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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
TerraSpark raises €5 million to advance space-based solar power technology
Strategic investors fuel Europe’s space-based solar ambitions The global race to secure clean, uninterrupted energy sources is intensifying, and a growing number of investors are turning their attention to one…
Qover secures $12 million to accelerate embedded insurance platform as it marks 10 years
The European embedded insurance market is experiencing significant momentum, with market analysts projecting compound annual growth of 34.8 per cent through 2031, reaching $18.29 billion by the end of the…
Kestra raises €21 million to become the enterprise standard for workflow orchestration
Enterprise automation is undergoing a fundamental transformation. As organisations increasingly deploy distributed systems, artificial intelligence workloads, and complex data pipelines, the gap between legacy scheduler tools and modern operational requirements…
IQM Quantum Computers secures €50 million from BlackRock ahead of historic NYSE listing
European quantum computing has historically struggled to attract institutional capital, with the continent capturing roughly 5 per cent of global private quantum funding. However, IQM Quantum Computers’ latest financing round…
Midas raises $50 million to scale tokenised investment infrastructure
The tokenisation of institutional investment strategies has emerged as one of Europe’s most substantive fintech opportunities. As regulatory clarity solidifies across the continent—particularly through the EU’s MiCA framework—investors and platforms…
Omniscient raises €3.5 million to bring AI-powered decision intelligence to the C-suite
The enterprise AI landscape in Europe is evolving rapidly beyond automation and productivity tools, with a new category of platforms emerging that target the strategic decision-making layer of organisations. As…
Brilliance raises €6 million to develop RGB laser chips for augmented reality displays
The European photonics sector is quietly building the hardware foundations for the next generation of augmented reality devices, with integrated chip-scale solutions poised to solve the miniaturisation and power consumption…
Standing Ovation raises €30 million to scale precision fermentation dairy proteins globally
Europe’s precision fermentation sector is entering a decisive phase of commercialisation, as investors and food industry incumbents increasingly back technologies that promise to decouple protein production from animal agriculture. The…
Wearable Robotics raises €5 million Series A to scale neuromotor rehabilitation globally
The global rehabilitation robotics sector is experiencing a period of sustained clinical validation and commercial maturation. Driven by an ageing European population, rising incidence of stroke and neurological conditions, and…
Generare raises €20 million to unlock novel molecules from microbial genomes
Europe’s biotechnology sector is experiencing a significant structural shift in how the pharmaceutical industry approaches early-stage drug discovery. For decades, the pipeline of novel chemical compounds has been constrained not…