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Cooling becomes strategic: Calyos brings passive thermal tech to Europe’s defence stack
Europe’s push for technological sovereignty is reshaping even the most overlooked parts of the stack—including how systems are cooled. Data centres and compute platforms are essential infrastructure for both the civilian digital economy and modern defence operations. They demand high energy efficiency, robust reliability, and low dependency on local environmental resources such as water or read more
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Audicin raises $1.9M to expand real-time nervous system tech
Audicin, a Finland-based neurotechnology company developing real-time nervous system regulation tools, has raised $1.9 million in funding. The round includes private investment, follow-on backing from Petteri Lahtela and Virpi Tuomivaara, as well as support from Business Finland through its Deep Tech Accelerator programme. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to approximately $3 million. read more
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Arkadia Space secures €14.5M EIC backing for green propulsion tech
Spanish space company Arkadia Space has secured €14.5 million in funding from the European Innovation Council Accelerator. The package includes a €2.5 million grant, €6 million in equity from the EIC Fund, and €6 million in private investment. Beyond financial backing, the selection reflects direct institutional support from the European Commission for Arkadia’s green propulsion read more
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The European IoT surge: How Czech tech won Vilnius
Every day in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, consumption data is automatically collected from hundreds of thousands of residential utility meters. There are no technicians in the field, no paper forms, and no manual labour involved. For most residents, this system is invisible, yet it is fundamental to the city’s modern infrastructure. While many “smart read more
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Partech’s €300M Impact Fund targets Europe’s next generation of industrial and climate tech leaders
Global investment firm Partech announces the final closing of its inaugural Partech Impact Fund, securing €300 million in total commitments to scale European B2B tech transforming global value chains. Partech Impact Fund was created to fill a structural gap in the European market: providing scale‑up capital and operational expertise to commercially mature companies, often exceeding read more
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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
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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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From energy transition to deeptech growth: the Swedish tech ecosystem
In 2025, European tech investment reached €72 billion, making it the second-strongest year of the past three. Sweden raised €4.1 billion, ranking fifth among European countries by total funding. Investment in Sweden was concentrated in capital-intensive sectors, with a limited number of large transactions accounting for a significant share of total funding. Hardware and energy read more
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British defence tech outfit Mutable Tactics raises over $2M in pre-seed round
A British defence tech startup developing AI software which helps improve the deployment of drones when communication is lost in combat has raised over $2m in a seed funding round. Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1m in a funding round, led by spacetech investor Seraphim Space, with funding also fromthe UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund,Koro, read more
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Founders House launches in Helsinki for Finland tech
Founders House has officially launched in Helsinki, bringing a highly successful Swedish “founder factory” to Finland. Founders House Helsinki is a highly selective workspace and community for Finland’s most ambitious startup founders. The launch follows the success of Founders House Stockholm, which has become a cornerstone of the Swedish technology ecosystem and a launchpad read more
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Not resilient, strategic: The reality of Ukraine’s tech ecosystem four years on
On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Tech.eu remains committed to amplifying Ukrainian founders and investors — not merely as a gesture of solidarity, but as recognition of their ongoing impact in innovation, creating front-running tech for international scale. Ukraine’s tech ecosystem is not paused by war. It is evolving — read more
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Syndicate One closes €22M second fund to back Belgian tech founders
Syndicate One, an international network-driven investment firm backing Belgian startup founders, has completed the first close of its second fund at €22 million. The fund was oversubscribed within eight weeks of the initial pitch, reflecting strong investor interest in the Belgian tech ecosystem. The new capital follows Syndicate One’s €6.5 million fund raised in late read more
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Can Berlin become Europe’s most builder-friendly tech city in 24 months?
When I tell people I live in Berlin at startup events abroad, I often receive a bad reaction, especially from investors. Many people associate Berlin with its heyday of Rocket Internet and see it as a city full of techno sex clubs, drug addicts, and founders more interested in partying than disciplined, global ambition. It’s read more
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UK tech startups urged to take bold risks, by AI minister, as chip startup Fractile invests £100M
UK tech startups are being urged to take bold risks, by the UK’s AI minister,saying the government will back them, as a UK chip startup pledges to invest £100m in its business. The call comes as the UK government looks to make the UK an AI superpower, attracting investment from tech giants to build massive read more
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HR tech company talentguide raises €1.3M to expand data-driven skills management in Europe
Ghent-based HR tech company talentguide has secured €1.3 million in funding to support the European expansion of its AI-driven skills intelligence platform, which helps organisations manage workforce upskilling and reskilling amid shifting labour market demands. The round included participation from investment funds NXT II, Travvant (Partena Professional), Miles Ahead Capital, imec.istart, and the founders, as read more
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From blood tests to orbital labs: Europe’s next generation of cancer tech
Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. Cancer kills around 10 million people each year — more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Fortunately, European startups are accelerating innovation across the cancer care pipeline, from early detection to post-treatment recovery. Here’s just some of the startups to watch: Aerion Bioscience (Luxembourg) Aerion Bioscience is developing read more
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The tech gender gap in the UK will not be equal until 2060
The UK loves to congratulate itself on innovation. We have world-class universities, globally admired research and a spinout ecosystem that, compared to many other countries, does a respectable job of turning ideas into companies. Ministers talk up ‘science superpower’ ambitions, vice-chancellors celebrate exits and investors marvel at the density of talent clustered around our campuses. read more
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Building a European digital stack: The alternatives to US big tech you should know
For more than a decade, Europe has relied on US Big Tech for the core layers of its digital economy — from cloud infrastructure and productivity software to search, social platforms, and, more recently, foundation models. But as regulation tightens, geopolitics hardens, trade tensions and tariffs reshape global supply chains, and AI becomes strategic infrastructure, read more
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San Francisco's Tech Billionaires Don't Care About Your Art School
This week San Francisco’s California College of the Arts (CCA) announced plans to close by the end of the 2026-2027 school year. CCA’s campus will then be owned by Vanderbilt University. Citing CCA’s long-standing financial struggles, including “demographic shifts and a persistent structural deficit,” CCA President David C. Howse called the plan “a decisive act read more
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How Armenia is building tech sovereignty through it's global diaspora
When you can, it’s always worth taking a look outside of your comfort zone tofind the next big thing in tech. I’ve been interested in Armenia for a number of years, and now it seems the rest of the world is catching up. I gained first-hand access by visiting Yerevan for the 20th annual read more
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