Good news from around Europe
The state of gender diversity in European startups: Female Innovation Index 2025 Today sees the launch of the Female Innovation Index 2025 launched by Female Foundry. The Index is Europe’s largest report on the funnel of innovation and funding driven by female entrepreneurs, in partnership with over thirty-five private equity
VTT and IQM’s 50-qubit quantum computer now available for business and research The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and IQM Quantum Computers have completed and launched Europe’s first 50-qubit superconducting quantum computer, now open to researchers and companies through the VTT QX quantum computing service. The quantum computer offers industries
How the world’s first mental health-focused VC Fund Masawa is changing venture investing Founding or being employed by a startup can result in a plethora of mental health challenges. The constant pressure to design and build novel tech solutions, fundraise, and gain customers can result in stress, sleep disruption and
Combinder closes $500K Pre-Seed for decentralised energy network Community-driven energy data network Combinder, has successfully closed a $500,000 Pre-Seed funding round for a $10 million valuation. Combinder is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN). A DePIN is a network that uses blockchain technology to decentralise the development, maintenance, and operation of
QuantWare secures €20M Series A to help develop large-scale quantum processors Quantum computing company QuantWare has raised a €20 million Series A round. The Delft company develops VIO, a technology that allows its customers to create the world’s largest quantum processors (QPUs). Traditional quantum processors are limited in their number
Beyond voices: Dubformer raises €3.4 million to transform the art of dubbing Dubformer, an Amsterdam-based startup specialising in professional AI dubbing, announced a €3.4 million Seed funding round to push the boundaries of emotional expression in AI dubbing, enhancing media localisation for TV, broadcast, and film productions. The round was
Cino raises €3.5 million for its payments app and virtual card that splits and pays group bills instantly Tallinn-based Cino – a real-time shared payment app that lets people pay together in a seamless, single transaction – has raised €3.5 million in Seed funding to support the UK launch and
Installer raises €3.8 million to make climate tech adoption 2x faster Oslo-based Installer today announces a €3.8 million Seed round to supercharge the deployment of renewable technologies by transforming the installation process. The funding round was led by Brighteye Ventures, alongside PT1, Futurum, and Sondo. “Our mission is to speed up
FinTech startup PassEntry raises €6.2 million to expand the issuance of digital passes London-based PassEntry has announced the closing of a €6.2 million round to strengthen its leadership in digital pass issuance and enhance integrations with point-of-sale (POS) systems worldwide. The round was led by Acurio Ventures and Bonsai Partners.
Moonwatt raises €8 million to transform solar power with novel sodium-ion batteries Amsterdam-based Moonwatt, an energy storage startup, has raised €8 million to innovate solar power with its sodium-ion battery system. The funding round was co-led by daphni and LEA Partners, Founders Future, AFI Ventures (by Ventech) and Kima Ventures