# Startup Fundraise

Meet the Lisbon startup tackling insurance for AI agents
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September 28, 2026
Meet the Lisbon startup tackling insurance for AI agents
Humanos has raised a $3.2m seed led by Anthemis
Damisola Sulaiman
Magic AI raises £8m to take its AI-powered fitness mirror to the US
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September 23, 2026
Magic AI raises £8m to take its AI-powered fitness mirror to the US
Beringea and IW Capital back London-based fitness mirror startup
Martin Coulter
Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup
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September 23, 2026
Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup
London-based StandardX is building a particle accelerator to manufacture medical isotopes at scale
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Cloud startup Verda raises $189m in funding round led by Emergence Capital
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September 22, 2026
Cloud startup Verda raises $189m in funding round led by Emergence Capital
Formerly known as DataCrunch, Verda's offering spans data centres, hardware and cloud infrastructure
Martin Coulter
Exclusive: GFC, Firstminute back Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four
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September 22, 2026
Exclusive: GFC, Firstminute back Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four
Benford is a tech-native financial audit firm
Freya Pratty
UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back raise for drug discovery startup
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September 18, 2026
UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back raise for drug discovery startup
Head of ventures Josephine Kant is reportedly set to join Potential Sciences’ board
Martin Coulter
Samsung and EU Scaleup Fund back efficient AI startup Euclyd in €200m Series A
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September 15, 2026
Samsung and EU Scaleup Fund back efficient AI startup Euclyd in €200m Series A
Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink is also joining the Dutch startup as chairman of the board
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: Bynario raises €2.1m to tackle cybersecurity’s AI slop problem
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September 10, 2026
Exclusive: Bynario raises €2.1m to tackle cybersecurity’s AI slop problem
The Italian company’s research recently identified more than 50 bugs in the latest version of Apple’s MacBook operating system
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
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September 9, 2026
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
Lausanne-based founders of Fusionality targeting sector of massive investment
Éanna Kelly
This startup acquired four companies in its first eight months. Now it’s raised €36m to buy more
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September 9, 2026
This startup acquired four companies in its first eight months. Now it’s raised €36m to buy more
Berlin-based Limetax is building an AI rollup strategy for German tax advisers
Damisola Sulaiman
The Exploration Company raises $450m
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September 8, 2026
The Exploration Company raises $450m
The Series C was led by Bessemer, Atomico and the EU's Scaleup Fund
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Mistral confirms €3bn Series D at €21bn valuation
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September 8, 2026
Mistral confirms €3bn Series D at €21bn valuation
The round is one of the largest ever raised by a European tech company
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: Legaltech Lexroom seals first two M&A deals four months after $50m Series B
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September 8, 2026
Exclusive: Legaltech Lexroom seals first two M&A deals four months after $50m Series B
Legal and privacy tech startups in Europe have already raised €1.1bn across 73 deals year to date
Tom Nugent
Exclusive: Jack & Jill raises £30m led by Air Street
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September 7, 2026
Exclusive: Jack & Jill raises £30m led by Air Street
Filings show Jack & Jill allocated shares worth £30m at the beginning of August
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Nvidia backs Spanish spinout IPronics in $125m Series B
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September 2, 2026
Nvidia backs Spanish spinout IPronics in $125m Series B
The company will use the funding to scale operations and increase commercial deployment
Tom Nugent
Exclusive: Samsung, Nvidia, ASML and Scaleup Fund back Mistral in €3bn fundraise
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September 2, 2026
Exclusive: Samsung, Nvidia, ASML and Scaleup Fund back Mistral in €3bn fundraise
Several other smaller ticket investors have also joined the round
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Freya Pratty
Exclusive: Femtech Ipremom raises €15m seed for early detection of pregnancy complications
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September 2, 2026
Exclusive: Femtech Ipremom raises €15m seed for early detection of pregnancy complications
The Spanish startup has developed a blood test that can identify risks of future complications from the first trimester of pregnancy
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Lunar founders raise €8.2m to launch AI-native audit startup Repodo
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August 25, 2026
Lunar founders raise €8.2m to launch AI-native audit startup Repodo
The round marks Denmark’s largest pre-seed raise to date
Mimi Billing
UK chip startup Fractile in talks to raise at $6.5bn valuation, reports say
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August 20, 2026
UK chip startup Fractile in talks to raise at $6.5bn valuation, reports say
The company, headed up by CEO Walter Goodwin, last raised $220m in May from Founders Fund and Accel
Tom Nugent
AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn
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August 20, 2026
AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn
The funding is made up of 10% equity and 90% debt
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Callosum raises $100m seed led by Atomico to tackle AI compute bottlenecks
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August 20, 2026
Callosum raises $100m seed led by Atomico to tackle AI compute bottlenecks
UK startup’s platform helps developers route workloads across different models and chips to reduce costs
Martin Coulter
Exclusive: AI infrastructure startup Velatir raises €5m to accelerate AI adoption across Europe
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August 20, 2026
Exclusive: AI infrastructure startup Velatir raises €5m to accelerate AI adoption across Europe
The startup is growing by around 50% a month, according to CEO Michael Blicher Sørensen
Mimi Billing
Gravis Robotics hits $1bn valuation with $200m investment from SoftBank
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August 17, 2026
Gravis Robotics hits $1bn valuation with $200m investment from SoftBank
SoftBank was recently reported to be eyeing an acquisition of the Swiss startup
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
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August 12, 2026
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
Six other DeepMind alumni have joined the company
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty

# Startup Fundraise

Meet the Lisbon startup tackling insurance for AI agents

Magic AI raises £8m to take its AI-powered fitness mirror to the US

Exclusive: Vsquared and East X Ventures lead £10m seed for rare materials startup

Cloud startup Verda raises $189m in funding round led by Emergence Capital

Exclusive: GFC, Firstminute back Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four

UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back raise for drug discovery startup

Samsung and EU Scaleup Fund back efficient AI startup Euclyd in €200m Series A

Exclusive: Bynario raises €2.1m to tackle cybersecurity’s AI slop problem

Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups

This startup acquired four companies in its first eight months. Now it’s raised €36m to buy more

The Exploration Company raises $450m

Mistral confirms €3bn Series D at €21bn valuation

Exclusive: Legaltech Lexroom seals first two M&A deals four months after $50m Series B

Exclusive: Jack & Jill raises £30m led by Air Street

Nvidia backs Spanish spinout IPronics in $125m Series B

Exclusive: Samsung, Nvidia, ASML and Scaleup Fund back Mistral in €3bn fundraise

Exclusive: Femtech Ipremom raises €15m seed for early detection of pregnancy complications

Lunar founders raise €8.2m to launch AI-native audit startup Repodo

UK chip startup Fractile in talks to raise at $6.5bn valuation, reports say

AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn

Callosum raises $100m seed led by Atomico to tackle AI compute bottlenecks

Exclusive: AI infrastructure startup Velatir raises €5m to accelerate AI adoption across Europe

Gravis Robotics hits $1bn valuation with $200m investment from SoftBank

Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab