Rivia raises €13M to bring agentic AI to clinical trials
Rivia raises €13M to bring agentic AI to clinical trials

The Zurich-based startup, which previously raised €3M to unify fragmented trial data, has secured a larger round to build AI agents that actively manage the complex operational layer of running a clinical trial. Clinical trials are, by almost any measu…

Finnish startup Elea & Lili raises €2.5M to replace the plastic
Finnish startup Elea & Lili raises €2.5M to replace the plastic

Polyacrylate is the synthetic crystal at the heart of every modern disposable nappy, is derived from petroleum, and it does not break down. It persists for centuries, leaching microplastics into soil and groundwater as it degrades. The hygiene industry…

Ofiniti raises $6.8M to push its maritime fuel software into global shipping hubs
Ofiniti raises $6.8M to push its maritime fuel software into global shipping hubs

The Oslo-based DNV spinout processed over 25,000 bunker operations in 2025 and claims roughly 40% of Singapore’s digital bunkering market. Verb Ventures leads a growth round that brings total funding to $9 million. The paperwork of global shipping is n…

AWS names 12 European AI startups mapping oceans, diagnosing leukaemia, and predicting airstrikes
AWS names 12 European AI startups mapping oceans, diagnosing leukaemia, and predicting airstrikes

The 2026 AWS Pioneers cohort spans healthcare, climate, and conflict zones, and lands alongside a stark warning that Europe risks losing its best innovators if the regulatory environment doesn’t change. Amazon Web Services announced today the second an…

Former scaleup operators launch Operator Circle VC to back Europe’s next decacorn
Former scaleup operators launch Operator Circle VC to back Europe’s next decacorn

Dozens of executives from European tech scaleups have backed a new venture firm built on the thesis that people who have scaled billion-dollar companies know which founders can do it again. For years, the criticism of European venture capital has been …

Tracebit raises $20M to scale cloud honeypots as enterprise deception security grows
Tracebit raises $20M to scale cloud honeypots as enterprise deception security grows

The startup, which plants millions of decoy assets across cloud environments to catch intruders in the act, closed its Series A led by FirstMark as enterprise security teams warm to deception as a primary detection strategy. The logic of cyber deceptio…

Upvest raises $125M at €640M valuation as European retail investing accelerates
Upvest raises $125M at €640M valuation as European retail investing accelerates

The Berlin startup, now valued at €640M, counts Revolut, N26 and Santander’s Openbank among its clients after processing more than 100 million investment orders last year. Twelve months after its last fundraise, Upvest has done it again, and at a price…

Steward raises $5M to automate AML compliance for the $100B investment management market
Steward raises $5M to automate AML compliance for the $100B investment management market

Compliance is the part of financial services that nobody likes to talk about, and nobody can afford to get wrong. For investment managers, the obligation to know your client, verify their business, and monitor them continuously has historically meant a…

Blify secures $2.1M to bring AI-native training to Slack and Teams
Blify secures $2.1M to bring AI-native training to Slack and Teams

Corporate training has a staging problem. Companies spend billions on learning management systems that employees log into once, skip half the modules, and forget about until HR sends a reminder. Blify thinks the fix is simpler than a new platform: put …

Partech closes its first impact fund at €300M to back Europe’s next generation of industrial and climate tech scaleups
Partech closes its first impact fund at €300M to back Europe’s next generation of industrial and climate tech scaleups

The Paris-based VC is targeting 15 B2B companies with revenues above €10M in clean manufacturing, sustainable agriculture, green construction, and digital health, with carry tied to impact performance for the first time. Europe has no shortage of early…