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Germany’s trawa lands €24M to help European businesses slash energy costs
Berlin-based trawa, an electricity provider and AI-powered software company, has secured €24M in Series A funding led by Headline.
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Rotterdam’s regulated crypto asset manager Blockrise raises €2M to grow and expand its team
Rotterdam-based Blockrise, a regulated crypto asset manager, has secured €2M in a Seed funding round from a consortium of venture capital firms and angel investors.
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Airwallex raises €265M at €5.5B valuation; plans to accelerate Europe expansion after opening new Paris office
San Francisco-based Airwallex, a payments and financial platform for modern businesses, has secured $300M (approximately €265M) in a Series F funding round at a $6.2B (approximately €5.5B) valuation.
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Key takeaways from Google I/O 2025 you shouldn’t miss
Google I/O is Google’s annual developer conference where the US tech giant unveils its most significant updates across software, AI, hardware, and developer tools.
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London-based Sention Technologies secures €4.3M to help manufacturers ‘listen’ to batteries
Hackney Wick, England-based Sention Technologies, a deeptech company developing next-gen diagnostic tools for the battery industry, has secured £3.7M (approximately €4.3M) in a seed funding round.
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London-based Rivan raises €11.8M to decarbonise heavy industry using synthetic fuels
London-based Rivan, a carbon utilisation company, announced that it has raised £10M (approximately €11.8M) in funding led by Plural.
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UK’s Converge raises €20M from Amsterdam’s Move Energy, ABN AMRO, others to clean up concrete’s carbon footprint
London-based Converge, a company specialised in AI-driven concrete management and decarbonisation technologies, has secured €20M in the latest funding round.
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Nik Storonsky’s VC firm QuantumLight closes €223M inaugural fund; launches hiring playbook for founders
London-based QuantumLight, the quantitative venture capital firm founded by Nik Storonsky, today announced the final close of its inaugural $250M (approximately €223M) Fund I, reaching its hard cap.
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Lunar Ventures launches €50M pre-seed fund; will focus on these 3 key areas beyond current Al
Berlin-based Lunar Ventures, a pre-seed venture fund, announced the launch of Fund II, a €50M vehicle focused on early-stage deeptech startups in Europe and select regions of the United States.
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Rabobank launches Innovation Contribution at Upstream Festival to offer financial boost to South Holland startups
Rabobank has unveiled the Innovation Contribution at the Upstream Festival in Rotterdam, an initiative aimed at supporting early-stage startups in South Holland.
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These are the top UK-based PR agencies for startups and scale-ups in 2025
In today’s digital world, developing a killer product or service isn’t just enough.
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sensmore raises €6.4M: Co-founder Maximilian Rolf on turning world’s largest machines into intelligent robots, safety layers, and expansion plans
Berlin/Potsdam-based sensmore, a robotics startup, has secured $7.3M (approximately €6.4M) in a funding round led by Point Nine Capital, an early-stage venture…