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Ki 13
Biomass electrolysis technology for affordable synthetic fuels, formerly Ki Hydrogen
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INLEAP Photonics raises €20M seed to scale laser drone defence
Europe's anti-drone market is compounding at 27.5% a year, and a Laser Zentrum Hannover spinout just raised one of Germany's biggest deep tech seeds to arm it.
A Japanese Giant Just Led €108 Million Into a Spanish Rocket Company
PLD Space's €108 million Series C extension, led by Mitsubishi Electric, takes the round to €288 million – and turns Spain's launch company into proof that Europe's hardware is now…
A London Startup Just Raised $220 Million to Fix American Imaging
Scan.com's $220 million raise – a $90M Series C led by Noteus Partners plus $130M in debt – is the story of a London company consolidating the market US healthcare…
What is a scaleup? When a startup stops being a startup
A scaleup is a company whose search is over: the model works, and the job becomes deploying capital into it fast. The markers, the maths and Europe's gap.
European unicorns: where the billion-euro companies are
Where Europe's unicorns actually are, country by country – and why a paper valuation is a milestone, not a scoreboard.
Latest funding
| Company | Round | Lead | Sector | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ki 13 Climate · United Kingdom | Seed | HICO Investment Group | Climate | €4.3M |
| Conveo Martech · Belgium | Series A | DST Global Partners, Balderton Capital | Martech | €43.2M |
| iPronics Industry · Spain | Series B | Maverick Silicon, Light Street Capital | Industry | €108M |
| iPremom Health · Spain | Seed | Amadeus Capital Partners | Health | €15M |
| Pharosyn Health · United Kingdom | Seed | Moonfire Ventures | Health | €2.6M |
| HyImpulse Defence Tech · Germany | Series A | JOIN Capital, Ace Capital Partners | Defence Tech | €50M |
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Slush 100 2026
Slush stages its flagship pitch competition in Helsinki, and the prize is a EUR 500,000 investment and no equity is taken. Eligibility is tightly…
MEDICA Start-up Competition 2026
Medical technology teams pitch on the MEDICA trade fair stage in Dusseldorf, across tracks covering AI in medicine, robotics, laboratory diagnostics, and cybersecurity and…
How to Web Spotlight 2026
Held alongside the How to Web conference in Bucharest, Spotlight is Central and Eastern Europe’s early-stage pitch competition. Entrants must be under five years…
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