Peec AI raised $21m and announced plans for a New York office, while Orbital Industries landed €43m to build AI hardware and data centres. There was also money going into brain monitoring, renewable energy, reusable cups and even rocket engines today, while byFounders closed a new €130m fund for Nordic startups.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
London-based Orbital Industries raised €43m Series B to build AI-designed industrial hardware and data centre infrastructure for next-generation AI compute. Read more here.
London-based Geordie AI raised €25m Series A to help enterprises secure and govern AI agents at scale. Read more here.
Berlin-based Peec AI raised $21 million Series A to help marketers improve visibility across AI search platforms as the company expands globally and opens its New York office. Read more here.
Utrecht-based Eddy Grid raised €7.5m to scale its renewable energy optimisation platform after nearly 900% revenue growth in 2025. Read more here.
Oulu-based Cerenion raised more than €4.3 million to accelerate the European expansion of its C-Trend® EEG Station and AI-assisted brain monitoring solutions for acute healthcare. Read more here.
Zurich-based Stellar Alpina raised €3.8m pre-Seed to build compact rotating detonation rocket engines for faster and more efficient in-space mobility. Read more here.
Vilnius-based Kopa. ai raised €2m Seed to scale its agentic AI operating system for e-commerce teams. Read more here.
Brussels-based Borro raised €1.3m to expand its digital deposit system for reusable cups across Europe. Read more here.
London-based Atheni raised £350k to help organisations move beyond basic AI usage with a platform that embeds personalised, role-specific AI guidance directly into everyday workflows. Read more here.
📣 Fund news
Berlin-based Marvelous and the Joachim Herz Foundation launched a €20m deeptech fund to help more technologies move from the laboratory to industrial scale across sectors including advanced materials, waste valorisation and robotics. Read more here.
Copenhagen-based byFounders closed its third fund at more than €130 million to back the next generation of founders building globally from the Nordics. Read more here.
🎧 Podcasts
The EU-Startups Podcast featured Dr Emil Kendziorra, CEO of Tomorrow.Bio, on cryopreservation, medical biostasis and building Europe’s fastest-growing cryopreservation company. Listen here.
The Scaling Europe Podcast featured Alex McCracken, Head of Venture Capital Relationships, EMEA at J.P. Morgan, on European AI raising much larger rounds than before. Listen here.
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