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Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee Insights

Joy 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.

October 15, 2026

Dougs lands €50M to scale its AI-powered accounting platform

The €50 million round was led by existing investor Expedition Growth Capital.

October 15, 2026

Vilnius-based Holo raises €5M seed to automate marketing for small businesses

The seed round was led by Market One Capital, with participation from Silicon Gardens and FirstPick.

October 15, 2026

Cachet secures €11M to expand its insurance offering across Europe

The round was led by Spintop Ventures, with participation from Truffle Capital and Icebreaker.vc.

October 15, 2026

Salience Labs raises $125M to scale optical networking technology for AI datacenters

The Series B round was led by Bullhound Capital, with support from AMD Ventures, SBI Investment and British Business Bank.

October 14, 2026

Estonian Skeleton Technologies surpasses $1B valuation after $100M Siemens investment

The investment was made by Siemens AG, which committed more than $100 million to Skeleton Technologies.

October 14, 2026

Miracly secures €1.8M pre-seed to scale AI marketing platform

The round was led by Beenext Ventures and Lotus, with backing from a Swedish family office and existing investors.

October 14, 2026

OlsAro lands €5M to scale climate-resilient cereal genetics

The seed round saw backing from Industrifonden and Nordic Foodtech VC as co-leads.

October 14, 2026

Sainaptic raises £1M to expand AI-assisted assessment technology

The fresh round was co-led by Cornerstone VC and Ufi Ventures, with participation from Elm Venture Partners and Brighteye Ventures.