Aix-en-Provence-based Chargepoly raised €23m to expand its fast-charging network for electric trucks and buses, which already decarbonises more than a million kilometres of freight transport every month across France, the UK and Canada. Amsterdam-based Vangrid also raised $9m Seed to turn the cameras and sensors in billions of smartphones into a crowdsourced spatial data network for robots and autonomous systems.
Let’s dive in.
💰 Funding rounds
Aix-en-Provence-based Chargepoly secured €23m to accelerate international expansion and scale its DC charging infrastructure for heavy-duty commercial vehicle fleet electrification. Read more here.
Crawley-based Naked Energy secured €10.35m to build a UK solar-thermal technology manufacturing facility and scale its high-performance renewable heat technology for commercial and industrial buildings. Read more here.
Joensuu-based SeeTrue Technologies raised €2.2m to accelerate commercialisation of its ultra-low-power eye-sensing and eye-tracking technology for wearable devices and XR glasses. Read more here.
Leuven-based Relu raised €1.51m to accelerate US expansion of its AI platform for automating dental design and planning workflows in dental laboratories. Read more here.
Amsterdam-based Vangrid raised $9m Seed to build a decentralised spatial intelligence network using smartphones for Physical AI, robotics and autonomous systems with privacy-first on-device processing. Read more here.
🌱 Startup news
New York-based Modal Labs is expanding in the UK, opening a London office in the Marble Arch area to hold up to 40 workers as part of its transatlantic growth strategy for European companies. Read more here.
📣 Fund news
London-based Mobilise launches Mobilise Platforms & Investments to scale specialist telecom software businesses with strategic capital, operational expertise and shared technology platform. Read more here.
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