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AlixLabs , the world's only pure-play ALE company, led by Jonas Sundqvist, has announced  that it closed its 15 million euro Series A in the first quarter of 2026 following a strategic investment from Stephen Industries , a Finnish investment company with a strong track record in scaling advanced technology ventures. In November 2025, AlixLabs announced a €14.1 million Series A led by Global Brain and institutional investors, with the remaining portion of the €15 million roun

Peak Quantum , a Munich-based startup engineering the future of computing, led by Leon Koch & the team, has raised €2.2 million in a pre-seed financing round led by Cloudberry Ventures  (UK)with participation from United Founders , QAI Ventures , Golden Egg Check , as well as several business angels with industry experience. The company’s total funding now exceeds €5 million, including public support such as funding from the EU Chips Act. The capital will be allocated toward

SiFive , the gold standard for RISC-V processor IP, led by Patrick Little, Krste Asanovic, Yunsup Lee, Andrew Waterman, and the team, has raised  $400 million in an oversubscribed Series G financing led by Atreides Management  with other A-list investors, including Apollo Global Management , NVIDIA , Point72  Turion, and T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. , alongside repeat investors Prosperity7 Ventures , and Sutter Hill Ventures . For Patrick Little, rising demand fr

Pixel Photonics , a pioneer in superconducting single-photon detectors, led by Nicolai Walter, Dr. Wladick Hartmann, and the team, has announced  total funding of €13.5 million. The amount consists of a first closing of a €5 million seed round and €8.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator , including €2.5 million in grants and €6 million in equity investment. The seed round is led by Futury Capital . Additional investors include the Federal Agency fo

Cognichip , builders of ACI® Artificial Chip Intelligence, led by Faraj Aalaei, Ehsan Kamalinejad, Simon Sabato, and the team, has raised  $60 million in new funding led by Seligman Ventures , with notable participation from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who will be joining Cognichip’s board. Umesh Padval, a managing partner at Seligman, will also join the board. Cognichip is developing a deep learning model to assist engineers in designing next-generation chips, tackling a long-stan