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Of the 12 companies listed by French AI unicorn Mistral as available Connectors (ready-made integrations connecting AI to external applications), not one hails from Europe; raising questions about the continent’s competitiveness. Despite what this may imply, there are plenty of European software platforms that could potentially become managed Connectors for Mistral – many of which have even seen significant backing over the past five years. Mistral’s Connectors allow users to l

Roleo, an Estonian personal AI career agent, has raised €2.9 million to expand across Europe and help tech professionals discover career opportunities – without the hassle of searching and applying. The round was led by the Baltic venture capital firm Practica Capital and included participation from Nordic VC Inventure. The company has secured €3.46 million in total funding to date. “Most people spend years building their careers, but only actively manage them when something goes wro

Stockholm-based venture capital firm Creandum has closed a €668 million ($750 million) fund, Creandum VIII, to back early-stage technology startups from pre-Seed to Series A. The fund, its largest to date, will support approximately 30 investments over the next two years, with a particular interest in opportunities emerging from the rapid development of AI. It follows the firm’s €500 million Creandum VII fund, which closed in June 2024. “We continue to focus on the early stage. 1 in

Hypersonica, the British-German defence company developing sovereign hypersonic deep-strike systems for Europe and its allies, has secured €100 million in Series B funding. The Series B funding round was co-led by Lightspeed and General Catalyst, with continued participation from existing investors including Plural and 201 Ventures. “Hypersonica is redefining how advanced defence capability gets built. The team pairs deep technical expertise with exceptional speed of execution, and the strength

Gallium Defence, a Paris-based startup working on drone detection at a fraction of the cost of legacy systems, has emerged from stealth with a €7.1 million Seed funding round. The round was led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital, with participation from Omnes Capital and Polytechnique Ventures. This announcement coincided with European Defence Week 2026, held from 2nd to 6th November in Paris.  “Great defence starts with superior visibility. Gallium Defence has the team, the industrial par

Marble Cognition (Marble), a Munich-based startup building AI coworkers that understand how work is executed to optimise and automate business operations, has raised €3.35 million ($3.75 million) in a pre-Seed round.  The round was co-led by Heartcore and Seedcamp, with participation from angels including a board member of Datadog, a founder of Personio, and executives from McKinsey, Mistral AI and Lovable. The funding will scale inference, grow the engineering team in Munich, and support a US l

Seamoretech, a Porto-based CleanTech startup that converts desalination brine into freshwater and critical minerals, has secured €1.1 million in the first closing of its Seed round. The round saw participation from Rypples, 7Seas Capital, and Crédito Agrícola, bringing together investors with experience in OceanTech and ClimateTech industries. The first closing has also brought the total amount raised to €3 million. “We are entering Seamoretech’s next phase with a clear ambition: to scale

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The Netherlands has long been regarded as a European leader in agricultural and food innovation, but that position appears to be under threat. A new report published today by Dutch national investment institution Invest-NL warns that the country risks losing its competitive edge as other nations move faster to commercialise emerging agricultural technologies. According to the report, Deep Dive Agrifood Biotech, addressing the barriers facing Dutch agrifood biotechnology companies could unlock ap

Talky Labs, a Spanish startup developing AI-powered technology to automate accounting and financial operations, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-Seed funding round to support team expansion, further product development and improvements to the company’s technical infrastructure. The investment, closed in September 2026, saw participation from venture capital firms HelloWorld, Silence VC, Motive Force, and Aera Capital. Alongside angel investors Sebastián Gunningham; CEO of Remitly, Paul Gol

PaperFoam, a Dutch company that manufactures sustainable, biodegradable, starch-based packaging, has secured a €2 million loan from Invest International to expand its production facility in the Czech Republic and strengthen working capital for its Malaysian and U.S. plants. The Hague-based Invest International is a Dutch government-backed organisation that helps Dutch and Dutch-linked businesses overcome barriers by providing financial support, foreign market knowledge, and sector expertise. Jer

A new partnership between Deutsche Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to mobilise a €560 million investment towards European SpaceTech, helping businesses scale, bring new tech to market, and strengthen Europe’s independent space capabilities. This will directly support companies across the space supply chain, from component manufacturers and launch technology developers to satellite applications and in-orbit services. “This new partnership between the EIB and Deutsche Bank

Greentech Alliance (GTA), a Berlin-based global connection network for sustainable technology businesses, has agreed to acquire Intermobility, a Paris-based transport and mobility network connecting more than 1,000 companies, public authorities, and ecosystem players. The combined entity will span more than 5,000 members and partners across 25 countries on six continents. The network links climate investors, startups, corporates, and policymakers in one of Europe’s most challenging sectors to de

The best advice once your company achieves product-market fit? Don’t get stuck on things that got you there, keep adjusting your architecture and workflow to fit your new realities and sizes. Starting strong is one thing, but the real point is pushing past the growth ceiling without crashing: McKinsey found 78% of products launched successfully only to fail later on. Having worked in international expansion, I have seen how the practices that help a startup gain traction can cause troubles as i

Easol, a London-based experience commerce platform, has closed a €26.78 million ($30 million) Series A extension round, bringing its total raised to date to €53.57 million ($60 million). The round comprises €17.85 million ($20 million) in equity and an €8.92 million ($10 million) debt facility. The equity portion was led by Y Combinator, with participation from Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, FMZ Ventures, Notion Capital, and Eight Roads. The debt facility was provided by Viola Credit. “We bui

Ares Intelligence, a London-based startup building what it describes as an evidence-based platform for AI transformation, has secured €2.9 million (£2.48 million) in funding. The round was backed by Creandum and Lakestar, with participation from angels connected to Google DeepMind. “Enterprise AI today is mostly coding, and that’s only the start. The opportunity across the rest of the business is far bigger and still largely untapped, and we’re at the very beginning of enterprise ado

Swedish AI startup Pixel Systems has raised €2.7 million ($3.1 million) in a Seed round to accelerate their commercial initiatives and continue building the technology that helps identify AI-generated and manipulated images, documents, and other digital material. The round was led by Unconventional Ventures, at a pre-money valuation of approximately €18 million ($21 million). “Generative AI has made it extremely cheap to fabricate evidence. The problem is that almost every digital process

A friend of mine runs a company that builds software for other companies. He has the same problem in most sales meetings. He shows what the system can do, the prospect leans forward and asks how it works, and my friend, who is not daft, goes slightly vague. If he explains it properly, they might go away and build it themselves. Some of them go away and build it anyway. About a year later, a fair number rang back and asked for help. So there is still money in knowing how to make something work. W

Bleu Robotics, a Paris-based startup building AI models for industrial humanoid robots, has raised a €5 million pre-Seed round, to reach its goal of reducing the full humanoid robot deployment process to one hour or shorter. The round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted, WEPA Ventures, Motier Ventures and Charlie Songhurst, and board members at Meta. Benoît Berkoukchi, co-founder of Bleu Robotics, says, “Humanoid robots in manufacturing are the nex

Strollme, a German provider of children’s mobility on subscription, has secured €22 million in equity and debt financing to support their growth in its existing markets and lay the foundation for future expansion into other European countries. Existing investors including Hanse Ventures, HGDF, JOSS and business angel Kristina Schreiner from the better ventures network are participating again, alongside new investor BMH Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH (BMH), investing through