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Synera raises $40 M to bring agentic AI into engineering workflows
15+ hour, 20+ min ago (479+ words) The Bremen startup's platform deploys teams of AI agents that autonomously execute engineering tasks across more than 75 existing tools, without replacing any of them. Revaia led the Series B; Capgemini joined through its ISAI Cap Venture vehicle. All Series A…...
Helical closes $10 M seed to turn bio foundation models into systems
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (442+ words) The Luxembourg-founded startup is already in production with multiple top-20 global pharma companies, including a public collaboration with Pfizer. Its $10 M seed round is led by redalpine, with the CEOs of Cohere and Hugging Face among the angel investors. Helical,…...
Nesto raises "11m from Expedition to scale AI workforce management for restaurant groups
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1309+ words) In short: Nesto Software Gmb H, a Karlsruhe-based workforce management platform for restaurant groups, has raised "11 million in growth equity from Expedition Growth Capital, a London and Boston-based fund that targets bootstrapped European software businesses with more than "5 million in…...
NATO's VC fund backs biotech startup for first time
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (297+ words) This article was published on June 30, 2025 The alliance is exploring ways to combat biological warfare and discover new drugs The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) has made its first investment in a biotechnology startup. The alliance's VC arm announced today that…...
Recap: Europe's top funding rounds this week (2329 March)
2+ week, 2+ day ago (316+ words) A week that spanned semiconductor physics, orbital logistics, defence interceptors, and carob-based chocolate tells you something about the breadth of European and European adjacent capital right now. The dominant thread is not a single sector but a single instinct: back…...
Midas raises $50 M Series A
2+ week, 1+ day ago (433+ words) The Berlin-based RWA tokenisation platform, which has powered $1. 7 B+ in asset issuance and won EU regulatory approval to serve retail investors, is using the round to launch Midas Staked Liquidity, a dedicated liquidity layer designed to make instant redemptions the…...
Serve First secures "5. 7 M to scale its AI-driven customer experience platform
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (326+ words) The Milton Keynes startup, which tripled annual recurring revenue in the 12 months to July 2025, is using the new round to hire a Chief Revenue Officer and continue product development. Serve First, a British AI-driven customer experience platform, has raised "5. 7 million…...
Canva acquires Simtheory and Ortto in a twin deal
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (540+ words) Both companies were built by brothers Chris and Mike Sharkey, who previously co-founded Australian holiday rental site Stayz. Financial terms were not disclosed. Canva will preview what it calls the biggest transformation in its history at Canva Create on 16 April....
Trent AI raises $13 M to build multi-agent security
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (382+ words) The London startup emerged from stealth on 7 April with a layered agentic security solution and a seed round backed by Local Globe and Cambridge Innovation Capital. Its co-founders include a Cambridge professor who was previously Amazon's director of machine learning....
Eclipse raises $1. 3 B across two funds to back the next era of physical industries
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (395+ words) Fund VI ($720 M) targets early-stage companies in robotics, manufacturing, and energy. Early Growth Fund III ($591 M) supports companies scaling toward Series A. Total AUM is now approximately $10 billion. Eclipse, the Palo Alto-based venture firm that backs companies rebuilding physical industries, has closed $1. 3 billion…...