This week our research tracked more than 80 tech funding deals worth over €632 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours and related news stories across Europe.
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🇳🇱 BioBTX bags over €80M to launch the first commercial renewable aromatics plant
🇨🇭 M^0 raises $35M in Series A funding
🇫🇷 French EV charging startup Gireve raises €20M
🇬🇧 Ciphr acquires Shape Payroll
🇪🇸 Seedtag acquires Beachfront
🇺🇦 Ukrainian IT company Digis merges with Scalamandra
🇪🇺 Klarna, Spotify and Bolt investor Creandum close seventh fund at €500M
🇩🇪 Northern Data Group partners with NVIDIA to launch accelerator
🇪🇸 Development institute (INFO) of Murcia allocates €1M to startups in the region
🇺🇦 Angels for Ukraine investment fund launches to support startups in Ukraine
🧪 Europe’s Deeptech Meetup: Bpifrance wants to propel French industrial startups to the next level
🇪🇺 Technology startup Rierino partners with FeatureMind to deliver seamless e-commerce and digital transformation experiences in EMEA
💸 UK wealthech backed by Tom Blomfield looks to crowdfund £1M
🚘 Vay roll out remotely controlled vehicles in Belgium
🇦🇹 Innovation at the heart of Europe: Austria’s tech renaissance and global impact
🌎 Venture and growth investing for sustainability and societal impact
🇬🇧 UK startups trailing on net zero and responsible AI
🇭🇷 How two unicorns pushed Croatia ahead of China in GDP Share
🇸🇪 Sweden set to receive $3.2B investment from Microsoft for cloud and AI infrastructure
🇩🇪 Quantica increases Series A to €19.7M to fuel growth of its additive manufacturing techs
🇹🇷 Turkish Fintech Sipay secures $15M
🇫🇷 Sopht raises €3.3M for energy reduction SaaS
🇪🇸 Alinia AI raises $2.4M for safe deployment of generative AI
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