In other news this week: Numan lands €51.6M, thermondo secures €50M loan, Proxymity raises €31M and others
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Dutch VC SHIFT Invest announces first close of new impact fund at €92M; discover its investment focus and target
Amstelveen-based SHIFT Invest, a Dutch venture capital firm, has announced the first close of its fourth fund, SHIFT Invest IV, securing…
Amsterdam’s Farm in a Box gets €350K for its plug-and-play land-based aquaculture system
Amsterdam-based Farm in a Box, a startup developing modular, easy-to-assemble recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), has received €350,000 in funding from the North Holland Innovation Fund.
Norwegian startup Remora Robotics reels in €13.7M to dive deeper into aquaculture automation
Norway-based Remora Robotics, a tech company that specialises in aquaculture robotics, has raised NOK 164M (nearly €13.73M) in a funding round.
Swedish AI startup Lovable hits unicorn status; raises €172M at €1.65B valuation
Swedish AI startup Lovable, a platform that lets users build apps and websites using plain language, has secured $200M (approximately €172M) at $1.8B valuation in a Series A round led by Accel.
Stuttgart’s Q.ANT raises €62M to scale energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing
Stuttgart-based Q.ANT has announced a €62M Series A funding round.
Amsterdam’s Crisp secures €28M loan from this Dutch bank to fuel sustainable growth
Amsterdam-based Crisp, an online supermarket, announced a financing partnership with ABN AMRO, securing a €28M credit facility to support its sustainable business model and strategic growth across the Netherlands.
Put your cash to work: Paris-based Spiko raises €18.9M from Index Ventures, Revolut co-founder, others
Paris-based Spiko, a fintech company operating in the European cash management market using tokenised infrastructure, has announced a $22M (nearly €18.96M) Series A funding round.
Ventures.eu and Dealflow.eu announce first close of €30M VC fund for European and Portuguese startups
Lisbon-based Ventures.eu, in partnership with Dealflow.eu, announced the first closing of Ventures.eu Fund I, aimed at supporting early-stage startups across Portugal and Europe.
Roman cybersecurity firm Exein raises €70M from Balderton, Partech, Lakestar, others after 450% YoY growth
Rome-based Exein, an Italian company focused on embedded IoT cybersecurity, has secured €70M in a Series C funding round.
Eindhoven’s inPhocal secures €5M to replace inkjet with its high-speed laser marking tech
Eindhoven-based inPhocal, a deeptech company that claims to use a “unique” laser beam technology to revolutionise laser processing, has secured an additional €5M to accelerate the commercial rollout of its technology.
Amsterdam’s Whisper switches on ‘God Mode’ with €1.6M to predict cyber attacks before they happen: Know more
Whisper, a cybersecurity platform from Amsterdam that aims to predict cyber attacks using an internet monitoring system called “God Mode,” has announced a pre-seed funding round of €1.6M. The announcement comes as the company emerges from stealth.