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.
Oakley Capital acquires majority stake in Bulgarian AI company Graphwise
Portfolion Capital Partners has exited its 2022 investment in Sofia-based Ontotext, made alongside Integral Capital Group and Carpathian Partners.
Volve raises $3M to scale AI-powered construction tendering across Europe
The round was led by Skyfall Ventures, with participation from J12, Norrsken Evolve, OBOS Ventures, and Antler.
BOOKR Kids secures €6.1M to scale AI-powered literacy platform
The round was led by TCEE Fund IV, advised by 3TS Capital Partners.
Dutch fintech firm Neno lands €6.6M to scale AI-native financial services across Europe
The seed round was led by AlleyCorp, with participation from Motive Partners and Firstminute Capital.
UK's energytech firm Boldr secures $5M to build a distributed energy network
The round was led by Unconventional Ventures, with participation from Ada Ventures.
Ukrainian-founded Embedd lands $2.7M to build infrastructure for physical AI
The round was led by Seedcamp, with participation from Cocoa, Connect Ventures, and 2100 Ventures.
Kazimi secures €2.2M to tackle bot activity in mobile marketing
The round was led by Market One Capital, with participation from IBB Ventures.
Swedish firm GigaScan raises €2.1M to scale 3D optical inspection technology
The round was backed by Jet Investment through its Jet Venture 1 fund.