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Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Aug. 31 – Sept. 04) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member
Oulu-based Creoir secures Seed funding to scale voice AI for defence and mission-critical systems Creoir, an Oulu-based DefenceTech company developing voice AI for defence and mission-critical systems, has raised a Seed investment from Gungnir Capital. The Swedish VC fund is leading Creoir’s ongoing Seed round that has a €2 million
Belgium’s WAD Capital reaches €67.5 million first close for debut fund following €25 million EIF investment Belgian investment firm WAD Capital has completed the first closing of its fund at €67.5 million with a €25 million investment from the European Investment Fund (EIF), making the EU’s development bank the largest
Pirkx joins Pri0r1ty Intelligence as AI company expands into employee wellbeing and benefits UK wellness startup Pirkx has been acquired by the publicly-listed British company Pri0r1ty Intelligence adding an SME-focused employee wellbeing and benefits platform to its growing portfolio of AI-powered solutions. The acquisition will see Pri0r1ty integrate Pirkx’s existing
London’s AI Score raises €4.6 million to help businesses keep AI agents under control UK-based AI Score, a startup easing the adoption and management of gen- and agentic-AI, has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) in Seed funding to accelerate product development, expand its operations, and continue building its platform for
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-h-cofounder-laurent-sifre-joins-microsoft/
Bessemer and Creandum set to back new AI infrastructure startup at $600m valuation, sources say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bessemer-creandum-gridfield/
The top 10 investors in the Nordics Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-top-investors-behind-sifteds-nordics-2026-leaderboard/
XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/xdof-just-three-months-out-of-stealth-is-in-talks-for-a-series-b-at-a-1-2b-valuation/
OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/openais-rogue-agents-keep-escaping-with-no-formal-process-to-investigate-them/