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Verley closes €32M Series A to advance next-generation functional whey ingredients French foodtech startup Verley has raised €32 million in a Series A financing round, only four years after its inception. Verley develops functional whey protein ingredients, more precisely beta-lactoglobulin (BLG), designed to deliver the nutritional and functional performance expected
Dutch AI inference chipmaker Axelera AI raises $250M A Dutch chipmaker which designs and manufactures chips for AI inference use has raised more than $250m, with backing from new investor BlackRock. Innovation Industries, the European VC fund, is the lead investor in the round in Axelera AI. The round also features
Quantcore raises £2.5M to build UK’s sovereign manufacturing capability Glasgow-based Quantcore has secured £2.5 million in seed funding to develop a sovereign supply chain for quantum hardware, as the UK seeks to strengthen domestic capacity in technologies linked to national security and economic competitiveness. The round was co-led by PXN
Amid €65 billion lost each year to stroke and dementia in Germany, nyra health secures €20 million to scale digital neurotherapy Vienna-based nyra health, a provider of an AI-based platform for neurological therapy, announces the completion of a €20 million Series A financing round to further expand its technology platform
With high-protein nutrition now mainstream, Lyon’s Verley raises €32 million to expand production Verley, a French nutrition-focused ingredient company developing high-performance whey proteins through precision fermentation, has secured an oversubscribed €32 million Series A financing round – four years after its inception. The round was led by Alven, with participation
From capital markets to combat drones: 10 of the most promising Lithuanian startups to watch in 2026 Following up on our country deep-dive series, we now turn to Lithuania, a Baltic nation that has steadily built a reputation as one of the region’s most dynamic innovation hubs. While compact in
European missile manufacturing push gains momentum as Frankenburg closes €30 million funding round Frankenburg Technologies, a Tallinn-based missile defence startup focused on affordable, mass-manufacturable missile systems and sovereign production capacity, has raised €30 million in Series A funding to build tangible, sovereign missile-manufacturing capacity in Europe, with a clear focus on
Munich-based VoiceLine raises €10 million to scale its voice AI platform for enterprise frontline teams VoiceLine, a Munich-based voice AI platform for enterprise frontline teams, today announced that it has closed a €10 million Series A funding round to scale its team and platform, as well as expand internationally. The
Nvidia, Microsoft and SoftBank back self-driving startup Wayve in $1.5bn round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/wayve-nvidia-softbank-microsoft-uber-funding-round
AI chip startup Axelera AI raises $250m to take on Nvidia Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/axelera-ai-inference-250m-raise