Scaling Europe Daily
🗞️ A lot happening around AI and the UK today as Anthropic is offering up to £630k to hire top talent in London, while Revolut is targeting a $200bn IPO by 2028. At the same time, startups are raising for AI products across Europe.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
Delft-based startup Orange Quantum Systems (OrangeQS) raised €15m in a Seed extension to scale its quantum chip testing infrastructure. Read more here.
Edinburgh-based startup Exergy3 raised €11.4m in a Seed round to scale its thermal energy storage technology for industrial decarbonisation. Read more here.
Osnabrück-based startup VisioLab raised $11m in a Series A round to scale its AI-powered visual self-checkout platform for food service. Read more here.
Dutch startup Smart Robotics raised €10m in a Series A round to scale its AI-driven intralogistics automation platform across Europe. Read more here.
Cardiff-based startup Alesi Surgical raised €8.1m (£7m) in a funding round to scale its surgical smoke removal technology. Read more here.
Dublin-based startup Seapoint raised €7.5m in a Seed round to build its AI-powered financial operations platform for startups. Read more here.
Manchester-based startup Firenze raised €6.8m to expand its Lombard lending platform for wealth managers. Read more here.
Zurich-based startup Bubble Robotics raised $5m in a pre-Seed round to build autonomous robotic systems for offshore operations. Read more here.
London-based startup inploi raised €3.4m to scale its AI-driven hiring platform across the UK and US. Read more here.
Warsaw-based startup Zynt raised €424k in a pre-Seed round to build its AI-driven B2B sales intelligence platform. Read more here.
🌱 Startup news
London-based startup Synthesia is expanding into Austin, Berlin, Paris and Zurich, after surpassing $100m ARR and reaching a $4bn valuation. Read more here.
💡 Other news
Revolut is targeting a $200bn IPO by 2028 and a $100bn secondary this year, as CEO Nik Storonsky pushes to position the company among the world’s most valuable financial institutions. Read more here.
Anthropic is hiring AI researchers in London with salaries of up to £630k as it scales its UK presence and competes for top talent. Read more here.
📣 Fund news
London-based Passion Capital closed a €46m fourth Seed fund to back early-stage startups across AI, fintech and enterprise risk. Read more here.
Amsterdam-based DFF Ventures closed a €70m third fund to back pre-Seed startups building software and AI for underdigitised industries. Read more here.
🎧 Podcasts
The Scaling Europe Podcast featured Dan Westgarth, COO at Deel, on scaling one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally and building a fully remote organisation. Listen here.
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