoring, has raised $5 million to advance automation in compliance operations. The round was led by Motive Partners, with participation from Outward VC, Cooley, and a group of founders and operators. The oversubscribed round also included angel investors such as Shai Wininger, Mark read more

    Steward, an AI-driven compliance platform managing 0B, raises M
  • First Concepts raises $1M to develop AI-native OS for creative work

    London-based startup First Concepts, an AI-powered workspace for early-stage creative work, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding less than nine months after its founding. The round was led by Arāya Ventures alongside Antler. Additional participants included industry leaders such as Jez Jowett (former Managing Partner at Havas), Nathan McDonald (founder of We Are Social), read more

    First Concepts raises M to develop AI-native OS for creative work
  • Tracebit raises $20M Series A to expand cloud-native deception tech

    Tracebit, a cloud-native cybersecurity company focused on threat detection, has raised a $20 million Series A round led by FirstMark, with participation from Accel. MMC Ventures, Tapestry VC, and CCL also joined the round. The funding follows the company’s $5 million seed round in 2024, led by Accel, bringing Tracebit’s total funding to $25 million. read more

    Tracebit raises M Series A to expand cloud-native deception tech
  • Italian startup Alomana raises €4M for its AI operating layer for enterprise workflows

    Italian startup Alomana has raised €4 million to accelerate the development of Alo, the AI operating layer for enterprise. Enterprises need more than AI that can answer when prompted; they need AI that can run and execute their workflows. Legacy systems were not built for AI. Organisations spend months testing and stitching together tools, integrations, read more

    Italian startup Alomana raises €4M for its AI operating layer for enterprise workflows
  • WhiteBridge AI raises $3M to redefine standards in people search and research

    WhiteBridge AI, a team developing an AI-powered people search and research engine, has raised a $3M seed round. The round was led by FIRSTPICK VC, with participation from First Degree, NGL.VC, Scalewolf.VC, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs, Plug and Play, and several angel investors. Founded in 2024 by Tomas Martūnas, Irmantas Motiejūnas, Justinas Barauskas, and Paulius Taraškevičius, WhiteBridge read more

    WhiteBridge AI raises M to redefine standards in people search and research
  • Ukrainian-Estonian Defencetech Black Forest Systems raises $400K to scale infantry drone platform

    Kyiv-based company Black Forest Systemshas received $400,000 in investment from Front Ventures and Hede Capital Partners AB. Founded in 2024, Black Forest Systems develops vertically integrated unmanned systems and tactical drone platforms for infantry and Special Operations Forces operating in forward positions. Their solutions combine proprietary electronics, secure communications, and control software into vertically integrated read more

    Ukrainian-Estonian Defencetech Black Forest Systems raises 0K to scale infantry drone platform
  • Kodree raises $10M in user acquisition financing to expand AI-powered edtech platform globally

    Kyiv B2C edtech platform Kodree has secured $10 million in user acquisition financing (UA) from financial services firm PvX Partners. Kodree is the first product from Rist Labs, a co-founding studio launched by the founders of Ukrainian edtech company Mate academy – Roman Apostol, Anna Apostol and Max Lysak – focused on building AI-powered B2C read more

    Kodree raises M in user acquisition financing to expand AI-powered edtech platform globally
  • AIRMO raises €5M for airborne and space-based GHG monitoring

    AIRMO, a space tech startup developing advanced greenhouse gas monitoring technology, has announced a €5 million seed round to support its first satellite mission planned for 2027 and the expansion of its airborne coverage. The round was led by Ananda Impact Ventures, with participation from Unconventional Ventures, kopa ventures, Desai Ventures, Hypernova / New Venture read more

    AIRMO raises €5M for airborne and space-based GHG monitoring