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Biolevate Raises €30 Million Series A & Opens Boston Office to Meet Surging Demand
Biolevate, reinventing life sciences operations for the AI era, led by Joel Belafa and the team, announced a €30 million Series A funding round co-led by RAISE France – the investment vehicle of French entrepreneur Aymar Hénin, and Orange Ventures, with participation from MSD Global Health Innovation Fund (MGHIF), Station F, and existing investor EQT Ventures. Biolevate has raised new funding to scale its AI platform for regulated life sciences and expand into the US with a n
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TEKEVER Raises US$580 Million, Reaching a US$6.4 Billion Valuation in Series D Round Led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford
Tekever, Europe’s leading provider of AI-powered autonomous systems, led by Ricardo Mendes, and the team, has announced the first close of its US$580 million Series D financing, valuing the company at US$6.4 billion. UC Investments (University of California) and Baillie Gifford led the round, which marks UC Investments’ first direct investment in Europe. Merlyn Advisors joined TEKEVER as a new strategic investor alongside continued investment from shareholders Crescent Cove,
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Confido Raises $55M Series B to Scale the AI Operating System for CPG Brands
Confido, building AI infra for CPG brands, led by Kara Holinski and Justin Hunter, has raised $55M Series B, bringing total funding to $77M. The round is led by Insight Partners and drew participation from returning investors Footwork, Trenches Capital, Watchfire, Barrel Ventures, and Y Combinator. What Confido Has Built. Since 2022, Confido has built a unified system for CPG brands, bringing commercial and financial workflows onto a shared data foundation. Cash application,
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StandardX Launches With £10m Seed Round to Create the Rare Isotopes Needed to Advance Medical and Fusion Innovation
StandardX, the UK-headquartered European deep tech company founded in 2025, led by Dr Richard Pearson, Dr Ross Allen, and the team, has raised £10m seed funding to build the world's first scalable isotope refinery to radically increase production of the rare isotopes that will enable the next century of innovation in medicine and energy. The round was led by Vsquared Ventures and East X Ventures, with additional backing from firstminute capital, UKI2S (the UK Innovation and S
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Dialybrid Secures €15 Million Series A Round and Announces Successful First-in-Human Implant of Novel Silkothane® Arteriovenous Graft for Vascular Access in Hemodialysis
Dialybrid, developing and commercializing novel arteriovenous vascular grafts for hemodialysis, based on the proprietary innovative technology named Silkothane®, a hybrid material combining silk fibroin and polyurethane, led by Francesco Greco and Stefania A. Riboldi, announced the closing of a €15 million Series A round led by new investor XGEN Venture, with participation of CDP Venture Capital (Rilancio Fund). The financing will support clinical development of Dialybrid’s S
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Qualcomm Launches Two New Smartphone Chips with Emphasis on AI
Qualcomm has launched two flagship smartphone processors, called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, with a focus on facilitating better AI-focused features. At its annual Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm highlighted new chip capabilities designed to improve personalization for AI agents. New sensing hubs can run models with up to 200 million parameters locally, enabling features such as on-device personal transcription, speaker identification, and usage
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Confido Raises $55M Series B to Scale the AI Operating System for CPG Brands
Confido, building AI infra for CPG brands, led by Kara Holinski and Justin Hunter, has raised $55M Series B, bringing total funding to $77M. The round is led by Insight Partners and drew participation from returning investors Footwork, Trenches Capital, Watchfire, Barrel Ventures, and Y Combinator. What Confido Has Built. Since 2022, Confido has built a unified system for CPG brands, bringing commercial and financial workflows onto a shared data foundation. Cash application,
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Confido Raises $55M Series B to Scale the AI Operating System for CPG Brands
Confido, building AI infra for CPG brands, led by Kara Holinski and Justin Hunter, has raised $55M Series B, bringing total funding to $77M. The round is led by Insight Partners and drew participation from returning investors Footwork, Trenches Capital, Watchfire, Barrel Ventures, and Y Combinator. What Confido Has Built. Since 2022, Confido has built a unified system for CPG brands, bringing commercial and financial workflows onto a shared data foundation. Cash application,
Corridor Launches with $25M Seed Round led by Bain Capital Ventures
Corridor, the AI-native benefits brokerage built for small businesses, led by Nikhil Aggarwal, Jackson Wagner, Eric Qian, and Jason Dong, has launched with $25 million in funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from BoxGroup, Definition Capital, and angel investors including founders and executives from OpenAI, Modal, Ramp, Scale AI, Oscar, Rogo, Decagon, Medallion, Reducto, and Tennr. Nearly 6.4 million U.S. businesses have fewer than 500 empl
Verda Raises $189M in Funding
Verda, the full-stack AI cloud of tomorrow, led by Ruben Bryon and the team, has raised $189 million in new funding. The oversubscribed Series B was led by Emergence Capital, with MUFG Innovation Partners, Supermicro, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Lifeline Ventures, 6 Degrees Capital (6DC), byFounders, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd), and a group of angel investors including Ola Tørudbakken and Mark Saroufim participating. That brings the total funding to dat
Feldera Raises $21.5M to Reduce Database Compute Costs by 95% with a Mathematical Breakthrough
Feldera, the incremental view maintenance engine for enterprises, led by Lalith Suresh, Leonid Ryzhyk, Mihai Budiu, Ben Pfaff, and Gerd Zellweger, has raised $21.5 million across a $15.4M Series A round led by Inovia Capital, with participation from Costanoa Ventures and Battery Ventures, and a $6.1M Seed round led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Ion Stoica (co-founder of Databricks and Anyscale). Founded by award-winning computer scientists, Feldera has built a
How Raindrop is Protecting the World from AI Agent Failures
Raindrop, Sentry for AI Agents, led by Zubin Koticha, Ben Hylak, and Alexis Gauba, has announced its Series A and a brand new product called Raindrop Simulations. The company has raised a total of $50 million, led by CRV and researchers and executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Thinking Machines. Raindrop's goal is to protect the world from agent failures, big and small. Over the past year, Raindrop has expanded from a startup-focused tool to an enterprise platform trusted acr
Crusoe Raises $3.9 Billion Series F for its Vertically-Integrated AI Infrastructure Platform
Crusoe, the AI factory company, led by Chase Lochmiller and Cully Cavness, has announced the initial closing of its anticipated $3.9 billion Series F funding round, at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, alongside significant backing from new and existing investors including Founders Fund, GIC, NVIDIA, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Radical Ventures, and TPG. With mo
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Integral Raises €18m Series A Led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman to Build the AI-Native Accounting, Tax, and Payroll Services Firm for SMEs
Integral, connecting accounting, tax, and payroll in one AI-native firm, led by Lukas Zörner and Anil Can Baykal, has announced an €18m Series A, co-led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman, with its existing investors Cherry Ventures, General Catalyst, and Puzzle Ventures joining again. It brings the total capital raised by Integral to more than €30m. Where Integral Started. Before Integral, the founders spent years building banking and payments products for businesses and sp
Integral Raises €18m Series A Led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman to Build the AI-Native Accounting, Tax, and Payroll Services Firm for SMEs
Integral, connecting accounting, tax, and payroll in one AI-native firm, led by Lukas Zörner and Anil Can Baykal, has announced an €18m Series A, co-led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman, with its existing investors Cherry Ventures, General Catalyst, and Puzzle Ventures joining again. It brings the total capital raised by Integral to more than €30m. Where Integral Started. Before Integral, the founders spent years building banking and payments products for businesses and sp
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Chift Raises €10.5M in a Series A Round led by BlackFin Capital Partners
Chift, building the agentic infrastructure for financial connectivity, led by Gauthier Henroz, Matthieu Hertoghe, and Henry Hertoghe, has raised a €10.5M Series A to solve Europe's financial connectivity problem. The round is led by BlackFin Capital Partners, the European fintech specialist, with its existing investors Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund, and Wallonie Entreprendre all doubling down. Chift’s latest milestone reflects the support of its investors, employees, and cu
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Intermezzo Raises $10M to Build the World’s First AI-Native Global Payroll Platform
Intermezzo, a global payroll infrastructure company, led by Siddharth Ram and Kumar Ramanathan, has announced $10M in funding from Crosslink Capital, UKG Ventures, CloudPay, Character Capital, Behind Genius Ventures, and leading angel investors. International Payroll. Intermezzo is building a platform to automate the complex and highly regulated world of international payroll. Its founding team brings a combined 40 years of experience leading technical and product teams at In
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Limetax Raises €36 Million to Build Germany’s Agentic-First Accounting & Tax Group
Limetax, a Berlin-based technology company bringing established tax firms together in one group and building a proprietary AI agent platform for them, led by Christoph Gamon, Christoph Dansard, and Maximilian Meyer, has raised €36 million in financing, comprising €6 million in pre-seed equity led by Motive Partners, with participation from Activant and Heliad, and a €30 million acquisition facility from a consortium of German banks. Angel investors include former German Finan
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Fundcraft Secures €12m Strategic Growth Financing to Scale Digital Fund Operations Infrastructure for European Alternative Investment Funds
Fundcraft, Europe’s digital fund operations provider for alternative investment funds, led by Julien De Mayer, Olga Porro, and Christian Senitz, has announced that it has secured €12 million in strategic growth financing co-led by Riverside Acceleration Capital (“RAC”) and CCAP Investments (“CCAP”), with participation from existing investors including 3VC, MiddleGame Ventures and Aperture Capital. The new financing brings Fundcraft’s total capital secured since its founding t
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Standard Metrics has Raised $20M in Series B from Its Customers to Accelerate Innovation in the Private Markets
Standard Metrics, an AI‑driven portfolio management platform, led by John Melas-Kyriazi and Deny Khoung, has raised a $20M Series B led by 8VC. Other investors in this round include Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital, January Capital, First Trust Capital Partners, Socii Capital, Kindergarten Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, and more. The company has raised roughly $50M to date, and most of that capital has come from its customers. Why Standard Metrics Exists. Founded in 202
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Uplift Ventures Launches €100 Million Fund to Back Europe's Next Generation of Product-Obsessed Deep Tech Founders
Uplift Ventures, an independently operating venture platform investing in and building startups shaping the future of Physical AI, Energy, Enterprise AI, and Logistics, has announced the launch of its inaugural €100 million venture capital fund, dedicated to backing Europe's next generation of Deep Tech founders. Uplift Ventures plans to back up to 20 startups and selected Deep Tech funds from its €100 million fund, creating a unique global network that benefits founders long
Uplift Ventures Launches €100 Million Fund to Back Europe's Next Generation of Product-Obsessed Deep Tech Founders
Uplift Ventures, an independently operating venture platform investing in and building startups shaping the future of Physical AI, Energy, Enterprise AI, and Logistics, has announced the launch of its inaugural €100 million venture capital fund, dedicated to backing Europe's next generation of Deep Tech founders. Uplift Ventures plans to back up to 20 startups and selected Deep Tech funds from its €100 million fund, creating a unique global network that benefits founders long
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Volition Capital Announces Closing of Volition Capital Fund VI with $950 Million in LP Capital Commitments.
Volition Capital, a Boston-based growth equity investment firm, led by Managing Partners Sean Cantwell, Larry Cheng, Roger Hurwitz, and the team, has announced the final closing of Volition Capital Fund VI, L.P. (“Fund VI”) at its hard cap of $950 million in limited partner capital commitments. Fund VI was oversubscribed, reflecting strong demand from both its existing and new limited partners. Fund VI is the largest fund raised by Volition to date, bringing its total assets
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Seed Capital Closes €130M Fund V to Expand into Sweden and Cybersecurity
Seed Capital, partnering with remarkable entrepreneurs across the Nordics to build global winners, led by General Partners Lars Andersen, Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack, Geeta Schmidt, and Managing Partner Christian Brøndum, has now completed its fifth fund, valued at €130 million. Fund V will make investments ranging from €3 million to €6 million across 15 to 17 companies, from the seed stage through to Series A. The firm continues to concentrate on fintech and AI-driven B2B servi
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Molten Ventures Announces £175m First Close of Molten Growth Fund with Cornerstone Commitment from British Business Bank
Molten Ventures, a leading venture capital firm with a 20-year track record of investing in and developing disruptive high-growth technology companies across Europe and the UK, announced the first close of its Growth Fund at £175 million. The British Business Bank has committed £75 million as a cornerstone investor. Molten Ventures has committed the remaining £100 million of the first close and will continue to seek additional investors, with the aim of growing the Growth Fun
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Andreessen Horowitz Announces 'The Machine Age Fund'
A16Z has raised $1.1B for its newest fund: the Machine Age Fund, aimed at accelerating the physical buildout of AI. The fund reflects a broader push to bring AI into the physical world, positioning the technology as a powerful tool for solving real-world problems and expanding abundance. AI’s capabilities are expanding rapidly, with systems moving from chat to reasoning, coding, and increasingly complex forms of knowledge work. As utility and demand grow, so does the computat
Aug 29
Einride Founders Launch Navisalma to Turn Europe's Frontier Technologies into Global Leaders
Navisalma, the newly founded European Venture Platform, founded by Einride founders Robert Falck and Linnéa Kornehed Falck, together with previous McKinsey Partner and Material Economics co-founder Robert Westerdahl, announced its launch. Europe does not have an innovation problem. It has a scaling problem. Europe produces world-class science, engineering, and frontier technologies, backed by centuries of leadership in design, craftsmanship, industrial excellence, and quality
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TEKEVER Raises US$580 Million, Reaching a US$6.4 Billion Valuation in Series D Round Led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford
Tekever, Europe’s leading provider of AI-powered autonomous systems, led by Ricardo Mendes, and the team, has announced the first close of its US$580 million Series D financing, valuing the company at US$6.4 billion. UC Investments (University of California) and Baillie Gifford led the round, which marks UC Investments’ first direct investment in Europe. Merlyn Advisors joined TEKEVER as a new strategic investor alongside continued investment from shareholders Crescent Cove,
TEKEVER Raises US$580 Million, Reaching a US$6.4 Billion Valuation in Series D Round Led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford
Tekever, Europe’s leading provider of AI-powered autonomous systems, led by Ricardo Mendes, and the team, has announced the first close of its US$580 million Series D financing, valuing the company at US$6.4 billion. UC Investments (University of California) and Baillie Gifford led the round, which marks UC Investments’ first direct investment in Europe. Merlyn Advisors joined TEKEVER as a new strategic investor alongside continued investment from shareholders Crescent Cove,
StandardX Launches With £10m Seed Round to Create the Rare Isotopes Needed to Advance Medical and Fusion Innovation
StandardX, the UK-headquartered European deep tech company founded in 2025, led by Dr Richard Pearson, Dr Ross Allen, and the team, has raised £10m seed funding to build the world's first scalable isotope refinery to radically increase production of the rare isotopes that will enable the next century of innovation in medicine and energy. The round was led by Vsquared Ventures and East X Ventures, with additional backing from firstminute capital, UKI2S (the UK Innovation and S
Qualcomm Launches Two New Smartphone Chips with Emphasis on AI
Qualcomm has launched two flagship smartphone processors, called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, with a focus on facilitating better AI-focused features. At its annual Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm highlighted new chip capabilities designed to improve personalization for AI agents. New sensing hubs can run models with up to 200 million parameters locally, enabling features such as on-device personal transcription, speaker identification, and usage
TERASi Announces €11m Seed Round
TERASi, a Swedish spinout from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, specializing in next-generation high-frequency wireless solutions that combine cutting-edge design techniques and scalable manufacturing, led by James Campion, Adrian Gomez, and Bernhard Beuerle, has raised €11 million to scale the deployment of its wireless systems for unjammable and undetectable communication, a pressing capability gap for Europe. The round was co-led by the NATO Innovation Fund and JOIN Capi
AstroForge Introduces Autonomy-1: The First Autonomous Space Mission, Powered by Solo
AstroForge, unlocking the resources of the Solar System, led by Matt Gialich, has introduced Autonomy-1: the first autonomous space mission, powered by solo. Spacecraft still rely heavily on ground teams to analyze telemetry, diagnose anomalies, make decisions, and send commands. In deep-space missions, these teams also depend on scarce and expensive ground infrastructure, while communication delays increase with distance from Earth. AstroForge says mission operations accoun
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How Raindrop is Protecting the World from AI Agent Failures
Raindrop, Sentry for AI Agents, led by Zubin Koticha, Ben Hylak, and Alexis Gauba, has announced its Series A and a brand new product called Raindrop Simulations. The company has raised a total of $50 million, led by CRV and researchers and executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Thinking Machines. Raindrop's goal is to protect the world from agent failures, big and small. Over the past year, Raindrop has expanded from a startup-focused tool to an enterprise platform trusted acr
How Raindrop is Protecting the World from AI Agent Failures
Raindrop, Sentry for AI Agents, led by Zubin Koticha, Ben Hylak, and Alexis Gauba, has announced its Series A and a brand new product called Raindrop Simulations. The company has raised a total of $50 million, led by CRV and researchers and executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Thinking Machines. Raindrop's goal is to protect the world from agent failures, big and small. Over the past year, Raindrop has expanded from a startup-focused tool to an enterprise platform trusted acr
Comp AI Raises $34M Series A to Build Agentic AI for Continuous Compliance and Cybersecurity
Comp AI, an AI-native compliance and security company helping businesses navigate an increasingly complex security landscape, led by Lewis Carhart, Claudio Fuentes, and Mariano Fuentes, has announced a $34 million Series A led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures. The raise follows a period of rapid growth since the company’s January 2025 founding, with Comp AI achieving 15x ARR growth year-over-year and now serving more than 1,000 customers. The funding will accelerate the com
Exein Raises $270m at $1.7bn Valuation to Build the Security Layer for Physical AI
Exein, a global leader in embedded IoT cybersecurity, Gianni Cuozzo, Giovanni Alberto Falcione, Gerardo Gagliardo, and Gary Walshe, has raised $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation, led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, EIB Group through the European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI), KfW Capital and T.Capital, plus existing investors Balderton, HV, Intrepid Growth Partners, 33N Ventures, Lakestar, Supernova Invest, Blue Cloud Ventur
Cylake Closes $245 Million Funding Round Ahead of Beta Release for Next-Generation Cybersecurity Product
Cylake, the complete, AI-native cybersecurity platform that provides full visibility, sets fine-grained policy, and stops attacks in fully air-gapped sovereign environments, led by Nir Zuk, Udi Shamir, Wilson Xu, and the team, has closed $245 million through a convertible note, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Picture Capital, and Redpoint Ventures. This latest funding brings Cylake’s total raised to $290 million, following a $45 million seed round in Marc
HiddenLayer Raises $100M Series B to Advance Trustworthy AI
HiddenLayer, the most comprehensive security platform for AI, led by Chris Sestito, Tanner Burns, James Ballard, and the team, has announced a $100 million Series B funding round led by Delta-v Capital, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and Booz Allen Ventures. The company will use the funding to expand its enterprise platform, including Agentic Runtime Security and Agent Harness Security, a new solution designed to se
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