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Delft-based Orange Quantum Systems, a quantum technology company, secured fresh funding from InnovationQuarter, a firm that helps entrepreneurs in South Holland to develop and market technological innovations.
Aachen, Germany-based Black Semiconductor, a deep tech company, announced on Wednesday that it has secured €254.4M in a Series A funding round.
Edinburgh-based FOR EV, a private electric charge point operator, has secured £10M (approximately €11.86M) follow-on investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Invest-NL and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have signed a guarantee agreement to provide €35.7M in new financing for sustainability projects by Dutch SMEs.
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Eindhoven-based MicroAlign, a spin-off from the Eindhoven University of Technology, has secured €1M in a seed round of funding to accelerate the commercialisation of high-accuracy fiber arrays.
Rotterdam-based Pryme, a chemical plastic recycling company, has secured an unsecured term loan facility from Dutch-based Energietransitiefonds B.V. (ETF-R) in either €4M or, at Pryme’s option, €5M, with a term until June 2027. The interest rate of the loan is 9.0 per cent per annum.
Munich-based Raily, a company specialising in an AI-driven platform that fosters meaningful human connections, has completed its pre-seed funding round, securing $1.7M (nearly €1.57M) at a valuation of $17M (nearly €15.79M).
Amsterdam-based Haaven, a homebuilding platform, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €1.1M in a pre-seed funding round led by Speedinvest.
Paris-based Zeliq, an AI sales solution provider, has raised €9.2M in a seed round of funding.
Toulouse, France-based vorteX-io, a startup specialising in large-scale hydrological monitoring solutions, announced recently that it has secured €2.9M in a fresh funding round.
The Netherlands climbed to 13th place in the world's top-performing startup ecosystems, a one-place improvement from last year, says the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER), launched today by Startup Genome and Techleap at London Tech Week.
