Vestbee Winter Pitch 2026

France
November 2, 2026

Gallium Defense raises €7.1M seed round to scale drone detection radar production

The seed round was led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital, with participation from Omnes Capital.

October 29, 2026

Bleu Robotics raises €5M to accelerate humanoid robot deployment in factories

The round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital, with participation from Kvanted.

October 29, 2026

Auriga Partners closes €80M interim round for second cybersecurity fund

The fund’s backers include French institutional investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF), alongside entrepreneurs who supported the fund initially.

October 21, 2026

Pigment raises $250M at $2.3B valuation to accelerate AI development

The Series E round was led by Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, with support from World Innovation Lab (WiL).

October 20, 2026

SeaBeLife lands €2.9M to advance liver disease drug candidate

The funding was awarded by the French government through Bpifrance under the France 2030 programme.

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 8, 2026

Verso raises $6M to scale AI-powered consumer intelligence platform

The round was led by Angular Ventures, with participation from Kima Ventures, 100IN, and Olympe Capital.

October 7, 2026

Netsec raises €8.9M to scale AI-powered cybersecurity and IT platform

The round was led by Partech, with participation from Primo Capital and View Different.