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EditWithAva , a video editing tool for everyone ,  led by Matthias Rossini, a former breakdancer in LA, Adrian Montoya, a creative filmmaker turned rocket scientist turned AI engineer, and Dominik Doerner, a serial founder and technical operator, has announced its launch with a simple mission: make real videos as easy to create as AI-generated ones. The startup is backed by EWOR , a selective founder fellowship that supports top tech founders with up to €500,000 in funding an

Electric Twin , helping you understand your customers better than ever, led by Alex Cooper, Dr Ben Warner, and the team, has raised  $14 million in funding. The total includes a $10 million round led by  Atomico , with participation from  LocalGlobe ,  Mercuri , and  Samos Investments , as well as several angel investors, including Marc Andreessen, Cal Henderson, Eric Salama, Tom Shinner, and Louis Mosley. Electric Twin builds tools that help organizations better understand t

Andercore , the AI-driven trade platform for industrial supply, led by Philipp Andernach, Elsa Cordonnier, and the team, has raised  $40 Million in equity and debt to accelerate its European expansion. Participating investors include long-term partners Atomico  and Project A , with Inven Capital  joining this round, alongside institutional financing from Commerzbank  and KfW . The company has now raised $75m to date. Andercore operates in global wholesale , a market worth ten

Nebius , building vertically integrated AI infrastructure that accelerates AI innovation globally and at scale, led by Arkady Volozh and the team, has announced  an agreement to acquire Tavily , delivering high-quality, fresh, and structured web context, making it easy for agents to stay grounded as they scale from prototypes to production, led by Rotem Weiss and the team. The Tavily team, led by founder and CEO Rotem Weiss, will join Nebius and continue developing the Tavily

Aerska , a biotechnology company using brain shuttle technology to develop RNA medicines for CNS diseases, led by Jack O’Meara, Stuart Milstein, Dave Hardwicke, and others, has raised  $39 million in Series A financing led by EQT Dementia Fund  and age1 , with participation from Iaso Ventures , alongside existing investors. Total funding has reached $60 million, following a seed round in October 2025. The funding will support the development of brain shuttle technology to enh

Naboo , an AI-powered corporate events (MICE) procurement platform, led by Maxime Eduardo, Antoine Servant, Lucien Bredin, and Jean-Louis Villeminot, has raised  a $70M Series B led by  Lightspeed Venture Partners , with participation from its existing investors  Notion Capital , ISAI  and Ternel , less than a year after a €20M Series A (February 2025). The announcement coincides with the opening of a New York office as Naboo’s new North American hub following Montreal, build

Midi Health , providing the healthcare women in midlife deserve, rooted in science, guided by experts, and covered by insurance, led by Joanna Strober, Kathleen Jordan MD, Mindy Goldman MD, Sharon Meers, Melissa Waters, Jill Herzig, Jake Ramanathan, Matt Cook, and others, announced  it raised $100 million in a Series D financing round led by Goodwater Capital  with participation from new investors Foresite Capital  and Serena Ventures, as well as continued support from Advanc

Talentguide , the Ghent-based HR-tech company, led by Filip Tack, Beatrice Toussaint, Judith Straetemans, Bhanu Angam, Maryna Soufi, and Evelien Tanghe, has raised  €1.3 million in fresh capital   from     NXT II , Travvant (Partena Professional),  Miles Ahead Capital ,  imec.istart , and the founders, entrepreneurs such as Ewout Meyns (PieSync), Koen Handekyn (Allcrux, Nabu), and Jan Delaere (Delaware), also participated in the funding round. Talentguide enables smarter, dat

Linda AI , an AI receptionist for dental clinics, led by India Healy O’Connor, Portia Healy O'Connor, and Lucio Tudisco, has raised a €2.6M ($3M) pre-seed round led by 6 Degrees Capital . Linda AI was founded by sisters India and Portia Healy O’Connor, repeat founders and former Goldman Sachs professionals with early exposure to healthcare operations, alongside Lucio Tudisco, a former Amazon, Patreon, and Circle engineer with deep enterprise systems experience. Voice AI adopt

Kindred , a members-only home exchange community, led by Justine Palefsky  and Tasneem Amina , has raised  $125 million in new capital – including a Series B co-led by NEA  and Figma Co-Founder & CEO Dylan Field, and a Series C led by Index Ventures  – to scale its unique model for community-driven home swapping. This funding reflects a shift in how people live and travel. Once considered niche, community-driven home swapping has entered the mainstream, reshaping expectations

Biorce , a Barcelona-based health AI company specialized in applying artificial intelligence to the design and execution of clinical trials, led by Pedro Coelho,   Clara Bernardes, José Faria, Diogo Pisoeiro, and others, has raised $52.5 million in a Series A round. The financing includes new investment from DST Global Partners , with existing investors Norrsken VC  and YZR Capital  increasing their participation, alongside participation from Mustard Seed Maze  and Endeavor C

Mantis Biotech , the infrastructure powering human-in-computer models, led by Georgia Witchel, has announced $6.3 Million seed round, led by  Decibel Partners , with participation from  StoryHouse Ventures , Y Combinator , Pioneer Fund , Spot VC , and Fenwick . The Problem: The challenge isn’t a lack of data; it’s messy, fragmented, and hard-to-use data. Massive volumes of biological, performance, and operational information exist, but are scattered across systems and formats

Arctis AI , the contract operating system for construction professionals, turning complex documents into clarity, alignment, and control, led by Leon Stawowiak, Duc-Trung Nguyen, Dila Ekrem, and Simon Paul, has raised  $1M+ led by PT1  (Berlin/London), with participation from  EWOR , and a prominent group of angels, including Alexander Schwörer (Owner of PERI), Sebastian Johnston (Founding Partner at La Famiglia), Christian Vollmann (Founder of C1 Green Chemicals), Daniel Bro

Carbonaide , turning building materials from a large emission source into a carbon sink with the help of technology, led by Tapio Vehmas, Jonne Hirvonen, Matias Impivaara, and others, has raised  €3.7 million on its latest funding round, led by Carbonaide’s existing owners, Vantaan Energia , Redstone , and Ihantola Invest, and joined by a group of private investment companies and investors, including Zero Carbon Future Group, Product Ecology Holding B.V., Helkama Kiinteistöt,

Porter , platform as a service, led by Justin Rhee, has raised  a $20M Series A, led by FirstMark Capital  with participation from Y Combinator  and strategic angels including Dalton Caldwell and Ali Rowghani. Porter was founded to remove the burden of cloud infrastructure for startups. Today, hundreds of fast-growing AI companies, including Series A startups like ModelML and Giga, and growth-stage firms like Nooks, Tennr, Homelight, and Getaround, use Porter to manage infras

Phia , the shopping agent launched by co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni in April 2025,  announced  its $35 million Series A at a $185 million valuation to build the AI alignment layer between brands and consumers, led by Notable Capital , with participation from Khosla Ventures  and returning investor Kleiner Perkins . Phia surpassed 1 million users and partnered with 6,200+ retail brands within 10 months of launch, representing billions in annual GMV. The platform d

SpotDraft , an end-to-end contract automation platform for cutting-edge companies, led by Shashank Bijapur, Madhav Bhagat, Akshay Verma, Alon Waks, Amit Sharma, and others, has raised  $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures  in a strategic Series B extension to scale its on-device contract review tech for regulated legal workflows. The extension values SpotDraft at around $380 million, the startup told TechCrunch, nearly double its $190 million post-money valuation following its 

Tive , the global leader in supply chain and logistics visibility technology, led by Krenar Komoni, Michelle Korte, Dave Perri, and others, has announced  that  Lightsmith Group  led an investment round of $20 million in Tive with participation from existing Tive investors Sageview Capital , World Innovation Lab , AVP , and Supply Chain Ventures . Tive has sold over 3.5 million trackers with coverage in 186 countries, providing real-time shipment location and condition monito

Orbital , helping lawyers and property professionals get an immediate understanding of real estate matters, using trusted data, mapping, and purpose-built AI, led by Will Pearce, Ed Boulle, and others, has raised  $60 million in a Series B funding round led by  Brighton Park Capital , with participation from REV , The LegalTech Fund , Moderne Ventures , and Grosvenor Group . Existing investors JLL Spark , Outward , and Seedcamp  also participated. Orbital develops AI tailored

Parambil , building trusted, high-quality software with a specialty in medical record review, led by Sara Dwyer , Dr. Ralph Horwitz , Liam Gordon , and others, has secured  $6 million in seed funding led by Bling Capital  with participation from NVP Capital  and strategic angels across mass torts, personal injury, and legal-tech. Parambil’s founders are betting on a fundamental shift in how justice is administered in the United States, with the expectation that this transform