CEE VC SUMMIT 2026

Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee
November 17, 2025

Polish biotech firm Proteine Resources raises around €12M to enhance pet nutrition

The fresh investment saw backing from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and Radix Ventures.

November 17, 2025

French VC firm Sofinnova Partners closes €650M fund to support healthcare startups

The Sofinnova Capital XI fund round was supported by a global mix of institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, leading pharmaceutical companies and corporates, insurance companies, foundations, and family offices from Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.

November 17, 2025

France deeptech firm Hummink secures $20M to fix microscopic flaws in chips and next-gen displays

The investment was backed by KBC Focus Fund, Cap Horn, Bpifrance, the European Innovation Council Fund, Elaia Partners, Sensinnovat and Beeyond.

November 14, 2025

French AI-commerce firm Dialog secures $4.4M seed funding round

Dialog’s $4.4 million seed round was led by Galion.exe.

November 14, 2025

Antwerp-based energytech startup LIFEPOWR raises €5.65M to expand across Europe

The investment was led by Noshaq and SPDG, with support from ROM InWest.

November 14, 2025

Swiss firm Acurast secures $11M to launch world’s first smartphone-powered confidential compute network

The fresh investment was backed by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, MN Capital founder Michael van de Poppe, GlueNet founder Ogle, Scytale Digital, Leonard Dörlochter, and Vineet Budki.

November 13, 2025

Belgium-based company Introw secures $3M to reinvent partner sales

The funding round for Introw was led by Visionaries Club, with continued support from Pitchdrive.

November 13, 2025

Italy's e-commerce tech startup CommerceClarity raises €2.7M pre-seed round

CommerceClarity’s €2.7 million pre-seed funding round was led by IFF and Entourage.