UK ClimateTech startup Isometric brings Series A to €43 million as it expands beyond carbon removal
Isometric, a London-based certifier for the industrial economy, today announced that their Series A has reached €43 million ($50 million) to accelerate its expansion with the help of new investors. EU...
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September 15, 2026
Crane Venture Partners raises €419 million as it expands across Europe, APAC and the US
London’s Crane Venture Partners today announced that they have raised €419 million ($484 million) across four investment vehicles, as well as their plans to create an inception-to-Seed venture platfor...
September 15, 2026
London-based Jack & Jill raises €34.68 million Series A to scale its AI agents for jobseekers and employers
Jack & Jill, the London-based startup that puts an AI agent on each side of the hiring table, has raised €34.68 million ($40 million) in a Series A round. The round was led by Air Street Capital, with...
September 15, 2026
Facing 5,000 new attacks weekly, Exein reaches Unicorn status as it raises €234 million for Physical AI cybersecurity
Exein, a Physical AI cybersecurity company out of Rome, today announced €234 million ($270 million) in new funding at a €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) valuation, reportedly making it the most valuable cy...
September 15, 2026
Magnitude Biosciences secures €1.5 million investment to scale in-vivo drug discovery platform
Magnitude Biosciences, a specialist contract research organisation (CRO) and Durham University spinout, has secured €1.5 million (£1.3 million) in funding to accelerate the commercialisation of VivoSc...
September 15, 2026
Vilnius-based EnforceShield raises €1.7 million Seed round to fight AI-powered IP abuse with autonomous enforcement
EnforceShield, a Vilnius-based LegalTech startup that shields businesses from intellectual property violations, has raised a €1.7 million Seed round for its attorney-built, autonomous intellectual pro...
September 15, 2026
You don’t need your own license on day one: How FinTech founders can launch faster in the EEA (Sponsored)
For founders building the next neobank, business account, payment product, or embedded-finance proposition, the first major obstacle is often not the idea. It is everything required to turn that idea...
September 15, 2026
Helsinki’s Zero raises €8.93 million with backing from Lovable and Supercell founders to make CRM history
Zero, a Helsinki-based startup building the GTM operating system for the AI era, today announced an €8.93 million ($10.3 million) Seed round. The company opens to the public today. The round was led b...
September 15, 2026
Dutch AI chip startup EUCLYD lands over €200 million Series A, taps ex-ASML chief Peter Wennink as Chairman
EUCLYD, an Eindhoven-based semiconductor systems startup, has raised a Series A funding round of more than €200 million to accelerate development of “ultra-efficient” infrastructure for foundation AI...
September 14, 2026
Swedish drone detection company Freya raises €533k to aid European rollout
Freya Industries, the Swedish company who develops intelligent, affordable sensors for security and defence, has closed an oversubscribed €533k (SEK 6 million) round with the capital going to deliveri...
September 14, 2026
Wageningen-based Greencovery raises €1 million to scale cocoa upcycling technology, with further €3 million round underway
Greencovery, a Wageningen-based FoodTech startup that upcycles valuable compounds from industry side streams, has raised €1 million to scale its proprietary cocoa upcycling technology for industrial p...
September 14, 2026
While Europe develops Tech, the U.S. backs its growth
I do not believe the neat story of a mass exodus of European startups. The numbers do not support it. Most companies stay where they were founded, and those that change their geography rarely do so in...
September 14, 2026
Swiss-Italian startup Ferm Labs secures €3 million to scale its bioprocessing-based B2B ingredient platform
Ferm Labs, a Zug-based ingredient startup specialising in proprietary, high-yield bioprocessing platforms, has secured €3 million to scale its bioprocessing platform across the global clean-label ingr...
September 14, 2026
Brussels-based Chift raises €10.5 million Series A to become Europe’s financial connectivity layer
Chift, a Brussels-based startup that provides a financial connectivity layer for European software, helping software vendors connect their products to the financial tools their users rely on, has rais...
September 14, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Switzerland’s Aeon acquires Aware Health as total Seed funding surpasses €12 million
EU-Startups has learned that Aeon, a Zurich-based preventive healthcare company innovating AI-powered whole-body health check-ups, has closed its Seed extension and acquired German blood diagnostics p...
September 14, 2026
Stockholm’s Tandem Health raises €86.5 million to build an AI-native operating system for European healthcare
Tandem Health, a Stockholm-based HealthTech startup building a complete AI medical assistant for European clinics, has raised €86.49 million ($100 million) in Series B funding, The round was led by t...
September 11, 2026
Dutch AgTech Gravity Gardens secures €2.6 million to scale its dry, chemical-free seed activation technology
Gravity Gardens, a Nijmegen-based AgTech startup developing a chemical-free seed activation technology for European arable and horticultural crops, has secured a €2.6 million Seed round to bring a new...
September 11, 2026
Copenhagen’s Seed Capital closes €130 million Fund V to back Nordic startups from Seed to Series A
Seed Capital, a Copenhagen-based seed-stage investor, has today announced that it has closed its Fund V at €130 million. The fund will invest in 15-17 companies, with first checks of €3-6 million in F...
September 11, 2026
After €387 million raise, The Exploration Company wins ESA’s “ALADDIN” cargo capsule contract worth €760 million
The Exploration Company (TEC), the European space company, has been awarded a service contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) worth €760 million to build and fly Europe’s first commercial cargo ca...
September 11, 2026
Munich-based Furo raises €3.44 million to make industrial battery storage economically viable
Furo (formerly Lumera Energy), a Munich-based energy software company, today announced that it has closed a €3.44 million ($4 million) funding round to further develop its software, expand into additi...
September 10, 2026
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Sept. 7 – Sept. 10)
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September 10, 2026
Bending Spoons enters definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation workspace Miro for €1.7 billion
Bending Spoons has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation workspace Miro at an enterprise value of €1.7 billion ($1.4 billion) with an all-cash transaction. The acquisition, incl...
September 10, 2026
Italy’s Biorsaf raises €5.2 million and acquires Cooki to build AI-powered food RegTech platform
Biorsaf, a Tuscany-based company specialising in the digitisation of food safety and quality processes, has raised a €5.2 million funding round and has also acquired Cooki, a Bologna-based platform fo...
September 10, 2026
Finnish investor Nordic Foodtech VC adds up to €30 million to €80 million Fund II
Finland-based Nordic Foodtech VC has announced an up to €30 million commitment for their Fund II to promote early-stage AgriTech companies and bolster research in more sustainable and resilient food p...
September 10, 2026
Europe’s space sovereignty requires more than bigger companies
The chief executives of Airbus and Leonardo, the Italian aerospace and defence group, recently urged Brussels to approve their plan to create a pan-European space company with Thales, the French aeros...
September 10, 2026
KU Leuven spin-out IVEX lands €5 million to accelerate AI-powered automotive safety testing
IVEX, a Heverlee-based DeepTech startup developing technology for automotive safety testing, has raised €5 million in Series A to accelerate its engineering roadmap and expand its presence in North Am...
September 10, 2026
Milan-based Bynario raises €2.1 million pre-Seed after AI research exposed serious Apple vulnerabilities
Bynario, a Milan-based cybersecurity company whose researchers used frontier AI models to uncover serious flaws in Apple’s operating systems, has closed a €2.1 million pre-Seed funding round. The roun...
September 10, 2026
New German AI research lab Grubel raises €3 million to build systems that adapt to individual legal cases
Grubel, a Munich- and Tübingen-based AI research lab developing systems that adapt to individual legal matters, has raised €3 million in pre-Seed funding to support research, product development, and...
September 9, 2026
The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Momchil Sabev, Director of the EIC and EISMEA
Join us for an interview with Momchil Sabev, Director of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), as we explore the critical role of public institutions in shaping Europe’s...
September 9, 2026
French cardiac monitoring startup Implicity reports 26% lower mortality as it raises €35 million
Implicity, an innovator in AI-driven cardiac remote monitoring out of Paris, has secured a €35 million funding round to accelerate its international expansion, particularly in the USA, while advancing...
September 9, 2026
If you lost your LLM tomorrow, would you still have a business?
On a Saturday in the middle of June, Anthropic switched off its two newest models for every customer on the planet. Not throttled. Off. The US Department of Commerce had decided that foreign nationals...
September 9, 2026
Munich-based FRYTE Mobility raises €3.5 million to connect eTruck fleets with charging infrastructure across Europe
FRYTE Mobility, a Munich-based startup building the central software platform to connect logistics and energy systems for eTruck operations, has closed its €3.5 million Seed round, bringing total fund...
September 9, 2026
10 European VCs raising money in 2026 for a healthier planet
Europe has already warmed by around 2.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making it the fastest-warming continent on Earth, according to the latest European State of the Climate report. Over the past 30...
September 9, 2026
London-based CloudNC raises €17.2 million to scale AI-powered precision machining
CloudNC, a London-based startup that develops AI software for precision machining, today announced it has raised €17.2 million ($20 million) to support wider adoption of its flagship product, further...
September 9, 2026
Limetax lands €36 million to build an AI-powered group of German tax and accounting firms
Berlin-based Limetax has raised €36 million, comprising €6 million in pre-Seed equity and a €30 million credit facility. The pre-Seed equity was led by New York-based Motive Partners, with participati...
September 9, 2026
Paris-based Actionable raises €8.6 million to scale its predictive customer experience platform
Actionable, a Paris-based startup specialising in predictive analysis of customer satisfaction using artificial intelligence, has raised €8.5 million ($10 million) to tell large enterprises which of t...
September 8, 2026
The Exploration Company secures €387 million to accelerate development of reusable high-thrust rocket engine
The Exploration Company (TEC), the European space company, today announced a €387 million ($450 million) Series C financing. The funding will advance the Nyx reusable capsule toward a mission to dock...
September 8, 2026
French AgTech startup Tellia raises €4.3 million to scale voice-enabled data capture
Tellia, the Paris-based voice AI assistant for agriculture founded in 2024, has raised a €4.3 million ($5 million) pre-Seed to scale technology that lets farmers, agronomists and field teams capture a...
September 8, 2026
Italian VC Techshop launches second fund with €43 million first close
Milan-based VC firm Techshop announces the first closing of Techshop II at €43 million dedicated to pre-Seed and Seed startups developing AI B2B solutions – this edition exceeded its initial fundraisi...
September 8, 2026
Capital clarity: Questions to ask before raising
Founders have no shortage of advice on how to raise money, including how to pitch, price a round, and survive due diligence. Yet almost none of it addresses the more fundamental question of whether to...
September 8, 2026
Portugal’s Hope Care closes €6 million Series A to expand remote patient monitoring across Europe
Hope Care, a Portuguese digital health company specialising in regulated remote patient monitoring technology, has closed a €6 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Iberis Capital, with...
September 8, 2026
Mistral raises €3 billion Series D led by Samsung at over €21 billion valuation
Paris-based Mistral AI has closed a €3 billion Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, marking the largest equity fundraise ever completed by a European technology c...
September 8, 2026
Clean Growth Fund adds institutional backing as Fund II reaches €94.5 million
Clean Growth Fund, the specialist UK ClimateTech VC platform, today announces the second close of its Fund II vehicle, taking total investor commitments to €94.5 million (£81.5 million) – more than ha...
September 8, 2026
BioInnovation Institute injects €1.3 million each into six startups tackling cancer, disease, pest control and decarbonisation
Copenhagen-based BioInnovation Institute (BII) has awarded additional convertible loans of €1.3 million each to six of its portfolio companies, bringing the total capital each has received from the in...
September 8, 2026
UK-based Veridue secures €3.4 million to accelerate investment and project financing for renewable energy and data centres
Veridue, a London-based AI-native due diligence and M&A platform that accelerates investment and project financing for renewable energy and data centres, has raised a €3.44 million ($4 million) pre-Se...
September 7, 2026
Robbie Williams-backed Tickets for Good raises €4.5 million for international expansion
Tickets for Good, a UK startup that provides key workers with low-cost tickets for live events, has raised a further €4.5 million (£3.9 million) to accelerate its international expansion and create 10...
September 7, 2026
CEE’s biggest checks: 10 standout startup raises of 2026
Europe’s startup ecosystem continues to produce ambitious companies tackling some of the biggest challenges across defence, artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and digital infrastructure...
September 7, 2026
Molten Ventures raises €203 million to back UK and European growth-stage tech companies
Molten Ventures, a British VC firm with a 20-year track record, today announces the first close of its Growth Fund at €203 million (£175 million) to invest across key technology sectors including Spac...
September 7, 2026
Stockholm-based Fluencify raises €3.7 million to scale its end-to-end creator marketing platform
Fluencify, a Stockholm-based end-to-end creator marketing platform, has raised an oversubscribed €3.7 million ($4.3 million) pre-Seed funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by byFounders, wi...
September 7, 2026
Kilian Kaminski, refurbed co-founder, joins the EU-Startups Summit 2027
We are excited to announce that Kilian Kaminski, co-founder of refurbed, will take the main stage at the EU-Startups Summit 2027, taking place on May 13-14 in sunny Malta! Kilian will deliver a keynot...