The AI sector continues to attract significant investment, with numerous startups securing funding to develop innovative AI solutions. These investments span various applications, from AI agents and infrastructure to specialized AI applications in healthcare and finance.
Berlin-based startup Tower, founded by ex-Snowflake engineers, has raised €5.5 million. The goal is to provide a platform for managing and running AI-generated data pipelines, bridging the gap between code generation and its actual implementation.
APMIC's US$7 million Series A funding could boost the adoption of on-premise private AI models. This trend responds to the growing need for data control and regulatory compliance, prompting companies to evaluate self-hosted alternatives to the cloud.
Gumloop secures $50M in funding from Benchmark to empower every employee as an AI agent builder. Enterprise automation is identified as the largest opportunity in the AI landscape.
Wonderful announced a $150 million Series B funding round, led by Insight Partners, reaching a valuation of $2 billion. This comes just four months after closing a $100 million Series A round.
Amsterdam-based startup Wonderful has raised $150 million in a Series B funding round. The company, which has been out of stealth for only eight months, already has 350 employees and production deployments across four continents, reaching a valuation...
Qdrant, an open-source vector search engine, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round. The investment will support the further development of Qdrant’s composable vector search platform as infrastructure for production AI systems, addressing sc...
Milan-based cybersecurity firm Cleafy has raised €12 million in a Series B round. The company bets on predictive defense, rather than reactive detection, to protect banks from the wave of AI-powered fraud. Cleafy has long argued that waiting for frau...
Chinese startup Gestala has raised $21.6 million to develop non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI) based on ultrasound technology. This is the largest early-stage funding round in China for the BCI sector. The founder, Phoenix Peng, has previou...
The Paris-based VC Elaia, backed by Bpifrance and Université PSL, has closed its third deep-tech seed fund at €134M, exceeding the initial €120M target set in March 2024.
Elaia has closed its third deep tech seed fund (DTS3) at €134 million. The fund will invest between €1 million and €13 million in pre-seed and seed-stage B2B startups across Europe, focusing on deep tech. DTS3 has already deployed capital across 11 p...
Climate-tech startup AIRMO has raised €5 million to fund the development of nanosatellites equipped with micro-LiDAR and SWIR imager technology. The goal is to monitor methane emissions from space, detecting even small leaks.
AIRMO, a space tech startup based in Berlin and Luxembourg, has raised €5 million to develop advanced greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring technologies using satellites and drones. The funding will support the launch of its first satellite in 2027 and the...
Mind Robotics, a startup created by Rivian founder RJ Scaringe, has raised $500 million. The company will focus on training industrial robots using artificial intelligence, utilizing data and deploying solutions directly in Rivian's factories.
UK-based Spotlight Pathology has raised £1.4 million to develop AI software that analyzes digital pathology images. The goal is to support clinicians in the early and accurate identification of blood cancers, reducing diagnosis times and accelerating...
Sybilion has closed a $4.2 million funding round to develop an AI-powered decision platform, designed to help industrial companies respond quickly to market changes and manage margin exposure in volatile conditions. The platform analyzes external dat...
Emerald Technology Ventures' Global Water Fund II surpasses €100 million, with Temasek and the Grundfos Foundation joining the fund. The initiative aims to channel institutional capital into water technology innovation to address water scarcity, a pr...
Berlin-based Finperks, founded by the viafintech team, has raised $4 million. The goal is to create a single API integration to offer gift cards, cashback, and employee benefits through banks, fintechs, and HR platforms, without touching the underlyi...
Pan-European VC firm Samaipata has launched its third fund, with a first close at €70M. The fund will focus on investing in European startups building AI-native solutions.
An early Anthropic funder is reportedly planning to raise US$3 billion in new funding. The move highlights how venture capital is concentrating on AI leaders.
Berlin-based Finperks has closed a $4 million pre-seed funding round to develop an API infrastructure for the global prepaid market, including gift cards and prepaid cards. The aim is to simplify integration for banks and fintech companies.
Meta has acquired Moltbook, a company specializing in AI agents for social networks. The acquisition raises questions about the ability to distinguish between content generated by bots and real users on Facebook.
EIC Scaling Club members achieved an average funding growth of 66% in the last 14-20 months, more than double the control group. The initiative supports Europe's most promising deeptech scale-ups by increasing visibility, providing access to networks...
Anchr has raised a $5.8 million pre-seed round to automate the back office of America’s food distribution industry. The aim is to digitize processes still based on phone calls, spreadsheets, and manual order entry, improving efficiency and reducing e...
The Stockholm-born startup Legora, specializing in artificial intelligence for the legal sector, has announced a $550 million Series D funding round, bringing its valuation to $5.55 billion in under two years. The company aims to expand in the US.
Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, has raised $550 million in a Series D funding round, reaching a valuation of $5.55 billion. The goal is to accelerate growth in the United States, a core market for the company. The expansion include...
Legaltech platform Avvoka has secured £14 million in funding to expand its AI-powered drafting tools. The goal is to help law firms transform legal documents into structured, reusable templates that comply with company standards, integrating AI into ...
Swiss startup Seprify has raised €13.4 million to scale a cellulose-based alternative to titanium dioxide, a widely used industrial whitener facing increasing bans. IKEA is backing the initiative.
Deep-tech startup Mantle8 has secured a €2.06 million EU grant. This non-dilutive funding will support the industrialization of a four-component technology platform, bringing the company closer to its first commercial drilling campaign. The funding f...
Saltz, a Lithuanian platform that digitalizes ingredient sourcing for restaurants across Europe, has secured a €20 million Series A funding round. The investment is led by EBRD, Inovo, and Lifeline, with participation from founders of Baltic tech com...
The Copenhagen-based BioInnovation Institute is supporting 11 startups with €500,000 each, also providing access to laboratories, mentorship, and an investor network. The initiative aims to transform scientific research into commercial ventures in hu...
Mantle8, a European natural hydrogen exploration company, has received a €2.06 million grant from the European Union’s Just Transition Fund. The funding will support the development of its natural hydrogen exploration technology platform in Grenoble,...
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, led by Yann LeCun, has raised over $1 billion in seed funding. The company focuses on developing AI models alternative to large language models (LLMs), aiming to understand and predict real-world behavior. Th...
Escape, an offensive security engineering platform, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round. The goal is to develop AI-powered agents to automate the security lifecycle, replacing legacy scanners and manual processes. The new funding will ...
Yann LeCun, Meta's former chief AI scientist, has raised $1 billion for his new startup, AMI. The goal is to prove that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not just language.
AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion. The pre-money valuation is $3.5 billion. The goal is to build world models, opening new frontiers in artificial intelligence.
British AI infrastructure startup Nscale, backed by Nvidia, has raised another $2 billion, reaching a $14.6 billion valuation. Sandberg and Clegg are among the new board members.
Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS) has secured a seed funding round led by Chicago Ventures, bringing its total funding to more than $3 million. The funding will support further development of the ProVision platform, which automates legal workflows fo...
Saltz, a digital marketplace for the food supply industry, has raised €20 million in Series A funding. The goal is to connect chefs and suppliers directly, streamlining orders, payments, and logistics into a single platform. The company plans to expa...
UK startup Isembard, which develops software to automate manufacturing of key component parts for industries including space, defence and robotics, has raised $50m in a Series A funding round. The aim is to create a network of factories in the UK and...
University of Edinburgh spin-out BIOCAPTIVA has raised £1.58 million in new funding. The company launched its msX platform in the US, a technology for preparing blood samples for cancer research and diagnostics, designed to improve the reliability an...
UK-based hyperscaler Nscale announced a $2 billion Series C funding round, bringing its total raised in less than six months to over $4.5 billion. The company aims to expand its infrastructure for AI inference workloads, with a focus on the on-premis...
Qnity, a spin-off from DuPont, has announced a US$61.5 million investment to expand its advanced chip material production in Taiwan. The initiative aims to strengthen the company's position in the semiconductor market, which is crucial for the develo...
According to DIGITIMES, GCS plans to ramp up production of 200G optical components in 2026, driven by increasing demand for artificial intelligence solutions. This strategic move aims to meet the growing bandwidth requirements in the sector.
