Approaching the end of the week with a mix of AI, quantum and industrial tech, with Legora adding €42m to its Series D, Groove Quantum scaling hardware and Rocsys expanding EV-charging. New funds and public initiatives push deeper into AI and UK takes its place in the map.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
Stockholm-based startup Legora raised €42m Series D extension, bringing total funding to €513m to scale its AI-powered legal operating system. Read more here.
Delft-based startup Groove Quantum raised €16m (equity + grants) to scale its germanium spin-qubit processors and advance scalable quantum computing hardware. Read more here.
Dutch startup Rocsys raised $13m Series A extension, total $56m to scale its hands-free EV charging platform for autonomous vehicle fleets and robotaxi depots. Read more here.
Cambridge-based startup Kigen secured €11.5m in growth debt funding to scale its eSIM and IoT connectivity security platform. Read more here.
London-based startup BioOrbit raised £9.8m Seed to develop its in-space drug manufacturing platform and scale orbital production of pharmaceutical crystals. Read more here.
UK-based startup StudentCrowd raised £7m Series A to scale its student housing intelligence platform. Read more here.
UK-based startup Online Oceans raised £4m to scale its autonomous maritime surveillance vessels and expand deployment in defence and security. Read more here.
Swiss-based startup Mosaic SoC raised €3.2m pre-Seed to develop low-power perception chips in real-time spatial intelligence in wearables and mobile devices. Read more here.
Estonian-Dutch startup Spiral Hydrogen raised €2.7m pre-Seed (+ €0.7m grants) to advance its bubble-free electrolysis technology for green hydrogen production. Read more here.
Cambridge-based startup auryx raised $2m pre-Seed to turn everyday earbuds into continuous health monitors by acoustic sensing technology. Read more here.
Swiss-based startup ALP Bio AG raised €1.9m pre-Seed to advance its AI-powered immune organoid platform for early immunogenicity risk detection in antibody development. Read more here.
London-based startup ManaMind raised $1.5m pre-Seed to develop its AI-driven game testing platform by autonomous agents for QA automation. Read more here.
💡 Other news
SPRIND launched the Next Frontier AI challenge, €125m in funding to back European teams building next-generation AI systems. Read more here.
Invest Europe’s latest report: PE- and VC-backed companies created 295,000+ net new jobs across Europe in 2024 → 7 years of employment growth. Read more here.
Peter Crouch launched Vytal Ventures, a health and wellness-focused venture studio building and scaling startups using athlete and founder networks. Read more here.
London-based investor Octopus Energy Generation committed $500m to large-scale US reforestation projects led by Living Carbon, alongside a $13m direct investment in the company. Read more here.
📣 Fund news
Berlin-based VC firm Earlybird VC closed a €360m early-stage fund (Fund VIII) to invest in AI, deeptech, and software infrastructure in Europe. Read more here.
🎧 Podcasts
The Scaling Europe Podcast featured Stefan Bader, CEO at Cello, on user-led growth through referral-based marketing, GTM in the age of AI & more. Listen here.
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