Good news from around Europe
Robutler raises $400K from ZAS Ventures to build the ‘YouTube of software’ Robutler has raised $400,000 from ZAS Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm investing in AI, SaaS, and robotics companies founded by Ukrainians. The investment, made across ZAS Ventures’ Fund I and Fund II, marks the first institutional check
Antler research reveals Europe’s unicorn boom is masking an early-stage funding crisis Today a new report reveals that while a new generation of rocketship unicorns are breaking records for funding rounds and valuations in Europe, the early-stage funding pipeline is collapsing. Announced today in London at global VC Antler’s European Founder
Spain’s top-funded tech companies in H1 2026 Spanish tech companies raised approximately €1.7 billion in H1 2026, with capital concentrated among a relatively small number of companies. The ten companies that raised the most accounted for around 68% of the total. Spacetech was the best-funded industry, attracting approximately €354.3 million,
EIF backs Nordic Foodtech VC with €30M to scale Europe’s agrifood deeptech The European Investment Fund (EIF) is committing up to €30 million to a Finnish venture capital fund that promotes early-stage agrifood technology companies. The EIF backing for the Finnish fund – called Nordic Foodtech VC (NFT.VC Fund II)
Venture builder Improbable backs AI business messaging app with $10M Improbable, the UK tech company that has pivoted to venture building, has brought its third product out of stealth, an AI messaging app used to automate business processes, which it is backing with $10m of its own funding. London-based Improbable,
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Sept. 7 – Sept. 10) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member
Bending Spoons enters definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation workspace Miro for €1.7 billion Bending Spoons has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AI innovation workspace Miro at an enterprise value of €1.7 billion ($1.4 billion) with an all-cash transaction. The acquisition, including the investment, is subject to customary
Italy’s Biorsaf raises €5.2 million and acquires Cooki to build AI-powered food RegTech platform Biorsaf, a Tuscany-based company specialising in the digitisation of food safety and quality processes, has raised a €5.2 million funding round and has also acquired Cooki, a Bologna-based platform for the digital management of food information.
Finnish investor Nordic Foodtech VC adds up to €30 million to €80 million Fund II Finland-based Nordic Foodtech VC has announced an up to €30 million commitment for their Fund II to promote early-stage AgriTech companies and bolster research in more sustainable and resilient food production systems. The investment comes
Europe’s space sovereignty requires more than bigger companies The chief executives of Airbus and Leonardo, the Italian aerospace and defence group, recently urged Brussels to approve their plan to create a pan-European space company with Thales, the French aerospace and defence group. Their argument was that by consolidating their three