Tag: startup

  • Doctolib, AP-HP, and Roche launch startup programme to bridge healthtech–clinical gap

    Doctolib, @Hôtel-Dieu (AP-HP) and Roche are launching Care Forward, a support program for European health startups at STATION F. Designed to help young companies develop, test and deploy their solutions as close as possible to care delivery needs, it brings together technological expertise, access to clinical environments, and medical and regulatory support. Based in the read more

    Doctolib, AP-HP, and Roche launch startup programme to bridge healthtech–clinical gap
  • “We are where ChatGPT was five years ago,” says European 3D AI foundation model startup boss

    OneofEurope’stop AI researchers, who is heading upa3D AI foundation model startup, says that 3D AI models are “kind of where ChatGPT for language wasfive years ago”. Matthias Niessner,the CEO andco-founderofSpAItial,tooka leave of absence from leadingthe visualcomputingand AI lab at the Technical University of Munich to launch the Munich andLondon-basedstartupSpAItial,whichlast year landed a $13m seed round. read more

    “We are where ChatGPT was five years ago,” says European 3D AI foundation model startup boss
  • OpenAI and Spotify leaders back London-based AI agent security startup in $13M seed round

    A London-based startup which helps mitigate risks and vulnerabilities of businessesdeployingso-called AI agents or AI tools that can complete specific tasks has emerged from stealth with a $13mseed round. The funding round in Trent AI was ledby LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from leaders at OpenAI, Spotify, Databricks, and Amazon Web Services. The read more

    OpenAI and Spotify leaders back London-based AI agent security startup in M seed round
  • Aleph Alpha’s former CEO lures Apple engineer from US to join European startup

    The co-founder and former CEO of high-profile German AI startup Aleph Alpha has today revealed fresh details about his new AI startup, which launched last month and is backed by a multi-million-dollar investment from the German consultancy Roland Berger. The new startup founded by Jonas Andrulis, who left Aleph Alpha last year after six years read more

    Aleph Alpha’s former CEO lures Apple engineer from US to join European startup
  • 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

    Deeptech startup Renasens lands €10M to scale textile recycling in Europe
  • Agents for finance startup Zalos raises $3.6M to transform finance departments

    A startup looking to ease the manual workload of finance teams through deploying AI agentshas raised $3.6m in a seed funding round. The funding round in the London and San Francisco-basedZalos was led by Swiss VC 14Peaks Capital. Other investors include Cohen Circle, Harry Stebbings’ 20VC and several angels, including Ian Sutherland, the CTO of read more

    Agents for finance startup Zalos raises .6M to transform finance departments
  • 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
  • Young "bug bounty hunter" bags $6M pre-seed round for security startup

    A French cybersecurity startup founded by a 23-year-old who made a name for himself as a professional “bug bounty hunter”, earning hundreds of thousands of pounds from Facebook and Google in rewards,has raised a $5.9m pre-seed round. Lupin & Holmes, named afterArsèneLupin (the fictional master thief, created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc, which read more

    Young "bug bounty hunter" bags M pre-seed round for security startup
  • 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
  • Mental health startup Bliss raises $270K to build culturally intelligent AI for therapy

    Originally founded in Albania and headquartered in Finland, mental health startup Bliss has raised $270,000 in angel funding led by Keiretsu Forum, Finest Love VC, and Plug and Play to develop AI infrastructure designed to support culturally aware therapy services. The round combines angel investment and non-dilutive grants and represents the first Albanian-Finnish startup investment read more

    Mental health startup Bliss raises 0K to build culturally intelligent AI for therapy
  • Yann LeCun’s Paris-based AI world model startup raises more than $1BN

    Yann LeCun’s much-anticipated new startup, which is developing alternative AI models to large language models (LLMs), has raised more than $1bn in Europe’s largest-ever seed funding round, it has confirmed today. Announcing the funding round, LeCun, the former Meta chief AI scientist and Turing prize winner, said: “We just completed our seed round, one of read more

    Yann LeCun’s Paris-based AI world model startup raises more than BN
  • UK manufacturing startup Isembard secures $50M

    A UK startup which has developed software to automate the manufacturing of key component parts for industries, including space, defence and robotics, has raised $50m in a Series A funding round, less than 12 months after its $9m seed round. Isembard, founded by entrepreneur and former army reservist Alexander Fitzgerald in 2024, is creating anetwork read more

    UK manufacturing startup Isembard secures M
  • Shape the Next Decade: VivaTech 2026 Startup Challenges are Now Open!

    Paris is set to host the 10th-anniversary edition of VivaTech from June 17 to 20, 2026. Since its launch in 2016 by Publicis Groupe and Les Échos-Le Parisien Groupe, VivaTech has cemented its position as one of Europe’s largest startup events and tech event, drawing disruptive minds and global leaders. This year, it will welcome read more

    Shape the Next Decade: VivaTech 2026 Startup Challenges are Now Open!
  • Belgian logistics startup Vectrix raises €1.15M seed funding

    Antwerp-based Vectrix, an order entry platform for the logistics sector, has raised €1.15 million in a seed funding round led by RDY Ventures to expand into European markets, starting with Belgium’s neighbouring countries. Logistics companies handle large volumes of transport requests each day, with administrative teams often manually entering order details into transport management systems. read more

    Belgian logistics startup Vectrix raises €1.15M seed funding
  • UK self-driving startup Oxa raises $103M to scale industrial deployments

    British self-driving startup Oxa has raised $103 million from investors to expand autonomous vehicle operations at ports, airports, warehouses and other industrial sites. The company said $50 million of its Series D funding came from the UK’s National Wealth Fund, with additional investments from chipmaker Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures and BP’s bp Ventures. The round read more

    UK self-driving startup Oxa raises 3M to scale industrial deployments
  • Open Cosmos plans European rival to Starlink

      An Oxford-headquartered spacetech startup says it’s gearing up to manufacture up to 200 satellites a year, as it looks to offer European governments and businesses an alternative communication channel to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Open Cosmos is launching a satellite network, called ConnectedCosmos, that will provide sovereign communication as an alternative to “transcontinental mega-constellations”, the read more

    Open Cosmos plans European rival to Starlink
  • Callosum emerges to challenge AI Silicon Valley monoculture

      A UK AI infrastructure startup founded by Cambridge neuroscientists offering a counter view to the “monoculture” that believes superintelligence will come from a single “God-like” AI model running on identical chipshas come out of stealth, raising over $10m in funding. Called Callosum, the startup has raised $10.25m from European VC Plural and ARIA (the read more

    Callosum emerges to challenge AI Silicon Valley monoculture
  • Lightspeed leads $23M investment in AI startup for accounting departments Stacks

    A London-headquartered AI startup targeting accountancy departments, set up by a former Uber and Plaid executive, has raised $23 million in a Series A round, led by new investor Lightspeed.The Series A in Stacks also includes returning investors EQT Ventures, General Catalyst, and S16VC. The new round follows 12 months after its$12m seed round. It read more

    Lightspeed leads M investment in AI startup for accounting departments Stacks
  • 212 NexT invests in advanced chemistry startup Aepnus

    Turkish deep-tech fund 212 NexT, focused on advanced materials and industrial technologies, has participated in Aepnus’ pre-Series A funding round. Founded by Lukas Hackl and Bilen Akuzum and headquartered in the US, with additional operations in Canada and Germany, Aepnus is developing a modular alternative to conventional energy-intensive production methods. The company’s technology is designed read more

    212 NexT invests in advanced chemistry startup Aepnus
  • UK healthtech startup Nul raises $1M to support alcohol reduction efforts

    Nul, a UK-based healthtech startup developing a supported alcohol reduction platform that combines clinical care and prescription medication, has raised $1 million in seed funding. The round was led by dmg ventures and BYVP, with participation from a group of angel investors. Alcohol use disorder and harmful drinking affect millions of people globally, while treatment read more

    UK healthtech startup Nul raises M to support alcohol reduction efforts