Good news from around Europe
Agent debugging startup Laminar raises $3M seed to tackle the observability gap in AI agents Laminar today announces a $3 million seed round led by Atlantic.vc, with participation from Y-Combinator, AAL.vc, and notable angels including Ben Sigelman, co-creator of OpenTelemetry and Ant Wilson, CTO of Supabase. Founders Robert Kim (CEO)
Young “bug bounty hunter” bags $6M pre-seed round for security startup A French cybersecurity startup founded by a 23-year-old who made a name for himself as a professional “bug bounty hunter”, earning hundreds of thousands of pounds from Facebook and Google in rewards, has raised a $5.9m pre-seed round. Lupin &
OakNorth reports nudge up in profits, delays net zero target by 10 years OakNorth, the UK challenger lending bank, has reported a nudge up in year-on-year pre-tax profits in 2025 from £215m to £223m, helped by US growth. The SoftBank-backed bank, however, delayed its net zero target by ten years. OakNorth
WorkFlex secures €37M to automate cross-border workforce compliance WorkFlex, a platform whose compliance risk engine automates compliance for cross-border business travel and workforce mobility, today announced it has raised €37 million in investment led by Spectrum Equity. As global business travel continues to grow and cross-border work becomes more common,
CiaoDott raises €1.5M pre-seed to bring vertical voice AI to Italy’s medical sector CiaoDott a vertical voice AI for the Italian medical sector, has raised €1.5 million Pre-Seed. The Techshop led the funding round, with Vento, Club degli Investitori, Growth Engine, and Alpha Venture. Founded in 2025, CiaoDott aims to
New €70 million GVC Gaesco fund targets InfraTech startups focused on energy, industry and digital infrastructure GVC Gaesco Alternative Investments, an investment arm of the Barcelona-based financial group GVC Gaesco, has launched a €70 million fund focused on Infratech startups developing the physical and digital infrastructure of the new economy.
German BioTech iDEL Therapeutics lands €9 million to develop cancer therapeutics platform Dortmund-based iDEL Therapeutics announced the closing of a €9 million Seed financing, to develop a pipeline of cancer therapeutics that are delivered directly into the cytosol of tumor cells. The financing was led by BiomedVC with participation from
Amsterdam’s WorkFlex secures €37 million as geopolitical instability drives urgency around cross-border mobility compliance WorkFlex, an Amsterdam-based platform for international travel compliance management, today announced that it has secured a €37 million strategic growth investment led by Spectrum Equity, a Boston-based growth equity firm. The new investment will enable WorkFlex
Berlin’s Upvest raises €108 million to scale securities infrastructure for banks and FinTechs Upvest, a German investment infrastructure provider, today announces a €108 million ($125 million) financing round to accelerate the modernisation of legacy banking systems across Europe and the UK. The €78 million ($90 million) equity round is led
CEO & Founder of seQura, David Bäckström, will be speaking at this year’s EU-Startups Summit! We are pleased to announce that David Bäckström, Founder and CEO of SeQura, will join the stage at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 on May 7-8 in sunny Malta for a special fireside chat. David is