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- News
- Startup Profile
Which European Cities Will Be Friendly to Startups in 2025?
How One Startup is Helping Immigrants Stay in the U.S.
Vilnius Startup Granta Autonomy Secures €1 Million to Revolutionize Reconnaissance Missions
Startup Revolutionizing Content Moderation in the War Against Disinformation
The Hidden Costs of Overcommitment Founders Can’t Ignore
- Startup Picks
9 European Founders Who Built “Boring” Businesses Worth Billions
John Galt Forum 2026 in Tallinn: real founder stories and high-quality networking
Renty.ae Expands Luxury Car and Yacht Fleet Following Strong Growth in Bookings
Top of the AI startups to watch out
Top tech startups transforming AI, hardware, and specialized sectors
- Startup Profile
- Verticals
- AdTech
Headwai Acquired by Agent Mama in Swedish AI AdTech Consolidation
Swedish AdTech Startup Camphouse Raises €5M Series A to Scale Media Management Platform
Yoola Drops YoolaStats: The Analytics Tool That Finally Shuts Up the Guesswork in Creator Economy
Energy Robotics Secures €11.5M to Scale AI-Powered Inspection Robots Across Critical Industries
Notion Capital Closes €114M Growth Fund to Double Down on AI and FinTech Scaleups
- AITech
Stackship Launches “Circuit” — AI Software Builder for Public Sector and Regulated Industries
Fika Jobs Raises $4M to Reinvent Hiring with a Video-First Recruitment Platform
Sportway Raises €20M to Scale AI-Powered Sports Broadcasting Across 20+ Countries
Headwai Acquired by Agent Mama in Swedish AI AdTech Consolidation
Europe’s Cloud Sovereignty Push Has a Catch — and Startups Will Feel It First
- AgriTech
eternal.ag expands autonomous harvesting fleet with Van Noord Growers
Traktorarvid Raises SEK 7M to Advance Autonomous Electric Heavy-Duty Farming Machines
Gårdskapital Secures €640K to Finance the Future of Sustainable Farming in Sweden
Das Robotik-Startup eternal.ag sichert sich 8 Millionen Euro für die vollständige Automatisierung von Gewächshäusern
Cropin unveils AI-powered agriculture ecosystem with Google Cloud, BCG and Wipro
- BioTech
LivingFilters Raises SEK 4.6M to Develop AI-Designed Protein Filters for Water Purification
PredictMe Raises SEK 5M to Bring AI-Powered Epigenetic Disease Detection into Preventive Healthcare
Emulsi Biotech Raises €640K Pre-Seed Round to Advance Oral Drug Delivery for Biologics
Celluminova raises SEK 20M to advance stem cell research tools
HAGA.BIO raises SEK 20.9M to advance spatial biology for clinical translation
- CleanTech
Swedish ClimateTech Startup Anferra Raises €420K to Turn Steel Waste into Water Treatment Chemicals
Swedish ClimateTech Startup Aire Raises €1.4M to Expand AI-Powered Energy Optimization Across Europe
Swedish ClimateTech Startup Wayout Secures €2.4M to Scale Distributed Drinking Water Infrastructure
Vaja Raises €3.1M Seed Round to Scale Vertical Solar Tracking Technology
Svea Solar Secures €185M to Accelerate Solar and Energy Storage Expansion in Sweden
- Cybersecurity
Europe’s Cloud Sovereignty Push Has a Catch — and Startups Will Feel It First
Oplane raises $5.2M seed to build automated security architecture for AI-native systems
Lithuanian Cybersecurity Startup CBRX Secures €540K to Empower IT Providers Across Europe
Approov Secures €5.7M to Tackle AI-Era Mobile App Threats
RealEye’s Mission to Support Authorities in Human Selection Processes The Israel/uk based HLS venture has raised $1.1 million to assist correctional, immigration, intelligence, law enforcement, and military agencies.
- FinTech
UK FinTech Equipal Raises €18.84M to Scale SME Equipment Financing Platform
British Business Bank Commits €104M to Back New Generation of UK Micro Venture Funds
Seedcamp Raises €279M to Back Europe’s Next Generation of Global Tech Startups
Crossing the Atlantic: APSentra Brings Enterprise Procurement Control to North America
EUR 2,1 Million for Paymove: Polish Fintech Targets the Multi-Billion Offline Payments Market
- HealthTech
Swedish HealthTech Pioneer Diet Doctor Files for Bankruptcy After Nearly Two Decades
Neko Health Expands Preventive Health Scan with Body Composition Analysis and Wearable Data Integration
Everi Labs Raises Funding to Modernize Prosthetic and DME Clinics with AI-Powered Documentation
PredictMe Raises SEK 5M to Bring AI-Powered Epigenetic Disease Detection into Preventive Healthcare
Swedish HealthTech Startup Eatit Turns Profitable as Revenue Jumps 86%
- PropTech
- E-commerce
Approov Secures €5.7M to Tackle AI-Era Mobile App Threats
Fleequid Raises €3M to Digitize Europe’s Used Bus Market
Minimist Secures €350k Pre-Seed Funding to Empower Second-Hand Sellers Across Europe
Paris-based Phacet Secures €4M to Expand AI Solutions for SMEs
Ukrainian Startup Beholder Receives Gift from PRNEWS.IO at Latitude59 Pitch Competition
- FoodTech
From Regional Silos to a Unified Innovation System: Meet NILLA, Sweden’s AI for Startups
Proteinish Secures €450K Grant to Power AI-Driven Food Production Innovation
Bolt Makes First-Ever Acquisition, Expands Ride-Hailing to Denmark with Viggo Buyout
TastyUrban Secures €6.5 Million to Revolutionize Digital-First Restaurant Franchising
IonKraft Secures €3.5 Million to Revolutionize Sustainable Packaging
- Crypto / Blockchain / Web3
Amsterdam set to welcome thousands of Digital Asset professionals as Dutch Blockchain Week 2026 reveals the program
Cardinal Launches “Masspredict” — AI-Powered Prediction Markets Without Gambling
Dutch Blockchain Week 2026 Strengthens Its Position as Europe’s Leading B2B Blockchain Event Week
Best blockchain startups 2026: infrastructure, DePIN, RWA & AI leaders
Akurateco and Aquanow Join Forces to Power the Next Generation of Crypto Payments
- EdTech
How to Rise to the Occasion
Oxford Medical Simulation Secures €5.78 Million to Tackle Healthcare Training Gap with Virtual Reality
Top 10 education startups that changed the approach to learning
Sdui Group Secures Strategic Investment to Become Europe’s Leading EdTech Infrastructure
Edurino Raises €17M to Reinvent Early Childhood Education Through Playful Digital Learning
- SpaceTech
FLEXOO Raises €11M to Scale Physical AI Sensors — Technology Already Powering NASA’s Lunar Rover
The top 11 aerospace startups
France’s Infinite Orbits Secures €40M to Accelerate Europe’s Satellite-Servicing Ambitions
CYNiO Secures €2M to Revolutionize Sustainable Isocyanate Production in Europe
Nordic Foodtech VC Secures €40M to Back Groundbreaking Agri-Food Startups Across Europe
- GameTech
Auxy Expands Beyond Software With First-Ever Music Hardware Instrument
How Online Casino Startups Are Disrupting Australia’s $25B Gambling Industry
Why Online Gambling Software Is Key to Today’s Casino Experience
Eschatology Entertainment Secures €10.2 Million to Fuel Game Development
Polish Startup Makes Learning AI Collaborative and Immersive: Aims to Train 200,000 Globally
- Mobility
Acorel Relaunches Its Website to Put AI-Powered People-Counting Front and Center
NOVUS Launches First Customer Deliveries of Its Electric Lightbike, Defining a New Urban Mobility Category
Forest Raises €31M to Expand London’s Largest Shared E-Bike Network
Candela Secures Major Norway Order for 20 P-12 Electric Hydrofoil Ferries as CEO Steps Down
Wattlab Scales Solar Power for Bulk Carriers with Solar Flatrack
- AdTech
ClimateTech
Dutch maritime technology company Wattlab has introduced WEstack, a standardized battery system designed to significantly simplify and accelerate the electrification of inland shipping. The system can be...
FinTech
London-based asset finance FinTech equipal has raised a combined €18.84 million (£16.25 million) in new funding to expand its team and increase lending capacity for small and medium-sized...
FinTech
The British Business Bank, the UK government’s economic development bank, has committed up to €104 million (£90 million) to support a new wave of early-stage venture capital...
FinTech
UK-based early-stage venture capital firm Seedcamp has raised €279 million ($320 million) to launch its new investment vehicles, Fund VII and a dedicated growth-stage Select fund, strengthening its...
AITech
Borlänge-based startup Stackship is expanding its sovereign cloud-like infrastructure platform with the launch of Circuit, an AI-powered software builder designed specifically for public sector organizations and regulated...
AITech
Stockholm-based startup Fika Jobs has raised $4 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Luminar Ventures, with participation from Alliance VC, Wave Ventures, and several angel investors. The company...
AITech
Stockholm-based SportTech company Sportway has raised €20 million ($22 million) in a funding round led by Gamma Waves Partners, as demand grows for AI-driven sports production and automated broadcasting...
Sticky Post
Stockholm-based startup Headwai, an AI-powered platform for online retail media optimization, has been acquired by fellow Swedish company Agent Mama, marking a consolidation move in the...
BioTech
Malmö-based startup LivingFilters has raised SEK 4.6 million (€420,000 / $470,000) in a pre-seed funding round led by Turbine Capital, marking an early milestone for the Swedish deep-tech company...
