Leeds-based Optalysys secures €26.4M to scale its light-powered, always-encrypted computing technology for ultra-secure, high-performance data processing.
Author: Aden Erickson
Spanish VC firm Madrid’s Mission unveils a €35M pre-seed fund aimed at backing 80 high-potential Spanish founders and anchoring Madrid as a leading European startup hub.
Oviva raises €200M to expand its AI-driven obesity and metabolic care platform across European health systems, aiming to reduce costs and improve long-term patient outcomes.
Founder-led VC firm Plural is reportedly plotting a third fund that could swell from €250M to €1B, positioning it as one of Europe’s most ambitious early‑stage vehicles.
Language learning marketplace Preply secures $150M, achieves unicorn status and accelerates its AI-driven tutoring push in the global edtech race.
Drone logistics leader Zipline surpasses 2 million autonomous deliveries and secures $600M led by Tiger Global, lifting its valuation to $7.6B as it targets global healthcare and retail.
US-based Benepass secures $40M in fresh funding to modernise flexible employee benefits, giving HR teams a unified, tax‑efficient platform for personalised perks and wellbeing.
RiskFront AI raises $3.3M to replace manual fraud checks with AI-driven, real-time risk assessment tools for fintechs, banks and digital platforms.
Berlin-based Cloover has raised $1.2B to finance solar, batteries and heat pumps across Europe. Can its software and funding model ease the continent’s distributed energy crunch?
Language-learning platform Preply secures €127M, nearly triples its valuation, and doubles down on AI-driven tutoring as it accelerates global expansion.