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Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee Insights

Joy Laoun is a News Editor and Marketing Specialist at Vestbee Insights, covering European and CEE startup, venture capital, and investment news, while supporting Vestbee’s marketing and content strategy. To get in touch, email her at joy.laoun@vestbee.com.

November 12, 2026

UK fintech Griffin lands $20M Series B at $100M valuation to expand banking services

The Series B round was led by Octagon Partners, with participation from Notion Capital and A+ Ventures.

November 12, 2026

Ukrainian-founded defence tech UFORCE raises $700M Series A at $6B valuation

The round was co-led by Valor Equity Partners and the UK National Wealth Fund.

November 12, 2026

Biomatter raises $18M Series A to accelerate AI-powered enzyme development

The Series A round was led by Astanor, with participation from existing investors UVC Partners, Inventure and Metaplanet.

November 12, 2026

Italian startup Revolv Space lands €5M to scale satellite technology production

The round was led by Deep Ocean Capital SGR, with participation from Primo Capital SGR.

November 12, 2026

Kardi Ai raises €5.3M to expand globally and develop predictive cardiac models

The round was led by Callisto Health, with participation from BrightCap Ventures, Purple Ventures, DEPO Ventures and Garage Angels.

November 10, 2026

Valkyrie Dynamics raises €1M to develop radar technology for drone interceptors

The pre-seed round was led by Hexa, with participation from defence tech angel investors.

November 10, 2026

Elomia Health acquires Earkick, expanding its AI wellbeing technology

Elomia Health acquires Earkick, an AI companion with over 250,000 users, to strengthen its AI-powered wellbeing technology and API offering.

November 10, 2026

Sumary lands $25M to expand AI-powered accounting platform across Europe

The seed round was led by Singular, with participation from existing investors byFounders, Partech and Tenity.