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Scaling Europe Daily - 1.7.

Daily · Substack · 1 Jul 2026

Scaling Europe Daily - 1.7.

Europe’s biggest raise today comes from Lithuania, where InSoil secured €120m to finance the shift to regenerative farming. The UK also announced a £1.6bn Defence Innovation Fund through 2030, alongside £580m for defence science and research. In London, Omnea launched a new fund that will give employees up to $250k to build startups of their own.

Let’s dive in.


💰 Funding rounds

  • Vilnius-based InSoil secured a €120m to expand lending to agricultural SMEs adopting regenerative farming practices. Read more here.

  • Berlin-based Theo raised a $25m Series A to scale its AI platform for automating real estate operations. Read more here.

  • Oslo-based Six Robotics raised €12m Seed to advance its autonomy software platform for unmanned systems. Read more here.

  • British-U.S.-based Build raised €7.4m Seed to expand its AI platform helping governments, developers and investors accelerate infrastructure projects. Read more here.

  • Croatia-founded Hypefy AI raised $7.2m Series A to expand its AI platform for automating influencer marketing campaigns. Read more here.

  • London-based Lucida AI raised €6.1m Seed to expand its speech-to-speech AI platform into new languages and geographies. Read more here.

  • Vienna-based Epitome Therapeutics raised €4m pre-Seed to advance its precision epigenome editing platform and grow its team. Read more here.

  • Sweden-based Digiclean raised €2.5m Seed to expand its AI-powered platform for optimising industrial cleaning and maintenance. Read more here.

  • Berlin-based Nomerra raised $2m to expand its AI platform for automating private market operations. Read more here.

  • UK-based Saltroad raised £1.5m and acquired AI platform Ogma to scale speech therapy for children. Read more here.

📣 Fund news

  • London-based Omnea launched the Omnea Future Founders Fund with Firedrop to provide employees with up to $250k in Seed funding to launch new startups. Read more here.

  • The UK government announced £1.6bn for the UK Defence Innovation Fund through 2030 alongside a £580m investment in Dstl’s Porton Down research site to support defence technology and scientific research. Read more here.


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