In other news this week: Zvilo expands debt facility to €75M, Makersite raises €60M
This week has been busy for European startup sectors.
News
Breaking news and analysis from technology, capital, and policy — the moves that matter for the people building, funding, and regulating the technology economy.
13,389 articles · News
AI Tool of the Week: RoomRaccoon introduces RaccoonRev Plus to transform hotel pricing strategies
Based out of Breda, the Netherlands, RoomRaccoon is a hotel management system for independent hotels and accommodation businesses.
Amsterdam’s Avantium secures €10M from Invest-NL to boost liquidity amid planned equity raise
Amsterdam-based Avantium, a company specialising in sustainable chemistry technologies, has secured €10M senior debt financing from Invest-NL to meet short-term liquidity requirements.
French firm MagREEsource secures €23M to build Europe’s first sustainable permanent magnet factory
Noyarey, France-based MagREEsource, a deep-tech industrial company, has secured €23M in its latest funding round.
Madrid-based Ucademy secures €3.5M to personalise test prep with AI and expand learning verticals
Madrid-based Ucademy, an edtech startup reshaping academic test preparation, has secured €3.5M in a funding round, led by Inveready with participation from Sabadell Venture Capital.
Milan-based SunCubes secures €1.1M to develop laser-based drone charging technology
Milan-based SunCubes, a company that claims to be pioneering energy transfer via laser technology, has secured €1.1M in Seed funding.
German warehouse software startup pyck picks up €2.6M in Seed funding
Germany-based pyck, a warehouse software startup, has secured €2.6M in Seed funding to advance its open-source and AI-focused toolkit for logistics infrastructure.
NATO Innovation Fund appoints these two deep tech veterans as investment partners; founding team partner Kelly Chen departs
The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), an independent venture capital firm backed by 23 NATO Allies, has announced the appointment of two seasoned deep-tech investors to its investment team.
Swiss chipmaker STMicro to acquire Eindhoven-based NXP Semiconductors’ MEMS sensor business for €808.1M
Switzerland’s semiconductor company STMicroelectronics has agreed to acquire Dutch-based NXP Semiconductors’ MEMS sensor business for a total purchase price of up to $950M (nearly €808.17M) in cash.
What’s in a Name: How Amsterdam’s Brighter Signals shows naming doesn’t need to be a gimmick
In a world racing toward smarter, more intuitive machines, the ability to truly understand touch has become a pressing need—not just in…
Amsterdam’s Fortaegis secures TNO backing to develop quantum-resistant chips for military and civilian use
The Hague-based TNO, an independent organisation for applied research, has entered into a strategic partnership with Fortaegis, an Amsterdam-based deep-tech scale-up pioneering a new generation of secure chip technology.
Berlin’s Trade Republic takes on Dutch banks; introduces the first free current account that pays the full ECB interest rate
Berlin-based Trade Republic, an online broker and bank, has announced a new free current account for its Dutch customers that pays the full ECB interest rate of 2 per cent on unlimited cash balances.