Notable funding rounds across the EU:
- Gent-based AI-powered computer vision, Robovision, has raised $42 million in its latest investment round led by Target Global and Astanor Ventures.
- German medtech Protembis has raised a €30 million Series B round to support the enrollment of their PROTEMBO Investigational Device in clinical trials.
- Swiss distributed cloud provider Hive has raised €12 million Series Al in a deal led by SC Ventures.
- Portuguese digital health startup Tonic App has closed a Series A investment round of €10.85 million co-led by BlueCrow Capital and Iberis Capital.
- UK biogas tech company WASE has raised over £8.5 million led by Extantia Capital.
- Denmark-based Scaleup Finance has secured $8 million in a pre-Series A round led by Inveready.
- London-based AI hiring software company Metaview has raised $7M led by Plural.
- French Firecell has closed a €6.6 million seed round in equity led by Ventech and Matterwave Ventures, accompanied by Bpifrance's Digital Venture fund and Bouygues Telecom Initiative.
New venture funds and VCs’ news:
- Brno-based Purple Ventures has launched its second fund, total amounting at €40 million. It will invest in startups from the CEE region with teams in the EU, with tickets ranging from €250,000 to €750,000.
- UK-based Ascension VC launched €19.8 million institutional impact fund. Ascension Fund III will invest in Tech4Good startups and founders leveraging technology to build more resilient societies.
- 1991 Ventures has launched a £15 million fund to invest in Ukraine and the broader CEE region. It is a seed venture fund. It is sector-agnostic, with a focus on data, deeptech, govtech, civic tech, cybersecurity, fintech, mobility, and smart city.
- Satgana, a global VC firm, has closed its first €8M fund to invest in climate tech startups throughout Europe and Africa.
CEE startup funding rounds & acquisitions:
- OneNotary, a Ukrainian startup providing online notary services, has closed a $5 million Series A investment round led by Jackson Square Ventures.
- SP Tech Solutions has raised over €2.7 million (PLN 12 million) investment from Vinci HiTech fund.
- Polish recycling hardware startup Maas Loop has raised €1.2 million (over PLN 5 million) led by Aper Ventures, with participation from AIP Seed, ASP Capital, and Aleksander Szalecki.
Startups calls & Events:
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