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.

Swedish EV maker Polestar charges up with €174M equity investment: Know more

Gothenburg-based Polestar, a premium electric vehicle firm, announced that it has secured a $200M (approximately €174M) equity investment from PSD ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Amsterdam’s Selection Lab crowned KPMG Dutch Tech Innovator 2025, advances to global finals in Lisbon

On Wednesday, KPMG officially announced Amsterdam-based Selection Lab, led by Lotte Welten, as the winner of the KPMG Dutch Tech ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Belgium’s Bizzy raises €4M to help sales teams stop chasing leads and start closing deals

Ghent-based Bizzy has secured €4M in funding to expand its AI Sales Agent across Europe. Fortino Capital led the round. ...

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Barcelona’s Tether raises €1.3M post-Spain blackout to tackle EU’s €135B/year grid instability risk

Barcelona-based Tether, a clean energy startup, has secured $1.5M (nearly €1.3M) in pre-seed funding to accelerate its AI-coordinated electric vehicle ...

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Amsterdam-based Delfio secures €1.5M to take hassle out of wholesale electronics buying

Amsterdam-based startup Delfio has secured €1.5M in pre-seed funding from tech investor Peak to automate the international wholesale procurement market ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Dutch firm Rival Foods secures €10M to boost clean-label plant-based meat production

Amersfoort-based Rival Foods, a Dutch food-tech company pioneering the next generation of plant-based, whole-cut meat alternatives, has secured €10M in ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Software as a service (SaaS)

Sweden’s Polar raises €8.6M to build the open-source monetisation platform for one-developer unicorns

Stockholm-based Polar, a company that offers a modern way to sell SaaS and digital products, has secured $10M (approximately €8.68M) ...

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Delft’s Orange Quantum Systems raises €12M: CEO Garrelt Alberts on slashing quantum chip testing time and enabling Moore’s Law scaling

Delft-based Orange Quantum Systems, a quantum technology company, on Wednesday, announced that it has closed an oversubscribed €12M seed round. ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Dutch energy startup HeatLeap secures €1M to bring gas-free heating to social housing: Know more

Tilburg-based HeatLeap, an energy startup, has raised €1M in funding to support its mission of transforming heating in the social ...

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Helsinki’s Supermetrics acquires Amsterdam’s Relay42: CEO Anssi Rusi on unifying marketing intelligence, scaling enterprise and future-proofing with AI

Helsinki-based Supermetrics, a marketing intelligence platform, on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based Relay42, a real-time Customer Data Platform (CDP). ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Germany’s Realyze Ventures closes first fund: Here are the VC platform’s focus areas

Köln, Germany-based Realyze Ventures, a VC platform driving sustainable transformation in the real estate, construction, and skilled trades sectors, announced ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Delft’s QuantWare extends Series A to €23.3M to unlock the path to million-qubit quantum processors

Delft-based QuantWare, a company that develops technology for quantum processors, has raised an additional $4.5M (approximately €3.9M) in funding. This ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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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.

Swedish EV maker Polestar charges up with €174M equity investment: Know more

Gothenburg-based Polestar, a premium electric vehicle firm, announced that it has secured a $200M (approximately €174M) equity investment from PSD ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Amsterdam’s Selection Lab crowned KPMG Dutch Tech Innovator 2025, advances to global finals in Lisbon

On Wednesday, KPMG officially announced Amsterdam-based Selection Lab, led by Lotte Welten, as the winner of the KPMG Dutch Tech ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Belgium’s Bizzy raises €4M to help sales teams stop chasing leads and start closing deals

Ghent-based Bizzy has secured €4M in funding to expand its AI Sales Agent across Europe. Fortino Capital led the round. ...

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Barcelona’s Tether raises €1.3M post-Spain blackout to tackle EU’s €135B/year grid instability risk

Barcelona-based Tether, a clean energy startup, has secured $1.5M (nearly €1.3M) in pre-seed funding to accelerate its AI-coordinated electric vehicle ...

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Amsterdam-based Delfio secures €1.5M to take hassle out of wholesale electronics buying

Amsterdam-based startup Delfio has secured €1.5M in pre-seed funding from tech investor Peak to automate the international wholesale procurement market ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Dutch firm Rival Foods secures €10M to boost clean-label plant-based meat production

Amersfoort-based Rival Foods, a Dutch food-tech company pioneering the next generation of plant-based, whole-cut meat alternatives, has secured €10M in ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Software as a service (SaaS)

Sweden’s Polar raises €8.6M to build the open-source monetisation platform for one-developer unicorns

Stockholm-based Polar, a company that offers a modern way to sell SaaS and digital products, has secured $10M (approximately €8.68M) ...

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Delft’s Orange Quantum Systems raises €12M: CEO Garrelt Alberts on slashing quantum chip testing time and enabling Moore’s Law scaling

Delft-based Orange Quantum Systems, a quantum technology company, on Wednesday, announced that it has closed an oversubscribed €12M seed round. ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Dutch energy startup HeatLeap secures €1M to bring gas-free heating to social housing: Know more

Tilburg-based HeatLeap, an energy startup, has raised €1M in funding to support its mission of transforming heating in the social ...

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Helsinki’s Supermetrics acquires Amsterdam’s Relay42: CEO Anssi Rusi on unifying marketing intelligence, scaling enterprise and future-proofing with AI

Helsinki-based Supermetrics, a marketing intelligence platform, on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Amsterdam-based Relay42, a real-time Customer Data Platform (CDP). ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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Germany’s Realyze Ventures closes first fund: Here are the VC platform’s focus areas

Köln, Germany-based Realyze Ventures, a VC platform driving sustainable transformation in the real estate, construction, and skilled trades sectors, announced ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

|

Delft’s QuantWare extends Series A to €23.3M to unlock the path to million-qubit quantum processors

Delft-based QuantWare, a company that develops technology for quantum processors, has raised an additional $4.5M (approximately €3.9M) in funding. This ...

Vigneshwar Ravichandran

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