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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.

September 15, 2026

Depotcharge secures €2.7M to scale shared depot charging across Europe

The round was led by HTGF, with participation from xdeck Ventures, Kopa Ventures, and Prequel Ventures.

September 15, 2026

EUCLYD raises over €200M Series A to build ultra-efficient AI infrastructure

The round was co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, and Innovation Industries.

September 15, 2026

Exein lands $270M at $1.7B valuation to build security layer for physical AI

The round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, and the European Investment Bank Group through ETCI.

September 15, 2026

TesterArmy raises $1.2M pre-seed to automate software testing with AI agents

The round was backed by Y Combinator, AIP Seed, Eight Capital, and Script Capital.

September 14, 2026

Tandem Health lands $100M to scale AI-powered healthcare across Europe

The round was led by the Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, with participation from Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries.

September 14, 2026

Chift raises €10.5M Series A to scale financial connectivity across Europe

The round was led by BlackFin Capital Partners, with participation from Entourage Ventures.

September 14, 2026

Forty.5 Ventures launches with $30M fund to back Southeastern European startups

The fund is backed by family offices, angels, entrepreneurs, and operators across Europe, the US, and Asia Pacific.

September 11, 2026

Furo lands $4M to build an operating system for industrial battery storage

The $4 million round was led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Neo, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, and CDTM Venture Capital.