This week we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €685 million, and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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🇳🇱 RE&UP Recycling Technologies secures €70M from Proparco to push fashion & textile industry to circularity
🇨🇭 H55 closes €67.7M Series C funding
🇪🇸Traveltech Exotica secures €60M Series D
🇱🇺 Gcore secures $60M for advanced Edge AI and cloud solutions
🇩🇪 Salesforce is taking over the Berlin AI startup Spoke.ai
🖥️ MiddleGround Capital launches voluntary public takeover of computer vision company
🇦🇹 Assa Abloy to acquire Skidata
🇵🇱 UniCredit acquires Vodeno
💸 Lead Ventures launches €100M fund for CEE startups
🚀 Tech VC Molten Ventures reveals new £180m debt facility
💻 Biovance Capital Partners announces the launch of a biotechnology fund with a first closing of €51M
🐄 FoolFarm Increases Capital by €2.55M
🕸️ Inrupt’s Data Wallet realises Sir Berners-Lee’s data ownership dream
💸 Cash App to exit UK as “deprioritises global expansion”
💰 Revolut finally gets UK banking licence
⭐ “Maybe some things got a little wobbly,” says Techstars CEO addressing criticism about its corporate culture
🇬🇷 Greece: From ancient roots to modern heights
🏳️🌈 Beyond the Swipe: How Cosmic Latte has created safe and dynamic dating apps for the LGBTQ+ community
🚒 How first responders get instant aerial intel with Fotokite’s tethered drones
🎒 The Berlin-based startup school whose teaching methods date back to Socrates
📦 Repurpose, regenerate, reimagine: startups leading the future of material innovation
🇮🇪 Skippio secures €540,000 for queue management
🇨🇭 Amporin Pharmaceuticals secures €157,000 for degenerative disease treatment
🇦🇹 Syntropic Medical secures €1.1M for drug-resistant depression treatment
🇪🇪 Estonian Enty raises €700,000 Seed for financial SaaS
🇮🇪 Irish analytics firm INQDATA secures £750,000
🇬🇧 Pension fintech Jarvis secures £1.8M to tell you when to retire
This week we tracked more than 50 tech funding deals worth over €266 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories a
August was the slowest month YTD, with over €1.9 billion raised in some 203 deals. This figure represents a decrease of around 60 per cent compared to the pr
German fitness startup 7NXT, owner and operator of Gymondo and 7Mind, is acquiring Buddyfit. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Genoa, Buddyfit offers online
Reonic, a climate tech SaaS startup focused on enabling the deployment of sustainable energy solutions across Europe, today announces that it has raised a €1