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December 2025's top 10 European tech deals you need to know about
French CRM platform Brevo secured a €500M funding round, achieving unicorn status. The all-in-one customer engagement platform offers tools for email, SMS, and marketing automation.

Legaltech Alice raises €1M to bring trustworthy AI workflows to legal casework
Belgian legal AI platform Alice secured €1 million in pre-seed funding to enhance its end-to-end legal casework solution. The platform addresses concerns about AI accuracy and reliability in legal practice and aims to expand into the Netherlands and France.

French BioTech Spore.Bio secures multi-million-euro Google.org funding and launches AI-native research unit
French biotech startup Spore. Bio secured multi-million-euro funding from Google....

Cologne’s United Manufacturing Hub raises €5 million to fix the data layer holding global manufacturing back
Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub (UMH) secured €5 million to build the foundational data layer for global manufacturing. UMH's open-source platform aims to unify industrial data, enabling real-time data hubs and AI applications for factories across Europe.

United Manufacturing Hub bags €5M to power a shared data backbone for factories
United Manufacturing Hub secured €5 million in funding to build a shared data backbone for factories, targeting industrial data challenges. Their platform unifies industrial data into a real-time hub, connecting machines and IT systems for improved analytics and AI applications.

CertHub raises €6.2M to tackle medtech’s compliance bottleneck
CertHub secures €6. 2 million to automate MedTech compliance using AI, tackling regulatory bottlenecks for manufacturers....

E-commerce operating startup Swap raises $100M
Swap, an e-commerce operating startup, secured a $100M Series C funding round to expand globally. The London-based company, which integrates AI, aims to enhance its payment capabilities and enter new European and North American markets.

Biographica raises £7M to expand AI crop design globally
London-based Biographica secured £7 million to expand its AI-driven crop design platform. Their AI identifies genetic targets up to 12 times faster, reducing development timelines and R&D costs.

Bunq reapplies for US banking licence
Bunq, the Dutch challenger bank, reapplies for a US banking license to target tech-savvy customers in US metropolitan areas. The neobank, with over 20 million European users, aims to offer services like building credit scores for expats.

Vienna’s Vitrealab closes €9.4 million Series A to develop light engines for AR glasses
Vienna-based Vitrealab secured €9. 4 million to accelerate development of its Quantum Light Chip for AR displays....

United Manufacturing Hub bags €5m to power a shared data backbone for factories
United Manufacturing Hub secured €5 million in funding to build a shared data backbone for factories, connecting machines and IT systems. The platform aims to unify industrial data, providing a single source of truth for applications and accelerating digital transformation.

UK bets £210M on cybersecurity to unlock digital government — and £45B in productivity savings
The UK government launches a £210 million cyber action plan to bolster digital defenses and protect citizen data across public services. The initiative aims to save up to £45 billion in productivity through digitized services.

Portuguese capsule with AI promises to revolutionize endoscopy
A Portuguese innovation is set to revolutionize digestive disease diagnosis across Europe with an AI-powered endoscopic capsule. This tech combines an AI-integrated capsule with advanced diagnostic capabilities.

EU to tighten enforcement of DSA and DMA
Brussels plans to ramp up enforcement of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act in 2026, targeting big tech. This move aims to ensure compliance across digital platforms within the European Union.

10 Belgian startups to watch in 2026 and beyond
Aikido Security, a Belgian startup, simplifies code and cloud security for engineering teams with its AI-powered platform. The system consolidates security checks, automatically detects vulnerabilities, and suggests fixes....

BENTELER Group acquires Frankfurt’s ioki to build Europe’s first integrated autonomous public transport platform
BENTELER Group acquired ioki to build Europe's first integrated autonomous public transport platform, merging software, routing, and operational services. ioki's on-demand software already serves nearly 10 million passengers, promising cost reductions for municipalities.

Milano-based automotive SaaS provider MotorK secures €3 million to bolster its financial position
Milano-based MotorK, an AI-centric SaaS provider for the automotive retail industry, secured an additional €3 million in financing. The funding will strengthen the company's financial position and support general corporate purposes, with offices in eight countries.

Hacker claims to have infiltrated the servers of NordVPN, company denies
A hacker claims to have breached a NordVPN development server, potentially accessing critical company data. However, the VPN provider has denied the intrusion completely.

How Sicily is reinventing itself through entrepreneurship: 10 Sicilian startups to watch in 2026
Baze, a Sicilian startup, simplifies domestic worker hiring with its platform, connecting families with qualified staff. The company, founded in 2023, has secured €100k to streamline the hiring process and aims to modernize traditional employment pathways.

WholeSum raises £730K to advance a qualitative data analysis platform
UK-based WholeSum secured £730K in funding to advance its AI-powered qualitative data analysis platform. The platform converts unstructured text data into auditable outputs for sectors like research and healthcare.
