Day: February 11, 2026

OpenAI and Hugging Face angels back Hungary’s “highest-ever” pre-seed funding round A Hungarian robotics hardware startup says it has raised the “highest-ever” pre-seed funding round in the country’s history.   Allonic has raised $7.2m in pre-seed funding, in a round led by Visionaries Club, with participation from Day One Capital. Other

AI-native proptech startup MARC backed by a group of angel investors Dublin-based MARC, an AI company focused on real estate asset management, has raised a $1 million pre-seed round from 23 angel investors, with no venture capital participation. Backers include Jack Pierse (Wayflyer), Tom Kennedy (Hostelworld), Susan Spence (SoftCo), Eoghan

UK tech startups urged to take bold risks, by AI minister, as chip startup Fractile invests £100M UK tech startups are being urged to take bold risks, by the UK’s AI minister, saying the government will back them, as a UK chip startup pledges to invest £100m in its business.  

Vesiro raises €1.6M to optimise elasticsearch and lower server energy use Gothenburg-based Vesiro, a spinout from Chalmers University, has raised €1.6 million in a seed funding round. The round was backed by Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden, Länsförsäkringar Göteborg & Bohuslän, Yuncture, First Gate Invest, E14 Invest, Mach One, and a group

xWatts closes £1.6M to expand AI-powered energy management solutions London-based xWatts, an intelligent energy management platform focused on decarbonising complex real estate assets, has closed a £1.6 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, with participation from Cambridge Angels, Parkwalk, and R42. xWatts develops AI-

Decoding ESOPs: A beginner’s guide to employee ownership Fast-growing companies are increasingly moving away from traditional compensation models. As the global competition for talent intensifies, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) have transitioned from a niche incentive to a foundational pillar of corporate strategy. By allocating a portion of the company

Belgium’s Move To Happiness secures €1 million to scale AI platform linking wellbeing and organisational performance Antwerp-based HRTech company Move To Happiness has completed a €1 million funding round to accelerate the development of its Human Performance platform – an AI-driven infrastructure that helps organisations structurally link human functioning, such

Paris’ DentalMonitoring raises €84 million to expand AI-powered orthodontic monitoring globally French HealthTech startup DentalMonitoring, an AI-powered software-as-a-medical-device for remote orthodontic monitoring, has secured a combined €84 million ($100 million) investment to fuel international expansion and product innovation. The round was sourced from new investors including Lazard Elaia Capital and

With OpenAI backing, Allonic raises €6 million for robotic body manufacturing platform Budapest-based robotics startup Allonic has raised €6 million ($7.2 million) in pre-Seed funding to industrialise a new way of producing complex, dexterous robotic bodies through its manufacturing platform. The round was led by Visionaries Club, with participation from

Irish BioTech startup Aerska raises €32 million to “enable our loved ones to live longer” Dublin’s Aerska, a BioTech company using brain shuttle technology to develop RNA medicines for CNS diseases, today announced the close of a €32 million ($39 million) Series A financing to improve delivery of RNAi interference