This week we tracked more than 80 tech funding deals worth over €1.3 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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🇫🇷 Artificial intelligence startup Poolside received $400M investment with a $2 billion valuation
🇬🇧: EV charging startup Char.gy raises €118.2M to support the charging infrastructure across the UK
🇪🇸 TravelPerk gets €125M to accelerate in US market
🇬🇧 Zilch secures £100 million financing deal
🇩🇪Isar Aerospace raises €65M as part of an extended Series C financing round
🇬🇧Global Payments snaps up UK payments firm Takepayments
🇩🇪 Sidekick Health acquires PINK! to bolster its femtech offering
🇬🇧Quod Orbis acquired by Dedagroup to fuel global growth
🇪🇸 Spanish Kfund raises €70M for AI and cloud startups
🇱🇹 Lithuanian VC firm Raft Capital Management launches €50M fund for Baltic companies
🌍NATO Innovation Fund announces its first investments from €1B Fund to advance these sectors
🏦Share sale ‘to value Revolut at more than £30bn’
🇬🇧 London stock market overtakes Paris as Raspberry Pi shares continue to rise
🇬🇧 One-third of trading on Robinhood’s UK app outside market hours, says UK boss
🇩🇰 Denmark: Europe’s hub for tech innovation and collaboration
🌳 Preqin and Measurabl partner to track properties’ ESG compliance
🇬🇧 Will Labour’s plan to close private equity tax ‘loophole’ harm UK tech?
🇩🇪 “How the heck can you build a multi-billion dollar business in Düsseldorf?” questioned VC
🇨🇭 DeepTech is reviving the Swiss startup ecosystem
🇬🇧 BBC invests £500,000 in virtual streaming
🇨🇿 Zerops raises $500,000 pre-seed for flexible developers’ cloud
🇧🇪 AI sales assistant for salespeople on the go ‘Donna’ raises $1.6M pre-seed
🇭🇺Sustainability startup Denxpert raises €1M from Sofia Angels Ventures
🇩🇪 GenAI startup mika lands €800,000 for automated accounting
Google has also submitted an application, a spokesman told Reuters. Meanwhile, Amazon said it hopes to "contribute our expertise and ensure the code of practice
If the past five years of EU tech rules could take human form, they would embody Thierry Breton. The bombastic commissioner, with his swoop of white hair, becam
Facebook's parent company Meta, along with other prominent tech players like Spotify and Ericsson, have issued a cautionary message to the European Union (EU).
The European Commission intends to force Apple to open its walled garden. On Thursday, the EU's executive arm said it initiated "two specification proceedings