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CybaVerse , transforming security for SMEs and MSPs, led by Oliver Spence, Gemma Blake, Juliette Hudson, Simon Phillips, and others, has secured   £5 million in investment co-led by Pembroke VCT  and Airbridge Equity Partners , with participation from Haatch .  Founded in 2018, the company has grown from a boutique consultancy into a leading UK cybersecurity vendor with nearly 40 employees and a rapidly growing customer base. The funding will accelerate sales and marketing, e

Dexory , the leading provider of real-time warehouse intelligence, led by Andrei Danescu, Adrian Negoita, Oana Jinga, Kristen Shannon, and others, has secured  $165 million. Eurazeo , through its Growth team, led the $100M Series C round, with participation from LTS Growth and Endeavor Catalys t, alongside existing investors DTCP , Atomico , Lakestar , Elaia , Latitude Ventures, Wave-X , and others. In addition, Bootstrap Europe expanded the existing growth debt facility.  Si

Nabla Bio , making drug development designable with generative AI, led by Surge Biswas, Frances Anastassacos, Rose Harrison, and others, announced  a new, multi-year research collaboration with Takeda. Under the agreement, Nabla Bio will receive double-digit millions in upfront and research payments, with potential success-based payments exceeding $1 billion. The collaboration will deploy Nabla Bio’s Joint Atomic Model (JAM) platform across Takeda’s early-stage programs, incl

FleetWorks , an always-on dispatcher that calls, emails, or texts you when high-paying loads match your truck, led by Paul Singer and Quang Tran, has secured  $17 million in funding led by First Round Capital  with participation from Y Combinator , Saga Ventures , and LFX Venture Partners . In the U.S., over 200,000 truckloads are coordinated daily, yet 80% are still booked manually via phone, email, and text. Carriers, especially small operators, waste hours chasing loads, w

SiC Systems , developer of Industrial Agentic AI, led by Christopher Savoie and Christopher Brown, has secured  €2 million led by Dutch quantum investment fund  QDNL Participations , with additional backing from Propagator Ventures , Plug and Play , and Wavepeak Ventures. The company is a spinout from the Technical University of Denmark  (DTU).  SiC Systems develops intelligent, adaptive AI agents designed to orchestrate complex physical systems in real time. Its proprietary

Exa , the search engine built for AI, led by Will Bryk, Jeff Wang, and others, has introduced  Exa 2.0, the next generation of search endpoints. Specifically, Exa 2.0 includes three major updates: Exa Fast:  the fastest search API in the world at sub350ms Exa Auto:  the default search type is now much higher quality Exa Deep:  a new search type that agentically retrieves the highest quality results Exa’s mission is to build the perfect search engine, one that delivers exactly

Oura , maker of the most trusted smart ring, Oura Ring, led by Tom Hale, Michael Chapp, Sean Brecker, Judy Gilbert, Holly Shelton, Doug Sweeny, and others, has secured  over $900 million in funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with significant participation from new investor ICONIQ and contributions from Whale Rock and Atreides, valuing the company at around $11 billion. ŌURA announced David Shuman, founder of Lateralus Holdings and Oura board member since 20

Reducto , offering robust and reliable document ingestion for any workflow, led by Adit Abraham and Raunak Chowdhuri, has secured  a new $75M Series B led by a16z , alongside existing investors Benchmark , First Round Capital , Y Combinator , and BoxGroup . Less than two years after launching the first Parse API that combined traditional computer vision with Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Reducto has set a new benchmark for transforming complex documents into LLM-ready data w

Maia Ventures , a Milan-based early-stage VC backing the next generation of entrepreneurs in agrifoodtech, led by David Bassani, Andrea Galassi, Alice De Porcellinis, and Giancarlo Addario, has launched  €55 million to back 20–25 companies, with initial tickets ranging from €0.5 million to €1.5 million. The fund has already made 6 investments, including Foreverland, Exolab Italia, Biorsaf, Lembas, Cappellini Veg Lab, and GenoGra. Limited partners include institutional investo

Clove , a wealth-tech platform, led by Christian Owens and Alex Loizou, has secured  £10m ($14m) in pre-seed funding, led by Accel  with participation from Kindred, Air Street , and a group of incredible angel investors. Despite advances in consumer technology, financial guidance has barely evolved. While products exist to move money or invest, few help answer critical questions about timing, trade-offs, and future planning. Moreover, the financial advice industry largely ser

Afori , a new AI platform specifically for insurance brokers, led by Fabian Wesemann and Sergi Baños, has emerged from stealth mode with a €4 million pre-seed funding round led by  General Catalyst , with participation from Yellow  and  Booom . Individual backers include industry leaders Christopher Lohmann (founder of Mulberry Ventures, former CEO of HDI and Gothaer), Chris Leifeld (founder of Thinksurance), and Garrett Koehn (CIO, CRC), as well as AI pioneers Mustafa Suleym

Arbio , an AI-powered property manager for vacation rentals, led by Paul Bäumler, Constantin Schröder, Lukas Gittinger, Marco Dingler, Elodie Baro, and Sebastian Bentele, has secured  $36 million Series A funding round led by Eurazeo , bringing the company's total funding to over $45 million. London-based AI-focused VC OpenOcean  and previous investors Atlantic Labs  and leading angels Philipp Freise and Justin Reizes (KKR), Johannes Reck and Tao Tao (GetYourGuide), and Din B

Isentroniq , enabling quantum computing at scale through cutting-edge wiring solutions for solid-state quantum computers, led by Paul Magnard  and Théodore Amar , has secured  a €7.5 million funding round led by Heartcore with participation from OVNI Capital, Kima Ventures, iXcore, Better Angle, Epsilon VC, as well as the support from Bpifrance and the French National Research Agency (ANR) under the France 2030 program. The funding will help the company advance its breakthrou

Industry Ventures , a leading venture capital platform that invests across all stages of the venture capital lifecycle, led by Hans Swildens, Justin Burden, Roland Reynolds, and others, has entered  into an agreement to be acquired by Goldman Sachs . Industry Ventures manages $7 billion in assets under supervision and has completed over 1,000 secondary and primary investments since its founding in 2000. The firm reports a strong realized performance, with a net IRR of 18% and

Resistant AI , a cutting-edge AI platform to outsmart criminals, led by Jan Stiborek, Jan Jusko, Tomáš Laube, Martin Rehak, Karel Bartoš, Josef Stach, Martin Grill, Martin Vejman, and Lukáš Machlica, has secured  a $25 million Series B funding round led by DTCP , with strong participation from existing investors including Experian , GV , and Notion Capita l, who are doubling down on their investment. The company, which reached breakeven in September, will use the capital to s

Dezerv , a technology-driven wealth management platform, led by Vaibhav Porwal , Sandeep Jethwani , and Sahil Contractor , has secured ₹350 crore in Series C funding co-led by Premji Invest  and Accel’s Global Growth Fund, with continued participation from Elevation Capital  and Z47 -underscoring their deep conviction in the company’s long-term vision. The new capital will enhance client experience and fortify Dezerv’s foundation for long-term growth. The company plans to dee

AiPrise , a digital platform for KYB across the globe, led by Chaitanya Sarda  and Rushabh M. Shah , has secured  $12.5 million Series A...

Forward.One , investing in early-stage European startups, led by Riemer Smink, Paul Pruijmboom, Arjan Göbel, Beau-Anne Chilla, Robin van...

Sensi AI , the pioneer in Care Intelligence, led by Romi Gubes, Nevo Elmalem, and Alon Brener, has secured  $45 million Series C funding...

Datacurve , providing high-quality and complexity data, unlocking model improvements and new capabilities, led by Serena Ge and Charley...