Growth
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Axle Energy turns spare batteries into grid infrastructure
The London startup’s Series A links energy flexibility software with the growing pressure AI and electrification place on power systems.
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Finto aims AI agents at the accounting work nobody sees
Munich-based Finto has raised seed funding for AI agents built around invoice processing and ERP-heavy finance workflows.
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Polysense brings AI quality control to the factory line
Belgium’s Polysense has raised new funding for AI systems that inspect and adjust food manufacturing processes in real time.
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Druid buys deeper into Europe’s private network stack
The Irish software company’s Node-H acquisition adds RAN expertise as private 4G and 5G deployments mature.
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Europe backs the unglamorous machinery of chip sovereignty
QuantumDiamonds’ funding round points to the inspection and testing bottlenecks behind Europe’s semiconductor ambitions.
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UK regulators are being asked to move at market speed
New sandboxing powers are meant to help innovative technologies reach commercial deployment faster, but implementation will decide whether they change anything.
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Azalea Vision’s EU funding puts smart lenses on the clinical road
Belgian healthtech Azalea Vision has won EIC backing to move its smart contact lens platform into clinical development.
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Quantum Systems’ $1.2bn round puts European defence tech on a different funding curve
Quantum Systems has raised one of Europe’s largest defence tech rounds to scale autonomous systems across air, land, and sea.
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Google’s Proxima bet shows AI’s energy problem reaching fusion
Proxima Fusion’s €411m round links Europe’s clean energy ambitions with the power demands of AI infrastructure.
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Orbit Capital adds debt to CEE’s scaleup toolkit
Orbit Capital has closed a €107 million growth debt fund for Central and Eastern European scaleups.
