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December 17, 2025

London-based SaaS startup Ankar raises $20M Series A to advance patent workflows

The $20 million Series A round for Ankar was led by Atomico, with participation from Index Ventures, Norrsken VC, and Daphni.

December 17, 2025

UK‑based firm Ben secures $27.5M to transform enterprise employee benefits with AI

The Series B round was led by Mercia Ventures, with support from Atomico, Cherry Ventures, DN Capital, Seedcamp, and QuantumLight Capital.

December 17, 2025

Belgium-based Wodan AI raises €2M to scale encrypted AI solutions

The €2 million pre-seed round was led by JME Ventures, Swanlaab, and Adara Ventures, with additional participation from ScaleFund

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

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.