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.
UK EV charging startup Rightcharge raises £500k for European expansion
The round was led by existing investor Soulmates Ventures, with participation from BlackWood Ventures and Purple Ventures.
Wonderful raises $550M Series C at $5B valuation to scale enterprise AI
The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Salesforce and Index Ventures.
Uplift Ventures launches €100M fund to back European deeptech startups
The €100 million Uplift Ventures fund is backed by Jungheinrich.
Zinc secures up to £46M from British Business Bank for new deeptech fund
The British Business Bank’s Enterprise Capital Funds programme aims to boost equity funding for high-growth UK startups and attract private investment.
Polish biotech Science4Beauty lands €1.6M to scale conotoxin-based skincare platform
The round was led by 4growth VC, with participation from Hard2beat and business angels.
Prevalent AI raises $22M to scale AI-powered enterprise data platform
The $22 million growth investment was provided by Integrity Growth Partners (IGP).
Motion raises $2M to bring humanoid robots to European factories
The $2 million pre-seed round was led by Extantia Capital, with participation from Norrsken Evolve.
Ki 13 raises $5M to scale biomass electrolysis for affordable synthetic fuels
The round was led by HICO Investment Group, with participation from Burgest and Triple Impact Ventures.