Month: May 2025

Female-founded British startup Atomik AM raises €713k to scale its advance manufacturing business Liverpool-based Atomik AM, a female-founded advanced manufacturing business, has raised €713k from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II to scale-up the solutions it provides to manufacturers across the world. Atomik AM has raised the money from NPIF

Lithuanian SpaceTech startup Astrolight raises €2.8 million for laser communications platform Vilnius-based Astrolight, a space communications company, has closed a Seed round at €2.8 million to accelerate the development of its laser-based end-to-end communication platform that securely connects satellites to earth. The funding round was led by frontier tech investor

Dublin-based The Corporate Governance Institute raises €3 million for the education of business leaders Irish EdTech startup The Corporate Governance Institute, an e-learning and certification platform, has completed a €3 million funding round to support the company’s continued growth as a provider of boardroom education in Europe and beyond. The

London-based Penfold raises €4.6 million to further develop its pension app for employees and businesses British startup Penfold, a digital workplace pension provider, announced today it has raised a €4.6 million investment round to grow its presence across the UK SME and accountancy markets and accelerate the development of its

EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 118: Ash Arora, Partner at LocalGlobe This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Ash Arora, the youngest Partner at LocalGlobe — the #1 early-stage VC fund in EMEA and a backer of legendary companies like Wise, Canva, Twitter, Robinhood, and more. Ash shares

Ukrainian venture capital syndicate TOLOKA invests $1M in Israeli Bright Security The investment was made as part of an expanded Series A round. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/22/ukrainian-venture-capital-syndicate-toloka-invests-1m-in-israeli-bright-security/

European Union makes its first €40M contribution to a specialized Defense fund According to Bloomberg, the defense fund plans to raise €125 million. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/22/eu-contributes-eur40m-to-defense-fund/

Meta is launching a program for early-stage startups with grants up to $6,000 per month to develop AI solutions The Llama Startup Program aims to help startups develop AI solutions using the Llama tech giant’s proprietary models. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/22/meta-is-launching-a-program-for-early-stage-ai-startups/

British company Space Solar develops CASSiDi technology which will allow solar panels to transmit energy from space The technology is believed to be 13 times more efficient than traditional ground panels. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/21/british-technology-will-allow-solar-panels-to-transmit-energy-from-space/

Lithuanian spacetech Astrolight secures €2.8M in seed round to advance laser-based space communications Astrolight aims to provide end-to-end optical connectivity solutions by building complete and self-contained hardware for ground and space operational domains. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/05/22/astrolight-secures-eur28m/