Stéphane Paillard
Covering European fundraising, first-time fund managers, and the founders behind the rounds. Previously built event and community products across the French tech ecosystem; now runs Sesamers and hosts the Sesame Summit.
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313 articlesUNIVITY Closes €27M Series A to Build Sovereign VLEO Space Connectivity for Telecom Operators
Paris-based spacetech startup UNIVITY has closed a €27 million Series A led by Blast and backed by Bpifrance to fund its VLEO 5G satellite…
Wenite Raises €1.8M to Build Data-Driven Infrastructure for Europe’s HR Service Providers
Ghent-based HR tech startup Wenite has raised €1.8 million, including €1.2M in equity from imec.iStart, to scale its unified operating system for Europe’s HR…
Fundraising of the Week (Week 16): European Startups Pull In ~40M Across Quantum, AI and Deeptech
European tech startups collectively raised more than €40 million in disclosed equity this week, with Finnish autonomous airships and German quantum photonics headlining a…
Cobl Raises €6M to Automate B2B Sales Proposals with Multi-Agent AI
Paris-based Cobl has secured €6M led by Eurazeo to scale its multi-agent AI platform that generates sales proposals, RFP responses and case studies for…
MillTech Raises €51M from Apax Digital to Scale Automated FX and Treasury Platform
The global foreign exchange market processes an estimated $9.6 trillion in daily trading volume, yet a significant proportion of corporate and institutional treasury operations…
Clean Food Group Raises £4.5M to Scale Yeast-Derived Oils from Food Waste
Clean Food Group (CFG), the UK biotech manufacturer developing sustainable oils and fats through fermentation, has raised £4.5 million in a round led by…
Wamo Closes €10M Series A to Scale Pan-European SME Banking Platform
Wamo, a financial operating platform for small and mid-sized businesses with offices in Helsinki and London, has closed a €10 million Series A round…
Fundraising of the Week (Week 16): European Startups Pull In ~€40M Across Quantum, AI and Deeptech
European tech startups collectively raised more than €40 million in disclosed equity this week, with Finnish autonomous airships and German quantum photonics headlining a…
Bubble Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $5M Pre-Seed to Deploy Autonomous Ocean Robots
The offshore inspection market has long depended on an expensive dependency: ships and the people who sail them. That arrangement is now under pressure,…
Seapoint Raises €7.5M Seed to Build an AI-Native Financial Home for European Startups
Dublin-based fintech Seapoint has announced a €7.5 million seed round led by London fintech specialist 13books Capital, bringing total funding to €10 million just…