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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Qevlar AI Raises €25.8M Series A to Put Agentic Intelligence at the Heart of Security Operations
Security operations centres are in crisis. Analysts at large enterprises and managed security providers routinely face hundreds of alerts per day, with the majority…
Germany’s AIRMO Raises €5M Seed Round to Scale Methane Emissions Monitoring from Space
The race to monitor methane emissions from space is gaining serious momentum. As the European Union moves to enforce binding methane reduction obligations on…
OutPost Bio Raises €2.9M Pre-Seed to Make Human Microbiology Computable
The human microbiome — the vast community of microorganisms colonising the gut, skin, and other organs — has long been recognised as a critical…
Reson8 Raises €5M Pre-Seed to Build Europe’s First Customisable Speech AI Infrastructure
Europe’s artificial intelligence ecosystem has long struggled with a persistent blind spot: while English-language speech recognition has reached near-human accuracy, the continent’s rich linguistic…
Choice Closes $7.1M Series A to Scale Restaurant Management Software Across Europe
Europe’s hospitality sector is undergoing a sustained wave of technological transformation, as independent restaurants and food-service operators seek integrated digital tools to manage ordering,…
Entrepreneur First Raises $200M, Reaching $1.3bn Unicorn Valuation
The global venture landscape is undergoing a quiet but significant structural shift: a growing number of investors are choosing to back exceptional individuals before…
ISAAC Raises €14M to Scale Earthquake Resilience Technology Across Europe
Europe’s construction technology sector is attracting growing investor attention as the continent grapples with ageing building stock and heightened awareness of seismic risk. From…
Einride Raises $113M Ahead of SPAC Listing on the NYSE
The global autonomous freight sector is entering a pivotal phase, with mounting investor confidence signalling that driverless logistics is moving beyond pilot programmes and…
Wikifarmer Raises €7.1M to Scale AI-Powered Agricultural Trade Platform
The agricultural technology sector is experiencing a renewed wave of investment as artificial intelligence reshapes how food moves from farm to fork. Global supply…
Oxford spinout Stateful Robotics raises $4.8M to solve long-term memory in robotics
The embodied AI sector is attracting growing investor attention as robotics companies move beyond simple perception and manipulation towards systems capable of sustained autonomous…