Martin Scorsese has joined Black Forest Labs as an advisor, bringing one of the biggest names in cinema into one of Europe’s leading AI companies. Former Revolut employees also raised $26m for live-commerce platform Tilt, while Mistral-backed NP Company emerged with €6m to build AI-powered physics simulations for engineers.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
Amsterdam- and Madrid-based Twinco Capital raised €15m Series B and secured a €150m securitisation facility to scale its purchase order finance platform. Read more here.
London-based Tilt raised $26m to expand its live-commerce platform across Europe and accelerate development of AI-powered tools for sellers. Read more here.
London-based DEScycle secured more than €10m in non-dilutive funding to scale its critical metals recovery platform and advance industrial validation of its recycling technology. Read more here.
London-based Archestra. AI raised $10m Seed to help enterprises securely connect sensitive data to AI agents. Read more here.
Munich-based Bayshore emerged from stealth with a €6.9m Seed to automate legal and compliance workflows using agentic AI. Read more here.
Paris-based NP Company raised €6m pre-Seed to build AI-powered physics simulation models for engineering teams across industries including aerospace, energy and automotive. Read more here.
Malmö-based Oplane raised €4.5m Seed to help software teams identify and address security risks in AI-assisted software development. Read more here.
Barcelona-based Zazume raised €2.5m to scale its AI-powered rental management platform and acquire residential property management portfolios across Spain. Read more here.
UK-based Poindexter Labs raised £2m Seed to help organisations create expert-generated training data for advanced AI models. Read more here.
Madrid-based Modelia raised €1.03m Seed to help fashion brands generate and manage visual assets using AI. Read more here.
🌱 Startup news
UK-based Deep Science Ventures and Medicines Discovery Catapult partnered to develop new technologies for delivering medicines across the blood-brain barrier and support the creation of new biotech ventures. Read more here.
Black Forest Labs appointed Martin Scorsese as an advisor, bringing one of the most influential filmmakers in history into the company as it develops AI tools for visual creation. Read more here.
🤝 M&A
Geneva-based Wecan Group got acquired by SEALSQ, which invested €5.4m to scale post-quantum compliance and financial security solutions. Read more here.
Barcelona-based Moca Traveltech Group got acquired by Entravel Group to expand travel distribution across Spanish-speaking markets in Europe and Latin America. Read more here.
🎧 Podcasts
The Scaling Europe Podcast featured Oliver Molander, Founding General Partner at Inception Fund, on why Europe should focus on creating indispensable technologies. Listen here.
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