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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
Rayon raises €10M Series A to bring 3D and AI to interior design
Partech leads a €10 million Series A in Paris-based Rayon, the browser drawing tool for interior designers that has logged four million drawings. Version 4 brings 3D and agentic AI…
IPercept raises $16.5M Series A to give CNC machines a health check
A KTH spinout that clamps a sensor onto any CNC machine has raised $16.5M from Isogon Ventures and 2150 - and its customer list already reads Airbus, Bosch, Volvo. Next…
bilt.me raises $700K pre-seed to turn prompts into mobile apps
Six engineers in Tallinn hit six-figure ARR in a year, then raised $700K from Superhero Capital and the founders of Bolt and Lightyear to turn plain-language prompts into native mobile…
Granite raises €4M to ship sovereign cloud for AI agents
Bifrost Studios leads a €4M round into Granite, whose containerised sovereign datacentres give AI agents compute, memory and permissions under European jurisdiction.
Humanos raises $3.2M seed to give AI agents a risk score
Anthemis leads a $3.2M seed into Lisbon's Humanos, whose 0-100 risk scores and risk passports aim to let insurers and lenders underwrite autonomous AI agents - 350+ deployments already.
Complaion raises €13.5M to automate SME compliance in Europe
Milan's Complaion pairs software with certified auditors and says it automates up to 80% of compliance work. Eurazeo and Italian Founders Fund just co-led a €13.5M round to take that…
Bessemer Venture Partners closes $5.75B, mostly for growth
Seven in ten Bessemer deals are seed or early stage, yet 70% of its new $5.75B goes to growth. Legora's climb from Stockholm shows what that money buys in Europe.
Reply Next raises €400K pre-seed to put AI agents on Google Maps
Spain's Reply Next raises a €400K pre-seed led by 4Founders Capital to put AI agents in charge of reviews and messages for multi-location brands across Google Maps and the app…
Duqu raises €1.5M pre-seed to unlock cash stuck in unpaid invoices
Eleven months after founding, Amsterdam's Duqu has €1.5M from Curiosity VC and No Such Ventures to advance cash against unpaid B2B invoices - and a plan to license the underwriting…
Circle Games raises $25M Series A led by Tencent
Tencent leads a $25M Series A for Istanbul's Circle Games, 14 months after seed. Four founders off the Peak-Gram-Dream bench, and the third strategic-led European round this week.