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Enterprises have spent years and considerable fortunes building data lakehouses, training models, and unifying customer records inside platforms like Databricks. The harder problem, it turns out, is not building the intelligence but deploying it, getting a prediction out of a data warehouse and into a marketing decision before the moment passes. BlueConic, the Boston-based customer […]

A cow wearing a GPS collar doesn’t sound like a $2 billion idea. But for the ranchers who have strung virtual fences across 60,000 miles of American pastureland in under two years, it apparently is. Halter, the New Zealand-born agtech company, announced on Monday that it has raised $220 million in Series E funding at […]

In the sprawl north of Dallas, where data centres are multiplying and the Texas grid groans under record demand, Energy Vault has placed a new bet on battery storage, and on the idea that the companies powering AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity will need far more of it, far faster. The California-based energy storage company […]

BNESIM, a global connectivity provider specializing in travel eSIM and digital communications, acknowledges the far-reaching influence artificial intelligence is having across industries. Operating in a space defined by constant movement, both in terms of people and technology, the company approaches this shift intentionally to evolve in parallel with it. “We believe that meaningful progress comes […]

Biotech startup NanoZymeX has obtained €160,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to advance a new platform for enzyme replacement therapy using lipid nanoparticles. 

Spun out of research at the University of Basel, the technology aims to improve therapies for rare genetic conditions such as Pompe disease (a rare genetic disorder that affects how the body breaks down glycogen, leading to progressive muscle damage) by increasing therapeutic activity in affected tissues.

Enzyme replacement therapies are used to treat several rare genetic disorders, but their effectiveness is often limited by poor delivery into diseased tissues. Many therapeutic proteins struggle to enter cells efficiently, reducing their activity in critical organs such as skeletal muscle. In addition, immune responses to repeated treatments can further limit long-term effectiveness.

NanoZymeX is developing a lipid nanoparticle-based platform designed to transport therapeutic enzymes directly into target cells and lysosomes. By improving intracellular delivery and reducing immune reactions, the approach increases functional activity where it is most needed. Early preclinical studies show strong delivery efficiency and improved enzyme activity in relevant tissues.

NanoZymeX’s technology targets lysosomal storage disorders, a group of rare diseases representing a multibillion-dollar therapeutic market.  The platform is designed to improve the performance of existing enzyme therapies and can be adapted to multiple diseases beyond Pompe.

The company plans to partner with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies developing rare disease treatments to bring next-generation enzyme therapies to patients.

“The support from Venture Kick comes at a critical moment when scientific discoveries need to transition into real companies,” highlighted Boris Sevarika, co-founder of NanoZymeX.

“This type of early funding provides the flexibility needed for company building, business development, and preparing the next stages of financing. It fills a crucial gap between academic research and venture-backed biotech development.”

The funding will help NanoZymeX further develop its lipid nanoparticle technology, conduct additional preclinical studies, and prepare for scalable manufacturing. This will support future fundraising and the transition toward clinical trials.

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Stateful Robotics, an embodied AI company spun out of the University of Oxford, has raised $4.8 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), with additional participation from angel investor Stan Boland.

While advances in large language and other foundation models have significantly improved robots’ perception and contextual understanding, real-world deployments still face limitations when conditions change.

Robots often struggle with disruptions such as unexpected obstacles, shifting lighting conditions, or evolving operational requirements. These systems typically lack the ability to retain and utilise historical context, such as prior task outcomes, recurring issues, or environment-specific behaviours, which is essential for reliable long-term performance.

Stateful Robotics addresses this gap by continuously integrating real-time data, task progress, and historical performance into a unified AI model. This enables robots to recall past events, adapt to changing conditions, and plan more effectively over extended time horizons, moving beyond rigid, pre-programmed workflows.

The company was co-founded by Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes (CEO), alongside Professor Nick Hawes, Professor David Parker, and Dr Bruno Lacerda. Their work builds on over a decade of research at Oxford in areas including autonomy, probabilistic verification, and decision-making under uncertainty.

Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes, CEO and co-founder, noted that while robots are typically effective at handling immediate tasks, they often face challenges when it comes to planning ahead, especially when decisions need to be made over longer periods, such as hours or days:

By maintaining a continuously updated model of each deployment, our platform enables robots and human-robot teams to operate more reliably and consistently in complex environments.

The technology is already being tested with pilot customers in sectors such as infrastructure and logistics.

The newly raised capital will be used to expand the company’s engineering team, further develop its performance engine, and accelerate go-to-market efforts with industrial partners.

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The London-based carbon management platform, which has doubled its customer base and grown ARR 400% year-on-year, now has $14M in total funding and is pushing into Asia-Pacific and continental Europe,  backed by Spiral Capital, Gazelle Capital, and Deep 30. For most companies, carbon reporting has been an annual exercise: gather data, produce a number, file […]

Belgian drone traffic management company Unifly today announced the acquisition of EuroUSC-Benelux, a Dutch consultancy specialising in drone regulation, safety, and operational compliance across Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France.

The Unifly platform connects authorities, drone operators and stakeholders to digitise and automate airspace management, supporting the safe integration of next-generation aircraft. Through Unifly Consulting, the company combines Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions with regulatory and safety.

According to Andres Van Swalm, CEO of Unifly:

“Building strong local capability is essential to Unifly’s mission to enable autonomous aviation.  As drone operations scale, organisations need trusted partners wth deep regulatory expertise on the ground.

This acquisition strengthens our presence in a key European region and supports the safe, scalable deployment of advanced drone operations. 

According to Michael Maes, Director of EuroUSC-Benelux,

“Becoming part of Unifly allows us to scale our impact while preserving the independence and technical rigour that defines EuroUSC-Benelux.

We will be even better positioned to support authorities, operators and manufacturers as drone operations grow in scale and complexity."

Zevero, a carbon management platform, has secured $7 million in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $14 million. The round includes participation from Spiral Capital, Gazelle Capital, and Deep 30, and follows a period of rapid growth.

The company provides an AI-driven platform that helps businesses measure, manage, and derive value from emissions data. It automates data collection and calculation across Scope 1, 2, and 3, enabling organisations to build structured datasets for ESG reporting and operational decision-making.

By combining technology with in-house sustainability expertise, Zevero supports companies in identifying emissions hotspots, setting targets, and implementing decarbonisation strategies.

Shigeo Taniuchi, CEO of Zevero, said that although businesses are increasingly expected to manage sustainability with the same discipline as finance, many still treat it as a recurring annual exercise rather than an integrated system.

He added that the company aims to address this by providing tools and expertise to make climate data continuous, reliable, and decision-oriented, with the new funding supporting broader adoption across markets.

According to George Wade, CCO and co-founder of Zevero, carbon data is increasingly shifting from a reporting function to a key input for operational and investment decision-making:

Organisations don’t just need the software to collect the data; they need the guidance to help turn it into something the business can act on. That’s what Zevero is built around.

Founded in 2021, Zevero operates across more than 20 countries with a team of around 50 employees, serving customers including Asahi Group, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and waterdrop. The company recently acquired sustainability advisory firm Inhabit, expanding its capabilities to help organisations move from measuring emissions to implementing practical decarbonisation strategies.

The funding comes as sustainability reporting becomes more regulated, with frameworks such as the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards and Japan’s SSBJ Standards increasing requirements for transparency and governance.

The new investment will be used to accelerate product development and support international expansion across Asia-Pacific and continental Europe, where demand for emissions management solutions is increasing.

The 2026 European Deeptech Report, published by Lakestar, Walden Catalyst, and Dealroom, highlights a record surge in Europe’s deeptech ecosystem. VC-backed deeptech companies are now valued at $690 billion, with investment in the sector continuing to outperform the broader technology market.

Deeptech is playing an increasingly important role in addressing global challenges, including climate, energy, defence, and productivity. Europe is entering a pivotal phase, supported by strong research capabilities and rising demand for sovereign technologies. The region hosts 30 per cent of the world’s leading deeptech universities and produces twice as many science and engineering graduates as the US, creating a substantial technical talent base.

At the same time, geopolitical developments are driving investment into strategic areas such as AI infrastructure, semiconductors, space, and defence, positioning deeptech as a key contributor to economic growth and technological independence.

Yoram Wijngaarde, founder and CEO of Dealroom, noted that deeptech is increasingly important for Europe’s competitiveness, sovereignty, and long-term growth.

European deeptech now captures nearly a third of all venture capital, which would have been hard to imagine a decade ago. And yet, even with meaningful growth, investment still lags other markets, and there is a clear shortage of domestic capital willing to back deep tech ventures to scale.

Europe has the talent and the breakthroughs, but it cannot afford to lose momentum when it matters most. Deeptech is where the puck is heading. Europe needs the conviction of capital to make sure we are in the game.

The report outlines several key trends shaping the ecosystem.

Deeptech investment in Europe reached $20.3 billion in 2025, representing a record 32 per cent of total venture capital, more than double its share a decade ago. While overall tech investment remains below its 2021 peak, deeptech funding has seen only a modest decline, indicating sustained investor confidence.

In terms of geography, the UK attracted the largest share of funding, followed by France and Germany, with Paris emerging as Europe’s leading deeptech hub. Several cities, including Paris, Cambridge, London, Munich, Stockholm, and Zurich, now rank among the world’s top ecosystems.

At the sector level, the Future of Compute segment recorded the fastest growth, while defence-related investment also increased significantly. Defence, security, and resilience now account for a substantial share of total funding, reflecting growing demand for sovereign capabilities. Other expanding areas include AI, computational biology and chemistry, as well as space, robotics, and energy.

Despite this momentum, structural challenges remain. A significant share of late-stage funding comes from non-European investors, and companies tend to raise smaller rounds and scale more slowly than their US counterparts, contributing to a persistent growth-stage funding gap. In parallel, many deeptech companies originate from research spinouts, particularly in photonics and quantum, while relatively few founders have prior startup experience.

The exit environment also remains constrained, with more than 80 per cent of exits driven by M&A and much of the value captured by US acquirers, while European public markets showed limited activity in 2025.

Addressing the growth-stage funding gap and strengthening local capital availability will be key to enabling Europe to scale its next generation of deeptech companies.

Today sees the launch of a new venture targeting Europe's scaleup gap. Europe is losing too many of its most promising companies in the critical growth phase after seed funding; only one in four ever graduates to a Series A round. 

In response, Team Scaleup, a newly launched platform, is building a bespoke accelerator that tailors its programme to each company's specific gaps, stage, and potential.

Behind the initiative are Stella Futura co-founders Jonas Jonsson and Ulrika Tornerefelt – together with CEO Siavash Habibi, whose background includes McKinsey and European scaleup TechBuddy. Dahlgren Capital joins as a strategic investor and co-owner, and Oskar Gillström, CEO of Epicenter, is also an investor in the company. Team

Scaleup is now launching its first cohort in Sweden, where a select group of growth-stage companies will work closely with the platform to strengthen their structure, strategy and capital readiness ahead of their next funding round.

According to Siavash Habibi, CEO and co-founder of Team Scaleup, Europe has become very good at supporting early-stage companies. 

“But when it's time to raise larger rounds and scale internationally, the support drops off sharply – just as investor demands increase. That's where many companies lose momentum.”

"Scaling a company requires a fundamentally different kind of support than starting one – the right legal framework, the right technology, and a deep understanding of what investors are actually looking for. Most founders don't have the time or experience to navigate everything that's required at this stage. We identify the gaps and bring in the right expertise at the right moment, so that more European companies can grow globally from home,"  says Siavash Habibi.

Despite a strong startup ecosystem, many growth-stage companies lack the structures and processes required to attract institutional investment.

The result is often prolonged, inefficient fundraising, or companies relocating abroad to find the right support. Team Scaleup focuses specifically on this transition, where companies need to become investment-ready quickly to take the next step. The platform combines a proprietary AI-driven analysis engine with a network of operational experts, entrepreneurs and investors.

By assessing a company's structure, strategy, and capital readiness, it identifies gaps to address ahead of the next funding round or expansion phase. This enables tailored programmes for each company, with relevant experts brought in to work alongside the founders for a defined period.

Lead image: Jonas Jonsson, Siavash Habibi, and Ulrika Tornerefelt. Photo: uncredited. 

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