Startups

Stay ahead of the curve with our tech startup news, providing insights into the funding, growth, and long-term goals of companies spanning various stages and industries including fintech and SaaS to mobility, climate, crypto, consumer tech, and more.

Sweden’s Nordic Air Defence secures €2.5M to accelerate Europe’s drone defence revolution

Stockholm-based Nordic Air Defence, a defence tech startup, has secured $3M (approximately €2.5M) in an expansion of its pre-seed funding ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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European AI leaders join forces to push two-year pause on AI Act: All you need to know

A group of European business and tech leaders is urging the European Commission (EC) to delay the full rollout of ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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UK’s HIVED lands €35.5M to expand its AI logistics platform and electric delivery fleet

London-based HIVED, an AI-powered parcel delivery startup, has secured $42M (approximately €35.5M) in a Series B round led by NordicNinja. ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Marketing- & Adtech

Germany’s AI search analytics startup Peec AI secures two funding rounds in five months: Know more

Berlin-based Peec AI has secured €7M in funding within five months of its founding. The startup initially closed a €1.8M ...

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Leeds-based AssetCool raises €11.5M to tackle power grid bottlenecks with smart coating technology

Leeds-based AssetCool, a UK company focused on improving overhead power line capacity to address grid congestion, has secured £10M (nearly ...

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Dutch startup Solarix secures €5.5M to advance design-driven solar facades

Weesp, the Netherlands-based Solarix, a startup that designs and supplies innovative coloured solar panels for facades, has secured €4.2M in ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Internet of things (IoT)

IoT Connect: unifying devices, data & decisions

In addition to artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is also growing at a never-before-seen rate. As IoT ...

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Dutch photonic chipmaker EFFECT Photonics raises additional €20.4M to accelerate optical innovation

Eindhoven-based EFFECT Photonics, a provider of next-generation coherent optical solutions for data centre and edge networks, has raised an additional ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Amsterdam’s Dexter Energy raises €23M to scale AI-driven short-term trading for wind, solar, and battery portfolios

Amsterdam-based Dexter Energy, a climate tech company, has raised €23M in a Series C funding round. The funding round was ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Madrid-based TuringDream raises €6M to scale it’s agentic AI platform for education and enterprises

Madrid-based TuringDream, an Agentic AI Platform, has announced that it has secured €6M in seed financing co-led by Adara Ventures ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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These companies raised the 10 largest funding rounds in the Netherlands in H1 2025; 6 of them are hiring now

The Netherlands is home to numerous significant startups that have developed into global players, including Booking.com and Adyen. The country ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Finland’s Steady Energy secures €32M to build the world’s first commercial nuclear heating reactor by early 2030s

Steady Energy, a Finnish nuclear tech company that aims to transform the heating industry, has completed a €32M funding round. ...

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Startups

Stay ahead of the curve with our tech startup news, providing insights into the funding, growth, and long-term goals of companies spanning various stages and industries including fintech and SaaS to mobility, climate, crypto, consumer tech, and more.

Sweden’s Nordic Air Defence secures €2.5M to accelerate Europe’s drone defence revolution

Stockholm-based Nordic Air Defence, a defence tech startup, has secured $3M (approximately €2.5M) in an expansion of its pre-seed funding ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

European AI leaders join forces to push two-year pause on AI Act: All you need to know

A group of European business and tech leaders is urging the European Commission (EC) to delay the full rollout of ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

UK’s HIVED lands €35.5M to expand its AI logistics platform and electric delivery fleet

London-based HIVED, an AI-powered parcel delivery startup, has secured $42M (approximately €35.5M) in a Series B round led by NordicNinja. ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Marketing- & Adtech

Germany’s AI search analytics startup Peec AI secures two funding rounds in five months: Know more

Berlin-based Peec AI has secured €7M in funding within five months of its founding. The startup initially closed a €1.8M ...

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Leeds-based AssetCool raises €11.5M to tackle power grid bottlenecks with smart coating technology

Leeds-based AssetCool, a UK company focused on improving overhead power line capacity to address grid congestion, has secured £10M (nearly ...

|

Dutch startup Solarix secures €5.5M to advance design-driven solar facades

Weesp, the Netherlands-based Solarix, a startup that designs and supplies innovative coloured solar panels for facades, has secured €4.2M in ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Internet of things (IoT)

IoT Connect: unifying devices, data & decisions

In addition to artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is also growing at a never-before-seen rate. As IoT ...

|

Dutch photonic chipmaker EFFECT Photonics raises additional €20.4M to accelerate optical innovation

Eindhoven-based EFFECT Photonics, a provider of next-generation coherent optical solutions for data centre and edge networks, has raised an additional ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Amsterdam’s Dexter Energy raises €23M to scale AI-driven short-term trading for wind, solar, and battery portfolios

Amsterdam-based Dexter Energy, a climate tech company, has raised €23M in a Series C funding round. The funding round was ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Madrid-based TuringDream raises €6M to scale it’s agentic AI platform for education and enterprises

Madrid-based TuringDream, an Agentic AI Platform, has announced that it has secured €6M in seed financing co-led by Adara Ventures ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

These companies raised the 10 largest funding rounds in the Netherlands in H1 2025; 6 of them are hiring now

The Netherlands is home to numerous significant startups that have developed into global players, including Booking.com and Adyen. The country ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Finland’s Steady Energy secures €32M to build the world’s first commercial nuclear heating reactor by early 2030s

Steady Energy, a Finnish nuclear tech company that aims to transform the heating industry, has completed a €32M funding round. ...

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