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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
SpectaCell raises €6M seed for cell therapy analytics
Four founders out of imec, VIB and Ghent University raised €6 million to measure how single cells respond to therapy - with every cheque from Benelux institutional capital.
Klarent raises €7.13M seed to test the code AI writes
Two ex-Google engineers in Zurich raised €7.13M from Mosaic Ventures to sell verification in the AI coding boom: Klarent's agents write deterministic tests for code other agents produce.
TrueLayer raises $27M led by CDP Venture Capital for its Italy push
Italy's sovereign venture arm just led a $27M round into a London fintech founded by two Italians. TrueLayer counts 30M+ pay by bank users across 22 countries.
Sava raises $36M Series B to retire the fingerstick
London's Sava landed a $36M Series B and a distribution deal in one move: lead investor Ascensia will sell its glucose microsensor across Europe once the CE mark lands.
Yazen raises €50M to scale digital obesity care across Europe
Lund-based Yazen raised €50M led by Verdane to scale medical weight management across Europe - 50,000 patients in active treatment and revenue that nearly doubled to €29.4M in 2025.
Konsileo raises £5M to grow broking without acquisitions
Konsileo has closed a £5 million round led by its own long-term shareholders. The bet: brokers with autonomy and proper software beat the acquisition maths rolling up UK commercial insurance.
VoltR raises €22M to industrialise second life lithium batteries
Angers-based VoltR has secured €22M from Bpifrance's SPI 2 fund, Decathlon PULSE and Première Usine grants to double its factory and take second life lithium batteries to industrial scale.
Rivercell raises €22M seed to build an AI virtual cell
Rivercell leaves stealth with a €22M seed led by HV Capital to generate cell-response data in a Paris wet lab and train an AI virtual cell - the third European…
Universal Quantum raises $100M Series A for utility-scale quantum
A Sussex spinout just closed the largest Series A a UK quantum company has ever raised: $100M co-led by DCVC and Firgun Ventures, with sovereign and pension money at the…
Finmid raises €17M to take embedded lending into vehicles
finmid adds €17M from Big Pi Ventures and Mainset and takes embedded lending beyond cash advances: vehicle finance for Bolt fleets, balance-sheet loans for Skroutz merchants.