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Mountly , a food ordering and discovery platform for mountain resort tourists, founded by Katia Sogreeva, begins a pilot in three French Alps locations, backed by a €600,000 investment from Amitours . The app launches with hot meals from local restaurants and pre-assembled grocery boxes across Chamonix, Portes du Soleil, and Les Trois Vallées, targeting a tourism market that attracts over 80 million visitors to the Alps annually. The platform aims to unify fragmented local re

NoTraffic , a leading AI-powered mobility platform for traffic management, led by Tal Kreisler, Uriel Katz, Or Sela, and the team, has raised a $90 million Series C funding round led by PSG Equity , with participation from M&G Investments , Grove Ventures , LifeX Ventures , Meitav Investment House , and Next Gear Ventures . With deployment projected to reach 1 in 10 traffic agencies across the U.S. and Canada by mid-2026, NoTraffic is becoming a core platform for transform

Zevero , a carbon management platform, led by Shigeo Taniuchi, Yuya Kuratomi, George Wade, and Ben Richardson, has secured $7 million in new investment, bringing its total funding to $14 million to date. The round includes participation from Spiral Capital , Gazelle Capital , and Deep 30 , and it follows a period of rapid growth for the company, with annual recurring revenue increasing 400% year-on-year and its customer base doubling . Zevero has also acquired sustainability

JAAQ , the clinically governed digital health and engagement platform, led by Danny Gray, Alex Packham, Dan Cook, Tiff Werdmuller, Saurabh Johri, and the team, has raised $17 million from Meridian Health Ventures , Fuel Ventures , Bolt Angels, and Guinness Ventures . JAAQ leverages an AI-native approach, offering a bespoke library of over 10,000 clinically reviewed videos that integrate mental health content directly into user, patient, and customer journeys, driving impact

CloudCruise , a developer platform for fast and reliable browser agents, led by Felix Eckert and Adrian Ziegler , has raised a 5M seed round, backed by Floating Point , Meridian Street Capital , Twine , Refract Ventures , and angels like Zack Lipton (CTO, Abridge) and David Singleton (fmr. CTO, Stripe). Healthcare software was built for human use, not automation. Workflows like prior authorizations, EHR note creation, and eligibility verification involve complex, multi-step

Sequen , developing dynamic in-session personalization in the post-cookie, privacy-first AI era, led by Zoe Weil , Mo Afshar , Alex Thom , Ethan Benjamin , and the team, has raised $16 million in Series A funding co-led by White Star Capital and Threshold Ventures , with participation from its prior investors, including Greycroft , which had led its seed round. To date, Sequen has raised $22 million. Sequen CEO Weil explains: “Modern tech no longer just recommends content,

Latent , the clinical-AI company accelerating access to life-saving medications, led by Sriram Somasundaram , Rishabh Jain , and the team, has raised an $80M Series A co-led by Spark Capital and Transformation Capital , with participation from Conviction , McKesson Ventures , General Catalyst , and Y Combinator . Today, Latent works with 50% of the top 20 U.S. health systems. Modern medicine has outpaced the systems that deliver it. In the U.S., even after a doctor prescrib

Qdrant , helping you build the AI retrieval you want, led by André Zayarni and Andrey Vasnetsov, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, led by AVP , with participation from Bosch Ventures , Unusual Ventures , Spark Capital , and 42CAP . Retrieval Is on the Critical Path of AI AI workloads such as RAG, agents, and multimodal search depend on reliable data retrieval under real production constraints. Many teams encounter issues at scale, slow writes, inefficient filtering

Bliss , building culturally intelligent AI infrastructure for online therapy, led by Jona Doda and the team, has raised $270,000 in angel funding led by Keiretsu Forum , Finest Love VC , and Plug and Play . The round combines angel investment and non-dilutive grants and marks the first Albanian-Finnish startup investment for Keiretsu Forum, Finest Love VC, and Plug and Play. Bliss addresses a challenge often overlooked in mental health: culture. More than 800 million people l

Plurio , a San Francisco-based MarTech startup, led by Seva Ustinov, Kirill Kasimskiy, and the team, has announced a $3.5 million round backed by Altair , DVC , Yellow Rocks , Finom co-founder Kos Stiskin, ManyChat co-founder Mike Yan, and other funds and angels. The funding will accelerate the rollout of Plurio, the first AI agent that acts across channels as a full-fledged performance marketer. Global advertising spend is projected to surpass $1.04 trillion in 2026, while t

Juicebox , the AI recruiting platform that understands who you're looking for, led by David Paffenholz , Ishan Gupta , and the team, has raised $80M Series B led by DST Global , with participation from Sequoia Capital , Verified Capital , Committed Capital , NFDG, Coatue , and Y Combinator . The round values Juicebox at $850M, and brings the total capital raised to $116M. Three years ago, Juicebox introduced an AI-native search platform for recruiting, built on the belief th

Elva , redefining the future of global mobility, led by Antonia Eneh , Mengyang Chen , Zechen Ma , Elias Lankinen , and the team, has raised €1.3M in pre-seed funding led by Lifeline Ventures , with participation from Tiny VC , Wave Ventures, and First Fellow Partners , as well as angel investors including Slack co-founder Cal Henderson. European startups increasingly hire globally, but cross-border relocation remains complex. Elva has launched a platform designed to simplify

Saltz , a fast-growing chef-marketplace connecting professional kitchens with over 100 trusted suppliers across 20 countries, led by Tomas Slimas , Reinis Strodahs , Andrius Slimas , and the team, has raised €20 million in Series A funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Inovo , Lifeline Ventures , and Change Ventures , with participation from Mantas Mikuckas (founder of Vinted), Miki Kuusi (founder of Wolt), several Shopify executives, and

City Detect , revolutionizing the way local governments understand and interact with their built environment, led by Gavin Baum-Blake, Bjorn Hansen, Jonathan Richardson, Comer Jennings, and the team, has announced a $13 million Series A funding round led by Prudence , with continued participation from Las Olas Venture Capital , Zeal Capital , Knoll Ventures , Atlanta Seed Co , and others. The investment will support expansion into public works departments, deepen integration

ICEYE , building actionable intelligence for resilience, readiness & response, led by Rafal Modrzewski, Pekka Laurila, and Eric Jensen, has launched its deforestation monitoring solution . The technology enables law enforcement agencies, government officials, and conservation groups to monitor forest loss in near real time, including in regions frequently obscured by cloud cover. The launch comes amid ongoing pressure to protect the Amazon rainforest. According to Global For

Validio , the agentic enterprise data management platform, led by Patrik Liu Tran, Adrian Strömberg, Sophia Granfors, and Christopher Alfred Brown, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Plural . Previous investors and angels such as Lakestar , J12 , Kevin Ryan (MongoDB), Denise Persson (Snowflake), and Emil Eifrem (Neo4J) also participated in the round. The round brings Validio’s total funding to $47 million and will be used to further scale go-to-market across t

Delphyr , the Dutch AI platform that supports medical professionals with AI agents, led by Michel Abdel Malek, MD, has raised €1.75 million from multiple investors, including the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO. With this funding, the company will accelerate its mission: reducing the administrative burden on healthcare professionals so they can focus fully on what matters most, delivering outstanding patient care. Delphyr integrates seamlessly into existing healthcare sy

Groundhawk , a Finnish infrastructure software technology company transforming how underground utilities are mapped and documented, led by Christoffer Winquist, Jonne Davidsson, Otto Virta, and the team, has raised €2 million in seed funding led by investors Greencode Ventures and 2C Ventures . The funding will accelerate Groundhawk’s expansion across European markets and advance its spatial intelligence platform, making underground infrastructure, including telecommunicati

Ark Climate , a software company that offers an end-to-end solution for municipal climate action, led by Ruth Bosse, and the team, has raised €2.1M in a Pre-Seed round of funding, led by Satgana , joined by another.vc , the Voyagers Climate Fund , and several experienced angel investors, reflecting strong support from key opinion leaders. The Federal Ministry of Research also participated in the round. The German company will use the capital to expand its team, strengthen its

Tamarind Bio , developing state-of-the-art molecular AI models usable out of the box, with no ML or infrastructure expertise required, so scientists can focus on drug discovery and research, led by Deniz Kavi and Sherry Liu, has announced $13.6M fundraise, including a $12M series A led by Dimension Capital , with participation from Y Combinator . As AI becomes embedded in real drug discovery workflows, no longer confined to experimental projects, life sciences organizations