Refute raises £5M seed round to address disinformation threats

London-basedRefute, an AI-powered counter-disinformation company, has raised £5 million inseed funding in a round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participationfrom Playfair, Episode 1, Osney Cap…

Optalysys raises £23M to support photonic computing development

Leeds-based photoniccomputing company Optalysys has raised £23 million in a Series A extensionround led by Northern Gritstone, with participation from imec.xpand, LingottoHorizon, and the UK governmen…

Orbem raises €55.5M Series B to scale AI-powered MRI technology

Munich-based Orbem, adeeptech company applying artificial intelligence to magnetic resonance imagingto analyse food and biological systems, has closed a €55.5 million Series Bfinancing round. The roun…

Anzen Industries raises $2.2M for chemical production innovation

UK-based deeptech startup Anzen Industries has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding, led by LocalGlobe and Creator Fund, withparticipation from strategic angel investors across the UK, EU, and US,i…

CoolSem Technologies raises pre-seed funding for wafer-level thermal innovation

CoolSem Technologies, a semiconductor thermal management company, has closed a pre-seedfunding round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from KBCFocus Fund NV, the Brabant Develop…

Novo Nordisk Foundation backs BioInnovation Institute with €736M to scale life sciences and deeptech innovation

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has allocated up to €736 million (DKK 5.5 billion) to BioInnovation Institute (BII), a leading institute for life science and deep tech innovation in Copenhagen. The fun…

Touchwaves lands €1.5M for next-gen wearable tech for NATO

Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup andspin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. Theround was led by SecFund, which supports startups, scale-ups, and innovativeSMEs addr…

Enlightra exits stealth with $15M to power energy-efficient AI data centre lasers

Enlightra, adeeptech startup developing chip-scale multiwavelength lasers fornext-generation data transmission, has raised a total of $15 million. Investorsinclude Y Combinator, Runa Capital, Pegasus …