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Denmark’s BioCirc raises €40.2M; looks to complete €134M worth of green energy projects by 2025
Copenhagen-based BioCirc, a circular bioeconomic company, has completed an internal fundraising round of DKK 300M (nearly €40.20M).
Birmingham’s Grid Edge raises €3.3M to help businesses navigate energy price volatility
Birmingham-based Grid Edge, a company developing AI-powered software to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs in commercial buildings, has raised over £2.8M (approximately €3.3M) in funding.
Luxembourg’s Exobiosphere raises €2M to accelerate drug discovery in space; here’s why and how
Luxembourg-based Exobiosphere, the world’s first contract research organisation dedicated to drug discovery in space, has raised €2M in a seed funding round.
Swedish Algae Factory raises €3M to scale its sustainable algae products
Gothenburg-based Swedish Algae Factory, a company specialising in utilising the microalgae group diatoms, has secured €3M in additional funding (loans and grants) from new and existing investors, such as Chalmers Ventures.
Eindhoven-based ANTENNEX secures additional investment from Amsterdam’s Borski Fund
Eindhoven-based ANTENNEX, a company specialised in antenna measurement solutions, announced that it has secured additional funding from Borski Fund to boost its international growth and innovation.
Europe’s largest women-led VC Revaia closes second fund at €250M; reaches €600M AUM
Paris-based Revaia, Europe’s largest all-women-led VC, announced the final closing of its second fund, Revaia Growth II, at €250M.
SecFund is now live; here’s how Dutch startups, scale-ups and SMEs developing dual-use tech can apply
Last year, the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Regional Development Companies…
Utrecht-based Florbs secures €1M to strengthen its cloud data protection platform: Know more
Utrecht-based Florbs, a Dutch cybersecurity company focused on Cloud Data Protection for Google Drive, has raised over €1M in seed funding to support its platform expansion and international growth.
UK-based surgical robotics company CMR Surgical raises €185M+; eyes US expansion
Cambridge-based CMR Surgical, a company that develops surgical robotic systems for minimal access surgery, has secured over $200M (approximately €185M) in the latest financing round through a combination of equity and debt.
Meet the companies that raised the top 10 Dutch funding rounds in Q1 2025; 6 are hiring right now
As Q1 2025 comes to a close, it’s clear that Dutch startups are off to a strong start this year.
Meet the European companies that raised €100M and more in Q1 2025; 14 of them are currently hiring
Europe’s startup ecosystem has grown over the past decade, with several companies reaching the billion-dollar mark.