Day: April 30, 2025

SuperLight Photonics partners with Precision Technologies to expand into Southeast Asia SuperLight Photonics, a Dutch provider of photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based laser technology, has partnered with Precision Technologies, a photonics distributor in Singapore. This collaboration aims to enhance access to SuperLight’s advanced laser solutions across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia,

Inside Defender Media: the Ukrainian platform reporting on the business of war Today I wanted to share the story of a startup with a difference – a Ukrainian defencetech publication. Defender Media is a new online bilingual publication dedicated to Ukraine’s defence, military and dual-use innovations.  With the exception of agentic

Navro secures $41M Series B to expand outside of Europe Navro, a London-based fintech that facilitates international payments for businesses, has raised a $41M Series-B funding round. The investment was led by Jump Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Motive Partners, and Unusual Ventures.​ Navro’s platform addresses the complexities

Verb Ventures launches €25M fund for supply chain platforms London-based venture capital firm Verb Ventures has announced the closing of its second fund, a €25M vehicle for early-stage B2B marketplaces and data platforms that modernise global trade and supply chains.  Verb Ventures targets late-seed to Series A investments in companies

Fintechs Trustly and Paytweak partner to offer more secure A2A payments Swedish fintech Trustly has formed a partnership with French payment specialist Paytweak to offer a unified Account-to-Account (A2A) payment solution for European businesses. The collaboration aims to deliver faster, more secure, and lower-cost payment infrastructure at a time when

Dutch startup iwell raises €27 million to deploy its European smart battery storage solutions into new markets Utrecht-based energy tech company iwell, a developer of smart energy management (EMS) and battery storage systems (BESS), has successfully closed a €27 million funding round. The round was led by Meridiam, with Invest-NL

Finnish startup raises €30 million for world’s first autofocus glasses that work as “nature intended” IXI, an Espoo-based startup developing the world’s first autofocus glasses, has raised €32.2 million in Series A funding to enable IXI to complete the product development of IXI Adaptive Eyewear and kick off their commercial

Meet PryvX: The winner of the EU-Startups Summit 2025 Pitch Competition! And that’s a wrap! The 2025 edition of the EU-Startups Summit has officially come to a close. Over two action-packed days in Malta, and about 2,100 founders, investors, and startup enthusiasts came together to exchange ideas, find inspiration, and

British FinTech startup Navro raises €36 million for payments curation platform London-based Navro, a FinTech that simplifies international payments for businesses, announced today a raise of €36 million in Series B funding to accelerate global expansion plans and connect more local payout and collection services worldwide. Jump Capital led the

German Founder fellowship EWOR earmarks €60 million for “Founder prodigies” to scale faster and globally Berlin-based EWOR, a Founder fellowship, has committed €60 million to supporting early-stage entrepreneurs, offering selected Founders €500k in capital which includes €110k from EWOR GmbH and an additional €390k from the investment fund via an