Funding
Amsterdam-based Volta Ventures launches €20M fund to back B2B startups across Benelux
Amsterdam-based Volta Ventures has launched a €20M seed fund aimed at early-stage B2B software startups in the Benelux region.
Business
Swedish Institute and Business Sweden launch Pioneer Prize award: Meet the 8 nominated startups
The Swedish Institute and Business Sweden have jointly launched the Pioneer Prize, a new award focused on recognising emerging innovation in sectors including climatetech and healthcare.
Funding
Rotterdam’s legal AI startup Zeno raises €2M to help lawyers work smarter, not harder: Know more
Rotterdam-based Zeno, a legal AI startup developing an end-to-end platform for legal professionals, has raised €2M in funding.
Funding
Paris-based Celest Science raises €2M to help tackle climate risk in the insurance industry: Know more
Paris-based Celest Science, a climate risk modelling startup, has raised €2M in seed funding.
E-commerce startups
Worldeye Technologies acquires Paris-based DataHawk: Know more
US-based Worldeye Technologies has acquired DataHawk, a France-based provider of e-commerce analytics tools.
Funding
UK’s Porpoise Power exits stealth mode with €1.3M for its scalable tidal energy system
Porpoise Power, a UK-based startup developing tidal stream technology, has emerged from stealth and announced the close of a £1.2M (nearly €1.39M) pre-seed funding round.
Funding
Amsterdam’s CarePay raises €5M to expand its digital health insurance management platform
Amsterdam-based CarePay, a health insurance management platform, has secured €5M in fresh funding from Invest International.
News
Leeds-based HyperFinity secures funding to support retailers through data and decision intelligence: Know more
Leeds-based HyperFinity, a company that offers AI-powered decisions in retail, has announced a seven-figure investment to drive the next stage of its growth in the decision intelligence space.
Funding
UK-based Portia AI raises €5.1M to help developers build safer, more reliable AI agents
London-based Portia AI, an open-source AI agents SDK (software development kit), has raised £4.4M (nearly €5.13M) in funding.
News
Paebbl’s CO2 mineralisation demo plant is now live: Here’s why it’s a stepping stone to turning construction sector into a carbon sink
Nordic-Dutch-based Paebbl, a company that turns captured CO2 into permanent carbon-storing materials, has announced the next phase in the scale-up of its operations.
Funding
Dutch medtech startup AMT Medical raises €22M from Invest-NL, EIC, others
Netherlands-based AMT Medical, a medtech innovator, has secured €22M in a Series B funding round.
Travel & Mobility
Lyft hails a taxi to Europe: Set to acquire Germany’s FREENOW for €175M
Lyft, a US-based ride-hailing marketplace, announced an agreement to acquire Hamburg’s FREENOW, a mobility app with a taxi service, from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility.