Two European deep-tech companies used fresh funding to go straight for the US market today. Neko Health’s €612.7m Series C backs its first health-screening clinics in New York, while Monumental’s €27m Series B will send its fleet of bricklaying robots across the Atlantic for the first time.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
Stockholm-based Neko Health raised €612.7m Series C to expand its AI-powered health screening clinics across the US and Europe, with the company preparing to launch its first US clinics in New York and other cities. Read more here.
Amsterdam-based Monumental raised €27m Series B to scale its fleet of 150+ AI-powered bricklaying robots across Europe and into the US, automating construction with robotics and software. Read more here.
Stockholm-based Float raised €4.5m Series A to expand its AI-native revenue-based financing platform for European tech founders, providing growth capital without equity dilution or personal guarantees. Read more here.
Birmingham-based Saible raised £2.9m to tackle construction’s chronic late-payment crisis, protecting supply-chain payments across UK building projects with its Digital Parallel Payment Account technology. Read more here.
Italy-based Nous raised €2.3m seed funding to scale Koncentra, its proprietary plant-based functional ingredient designed to support energy, concentration and mood for food, beverage and dietary supplement manufacturers. Read more here.
Paris-based Mio emerged from stealth with €1.9m pre-seed funding to build an AI colleague that lives inside Slack, enabling seamless workplace communication and task management. Read more here.
💡 Other news
Berlin-based BliqAI received regulatory clearance from Finland to operate its driverless vehicles on public roads, expanding Europe’s first fully driverless fleet across new markets. Read more here.
Germany-based Soofi S released as Europe’s top fully open-source AI model, a 30B parameter model developed by the Soofi consortium with full weights, data and code released. Read more here.
📣 Fund news
Soho Square Partnership Capital Fund II received a £50m cornerstone commitment from the British Business Bank to support established small and mid-sized businesses across the UK’s Nations and regions looking to grow further. Read more here.
Madrid-based Buenavista Buyout Innvierte III secured €75m in commitments from Fond-ICO Global to invest in majority stakes in Spanish companies with strong growth and internationalisation potential. Read more here.
Stockholm-based Norrsken Evolve closed a €62m pre-seed fund and formalised its Dutch presence with an Amsterdam base, earmarking €3m for 5-8 Dutch investments addressing the nation’s persistent pre-seed funding gap. Read more here.
London-based SuperCharger Ventures Fund I launched to back global edtech and future-of-work startups at pre-seed and seed stages, with initial tickets up to €250k and follow-on investments from €500k-€1.5m, backed by 90% first-close commitments from family offices and HNW investors. Read more here.
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