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
The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen’s polic
The European Union's ambitious Digital Decade 2030 plan sets forth bold targets for digital infrastructure, skills and business transformation. However, recent
EU antitrust regulators on Friday (22 November) closed a four-year-long investigation into Apple's rules for competing e-book and audiobook
This week we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €2.5 billion, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours,