Last week's European tech funding activity was dominated by three sectors: fintech (€502.9M), security (€500M), and semiconductors (€349.7M). At the country level, Germany led with €806.8M, followed by France (€625.2M) and the Netherlands (€372.7M).
Platform News: Tech.eu Funding Explorer Goes Live
Tech.eu launched its Funding Explorer — now free and open to everyone. Designed for founders, investors, analysts, and journalists tracking the European tech ecosystem, the platform offers access to:
- Funding data and deal history
- Investor activity and company profiles
- Market trends across sectors and geographies
The tool is currently in beta, and the team is actively collecting user feedback through a dedicated section within the platform.
Top Funding Deals of the Week
€100M+
- 🇩🇪 Stark — €500M in new funding (security)
- 🇫🇷 Alan — €480M round for the health insurance platform
- 🇳🇱 Nearfield Instruments — $380M for chip gear manufacturing
- 🇩🇪 Finn — €140M Series D; car subscription platform achieves unicorn status
- 🇩🇪 Taktile — $110M Series C for AI-driven decision infrastructure
€10M–€100M
- 🇫🇷 Tissium — €30M equity + €30M debt
- 🇳🇱 Leyden Labs — €40M for intranasal protection against influenza and coronaviruses
- 🇬🇧 Isometric — £30M+ to expand its AI certification platform
- 🇫🇷 Tsuga — €30M to expand AI agent platform
- 🇬🇧 Astral Systems — £23M to address global medical radioisotope shortages
- 🇪🇸 Prosper AI — $30M backed by a16z to reduce admin burden for healthcare providers
- 🇬🇧 Seat Unique — £20M investment for the ticketing tech firm
- 🇸🇪 Sportway — €20M as AI reshapes sports broadcasting
- 🇬🇧 equipal — £16.25M in funding
- 🇬🇧 Superlight — £15.9M to boost commercial EV truck manufacturing
- 🇩🇪 VARM — €17.5M to scale insulation across Europe
- 🇬🇧 HICX — £15M to close the supplier data gap
- 🇫🇷 AlpSemi — €17M for solid-state circuit breaker technology
- 🇩🇪 Almetra — €16.3M Series A for smarter manufacturing
- 🇩🇪 JUPUS — €13M to power AI-driven law firms
- 🇫🇷 Flease — €13M to expand sustainable fleet leasing
- 🇬🇧 Trimtech Therapeutics — seed round extended to £35.6M total
- 🇧🇪 Timefold — $13M Series A for scheduling optimisation
- 🇮🇪 Ubotica — $11M for real-time maritime intelligence from space
- 🇪🇸 FOSSA — €9.25M for secure communications satellites
- 🇫🇷 Linc — €8.5M from 100+ angels for complex payroll solutions
- 🇫🇷 Wheere — €8.5M to launch its first satellite
- 🇮🇪 TensorX — €8M seed funding
- 🇫🇷 Sopht — €7.5M to reduce corporate IT costs
- 🇪🇸 H2SITE — €6M second close of Series B
- 🇳🇴 Eqon — $6M seed
- 🇬🇧 Silveray — £5M to expand X-ray tech into healthcare
Under €5M (Selected)
- 🇦🇹 Graph Therapeutics — total funding now exceeds $10M
- 🇨🇿 Grid.online — €4M after growing deliveries 10× in one year
- 🇦🇹 Talentir — €4M fintech round for international expansion
- 🇩🇪 Mona AI — €3.8M seed extension
- 🇸🇪 Fika Jobs — $4M for AI-powered video resumes
- 🇦🇹 Ora Computing — €3.5M to build the efficiency layer of the AI stack
- 🇮🇹 Compri — €3.2M for AI-powered procurement
- 🇩🇪 Kyrok — €3.1M to bring AI to pharma and chemical supply chains
- 🇷🇸 SuperPlane — $2.6M to make production operations AI-native
- 🇸🇪 Wayout — €2.42M for decentralised drinking water infrastructure
- 🇩🇰 Acodyne — €2.5M for autonomous logistics aircraft
- 🇱🇹 Superpal — €500K for an AI coworker platform built inside Slack
Exits & M&A Activity
- 🇵🇱 LiveKid acquires Aldea to expand into Latin America
- 🇩🇪 House of Gaia Group acquires Codio Impact
- 🇩🇪 beglaubigt.de acquires insolvent firma.de
- 🇫🇷 Withings acquires medtech company Biosency
- 🇬🇧 Pastest acquires financial platform Medics' Money
- 🇬🇧 PayPoint acquires Aperidata
- 🇳🇱 Backbase acquires agentic banking platform Kasisto
Notable Trend: Germany's Dominance
Germany's €806.8M haul was driven by a cluster of significant rounds — Stark, Finn, and Taktile alone accounted for the bulk. The country's strength across security, automotive tech, and AI infrastructure reflects a broader maturation of its startup ecosystem beyond Berlin.
