Year: 2025

Paygentic nets $2M pre-seed to power payments for AI-native firms Paygentic, an all-in-one billing and payments platform for AI-native and agent-driven products, has completed a $2 million pre-seed round led by MiddleGame Ventures, with participation from Anamcara Capital, Aperture, Alan Morgan (Chairman at Adfisco), Angel Invest, and others. Founded by

AI Roll-Ups: The new playbook for startup growth A new trend is taking shape in the startup world: AI roll-ups. The playbook is straightforward: acquire companies in a fragmented vertical, integrate them into one platform, and use AI to boost efficiency and accelerate growth. For tech founders, it’s a way

Paris-based Kotcha raises €3.5 million to make elite running coaching accessible to everyone Paris-based startup Kotcha, co-founded with marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge and the NN Running Team, has raised €3.5 million in pre-seed funding to make professional running coaching available to runners worldwide. The round was led by Racine2, operated

London-based Mondra raises €11.8 million to help the food industry cut emissions Mondra, a London-based climate tech platform using AI to deliver product-level intelligence for supply chain resilience, has raised €11.8 million (£10 million) in a Series A funding round. The round was led by AlbionVC and Planet A Ventures,

Oslo-based Riff raises €14 million to scale its enterprise-ready vibe coding platform Oslo-based Riff, the vibe coding platform designed for enterprise-grade applications, has raised €14 million in a Series A funding round led by Northzone, with participation from Skyfall Ventures, Maki.vc, Sondo Capital, Global Founders Capital and new investor Illusian,

Beyond the lease: 10 European startups reshaping how we discover and book properties PropTech, short for property technology, is transforming how we buy, rent, and manage places to live, work and use. It covers a broad range of innovations across Property Search, Management, Smart Buildings, Fintech and Real Estate, Construction,

Czech Soulmates Ventures leads £1.6M Seed round in EV charging startup Rightcharge Rightcharge, a London-based startup that simplifies fleet EV charging payments, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding to accelerate fleet electrification across Europe. The round was led by Czech Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Blackwood Ventures, UnrulyCapital and

Startup Of the Day: StackBob.ai — AI-powered access and password manager StackBob is a Ukrainian startup that develops cybersecurity solutions using AI agents to help companies manage their employees’ access, passwords, and licenses. Earlier this year, the startup raised $100,000 in grant funding from Google for Startups, and will soon

European aerospace giants are merging their satellite divisions to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink Three European aerospace companies — Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo — have reached an agreement to merge their loss-making satellite divisions to create a new market player capable of competing with Elon Musk’s Starlink. This is stated

Estonian cleantech startup MarkeDroid raises €300K to expand AI-powered energy orchestration platform across Europe MarkeDroid, an Estonian green energy solutions developer, has raised €300,000 in bridge funding to scale its AI-based distributed energy orchestration platform across Europe. The round was led by EstBAN board member Jana Budkovskaja and angel investor