Joy Laoun
News Editor, Vestbee InsightsJoy 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.
Spanish Artiso raises over €3M to develop AI operating system for fashion teams
The pre-seed round was led by Criteria Venture Tech, with participation from Swanlaab Venture Factory, and Bynd Venture Capital.
Polish Autofixer lands €3M to expand across Europe
The venture debt financing was provided by Orbit Capital.
Startups of the month — October 2026
Meet ELECTE, Studentspeak, Initiatives, kodlo, Propily, Koll, Dynamicmockups, Enso Money in the latest series of Startups of the month.
Lette raises $6.5M to build the AI operating system for residential real estate
The round was led by Peak, with participation from Pitchdrive, Heliad, Foreword VC and Adeline.
UK's robotics firm Machenta lands $40M to teach robots from a single demonstration
The seed funding round was co-led by Creandum and Union Square Ventures (USV).
Nevis lands $70M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing total funding to $110M
The Series B round was led by EQT Ventures, with participation from Charles Schwab, QuantumLight, Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ and Ribbit Capital.
Volare raises €7.1M to scale insect protein production across Europe
The fresh capital came from Springvest, with backing from new and existing investors, including Maki.vc.
Cybersecurity startup Aikido Security acquires OutKept and Cyberly
Aikido Security launches Noon after acquiring Belgian startup OutKept and Poland-based Cyberly to expand into workforce security.