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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
Pandektes raises €13.5M Series A for legal data infrastructure
Two years after launch, Copenhagen's Pandektes counts 500+ legal customers across three countries. Alstin Capital just led a €13.5M Series A to turn its database into Europe's legal data layer.
Fleuret AI raises €4M pre-seed to automate penetration testing
Fleuret AI raised a €4M pre-seed led by RAISE Ventures, with Stoïk, GitGuardian, Vade and Almond founders aboard, to sell continuous AI pentests at a fraction of the audit price.
Namespace raises $42M Series B for AI coding infrastructure
Zurich's Namespace raised $42M from Scale Venture Partners, NEA and 20VC after growing revenue 8x in a year - proof the compute behind AI-written code is becoming the prize infrastructure…
Buntar Aerospace raises $16M for autonomous recon drones
Freedom Fund leads a $16M round into Kyiv's Buntar Aerospace, doubling its funding to $30M. Combat-proven, GPS-independent recon drones are now headed for international markets.
Zymofix raises Series A to build €6M microbial plant in Deinze
A Ghent team growing crop microbes on biomass residues has convinced First Imagine!, VP Capital, HTGF and The Nest to back its first industrial plant - 300 tonnes a year…
Deepslate raises €7.7M seed for European speech-to-speech AI
Berlin's Deepslate raised a €7.7M seed led by 42CAP to train Opal, a speech-to-speech AI model for European languages, hosted on EU infrastructure at €0.02 a minute.
Osavul raises €8.5M Series A for hybrid threat intelligence
Ukrainian-founded, Luxembourg-based Osavul has raised €8.5M from 33N Ventures, Balnord, G+D Ventures and 42CAP after quadrupling contract value in 2025. Next stop: enterprise.
Mallow raises €11M seed for screen-free AI play
Cédric O's Mallow raised €11M from General Catalyst and Balderton two years before anyone saw the product - a Paris bet that the $1.43bn kids audio market is ready for…
Trustly secures $40M from Nordic Capital for AI payments push
Three weeks after cutting a quarter of its staff, Trustly's own shareholders committed more than $40M to turn its $120bn payments network into an AI business intelligence engine.
Inovus Medical raises £15M growth round for surgical simulators
A St Helens medtech that trains surgeons on hydrogel organs has landed around £15M from PXN Ventures, Mercia, Hayfin and Texas-based Unorthodox Ventures, most of it pointed at US residency…