Year: 2025

Dwarf Engineering is building the universal infrastructure layer for Ukraine’s defence sector The defencetech sector has boomed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Many companies have now completed product development and beta testing, but they face a critical next hurdle: scaling up production. Large-scale manufacturing of new technologies demands robust,

HyImpulse raises €45 million to boost “Made in Europe” rocket technology German-based HyImpulse Technologies GmbH (HyImpulse), a provider of hybrid propulsion systems for satellite transport, has raised €15 million in equity capital as part of its Series A funding round and secured an additional €30 million in financing. The round is led

The biggest European gaming deals in H1 2025 Europe’s gaming scene in H1 2025 reveals a market that’s scaling and diversifying simultaneously. Funding was concentrated around three pillars: established publishers expanding new operating units, a fast-moving wave of mobile-first studios building data-driven casual and mid-core titles, and a creative PC/console

Sweden’s Encube emerges from stealth with €19 million to reshape hardware development Encube, a Stockholm-based DeepTech startup, is emerging from stealth with €19 million in funding to transform how hardware products are designed and manufactured, helping teams avoid costly design complexity, speed up development and lower production costs. The round

Cooltra to the rescue: Barcelona’s mobility startup Kleta rejoins the race after insolvency wobble Barcelona-based Cooltra, a leading name in two-wheeled sustainable mobility across Europe, has officially acquired the business operations of fellow Barcelona-born urban cycling startup Kleta Mobility. The move is part of Cooltra’s strategy to strengthen its service

Irish FinTech lender Teybridge Capital Europe secures €50 million funding line to expand working-capital solutions Dublin’s FinTech startup Teybridge Capital Europe has raised an initial funding line of approximately €50 million from the Madrid-based family office Baghdadi Capital, with plans to gradually increase this to around €500 million as the

With its notable €105 million raise, French BioTech startup Adcytherix looks to tackle cancer with novel ADC Marseille-based Adcytherix, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel and proprietary antibody drug conjugates (ADC), has raised €105 million in a Series A financing round to advance its lead candidate and treat high unmet need

Having studied the “genetic secrets” of plants, British spinout Wild Bio has raised €51 million to improve crop variety Wild Bioscience, an Oxford University AgTech spinout that develops improved crop varieties using AI and precision breeding, has raised a €51 million Series A investment to expand their R&D and commercial

BlackRock invests $40 billion in one of the largest data center operators An investor group comprising BlackRock, Microsoft, and Nvidia has announced the acquisition of Aligned Data Centers, one of the world’s largest data center operators, for $40 billion. The seller is Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management. As part of the

Invalda INVL Private Equity Fund II raises €410M to invest in high-growth companies across the Baltics, Poland, and EU Invalda INVL, a leading Baltic asset management group, has completed a final closer of its INVL Private Equity Fund II, raising a total of €410 million. INVL Private Equity Fund II