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Granite raises €4M to bring its agentic cloud infrastructure to market
Granite is bringing its technology to market, giving businesses greater control over the infrastructure used to run their AI applications and agents.
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Interhuman AI wants to teach AI what humans say without words
Copenhagen-based Interhuman is developing proprietary models that interpret the social signals behind human communication, from tone of voice to body language.
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European tech weekly recap: Over €2B invested across 65+ deals
Last week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €2 billion and over 4 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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Complaion raises €13.5M to simplify compliance for European SMEs
Complaion will expand its team, strengthen its compliance platform and grow across Europe as it helps SMEs simplify certifications and navigate regulatory requirements.
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‘Shopify of mobile apps’ bilt.me raises $700K to turn ideas into mobile businesses
bilt.me is developing an AI-powered platform that enables users to turn ideas into native mobile apps, with the new funding supporting global expansion and further product development.
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Sofinnova Partners closes oversubscribed €82M Sofinnova MD Start IV fund
Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest medtech fund to create and support new companies across Europe and the US, backing ventures from inception through key clinical and operational milestones.
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“Make robots fight instead of people”: Mykhailo Fedorov launches Army of Robots — and you could be its CTO
Now working in the private sector, Mykhailo Fedorov wants to accelerate battlefield robotics by backing startups, building technology, and testing solutions with the military.
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TEKEVER raises $580M Series D, DTCP closes €455M defence fund, and the challenge to reinvent chip design
This week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €2 billion and over 4 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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Prototype warfare: A defence prime’s playbook for turning technology into battlefield capability
How Leonardo works with startups, tests emerging technologies in real-world conditions, and turns promising ideas into deployable defence capabilities.
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Bootstrapping, AI, "building for a flip": Central European VCs have their say
VCs discuss some of the important issues facing founders across Central Europe.
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Fortum backs Norrsken Evolve’s €62M fund to accelerate Europe’s electrification
The Nordic energy company joins Norrsken Evolve as an LP, bringing energy industry expertise to startups developing technologies for electrification, flexibility, and industrial decarbonisation.
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Europeans in Japan raise $1.2M to put modular humanoid robots to work
Tokyo-based O-ID is building repairable humanoids for manufacturing and logistics, with factory pilots planned for 2027.
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OWOW Venture Studio lands €2.65M to build B2B startups for traditional industries
OWOW Venture Studio will use the new capital to build and back early-stage B2B startups, focusing on manufacturing, OEMs and construction, with an emphasis on software and AI.
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Kontext raises $4M for runtime security platform for AI agents
Kontext is developing a runtime security platform that gives organisations greater visibility and control over AI agents, helping prevent unauthorised actions as agents gain greater access and autonomy.
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Switzerland's top-funded tech companies in H1 2026
Swiss tech companies raised more than €1.1 billion in the first half of 2026, with funding concentrated in several large rounds and semiconductors, energy and healthtech attracting the most capital.
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AI platform Reply Next secures €400K pre-seed funding
The Spanish startup is developing an AI platform that allows brands with hundreds of locations to manage their digital presence and customer interactions from a single place.
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Crux Analytics raises €1.9M to help banks win and retain small business customers
The fintech uses agentic workflows to automate the operational work behind business development, freeing financial services teams to focus on client relationships.
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Cerebionics wants to turn human intent into commands for machines
Cerebionics is building a portable brain-computer interface that could give users another way to control machines when their hands, eyes, or voice are already occupied.
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Duqu raises €1.5M to give businesses faster access to working capital
With new funding, Duqu will grow its working capital platform and AI underwriting technology, helping businesses access money tied up in outstanding invoices.
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Clastix bags €2.9M to tackle the complexity of Kubernetes at scale
The investment will support the development of kMetal, Clastix's platform for managing Kubernetes at scale while reducing infrastructure requirements, operational complexity and costs.
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Plug and Play Tirana Expo 2026: Silicon Valley meets Balkans [Sponsored]
Plug and Play Tirana Expo 2026 returns 7–8 October, uniting global investors, startups and industry leaders in Tirana.
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Apply AI Summit brings Europe’s push for real-world AI adoption to Brussels [Sponsored]
From startups and industrial AI to skills, investment, and infrastructure, the Brussels event will focus on turning Europe’s AI innovation into real-world impact.
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