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German VC coalition calls for institutional capital shift to power next-gen startups
24 of Germany’s leading venture capital funds have joined forces to launch the German Venture and Growth Forum and publish the German Venture & Growth Playbook, which uses market data to highlight the venture capital asset class’s risk-return dynamics and investment potential. The news is launching today at the “Future at the table”, a side read more
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Merantix Capital launches €103M fund for early-stage European AI startups
Merantix Capital has announced the final close of its €103 million AI Fund, which will invest in early-stage AI-native companies across sectors including logistics, manufacturing, energy, finance, healthcare, life sciences, robotics, enterprise software, and physical AI. The fund’s limited partners include Union Investment, Jungheinrich, KPMG Germany, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg read more
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YEP Accelerator opens Silicon Valley program to help Ukrainian startups scale into the US
Today YEP Accelerator announced that it is opening a new office in California and launching an international track for growth-stage Ukrainian startups looking to enter the US market. The new track is designed for Ukrainian startups that already have a live product, paying customers, and ambitions to scale in the US. Unlike traditional accelerator programs, read more
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Corti launches no-equity accelerator for healthcare AI startups
Healthtech startup Corti today announced the launch of the Startup Acceleration Program, a no-equity initiative providing healthcare AI builders worldwide with access to the same clinical-grade models that power AI for highly regulated systems across Europe and the US. The grant-funded program aims to help founders ship and scale at a moment when the regulatory read more
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DeepMind alumni start dozens of European startups in last 18 months, new data shows
Google DeepMind alumni have founded dozens of European startups or plan to launch startups inthe past 18 months,new data shows. Ex-DeepMind luminaryDavid Silver captured headlines last month when his new UK AI labIneffable Intelligence landed a massive $1.1bn seed funding round. But data shows that Silver is one of 112alumni of DeepMind, which was founded read more
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UK startups enter UK parliament with hope for change
There is something faintly gladiatorial about startups being ushered into Westminster, whether the House of Commons or the House of Lords. Not literally, of course, there are no lions behind Select Committee doors, but the dynamic is unmistakable… there’s going to be a fight of some kind. These founders, often operating at pace and under read more
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KOMPAS VC closes €160M Fund II for industrial tech startups
KOMPAS VC, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on physical industries, has announced the €160 million final close of its second fund. The fund attracted support from existing backers such as VKR Holding, as well as new institutional investors including Realdania. With Fund II, KOMPAS VC will continue investing in technologies aimed at improving productivity, read more
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Afreshed acquires etepetete as food waste startups consolidate in DACH
Afreshed, an Austrian organic fruit-and-vegetable rescue-box company, has acquired the German competitor etepetete. Fresh fruit and vegetables account for 35 per cent. of all avoidable food waste in private households. Fruit and vegetables that do not meet the required standard sometimes do not make it onto the shelves and are, in some cases, destroyed directly read more
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Europe’s filmtech ecosystem is growing fast — here are the startups to watch
This week, the Oscars celebrated some of last year’s most outstanding achievements in cinema. In the meantime, the tools behind filmmaking are undergoing a profound transformation. Media and filmtech startups have fundamentally changed how films are storyboarded, edited, soundtracked, and enhanced with special effects. AI is also reshaping how speech is generated and reproduced, as read more
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EU Inc. marks major win for startups as Commission unveils 28th regime proposal
It’s great news for the European startup ecosystem, as today the European Commission presented its proposal forEU Inc., a new single set of corporate rules that will serve as the cornerstone and starting point for the EU’s 28th regime. The announcement represents a major milestone for EU–INC, a policy movement backed by over 22,000 signatories, read more
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Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training
Ukraine is opening partner access to train AI models using real battlefield data — the first initiative of its kind in the world. According to Mykhailo Fedorov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, the government has approved a resolution launching a new framework for cooperation between the state, Ukrainian companies, and international partners. For startups, read more
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From scientific excellence to global startups: the Swiss tech ecosystem
Switzerland’s tech ecosystem in 2025 showed strong resilience and continued specialisation in deep technology, life sciences, climate innovation, and industrial AI. Startups across the country attracted €3.3 billion in funding through hundreds of rounds, reinforcing Switzerland’s position as one of Europe’s most capital-efficient innovation hubs. Investment was largely concentrated in science-driven and technically complex sectors, read more
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Elaia closes €134M fund DTS3 to back Europe’s next generation of breakthrough startups
Elaia has closed its third deep tech seed fund (DTS3) at €134million, double the size of its previous deep tech seed funds. The fund is developed in partnership with leading European research institutions, including PSL, INRIA, CNRS, the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, and the Max Planck Foundation. Since its first close of €60 million in March read more
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Samaipata launches €110M Fund III to back Europe’s next generation of AI-native startups
VC firm Samaipata has launched its third fund – Samaipata III – a €110 million vehicle aimed at backing early-stage tech startups building on the AI wave. Samaipata plans to invest in 25 to 30 early-stage companies, with the capacity to deploy up to €10 million per startup over time. The main focus is on read more
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Deep Science Ventures launches new doctoral cohort to turn science into startups
Deep Science Ventures has funded the third cohort of its Venture Science Doctorate programme, which empowers a new archetype of Venture Scientist to solve neglected health and planetary challenges. Starting this April, the next cohort of five venture scientistswill be supported by a funding consortium led by SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, and read more
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BioInnovation Institute adds 11 startups to Venture Lab cohort
BioInnovation Institute (BII), a Copenhagen-based non-profit innovation hub established by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is supporting 11 companies through its 12-month Venture Lab programme. Each company receives €500,000 in convertible loan funding, along with access to laboratory infrastructure, mentorship, business expertise, and BII’s investor network of more than 200 national and international investors. BII supports read more
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Wilbe opens White City lab in London to remove infrastructure bottlenecks for science startups
Wilbe, the venture fund and platform that trains and backs scientists to build companies from day one, today announces the launch of its first dedicated lab facility in White City, London. To date, Wilbe has trained more than 1,400 scientists, backed 22 companies, and helped create over $1.3 billion in value worldwide. However, through its read more
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BioInnovation Institute backs five startups with €1.3M in follow-on funding
BioInnovation Institute (BII), an initiative of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, has awarded an additional €1.3 million in follow-on funding to five portfolio startups,bringing total support per company to up to €1.8 million. The funding is intended to support product development, operational scaling and progress toward market deployment across healthtech, agritech, climatetech and deeptech. The announcement read more
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€100K, 100 startups, 3 years: The Baltics double down on early talent
Get ready to feel old. According to a recent report, the average age of AI unicorn founders dropped from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024. And the trend continues. It’s been called a “youthquake,” shaking up the Silicon Valleys of the world. An ambitious Gen Z, coming of age in the AI-era, is not read more
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Born in Ukraine, ready for the world, 7 Ukrainian-founded startups you should know about
Ukraine’s startup scene has long punched above its weight, and the companies emerging from it today are proof that innovation doesn’t pause for adversity. Ukraine has quietly become a dynamic source of startup innovation, producing companiestackling challenges in energy storage, compliance technology, sustainable food, and more. Here’s some to have on your radar Crosscheck Crosscheck read more
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