Framer, Dutch website design platform, raises $100m
Framer, the Amsterdam-based professional website design platform used by startups and major brands, announced a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors…
Dublin’s ProVerum raises $80m for prostate solution
Dublin-based ProVerum Limited, the developer of the ProVee System for BPH, a minimally invasive solution for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), announced the closing of an…
EIB invests €425m in Marseille state primary schools
Two European Investment Bank (EIB) loans totalling €425 million will help finance the modernisation of 477 state primary schools in Marseille. The project is part…
Midas, Turkish investment platform, raises $80m
Midas, the Turkish investment platform, said it has raised $80 million in its Series B funding round, the largest investment ever secured by a Turkish fintech company. This brings…
German fund firms managed €4.6 trillion at mid year
Fund companies in Germany managed a total of €4.625 trillion on behalf for investors in Germany at the mid year point, according to BVI, Germany’s investment…
Mabylon raises $37m to advance peanut allergy work
Switzerland-based biotechnology firm Mabylon AG announced that it has raised a total of $37 million. The funding will allow Mabylon to advance its lead program…
Denmark’s Snipr Biome in €35m Series B fund raise
Snipr Biome, the Copenhagen company pioneering the development of microbial CRISPR-medicine, announced the close of a €35 million Series B fund raise. The deal involves funding…
Estonia’s Sunly secures €85m for Latvia solar parks
Estonia-based renewable electricity provider Sunly has secured almost €85 million in international financing to build four solar parks in Latvia with total capacity of 329 megawatts (MW)…
Banco BPI and EIB in €190m Portugal mid-cap push
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Banco BPI have signed an agreement to create a new credit portfolio of up to €190 million in financing…
Electra, Paris-based EV charging firm, raises €433m
Paris-based Electra, a leading European operator in ultra-fast electric vehicles charging, announced it has signed a green loan facility of up to €433 million to support…
German’s Makersite secures €60m in Series B funding
Stuttgart-based Makersite said it has secured €60 million in Series B funding to accelerate its mission of “creating a world where every product manufactured is…
Sanofi, French drug firm, to buy $1.6bn Vicebio of UK
French biopharma company Sanofi said it agreed to acquire Vicebio Ltd, a privately held biotechnology company headquartered in London, UK, for up to $1.6 billion. The…
European Investment Bank approves €15bn investment
The European Investment Bank Group has approved a total of €15.5 billion in new financing to back business growth and corporate innovation, improve transport and…
Eurazeo Growth Fund IV in €650m first closing
Paris-based investment firm Eurazeo announced the first closing of the Eurazeo Growth Fund IV (EGF IV) at €650 million, with a target of €1 billion,…
Exein, Italian cybersecurity firm, raises €70m
Exein, an Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity company based in Rome, has raised €70 million in Series C funding. “This is a major milestone that accelerates…
European ETF assets hit record high of $2.74 trillion
Assets invested in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry in Europe reached a new record of $2.74 trillion at the end of June. That’s according to ETFGI, the…
Mediobanca, EIB in €100m boost for Italian SMEs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Mediobanca have signed a new €100 million agreement designed to improve access to credit for Italian small and medium-sized…
Italy’s Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg of US in $3.1bn deal
Italy’s Ferrero has agreed to acquire WK Kellogg of the United States for $23.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of $3.1…
SiPearl, French supercomputing chip firm, raises €130m
SiPearl, the France-based company building European high-performance processors for supercomputing and AI, announced the definitive closing of its €130 million Series A financing round with…
Capgemini to buy WNS for $3.3bn in Agentic AI drive
French consulting giant Capgemini said it has agreed to acquire global outsourcing firm WNS for $3.3 billion in cash in an effort to expand its…
Castilla y León govt gets €74m EIB rural industry loan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it has signed a €74 million loan with the government of the Spanish region of Castilla y León (Junta de…
Berlin’s Talon.One raises $135m from new investors
Talon.One, a Berlin-based enterprise loyalty and promotion software firm, has announced a $135 million growth funding round from new investors Silversmith Capital Partners and Meritech…
Climeworks, Zurich carbon removal firm, secures $162m
Zurich-based Climeworks, a pioneer in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology and provider of carbon removal portfolios, has secured $162 million in additional equity funding —…
Canada’s Clio buys $1bn Barcelona legal tech vLex
Clio, the Canadian legal technology firm, said it has agreed to acquire vLex, a Barcelona-founded pioneer in legal intelligence “that combines cutting-edge AI with the…
SIX, European exchanges firm, completes Aquis deal
Switzerland-based European regional stock exchange operator SIX Exchange Group AG announced the successful closing of its acquisition of Aquis Exchange plc, London’s challenger stock market….
Natech Banking Solutions of Greece raises $33m
Ioannina, Greece-based Natech Banking Solutions announced the successful completion of its Series B capital increase, securing over $33 million in growth funding. “The round comprises $26…
EIB to lend €540m for Lithuania military base
The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it plans to lend €540 million for Lithuania to build a military base at Rūdninkai, south of the capital…
Finom, Amsterdam challenger bank, raises €115m
Amsterdam-based Finom, a challenger bank aimed at SMEs and entrepreneurs, said it raised €115 million in Series C funding. Finom describes itself as an “all-in-one business solution that…
European Investment Bank lending limit rises to €100bn
The shareholders of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, the EU Member States, have approved a record-high financing ceiling of €100 billion for this year…
Animaj, Paris AI-powered kids media firm, raises $85m
Animaj, the Paris-based kids’ media company, has announced the close of an $85 million funding round. The round was led by HarbourView Equity Partners and…
Porto’s Sword Health raises $40m at $4bn valuation
Sword Health, the Porto-founded AI Care company, has announced a $40 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation led by General Catalyst. Sword Health…
Helsing, European AI defence tech firm, raises €600m
Helsing, the European AI defence technology company, has announced its €600 million Series D funding round. The round was led by Prima Materia, alongside existing…
EIB pledges €1.6bn for Bay of Biscay electricity link
The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it is pledging €1.6 billion to finance the construction of the Bay of Biscay electricity interconnection between Spain and…
Look Up, French orbital safety firm, raises €50m
Look Up, the French space tech company specializing in orbital safety and the protection of space infrastructure, announced a €50 million funding round combining equity,…
Wandercraft, Paris robotics firm, secures $75m
Paris-based robotics firm Wandercraft said it secured $75 million equity and debt as part of its Series D investment round, with major contributions from Renault Group,…
Spain’s Multiverse, AI compression firm, raises €189m
San Sebastian-based Multiverse Computing, a leader in quantum-inspired AI model compression, has announced a €189 million investment round. Multiverse Computing has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology…
Eurostar plans direct trains to Frankfurt, Geneva
Eurostar said it is planning to to operate three new direct routes amid “strong demand for train travel across Europe.” The new routes are London to…
Vienna-based newsrooms.ai acquires Trending Topics
Vienna-based AI startup newsrooms.ai is acquiring Trending Topics, the Austrian tech media platform founded by Jakob Steinschaden and Bastian Kellhofer. “This merger of AI technology…
Aerones, Latvia turbine maintenance firm, raises $62m
Latvia-based Aerones, a provider of robotic inspection, maintenance, and AI-driven solutions for wind turbines, said it has secured $62 million in capital in a significantly oversubscribed…
Scalable, Munich investment platform, raises €155m
Munich-based digital investment platform Scalable Capital said it has successfully completed a funding round, raising €155 million. This was the company’s largest funding round to…