The EU-Startups Summit 2026 will gather 2,500 founders, investors and ecosystem leaders in Malta on May 7-8, spotlighting Europe’s next wave of high-growth startups.
Author: Evelyn Monroe
Swedish electric boat maker Candela raises €30M from EQT Ventures and World Bank’s IFC to scale zero-emission hydrofoil ferries and leisure craft.
Climate-tech startup Sequestra secures €3M to mineralise industrial CO2 and waste streams, transforming emissions into valuable stone-based materials.
Berlin-based Upvest raises $125M to scale its investment API and challenge incumbents in Europe’s fast-growing wealth-tech infrastructure market.
Partech Impact closes a €300M Article 9 fund to back late-stage B2B impact tech scaleups in clean production, agtech and mobility, targeting Europe’s funding “missing middle”.
Spanish home services marketplace Webel secures €4.3M pre-Series A led by Trind Ventures to accelerate European expansion and product development.
UK investor Maven has injected £15M into Chorus to help police and investigators tame exploding volumes of digital crime data with advanced analytics software.
Munich-based UVC Partners expands into growth-stage investing with a new €77M fund, riding momentum from deeptech star Proxima Fusion’s landmark €2B raise.
Over 100 confirmed investors are heading to Malta on May 7–8 for the EU-Startups Summit, signaling strong appetite for European tech and early-stage deals.
Amsterdam-based enterprise AI agent platform Wonderful raises €129.8M in Series B funding, lifting its valuation to €1.7B and cementing its status as a leading European AI scaleup.