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Rocket Fuel for Europe’s SpaceTech? Founder reacts to EIB’s new €500 million space programme
The European Investment Bank launched Space TechEU, a €500 million financing program, to boost the European space industry. The initiative aims to stimulate €1....

Germany unifies deeptech funding: DTCF to join HTGF in major VC platform overhaul
Germany consolidates tech startup funding as the DeepTech & Climate Fonds merges with High-Tech Gründerfonds. This move creates a unified public-private VC platform for tech companies, encompassing energy, AI, and software sectors, with HTGF managing DTCF from February 2026.

Skeleton opens €220M Leipzig SuperFactory to power Europe’s AI and grid stability
Skeleton Technologies launches its €220 million SuperFactory in Germany, producing energy storage for AI infrastructure and electrical grids. The facility already supplies Siemens, General Electric, and Hitachi Energy, focusing on European AI data centers.

We already know who to thank for Google having made AirDrop also work with Android phones: the European Union
Brussels's push for interoperability between Android and iOS resulted in Google's Quick Share supporting Apple's AirDrop. This update allows for direct file sharing between Android and iOS devices using Wi-Fi.

Quantum Systems passes €3 billion valuation with €180 million injection, backing Its NATO-deployed Platforms
Munich-based Quantum Systems secured a €180 million investment, boosting its valuation to over €3 billion for its AI and software development. The funding, along with a previous €160 million raise, totals €340 million, the largest private capital raise in Europe's dual-use sector this year.

Quantum Systems’ €180M Series C extension lifts company to €3B+
Quantum Systems, a European dual-use unicorn, secured a €180 million Series C extension, tripling its valuation to over €3 billion. The funding will fuel expansion of its unmanned systems across air, land, and maritime domains, with platforms deployed by NATO and in Ukraine since 2022.

Dutch FinTech POM strengthens European position through acquisition of Denmark’s FarPay
Dutch FinTech POM acquired Denmark's FarPay to create a leading European platform for automated invoicing and payments. This move follows a year of significant funding rounds in the sector, totaling roughly €136 million invested in 2025.

6 Degrees Capital closes €154M fund
London and Antwerp-based VC firm 6 Degrees Capital closed a €154 million fund to back enterprise software, AI, and fintech startups. The fund will invest between €1 million and €5 million per company, with follow-on capital up to €15 million.

Portuguese VC Índico Capital Partners launches €125 million Fund III with EIF as anchor investor
Índico Capital Partners launched a €125 million Fund III to invest in early-stage tech companies in Southern Europe. The fund secured €30 million from the European Investment Fund to back Enterprise SaaS, AI, and DeepTech firms.

Humbrela receives €161K to build a unified insurance intelligence layer
Swiss startup Humbrela secured €161,000 to advance its AI-driven platform streamlining insurance data. The platform aims to consolidate policies and provide clear insights for insurance professionals across Europe.

Índico Capital Partners launches €125M Fund
Índico Capital Partners launched a €125 million fund targeting global tech companies with Southern European ties, backed by a €30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund. The fund will focus on enterprise SaaS, AI, and deep tech investments in Portugal, Spain, and Italy.

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A VPN can protect your IP address from being used to locate you or impersonate you online. Surfshark offers a VPN plan for only €1....

Spanish startup Uxia lands €1 million to develop synthetic-user technology for product teams
Barcelona-based SaaS startup Uxia secured nearly €1 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI-generated synthetic users for product testing. The funding will fuel product development, talent acquisition, and international expansion, amidst a broader wave of European AI-driven B2B SaaS investment.

UK startup Tyten lands €856k investment to modernise facilities-management processes
London-based AI startup Tyten secured €856k to modernize facilities management, focusing on help-desk automation. This investment, along with other 2025 rounds, brings total funding in the sector to approximately €8....

Tyten raises £750K to bring AI-powered automation to the global facilities management industry
Tyten, an AI company for facilities management, secured £750,000 in funding to automate workflows and diagnostic tools. The platform aims to modernize the £60 billion UK market by improving efficiency and service outcomes.

Madrid’s Anyformat closes €3.3 million round to scale its agentic OCR and data-sovereignty-focused document tools
Madrid-based Anyformat secured €3. 3 million in a Seed round to scale its AI platform for extracting data from documents....

Ranketta, built by a 21-year-old Czech AI researcher, lands €1 million to measure brand presence in LLMs
Brno-based Ranketta, an AI visibility platform, secured €1 million in pre-Seed funding to help brands understand their presence in AI search. The investment follows other recent AI-focused funding rounds, totaling approximately €13....

EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 146: Zuzanna Stamirowska Co-founder and CEO of Pathway
Pathway, a company creating post-transformer AI models, is innovating how AI thinks and adapts, moving beyond traditional limitations. The company has raised over €15 million to bring a new level of contextualized intelligence to organizations like NATO and La Poste.

London’s Neuracore raises €2.5 million to replace ‘Frankenstein’ robotics stacks with unified robot-learning infrastructure
London-based Neuracore secured €2. 5 million in pre-Seed funding to advance its robot-learning platform and accelerate product development....

Norwegian HealthTech startup Noteless raises €3.5 million to tackle doctor burnout
Norwegian healthtech startup Noteless secured €3. 5 million in seed funding to expand its AI-powered clinical documentation platform....
