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Cosmico, a Milan-based scale-up active in the Future of Work space, has closed a €12 million funding round (equity and debt) led by P101 SGR. The round also saw the participation of long-standing investors, including Prana Venture.  The company has also finalised the acquisition of 100% of Flatmates, a creator agency co-founded by Michele Pagani and Marcello Ascani, which applies the Talent-as-a-Service model to the creator economy across Italy, Spain and the USA. Francesco Marino, CEO and co-fo

Salt & Fiber, a Malmö-based ClimateTech startup transforming beach-cast seagrass into sustainable textile yarns, has secured €300k in a pre-Seed investment round. Today, the company is also launching a €45,000 crowdfunding campaign.  Founded in 2025 by Annika John, the company develops sustainable textiles from seagrass, a natural resource found along coastlines. According to the company, its solution tackles two critical issues. It states that coastal municipalities spend millions removing

LawX, a Berlin-based LegalTech startup, has raised €7.5 million in a Seed funding round to develop the first holistic AI-powered operating system for law firms and notaries.  The round was led by Motive Partners, with additional investors such as WENVEST Capital, xdeck, and SIVentures. In addition to institutional investors, several prominent angel investors from the tech and legal sectors also participated, including Flink founder Christoph Cordes and former Deutsche Bank board member Ralph Mül

Alcolase, a Copenhagen-based BioTech startup tackling alcohol intolerance by providing remedies for alcohol flush, today announced a €1.5 million funding round supported by Ada Ventures, Delphinus Venture Capital, Antler, Manigoff Invest and a group of business angels. The company plans to first enter the Singapore market, followed by South Korea, where alcohol intolerance is more prevalent. To aid in developing the delivery platform for therapeutic applications, Alcolase has set up a UK subsidi

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London-based Lansdowne Partners has launched a venture capital fund to support high-potential UK companies emerging from the country’s leading university research base and startup ecosystem.  The fund announces a first close at €128.9 million ($150 million) and plans to hold a second and final close in December, with indicated investor interest exceeding the fund’s €171.9 million ($200 million) cap.  The fund is anchored by British Business Bank, Aviva Investors, and Lloyds Banking Group,

It’s fashionable to dunk on Europe, especially in tech circles. Post something dismissive about European regulation, talent drain, or the absence of a homegrown Meta, and watch the engagement roll in on X. It’s easy content but increasingly irrelevant to what’s actually happening on the ground. Yes, Europe has struggled to produce tech giants at American scale. It has relied heavily on US infrastructure, from cloud providers to social platforms. That much is fair. But to reduc

Elephant Company (Elephant), a Berlin-based startup aiming to unlock the potential of blue-collar workers with AI-powered training, has closed a funding round of over €5 million to grow its team and scale its platform. The round was led by EnBW New Ventures and Wepa, with participation from business angels from Flix, home24 SE, SB21, Ventic Ventures and topi. “Elephant addresses one of the core challenges of modern organisations: knowledge loss at a time of rising efficiency pressure. Wit

Multiverse, the British upskilling platform for AI and tech adoption, today announced it has raised €60 million ($70 million) in primary funding to expand across Europe, with the goal of ensuring that AI benefits the workforce, rather than displacing it. The funding was led by Schroders Capital, with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, D1 Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Bond, and StepStone Group – valuing the company at €1.8 bill

Fresh People, a Valencia-based technology company specialised in leadership and team management, has closed a €2.6 million round to accelerate the launch of Booster, a new AI-powered leadership system and prepare its international expansion. The round was led by Inveready, with participation from Archipiélago Next, Successful Fund, Paloma Tejada, a former BBVA executive, among others. The round was also joined by entrepreneurs from Spain and Mexico, a market where the company is preparing to exp

African-Startups.com (AFS), a new English-language media platform dedicated to covering startups, venture capital, and innovation across Africa, has officially launched during the EU-Startups Summit in Malta. Launched as a sister publication to EU-Startups under the aegis of MeOut Group, African-Startups aims to spotlight, inform, connect, and elevate the continent’s startup ecosystem through factual, unbiased, practical, and relevant editorial coverage.  African-Startups.com has been created t

Adfin, a London-based FinTech startup building the agentic money movement platform for businesses, has raised €15.3 million ($18 million) in Series A funding to expand its product into end-to-end cashflow management, step up hiring across engineering and sales, and prepare for international expansion. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Visionaries Club and new investors Stéphane Kurgan (former COO of King) and Andrey Khusid (founder of Miro). The investment brings Adfin

Dessn, a London-based AI design-in-production platform, has raised €5 million ($6 million) to build a global community of product builders and expand the team. The round was led by Connect Ventures, with participation from Betaworks, N49P, and other leading funds.  “The best product founders are overly technical and bold. They build products that let users express themselves in the ways they actually want to work. They design without constraints and push the limits of what is possible toda

Ditto, a Rotterdam-based HealthTech startup that has developed a free app that translates complex medical information into plain language, has raised €7.6 million for its European rollout. The round was led by Heal Capital, with participation from Optiverder and Rubio Impact Ventures. “No patient should have to guess what was just said. We are fundamentally turning the thinking in healthcare around: starting not with the institution, but with the patient. Our ambition is for all Europeans to be

Holmes, a technology startup automating software testing in the AI era, has launched with a €1.1 million pre-Seed funding round.  The round was led by Syndicate One, with participation from Aikido founders Roeland Delrue and Willem Delbare, Showpad co-founder Louis Jonckheere, and serial entrepreneur Thomas Van Overbeke. The funds NewSchool, RDY, and 100IN also participated. “Code today is written faster than ever, often with the help of AI. But whether the product actually works the way u

London’s AI infrastructure hyperscaler titan Nscale has announced an additional €670 million ($790 million) in financing to reinforce the continued development of the AI data centre in Narvik, Norway; reportedly the largest AI infrastructure project in the country. The financing was committed by ABN AMRO, DNB, Eksfin, Nordea and SEB. The committed financing includes an additional €670 million ($790 million) uncommitted accordion feature to fund a further 115MW expansion at the Narvik AI da

London-based Ever Wondered, a journalist-led strategic communications advisory firm, has launched today to help startups, scale-ups, VC funds and corporates cut through across traditional media, owned channels, LinkedIn, and AI search. Founded in 2026 by Sam Shead, formerly Tech & Innovation Editor at LinkedIn News and a tech journalist at the BBC, CNBC and Business Insider; and Jim Norton, formerly Technology Editor at the Daily Mail and a writer across UK national titles, the firm is posit

Fifth Dimension, a London-based startup offering decision intelligence for real-assets investors and managers, has raised €22 million ($26 million) in a Series A round. The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Prudence, Mercia, MMC and AFG, and continued support from Speedinvest, Seedcamp, and Anthemis. The company’s total funding now exceeds €33.9 million ($40 million).  “We are building the intelligence layer that this industry has never had. Firms that move now will define com

And that’s a wrap! The 2026 edition of the EU-Startups Summit has officially come to a close. Over two action-packed days in Malta, and about 2,400 founders, investors, and startup enthusiasts came together to exchange ideas, find inspiration, and make meaningful connections. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us in sunny Malta – your energy and enthusiasm made this our biggest and most exciting edition yet! The Pitch Competition received over 1,600 applications from some of the most promis

Algorithmiq, a quantum software company, has raised €18 million in funding and moved its global headquarters from Helsinki to Milan.  The round was led by United Ventures and Italian institutional investor CDP Venture Capital, with continued participation from Inventure VC. This funding round brings Algorithmiq’s total funding to €36 million. The company claims this represents Italy’s largest-ever venture capital investment in a quantum startup. Dr Sabrina Maniscalco, CEO and co-founder of Algor