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.
Seaya raises €600M to launch growth fund targeting European tech scaleups
The €600 million first close of Seaya Nova was supported by the European Investment Fund (EIF) through the European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI).
Enact raises $30M to develop force-and-touch technology for robots
The pre-seed round was backed by Redalpine, Notion Capital and Firstminute Capital.
Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation to scale its AI legal platform
The Series E was led by Atreides Management, with participation from new and existing investors.
RhymeQ lands $2.2M to make quantum computing accessible to developers
The pre-seed round was led by Ground State Ventures, with participation from Vanagon Ventures.
Spanish Masia closes €18M debut fund to back AI and frontier tech startups
The fund was backed by more than 70 limited partners (LPs), including technology founders and executives.
Opply raises $7.5M to expand its agentic AI platform for CPG brands
The funding round was led by Chalfen Ventures, with participation from Index Ventures and Anthemis.
Photon Bridge lands €10M to scale laser production for AI data centers
The €10 million funding round was co-led by Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital.
Pigment raises $250M at $2.3B valuation to accelerate AI development
The Series E round was led by Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, with support from World Innovation Lab (WiL).