A fresh day and a long list of funding in Europe, with e-bikes and AI-driven medical robotics for dermatology on top. Early-stage activity remains broad, Magnific relaunches and Ground State Ventures raises €75.2m for early-stage quantum technology fund. The Scaling Europe 50 showcases the fastest growing European tech companies and their top investors of 2025.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
London-based startup Forest secured €31m in additional funding, Series B, with its total funding now at €46m to expand e-bike operations and invest in infrastructure. Read more here.
Paris-based startup SquareMind raised $18m (including pre-Series A) to scale its AI medical robotics platform for automated skin imaging. Read more here.
Copenhagen-based startup Performativ raised €11.96m Series A to scale its AI-powered wealth management operating system across Europe. Read more here.
Berlin-based startup Patronus raised €11m to expand its emergency smartwatch and AI-powered elderly care platform. Read more here.
London-based startup Marloo raised $10m Seed to build its AI platform for financial advisers, automating admin and workflow tasks. Read more here.
Swedish startup Redpine raised €6.8m Seed to scale its AI data platform and expand internationally. Read more here.
London-based startup Neutonic raised $6m at a $60m valuation to scale its functional drinks and nootropics brand. Read more here.
Munich-based startup dehaze raised €3.2m Seed to build a causal AI foundation model for chronic disease detection in healthcare. Read more here.
Stockholm-based and Project Europe company Zellify raised €3.1m Seed to enable mobile app developers to create custom web onboarding and payments outside app stores. Read more here.
Edinburgh-based startup Cnuic raised €3m pre-seed to develop its next-generation photonic chip manufacturing technology. Read more here.
Italian startup Always Friday raised €1.05m pre-seed to build its AI-native platform for automating and executing corporate event planning workflows. Read more here.
Prague-based startup Tapaya raised €1m pre-seed to build its in-person payments infrastructure platform for banks, fintechs, and software providers. Read more here.
🌱 Startup news
Málaga-based Magnific relaunched as AI creative platform, unifying image, video, audio, and 3D tools into a single production environment with €196m ARR and over 1m paid users. Read more here.
💡 Other news
The Scaling Europe 50 with Nebius and J.P. Morgan found the fastest growing European tech companies of 2025 alongside their top investors. Read more here.
Revolut is opening its first physical retail store in Barcelona to expand brand presence and create an in-person customer experience. Read more here.
Apple’s former AI chief John Giannandrea joins London-based CuspAI, which is rumoured to be raising a big round at a $1bn+ valuation. Read more here.
