# Deals

Planet A Foods raises $30m Series B, defying a wider cooling in foodtech funding
News
December 6, 2024
Planet A Foods raises $30m Series B, defying a wider cooling in foodtech funding
Expansion to France and the UK is planned for 2025
Freya Pratty
Zopa raises €80m to fund acquisitions and GenAI product push
News
December 6, 2024
Zopa raises €80m to fund acquisitions and GenAI product push
The lender-turned-neobank is also looking to reduce its reliance on lending as its main moneymaker
Tom Matsuda
Google-alumni founded GenAI techbio raises $73m Series B featuring Uber-backer IVP and Index Ventures
News
November 26, 2024
Google-alumni founded GenAI techbio raises $73m Series B featuring Uber-backer IVP and Index Ventures
The Netherlands’ Cradle has seen the number of projects paying to use its SaaS platform increase 15x in the past year
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
‘Flying ferry’ startup Candela raises $14m extension and enters US market
News
November 21, 2024
‘Flying ferry’ startup Candela raises $14m extension and enters US market
The hydrofoil vessel startup has raised $40m in total in 2024
Mimi Billing
Europe has its latest unicorn: Hotel software provider Lighthouse raises $370m
News
November 21, 2024
Europe has its latest unicorn: Hotel software provider Lighthouse raises $370m
The raise comes on the back of a resurgence in B2B SaaS funding in 2024
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
20VC-backed crypto wallet Deblock raises £13.3m amid crypto’s new boom
News
November 21, 2024
20VC-backed crypto wallet Deblock raises £13.3m amid crypto’s new boom
Investor interest in crypto is expected to return following the results of the recent US election
Tom Matsuda
Europe’s best-funded nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy raises $75m
News
November 20, 2024
Europe’s best-funded nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy raises $75m
The fresh capital takes the company’s total funding to $335m — more than three times the region’s next best-funded fusion company
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Smart ring maker Oura hits a $5bn valuation after raising $75m
News
November 19, 2024
Smart ring maker Oura hits a $5bn valuation after raising $75m
The Finnish healthtech has increasingly looked to branch out beyond sleep tracking in recent years
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round
News
November 19, 2024
Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round
The company says its aiming to reduce the energy consumption of training and running AI models by 10k times
Tom Nugent
‘A climate fund is way too generic,’ says Nucleus Capital - as it launches €40m fund focused on synthetic biology
News
November 19, 2024
‘A climate fund is way too generic,’ says Nucleus Capital - as it launches €40m fund focused on synthetic biology
Nucleus’ first-time fund managers say funds now need a more specific thesis than just climate tech
Freya Pratty
Founderful closes second fund of $140m to back Swiss startups
News
November 14, 2024
Founderful closes second fund of $140m to back Swiss startups
The Zurich-based firm wants to put a spotlight on Switzerland’s often overlooked ecosystem
Miriam Partington
Maki VC closes third fund of €100m to support Nordic startups
News
November 12, 2024
Maki VC closes third fund of €100m to support Nordic startups
The fund is backed by founders of Wise, RELEX Solutions, Aiven and Supercell
Mimi Billing
Hyped AI startup 11x raises $50m from Andreessen Horowitz
News
November 11, 2024
Hyped AI startup 11x raises $50m from Andreessen Horowitz
It comes less than two months after the company announced a $24m Series A
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Emerge raises £56m to invest in AI-heavy education and future of work startups
News
November 7, 2024
Emerge raises £56m to invest in AI-heavy education and future of work startups
The firm plans to invest cheques of between £500k-2m into companies building in everything from language learning to talent sourcing
Anne Sraders
Axeleo Capital's new fund hopes to help solve climate tech’s FOAK problem
News
November 6, 2024
Axeleo Capital's new fund hopes to help solve climate tech’s FOAK problem
French VC Axeleo hopes its new fund will help get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate tech off the ground
Freya Pratty
Former Meta AR boss and VP of technology at Microsoft joins small UK startup AllFocal as it raises $5.3m
News
November 6, 2024
Former Meta AR boss and VP of technology at Microsoft joins small UK startup AllFocal as it raises $5.3m
The Cambridge-based startup is looking to be the first to commercialise the tech
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Ali Parsa raises funding from Norrsken for secretive new AI healthtech
News
November 5, 2024
Ali Parsa raises funding from Norrsken for secretive new AI healthtech
Jersey- and UK-based Quadrivia has the ambition of becoming an “AI agent for healthcare”
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Mimi Billing
Mubadala-backed e-commerce fulfilment startup Huboo raises £45m
News
November 4, 2024
Mubadala-backed e-commerce fulfilment startup Huboo raises £45m
The UK-based company announced that founder Martin Bysh was stepping down from his role as CEO in May
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Ex-Crowdcube executives announce first close of fund to target buzzy secondaries market
News
October 30, 2024
Ex-Crowdcube executives announce first close of fund to target buzzy secondaries market
Flywheel Capital’s debut follows the fintech flurry into secondaries
Tom Matsuda
Open-source cybersecurity platform Filigran raises $35m Series B
News
October 28, 2024
Open-source cybersecurity platform Filigran raises $35m Series B
The startup raised a $16m Series A just nine months ago, bringing total funding raised to date to nearly $60m
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Resurge Growth Partners is raising €120m to turn around VC orphans
News
October 24, 2024
Resurge Growth Partners is raising €120m to turn around VC orphans
The London-HQ’d firm aims to fund or buy out companies stuck between VC growth and PE
Anne Sraders
Cazoo backer DMG Ventures has a fresh £50m to invest in consumer startups
News
October 22, 2024
Cazoo backer DMG Ventures has a fresh £50m to invest in consumer startups
The firm invested in failed car marketplace Cazoo but believes it can now get ahead of the consumer curve
Tim Smith
Vay secures €34m European Investment Bank loan to bring 'teledriven' cars to Europe
News
October 17, 2024
Vay secures €34m European Investment Bank loan to bring 'teledriven' cars to Europe
Europe has been slower to create a clear regulatory framework for remote driving technology compared to the US
Miriam Partington
Multilingual AI: Paris-based Gladia raises $16m to make AI understand accents
News
October 15, 2024
Multilingual AI: Paris-based Gladia raises $16m to make AI understand accents
The French startup is tackling AI’s failure to understand non-English languages and accents properly
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

# Deals

Planet A Foods raises $30m Series B, defying a wider cooling in foodtech funding

Zopa raises €80m to fund acquisitions and GenAI product push

Google-alumni founded GenAI techbio raises $73m Series B featuring Uber-backer IVP and Index Ventures

‘Flying ferry’ startup Candela raises $14m extension and enters US market

Europe has its latest unicorn: Hotel software provider Lighthouse raises $370m

20VC-backed crypto wallet Deblock raises £13.3m amid crypto’s new boom

Europe’s best-funded nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy raises $75m

Smart ring maker Oura hits a $5bn valuation after raising $75m

Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round

‘A climate fund is way too generic,’ says Nucleus Capital - as it launches €40m fund focused on synthetic biology

Founderful closes second fund of $140m to back Swiss startups

Maki VC closes third fund of €100m to support Nordic startups

Hyped AI startup 11x raises $50m from Andreessen Horowitz

Emerge raises £56m to invest in AI-heavy education and future of work startups

Axeleo Capital's new fund hopes to help solve climate tech’s FOAK problem

Former Meta AR boss and VP of technology at Microsoft joins small UK startup AllFocal as it raises $5.3m

Ali Parsa raises funding from Norrsken for secretive new AI healthtech

Mubadala-backed e-commerce fulfilment startup Huboo raises £45m

Ex-Crowdcube executives announce first close of fund to target buzzy secondaries market

Open-source cybersecurity platform Filigran raises $35m Series B

Resurge Growth Partners is raising €120m to turn around VC orphans

Cazoo backer DMG Ventures has a fresh £50m to invest in consumer startups

Vay secures €34m European Investment Bank loan to bring 'teledriven' cars to Europe

Multilingual AI: Paris-based Gladia raises $16m to make AI understand accents