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Cybersecurity startup CBRX secures €540K for European expansion Lithuanian cybersecurity startup CBRX has raised a €540,000 pre-seed round from Coinvest Capital and partners including Scalewolf, Plug and Play Tech Center, and Firstpick. Coinvest Capital invested €270,000, marking its 80th deal and adding CBRX as the 51st company in its portfolio.
Europe’s tech rebounds to €21B in Q3 2025 — but fewer deals signal a more selective market Funding surges but deal volume shrinks, as big rounds in AI, telecom, and fintech drive Europe’s more selective, mature market. Click to read the rest of the news. Powered by WPeMatico https://tech.eu/2025/10/09/europes-tech-rebounds-to-eur21b-in-q3-2025-but-fewer-deals-signal-a-more-selective-market/
Unaric expands its UK AI footprint with DESelect acquisition London-based software company Unaric has acquired US-based Salesforce independent software vendor (ISV) DESelect, marking its ninth deal in just two years. The transaction, which closed for an undisclosed eight-figure sum, strengthens Unaric’s position in the growing market for AI-driven tools built
The biggest European semiconductor deals in H1 2025 In the first half of 2025, European semiconductor companies raised €1.4 billion across 30 deals, accounting for roughly 4 per cent of total capital and 1.5 per cent of deal activity within European tech, which reached €33.7 billion across 1,941 deals. Investment
BiMA raises €500K for screen-free projector bringing mindful entertainment to children Munich-based BiMA, a mindful entertainment platform for children, raised €500,000 in a pre-seed funding round. Backers include Antler and angels from Oetinger Publishing Group (Julia Bielenberg, Thilo Schmid, Christian Graef), along with Andreas Peters (ex-Disney), Felix van de Sande
Lithuanian cybersecurity startup CBRX raises €540k to accelerate European expansion Vilnius-based cybersecurity startup CBRX has raised €540k in pre-seed funding to further develop its cloud-based cybersecurity platform and expand across the European Union. The funding round included participation from venture capital fund Coinvest Capital, along with Scalewolf, Plug and Play
Swiss proptech startup Azuro raises €5 million to offer a new model for property ownership and travel Azuro, a Swiss proptech and lifestyle startup, has raised €5 million in venture funding from next-generation Swiss family office Infinitas Capital and German early-stage investor Daniel Bronk. The investment will be used to
VDS 2025 to unite 8 unicorn founders, top scaleups and €300B+ in investor assets in Valencia (Sponsored) On October 22 and 23, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia will host VDS 2025, the international meeting point for startups, investors, corporates, and policymakers. Now in its 8th edition, the
Dublin-based DevAlly raises €2 million to help companies comply with Europe’s new accessibility law Dublin-based DevAlly, a startup helping companies comply with Europe’s new accessibility regulations, has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding led by Belgian fund Miles Ahead Capital, with participation from NDRC, Enterprise Ireland, and several European angel
What the rest of Europe can learn from France about defence startups No country in Europe has done more to make itself the home for defence startups than France. Over the past two years, Paris has been rewriting the rules of the game, reforming everything from immigration legislation to venture