Dutch battery & energy management startup Lyv acquired by Zoetermeer-based Van Dorp
Dutch-based Van Dorp has agreed to acquire battery & energy management startup Lyv.
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Brussels’s LIZY secures €75M to scale its digital car leasing platform across Europe
Brussels-based LIZY, the digital platform for premium used lease cars, has raised €75M through a mix of debt and equity financing to accelerate its growth across Europe.
Netomnia secures €346.2M to expand its fibre network in the UK: Know more
Tewkesbury-based Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative network provider, has secured junior debt funding, bringing its total debt…
Rotterdam’s Lunch Bunch raises €565K to combine sustainable catering with inclusive employment
Rotterdam-based Lunch Bunch, a social lunch caterer for businesses, has raised €565K from Social Impact Fonds Rotterdam (SIF Rotterdam) and Impact Fonds Duurzame Voedselketen Rotterdam.
Helsinki’s Taaleri Bioindustry injects €10M into Finnish Food Factory to scale plant-based dairy production
Taaleri Bioindustry has invested in Finnish Food Factory, a company that produces plant-based dairy products.
Stockholm-based Hubert secures €2.5M to streamline high-volume hiring through AI
Stockholm-based Hubert, the AI-first hiring platform, has secured €2.5M in a seed funding round led by Spintop Ventures.
In other news this week: ProVerum raises €68.4M, M0 bags €34.2M, Maisa lands €21.4M funding and more
The last few weeks have been busy with important news in the startup and business world.
AI Tool of the Week: Italy’s Seeweb unveils Regolo.ai to make AI deployment open, simple, and sustainable
In recent years, companies and developers have been exploring artificial intelligence right, left and centre.
Amsterdam-based startups that raised funding in August 2025; 5 of them are hiring
Amsterdam is reinforcing its role as a major startup hub in Europe, hosting about 1,219 startups, which accounts for nearly 45 per cent of the Netherlands’ total.
Copenhagen’s Moxso secures €4.7M to help businesses turn employees into cyber defenders
Copenhagen-based Moxso, a cybersecurity company that turns human behaviour into risk intelligence, has secured €4.7M in a seed funding round led by Seed Capital.
Danish startup Propane raises funding to build AI-native Customer Intelligence OS
Copenhagen-based Propane, a company building the operating system for AI-native customer intelligence, has raised a $1.2M (approximately €1M) in a pre-seed funding round.
YC-backed Artificial Societies raises €4.5M to build AI simulations of societies for testing how ideas spread
Artificial Societies, a London-based AI simulation platform, has raised funds to develop tools for testing ideas with digital personas.