Month: September 2025

Dutch startup Brineworks raises €6.8 million to scale Direct Air Capture for e-fuels, aiming for sub-€100/ton CO₂ capture Amsterdam-based ClimateTech startup Brineworks has secured €6.8 million in new funding to accelerate commercialisation of its ultra-low-cost Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. The round was led by SeaX Ventures, with participation from

Paris-based Juisci raises €5.5 million to transform how healthcare professionals access scientific knowledge France’s Juisci, a HealthTech startup that transforms the way healthcare professionals consume scientific knowledge, has secured €5.5 million in Seed funding in order to boost R&D, scale its team, and accelerate international expansion, with a strong focus

How AI is shaping the future of CRMs in real-world sales workflows Sales is moving too fast for static tools. Reps are juggling email threads, CRM notes, LinkedIn DMs, and wasting hours on tasks that do not move the deal forward. Traditional CRMs were built to store data. But storing

Germany’s Factor2 Energy raises €7.7 million to unlock scalable geothermal power from geologically stored CO₂ Factor2 Energy, a Duisburg company with an innovative approach to geothermal energy, today announced the successful completion of its Seed funding round, raising €7.7 million in venture capital. The round was led by At One

Defense startups Clarity, Dwarf Engineering, and Farsight Vision raise $60K at Brave1 Defense Tech Valley 2025 On September 16-17, Lviv Arena hosted Defense Tech Valley 2025, organized by the Brave1 cluster and the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The press service of the event informed AIN about the results.

Polish new VC vastpoint launches $22M fund to back early-stage Polish startups in AI, SaaS, and HealthTech vastpoint, a new Polish VC, has launched $22 million to support ambitious Poland’s founders at early-stage. vastpoint is an early-stage venture fund supporting Polish startups. The fund focuses on pre-seed and seed investments

NVIDIA spends more than $900M to hire Enfabrica’s CEO and license the AI startup’s technologies American chipmaker Nvidia has signed a deal worth more than $900 million to hire Enfabrica startup CEO Rochan Sankar and part of the team and license the company’s technology. This was reported by CNBC, citing

Polish healthtech startup Doctor.One raises €4M seed round to expand across Europe Doctor.One, a Polish healthtech startup, has raised a €4 million Seed round to support expansion into Germany, Spain, and the UK. The round was led by YZR Capital, with participation from Impact Ventures and existing investors, EU-startups reports.

What VCs think is overrated — and overlooked Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/vc-overrated-overlooked-defence-biosecurity-robotics/

Ex-NSSIF and Molten Ventures investors pair up for new defence fund to back Series A and B dual-use tech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/former-nssif-molten-ventures-new-defence-fund/