This week we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €1.8 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week’s top financials, we’ve also indexed the most important/industry-related news items you need to know about.
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🇹🇷 Food delivery giant Getir raises $250M and restructures into two businesses
🇨🇿 Food retailtech Rohlik secures $170M funding
🇨🇭SkyCell secures $116M for medical supply chain management
🇫🇷 Crossbeam acquires French company Reveal
🇫🇷 Softonic secures its SaaS market with leader
🇪🇪 Up Group acquires Stebby, an Estonian employee benefit platform
💰 DTCP closes $450M fund for Series B to D
🟣 Purple Ventures launches €40M fund for early-stage software startups
🪖Presto Ventures and Czechoslovak Group launch Presto Tech Horizons Fund targeting dual-use tech
🎮 MiddleGame Ventures launch third fintech fund with €52M
🧒 Balderton introduces parental support for founders
🇬🇧 Legaltech startup Orbital Witness offers world first “AI reliance” insurance for accuracy
🇪🇺 EU challenges Apple over App Store rules, with record fine
🇬🇧 Labour Party recognises fintech as one of “jewels in the UK PLC crown”, says fintech VC fund boss
🇪🇪 Estonia: A dynamic hub for technology and entrepreneurship
⚕️From months to minutes: OASYS NOW streamlines patient recruitment for clinical trials
🇪🇺 Most European AI founders had “no exposure to AI 18 months before ChatGPT”, says European fintech boss
🇫🇮 Valpas raises €4M seed for pesticide-free bed bug solution
🇫🇷 Aviation climate tech Estuaire raises €2.2M
🇳🇱 Investment metrics platform Bounce Watch’s pre-seed funding brings its valuation to €2.5 million
🇺🇦 Ability AI raises $1.1M for autonomous marketing AI agent
🇨🇭Calico Biosystems raises €156,000 for anti-cancer drug development
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European stocks followed Asian markets higher in light pre-holiday trading, buoyed by a rally on Wall Street driven by megacap tech stocks.
Alphabet's Google's proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Euro
Anglo-Portuguese energy tech Arborea has secured €5M in new funding. The round was led by Indico Capital Partners and supported by B