CEE VC SUMMIT 2026

Joy Laoun

News Editor, Vestbee
December 16, 2025

Dutch beverage startup Founteyn raises €19.3M Series A backed by PepsiCo collaboration

The round was supported by APG on behalf of ABP, alongside Flying Fish and Leysern Aquacore.

December 16, 2025

French startup Lucis raises $8.5M to expand preventive healthcare across Europe

The round was supported by General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Motier Ventures, Circle.Co, and North South Ventures.

December 16, 2025

Repsense raises €2M seed round to expand disinformation analysis platform used by NATO

The round was supported by Tensor Ventures, Seed Starter, BSV Ventures, and Coinvest Capital.

December 16, 2025

Polish startup Jutro Medical extends Series A to €36M to scale AI-enabled primary care rollup

The extended Series A was led by Warsaw Equity Group with participation from Vinci and naturalX Health Ventures.

December 15, 2025

Spanish VC firm Kibo Ventures launches €120M fund to support next-generation European tech

The fund is supported by a diverse group of institutional investors, corporates, family offices, and long-term partners.

December 15, 2025

UK healthtech firm IVFmicro secures £3.5M to boost IVF success rates and make it more accessible

The pre-seed funding round for IVFmicro was led by Northern Gritstone, with support from the Innovate UK Investor Partnerships Programme.

December 15, 2025

German startup QuantumDiamonds secures €152M to build advanced quantum chip inspection facility in Munich

The investment round saw support from the German federal government and the Bavarian state government.

December 15, 2025

Zurich-based firm Soverli raises $2.6M to build sovereign smartphone architecture

The funding round was led by Founderful, with participation from the ETH Zurich Foundation and Venture Kick.