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- Startup Profile
Startup Profile: AloFor Is Building a Global Travel-eSIM Business from Romania — Without Owning a Network
Stephan Airapetian: The Los Angeles Attorney Bridging Personal Injury Law and Emerging Technology
Pixella Review: How Content Creators Are Producing 10x More Visuals Without a Design Team
Which European Cities Will Be Friendly to Startups in 2025?
How One Startup is Helping Immigrants Stay in the U.S.
- 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
AI Connect 2026: Inside Riga’s Day-Long AI Gathering for Builders, Businesses, and Kids
Earth Ledger Gives Every Parcel of Land Its Own AI Intelligence Layer
Amanda AI Raises SEK 10M as Stockholm AdTech Startup Cuts Costs and Expands to the UK
Brickanta Acquihires Construction AI Startup Alysa to Accelerate Growth
Lovable Raises $400M at $13.3B Valuation in Series C
- AgriTech
UK’s EcoNomad Solutions Lands €466K to Turn Livestock Waste into Renewable Energy for Small Farms
Swedish Forestry AI Startup Nordic Forestry Automation Raises SEK 48M to Scale Semi-Autonomous Forest Machines
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
- BioTech
BioTech Funding: Polish Deep-Tech Startup Science4Beauty Raises €1.6M to Scale Its Conotoxin Platform for Beauty
BioTech Funding: Stockholm’s Pixelgen Technologies Closes $15.5M Oversubscribed Series B to Accelerate Global Expansion
BioTech Funding: Germany’s Computomics Secures €6.3M to Help Crop Breeders Stay Ahead of Heat and Drought
Aligned Bio Raises $3.6M to Commercialize Nanowire-Based Single-Molecule Detection Technology
Swedish MedTech Startup Xaga Surgical Secures €1.6M After FDA Clearance for Prostate Biopsy Device
- CleanTech
UK’s Nexeon Secures €116.7M with National Wealth Fund Backing to Scale Silicon-Based Battery Materials
Berlin’s Cloover Secures €86.2M Facility as It Reaches Profitability and Launches AI-Native Neo-Utility
CleanTech News: NextOcean to Outfit ESVAGT NJORD with WavePredictor Motion-Prediction Technology
CleanTech News: C-Green Joins €9M Infinity Fiber Initiative to Extend the Life of Forest Fibres
CleanTech Funding: Malmö’s Aquacheq Raises SEK1.5M to Bring Smart Leak Detection to Households
- Cybersecurity
Leeds Cybersecurity Startup Xentra Bags €3.18M to Scale SME Compliance Platform
Swedish Government Selects Intric’s Sovereign AI Platform for Secure Public Sector AI
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
- FinTech
FinTech Funding: Solva Secures $6M to Rebuild Insurance Claims with AI, Backed by Paul Graham
FinTech M&A: Stockholm’s Kleer Acquires Plock to Build a Real-Time “Operating System” for SaaS and AI Companies
Quartr Raises $18M to Expand AI Infrastructure for Company Research
Transfer Galaxy Pays SEK 25M Dividend After Profitability-Focused Turnaround
Stockholm FinTech Fairlo Grows Revenue 42% to SEK 219M in 2025 While Delivering Strong Profit
- HealthTech
HealthTech Funding: Stockholm’s Elekta Secures €100M EIB Loan to Advance Cancer and Neurological Treatments
Zurich’s KOVE Medical Secures €1.7M to Reduce Preterm Birth Risk in Foetal Surgery
HealthTech Funding: Valencia’s iPremom Raises €15M to Advance Early Detection of Pregnancy Complications
Pharma Partnering US Summit 2026: Where Life Sciences Dealmakers Connect
HealthTech Funding: Stockholm’s Eyedentity Secures €1.3M to Detect Deadly Eye Cancer Earlier with AI
- PropTech
Earth Ledger Gives Every Parcel of Land Its Own AI Intelligence Layer
London-based Prolo raises €4.9M Seed round to modernize construction procurement with AI
Cleean Raises €550K to Scale Drone-Powered Building Cleaning Services
Endra raises $50M Series A to scale AI-powered MEP platform
Best real estate startups of 2026
- 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
Serbian-Hungarian InsurTech Ominimo Becomes a Unicorn with €20.1M Series B Round
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
- 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
Why Australian Gamblers Are Abandoning Crown for Digital Startups: A $4B Market Shift
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
- Mobility
How About a Career in the Drone Industry?
Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of World’s Largest Electric Aircraft
Swedish Startup Cognivity AI Partners with California Luxury EV Maker to Bring AI Directly Into Battery Systems
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
- AdTech
AITech
Croatian startup Earth Ledger is building an AI-powered intelligence layer for the physical world — starting with land. The company has developed what it describes as...
AITech
Stockholm-based Amanda AI, which develops autonomous AI technology for digital advertising, has raised SEK 10 million (approximately €900,000 / $1.05 million) from existing investors and shareholders, including...
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Stockholm-based construction technology startup Brickanta has acquihired Alysa, a Swedish startup that developed AI tools for construction bidding and tendering. Founded in early 2026, Alysa was built...
AdTech
A decision has been published on the inclusion of 60 start-ups, supported in the form of a non-refundable advance of € 5,000 – €...
AdTech
The Elevate Greece platform for funding applications for start-ups is now operational as of Wednesday. Registered start-ups in the National Register “Elevate Greece” can...
AdTech
“The aim of ElevateGreece is to promote networking among start-ups, as well as their potential for international promotion. It also records their progress on...
AdTech
From 1 September, the deduction rate for scientific and technological research expenses is increased and 50% of the contribution to a start-up company is...
AdTech
World Women Entrepreneurship Day will be organised for the second time in 2019 to celebrate women’s economic independenceempowerment and social participation of women. Women’s...
AdTech
Because the hotel’s furnishings communicate with each other, they can interact with each other. For example, before the air conditioning starts to cool, the...
AdTech
In a new initiative unique in the Hungarian retail sector, the supermarket chain has launched the Agrármarketing Centrum, the retailer sought out the best...
AITech
Microsoft has always been looking for ways to support the Hungarian startup community, but with the launch of the Microsoft for Startups Program, the...
AdTech
Early-stage venture capital fund Karma.vc today announced the closing of the capital raising for its second fund Karma Ventures II, reaching the fund’s maximum...
AdTech
TechHub Riga, the start-up community, and the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia have launched an ambitious programme for young entrepreneurs called Startup School...
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