Europe
Aug 17, 2026
Amber Raises €7M Series A to Fix Enterprise Knowledge Chaos
Aachen-based amber has closed a €7M Series A co-led by Ventech and NRW.Venture to expand its AI knowledge platform across Europe, beginning with Benelux. The company's proprietary AI Data Layer unifies fragmented enterprise data before passing it to LLMs — targeting the SME segment that most AI vendors overlook. With a prior €2.1M seed already in the bank, amber has now raised approximately €9.1M in total.
Funding
AI
Enterprise AI
Aug 13, 2026
Lovable Raises $400M Series C at $13.3B Valuation
Stockholm-based vibe-coding startup Lovable has closed a $400M Series C co-led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund, pushing its valuation to $13.3B — more than double the $6.6B it commanded just eight months ago. The round draws a broad global syndicate spanning Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the US. Lovable plans to grow headcount by 50% to 450 and push deeper into enterprise markets while expanding its multi-model AI strategy.
AI
Funding
Startups
Aug 12, 2026
Accel Raises $800M Europe Fund as Part of $3.5B Global Haul
Accel has raised $3.5 billion across four geographically focused funds, including an $800M vehicle for European and Israeli startups — its ninth and largest dedicated to the region. The raise signals the firm's conviction that AI is compressing the time from idea to scaled business, and that founders are raising more capital, earlier than ever.
Venture Capital
AI
Europe
Aug 6, 2026
Revolut's Storonsky in Talks for a $500bn Windfall
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky is reportedly negotiating a new share deal that would significantly boost his stake if the fintech hits a $500bn valuation — more than four times its current secondary market price. The talks reveal the scale of Storonsky's ambitions ahead of a potential 2028 IPO.
Fintech
Startups
IPO
Aug 5, 2026
BLP Digital's Tim Beck on Scaling AI Across Europe
Swiss AI startup BLP Digital has surpassed 500 enterprise customers and recently closed a new funding round. Founder Tim Beck shares how an early commitment to customer proximity shaped the company's growth and what's next for its European expansion.
AI
Startups
Enterprise AI
Aug 4, 2026
Ore Energy Raises $43M Series A for Iron-Air Batteries
Dutch startup Ore Energy has closed a $43m Series A led by Plural and HV Capital to commercialize iron-air long-duration battery technology. The round signals growing investor conviction that grid-scale storage is becoming essential infrastructure — particularly as AI data centers drive unprecedented electricity demand across Europe.
Energy
Deep Tech
Startups
Aug 4, 2026
Aflabox Raises €1.35M for AI Mycotoxin Testing
Italian agritech startup Aflabox has closed a €1.35 million seed round to scale its AI-powered food safety platform, which delivers mycotoxin test results in under 90 seconds directly in the field. The funding comes through CDP Venture Capital's FoodSeed accelerator and Farming Future, and will support device certification, a micro-factory buildout, and commercial expansion across Africa and Europe.
Agritech
Food Tech
AI
Jul 29, 2026
Visionaries Club Bets on a 'Concentration Model' for VC
German VC Visionaries Club is restructuring around two lead partners for its next fund, with general partner Rob Lacher arguing that AI has made large investment teams obsolete. The move reflects a broader industry shift as firms like Speedinvest and QuantumLight also rethink how they're staffed and operated.
Venture Capital
AI
Startups
Jul 27, 2026
Beelzebub Raises €3M to Fight AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Italian cybersecurity startup Beelzebub has closed a €3M seed round led by United Ventures to scale its AI-native platform that detects and responds to threats already inside enterprise networks. The platform combines attack simulation, deception technology, and automated malware analysis to counter AI-driven attacks at machine speed.
Cybersecurity
Enterprise AI
Startups
Jul 27, 2026
Europe's Answer to TBPN Just Raised $1.6M
A European live tech news network has closed a $1.6 million seed round backed by Axel Springer, LadBible, and angels from OpenAI and DeepMind. The raise signals growing appetite for TBPN-style live programming outside the US, with the network now announcing its largest expansion to date.
Media
Startups
AI
Jul 23, 2026
Revolut Launches Secondary Sale at $115B Valuation
Revolut has confirmed a new secondary share sale valuing the fintech giant at a reported $115 billion — up from $75 billion just last year. The sale gives employees a rare liquidity event as Revolut continues its aggressive global expansion.
Fintech
Startups
Venture Capital
Jul 16, 2026
EU Orders Google to Open Android, Search to AI Rivals
The European Commission has ruled that Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to Android and Google Search under the Digital Markets Act. Google faces a hard deadline of January 2027 for search data sharing and July 2027 for Android changes — decisions that could reshape competition in both mobile and AI.
AI
Regulation
Jul 16, 2026
Uber Acquires Delivery Hero in a €13B Deal
Uber has agreed to acquire Berlin-based Delivery Hero for €13 billion, combining their platforms across 99 countries. The deal extends Uber's reach into fast-growing delivery markets across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East — and includes a €2 billion investment commitment in Germany through 2031.
Mergers And Acquisitions
Food Delivery
Startups
Jul 16, 2026
Hyperion Robotics Raises $7.4M for Microfactories
Finnish physical AI company Hyperion Robotics has closed a $7.4M growth round to scale its robotic microfactories across Europe. The funding, co-led by Course Corrected and the EIC Fund, will back the launch of the company's first UK facility and further development of its Forge software platform.
Robotics
AI
Climate Tech
Jul 15, 2026
Yann LeCun Launched an AI VC Fund, Then Quit in Hours
AI luminary Yann LeCun briefly appeared as a co-founder of a new venture fund called Extelligence Invest last Friday, only to exit the same day. What happened, and what does it say about the AI investor landscape?
AI
Venture Capital
Europe
Jul 15, 2026
Norrsken Evolve Closes €62M Pre-Seed Fund
Norrsken Evolve has closed its pre-seed fund at €62 million — well above its initial €40 million target — and is formalising its Amsterdam presence ahead of the Norrsken House opening in September 2026. The fund backs 20–30 startups per year in climate, health, and resilience, writing tickets up to €500K at the stage most institutional capital avoids.
Venture Capital
Climate Tech
Startups
Jul 15, 2026
Klarna, Improbable Top Europe's Founder Factories
A new report from VC firm Antler identifies Klarna and Improbable as Europe's leading producers of successful startup founders. The deeper finding: working at a startup through its seed-to-Series C journey nearly doubles the odds of building a venture-backable company yourself.
Startups
Venture Capital
Founders
Jul 15, 2026
Float Raises €4.5M Series A for an AI Finance Platform
Stockholm-based Float has closed a €4.5M Series A led by CHAPTERS Group AG, backing its pivot from a revenue-based financing provider into a full AI-native financial platform for European tech startups. The company has already deployed over €100M to more than 130 businesses and is now targeting expansion in the UK and M&A opportunities through its new strategic partner.
Startups
Fintech
Venture Capital
Jul 10, 2026
Gradium Lands $100M AI Voice Seed With Nvidia
Gradium, a Paris-based competitor to ElevenLabs in the AI voice space, has closed a massive $100M seed round with Nvidia among its backers. The raise signals surging investor appetite for European AI audio technology. Here's what we know.
AI Voice
Startups
Funding
Jul 9, 2026
Lissi Raises €3.5M to Build Europe's EUDI Wallet
Berlin-based Lissi GmbH has closed a €3.5M round led by Ventech to expand its EUDI Wallet connectivity platform across Europe. With 90% of its customer base in financial services, the startup is positioning itself as a key enabler of eIDAS-compliant digital identity infrastructure ahead of the EU's 2027 AML regulation deadline.
Digital Identity
EUDI Wallet
Fintech