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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
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.
Clastix raises €2.9M seed to run Europe’s Kubernetes at scale
Mistral backs its own supplier: Naples-based Clastix raises €2.9M led by CDP Venture Capital to turn six years of Kubernetes open source into Europe's infrastructure layer.
Prevision Medicine raises $5.4M seed for functional cancer testing
Zurich's Prevision Medicine tests a patient's living tumour cells against 100+ treatments and returns a ranked report in three days. ACE Ventures leads a $5.4M seed aimed at reimbursement first.
Kasvu Therapeutics raises €30M Series A for depression drug
A University of Helsinki spinout closes €30M to test whether the antidepressant power of psychedelics survives without the trip - and the all-Nordic cap table is the real story.
Noxtua raises €100M+ Series C as C.H.BECK takes majority
A publisher founded in 1763 now controls Europe's best-funded legal AI. C.H.BECK takes majority ownership of Noxtua in a €100M+ Series C, with Austria's MANZ joining the round.
Reecall raises €3.5M to sell white-label voice AI to software vendors
Lyon-based Reecall raises €3.5M led by Founders Future, with Holnest, Mesh, Evolem and BlaBlaCar co-founder Francis Nappez, to industrialise white-label voice AI across Europe.
Wealthcome raises €15M Series B to equip France’s wealth advisers
Breega leads a €15M Series B for Bordeaux's Wealthcome, whose WealthPro platform aggregates over €80bn for 6,000 wealth advisers. Next stop: banks, insurers and an AI assistant named Binom.