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.
Tumbleweed lands €6.9M to make microgravity research accessible to businesses
The seed round was led by PactVC, with participation from Vanagon Ventures.
Robin Capital closes second fund at €15M to back early-stage European startups
The fund saw support from entrepreneurs, unicorn founders, and general partners of leading venture capital and private equity firms.
Norrsken Evolve closes €62M fund to back Europe's sustainable startups
The fund was backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), Saminvest, SmartCap, and Volvo Group.
Quint Computing raises €9.1M to develop fault-tolerant quantum computing technology
The round was led by Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Quantonation and Nucleus Capital.
Hypersonica lands €100M Series B to scale hypersonic defence technology
The €100 million Series B was co-led by Lightspeed and General Catalyst.
Creandum closes $750M eighth fund to back early-stage startups globally
The fund received backing from global institutional investors, including university endowments, pension funds and charitable foundations.
Sortrace raises $800k to improve waste sorting with AI-powered analysis
The round was led by Almi Invest, with participation from Antler, Gorilla Capital, Linnéa Capital and several business angels.
Marble secures $3.75M to develop AI coworkers for business process automation
The €3.75 million pre-seed round was co-led by Heartcore Capital and Seedcamp.