Good news from around Europe
Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training Ukraine is opening partner access to train AI models using real battlefield data — the first initiative of its kind in the world. According to Mykhailo Fedorov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, the government has
Ukrainian-Estonian Defencetech Black Forest Systems raises $400K to scale infantry drone platform Kyiv-based company Black Forest Systems has received $400,000 in investment from Front Ventures and Hede Capital Partners AB. Founded in 2024, Black Forest Systems develops vertically integrated unmanned systems and tactical drone platforms for infantry and Special Operations
$3M for DEXTools’ PerpTools from DEXForce and Orderly PerpTools, an on-chain perpetual futures trading platform, has been introduced by the creators of DEXTools, an analytics suite for decentralised exchanges. The platform was developed following a $3 million seed funding round led by DEXForce and Orderly and is built on the
Kodree raises $10M in user acquisition financing to expand AI-powered edtech platform globally Kyiv B2C edtech platform Kodree has secured $10 million in user acquisition financing (UA) from financial services firm PvX Partners. Kodree is the first product from Rist Labs, a co-founding studio launched by the founders of Ukrainian
Qdrant closes $50M Series B to expand vector search infrastructure Qdrant, an open-source vector search engine, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by AVP, with participation from Bosch Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, and 42CAP. Vector search initially emerged as a technique for retrieving nearest neighbours
Meet the Pitch Competition finalists of the EU-Startups Summit 2026! On May 7-8, Malta will once again transform into the heart of European innovation as we host this year’s edition of the EU-Startups Summit. Bringing together around 2,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, investors, corporates, and media representatives, this year’s event promises
Amsterdam-based enterprise AI agent platform Wonderful raises €129.8 million Series B at €1.7 billion valuation Wonderful, an Amsterdam-based enterprise AI agent platform, has raised €129.8 million ($150 million) in a Series B funding round at a valuation of €1.7 billion ($2 billion). The round was led by Insight Partners, with
The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Refurbed founder Kilian Kaminski This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Kilian Kaminski, Co-founder of refurbed, the Vienna-based marketplace helping reshape how Europeans buy electronics and other consumer goods through refurbished products. Founded in 2017, refurbed has grown into one of
Barcelona’s Delfos Energy raises €3 million to build AI “virtual engineer” for the energy industry as it charges up for Series A Delfos Energy, a Barcelona-based AI company building “virtual engineer” technology for the energy industry, today announced the close of a €3 million Seed extension round. It has also
European Deeptech Week 2026: An invitation-only event bringing Europe’s deeptech leaders to Paris (Sponsored) Organised by Bpifrance in collaboration with INSKIP and other European partners, the European Deeptech Week arrives in Paris from 16 to 20 March 2026, bringing together investors, founders, corporates and policymakers working on Europe’s most advanced