ICEYE has the biggest financing news today, with a €300m credit facility to support growing demand for satellite intelligence. In the rounds, AI is showing up in more operational parts of the market, from procurement and industrial service to live event cameras and biotech. Anthropic’s $320k copywriter role adds the more unusual AI story, showing that even the companies building AI still need top creative talent.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
Paris-based Pivot raised €34.4m Series B to scale its AI procurement platform, helping enterprises manage purchasing, invoices, payments and spend visibility in one place. Read more here.
Norwegian Muybridge raised $16m Series A to scale its software-defined imaging platform, replacing traditional broadcast camera setups with real-time virtual camera perspectives for sports and live events. Read more here.
Munich-based ClearOps raised €8.6m Series A to help industrial manufacturers keep machines running by improving parts planning and service operations. Read more here.
Manchester-based Imperagen raised €5.7m Seed to scale its AI and quantum-powered enzyme engineering platform for pharma, life sciences and industrial biotech. Read more here.
Germany- based Efferon raised €2.5m Seed to expand its blood purification platform for sepsis and septic shock treatment, including a new EU production facility for its Efferon LPS device. Read more here.
UK-based siliXon raised $1.5m to build AI that lets engineers design and prototype circuit boards using prompts to bring more electronics manufacturing back to Europe. Read more here.
💡 Other news
Finnish ICEYE secured a €300m revolving credit facility to support customer contracts and continued global growth as demand for its satellite intelligence capabilities grows. Read more here.
Starling Bank reported a fifth consecutive year of profitability, while its SaaS subsidiary Engine grew revenue 25% and signed its first North American client through a 10-year agreement with Tangerine. Read more here.
Anthropic is hiring a copywriter with pay of up to $320k, showing that even leading AI labs still need top creative talent to explain and shape their products. Read more here.
🎧 Podcasts
The Scaling Europe Podcast featured Philipp Schröder, Co-founder and CEO at 1KOMMA5°, on building cheaper and cleaner electricity for Europe as AI drives energy demand. Listen here.
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