Good news from around Europe
Anthropic raises $13 billion at $183 billion valuation, tripling its value in six months Anthropic, the AI research startup behind the Claude family of models, has raised $13 billion in a Series F round, bringing its post-money valuation to $183 billion, more than tripling its value from just six months
Diagnostics startup Cyted Health secures $44M Series B Gastrointestinal diagnostics startup Cyted Health has secured $44 million in Series B funding, led by EQT Life Sciences, with Advent Life Sciences and the British Business Bank (formerly British Patient Capital) joining as co-leads. Existing investors Morningside and BGF also participated in
Klarna targets $1.27BN raise in second stab at US IPO Klarna aims to raise as much as $1.27 billion in its US IPO, as the Swedish fintech today revealed details of its IPO plans, which had previously been paused because of the Trump tariffs. The Swedish fintech announced the launch of
EQT Foundation’s fast-track grant program targets rare disease moonshots Today the EQT Foundation has launched another global fast-grant for rare disease science, designed to accelerate high-risk, high-reward research that rarely makes it through traditional funding filters. Over 300 million people worldwide live with a rare disease – nearly half of
SeqOne acquires Congenica to create a global leader in AI-powered genomic medicine SeqOne, a pioneer in AI-driven genomic analysis, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Congenica, the UK company spun out of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The acquisition creates the largest global ‘software pure player’ in the genomics space,
Montpellier-based SeqOne acquires Cambridge-based Congenica to create a global leader in AI-powered genomic medicine SeqOne, a French innovator in AI-driven genomic analysis, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Congenica, the UK company spun out of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. The acquisition is set to create
Power to the Pee-ple: Denmark’s Lapee banks €800k to bring pink urinals for women to the masses Lapee, the Copenhagen-based sanitation startup known for its viral pink urinals for women and gender non-conforming people who squat to pee, has secured €800k in investment and launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to
From capital to climate impact: 15 leading sustainability VCs in Europe Europe’s venture capital landscape for sustainability is expanding rapidly, with ClimateTech emerging as one of the strongest investment areas. According to an OECD report, global CleanTech investment peaked at around €74 billion in 2021, and by 2025, nearly 30%
Brussels-based Model Health raises €800k to bring movement analysis from smartphone videos to sports clinics Model Health, a US and Belgium-based software startup that enables professionals to capture and interpret lab-grade movement analysis using standard smartphone technology, has raised over €800k in pre-Seed funding to accelerate product development and ramp
London’s AI startup Camera Intelligence closes €1.7 million for its LLM-powered camera of the future Camera Intelligence, a British company building an AI-powered camera system for content creators and businesses, today announced the closure of its €1.7 million Seed funding round. The round, which included investment from venture capital firms