Day: December 20, 2025

Nodu lands $1.45M to upgrade Europe’s payment rails as stablecoins surge Stablecoin infrastructure startup Nodu has closed a $1.45 million pre-seed round led by Digital Space Ventures. Nodu is a London-based stablecoin infrastructure startup with Latvian roots, founded in 2025 by Alex Novozhenov (CEO), Vladislav Nikolayev (CTO), and Daria Dubinina, the

StretchSense raises $2.3M to drive global expansion of XR training gloves StretchSense, a wearable technology company that develops data capture gloves, has secured $2.3 million in funding led by PXN Ventures, with support from Scottish Enterprise. The company has now raised nearly $20 million across three external funding rounds. Founded

European rival to Zerohash and Bridge, Nodu raises €1.25 million pre-Seed led by early Revolut investor Nodu, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure startup making digital assets work within traditional finance, has closed a €1.25 million pre-Seed round to broaden its global coverage and grow its team.  The round was led by

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Dec. 15-19) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d

Copenhagen-based EvodiaBio raises €6 million to scale fermentation-based flavour technology Danish flavour company EvodiaBio has raised €6 million (DKK 45 million) in a new funding round to accelerate growth in existing markets and support their expansion into the asian market. The round was led by the American investment firm RA

Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025: Interview with Anabel Millán Leiva, Co-founder of Cucare Diagnostics Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration and with financial support from EIT Food. On 11 November, the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) 2025 Demo Day programme took place in Seville, an initiative that supports women

Swiss wearable glucose-monitoring technology startup Liom closes €13.9 million round Schwyz-based Liom, an innovator in non-invasive biomarker monitoring and the developer of a non-invasive glucose-monitoring wearable, announced a €13.9 million (CHF 13 million) extension of its Series A financing round. The round was led by previous lead investors, with new

Users spent $3 billion in the ChatGPT mobile app Total user spending on the ChatGPT mobile app has reached $3 billion. According to TechCrunch, this figure takes into account total spending on iOS and Android devices since the app’s launch in May 2023. The highest user activity was recorded this

Gemini now features video verification: how to check content for Google AI Google is expanding its content transparency tools by adding a video verification feature to its Gemini mobile app. Users can now directly check whether a file was created or edited using Google’s artificial intelligence. How verification works The verification

Estonian biotech ÄIO secures €1.2M grant to scale sustainable lipid production with FERM-OIL project ÄIO, an Estonian biotechnology company developing sustainable, non-animal fats and oils through innovative fermentation processes, has been awarded a €1.2 million grant from Enterprise Estonia to advance its new project FERM-OIL. Total budget of the project