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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314 articlesSeapoint 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…
ATMOS Space Cargo Raises €25.7M Series A to Build Europe’s Sovereign Return-from-Orbit Capability
ATMOS Space Cargo, the Franco-German orbital logistics startup, has closed a €25.7 million Series A round to scale production of its PHOENIX re-entry vehicles…
Peak Quantum raises €2.2M pre-seed to build error-resilient superconducting quantum chips
Munich-based quantum computing startup Peak Quantum has raised €2.2 million in pre-seed funding to advance a new generation of superconducting quantum processors designed to…
Replenit Raises $2.5M to Bring Real-Time AI Decision-Making to Retail
Warsaw-based retail artificial intelligence startup Replenit has closed a $2.5 million pre-seed round, aiming to shift commerce platforms from predicting customer behaviour to reasoning…
Pixel Photonics raises €13.5 million to bring quantum photon detectors from lab to market
Europe’s quantum technology sector is attracting increasing attention from both private investors and public institutions, as governments across the continent position photonics and quantum…
Zell raises €500K to scale AI-powered sales coaching platform
The European sales technology landscape is gaining momentum as artificial intelligence reshapes how companies train, manage, and optimise their commercial teams. From automated call…
Round raises $6 million to scale AI-powered finance automation platform
The European fintech sector continues to attract significant investor attention as AI-powered solutions reshape how finance teams operate. From treasury management to accounts payable…
Altilium Secures £18.5M from DRIVE35 to Build the UK’s First Commercial EV Battery Refinery in Plymouth
Plymouth-based Altilium has secured £18.5 million from the UK government’s DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund to build Britain’s first commercial refinery recovering lithium, nickel and graphite…
MAECONOMY Raises €1.5M to Turn Building Materials into Tradable Circular Assets
Dutch circular-construction startup MAECONOMY has raised €1.5 million in fresh funding to scale a platform that treats building materials as auditable, financeable and tradable…
Fundraising of the Week (Week 15): European Startups Raise Over €280M Across AI, Defence and Fintech
European venture funding held up decisively this week, with more than €280 million flowing into a mix of AI-native, defence-tech, deeptech and fintech companies.…