Car leasing company LIZY has raised €75 million to further establish circular electric leasing.  Before LIZY came along, each new leasing contract meant producing a new car. When the contract expired, the vehicle was resold because a second leasing phase was not considered sufficiently profitable. 

LIZY took a different approach: from the outset, the company believed in the potential of used leasing, particularly for smaller businesses. It has thus built a reputation as an affordable leasing partner while offering a quality service.

Today, as electric vehicles become more widespread, the rest of the leasing sector is gradually following the path paved by LIZY.  For electric vehicles, the "one and done" model makes little sense because they last longer and require less maintenance than combustion engine cars.

They can easily be leased a second or even a third time. Accelerated electrification is therefore the ideal catalyst for LIZY to move up a gear.

Founded in 2019, the Brussels-based company quickly made a name for itself in Belgium and has expanded into France and the Netherlands in recent years. It doubled its employee headcount to 60 in touch years and achieved a +100% increase in turnover by 2024. The €10 million in capital and €65 million in debt financing is provided by existing shareholders D'Ieteren, Alychlo (Marc Coucke's investment vehicle) and NewAlpha Asset Management. 

"For LIZY, used car leasing has been a no-brainer for years," explains CEO Sam Heymans. 

"Electrification is central to our approach. Electric vehicles have a longer lifespan and require less maintenance.  In addition, the environmental benefits increase as the vehicles are used for longer. Thanks to this new investment, we can now roll out our concept even faster internationally." 

LIZY has always had clear, ambitious plans and an original positioning," says Marc Coucke, founder of Alychlo. 

"The company is now seeing its efforts rewarded with strong growth and can ride the wave of electrification. All this is the result of its ambitious vision and determination. For Alychlo, investing in LIZY is perfectly in line with our objectives: it is Belgian, sustainable, ambitious and innovative."

"Electric mobility is clearly the future, but for small businesses, new electric vehicles still represent a significant investment," says Denis Gorteman, CEO of investor D'Ieteren.  

"LIZY's used car formula makes electric leasing accessible to more customers, thereby accelerating the transition to electric fleets within companies.

As a large proportion of the kilometres travelled on our roads are for business purposes, this accelerated transition has an additional positive impact on the environment."

According to Heymans, the capital allows LIZY to promote its circular approach on a larger scale, offering companies across Europe access to high-quality, affordable and sustainable mobility.

This week we tracked more than 55 tech funding deals worth over €658 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.

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Northmill is targeting expansion across the EU, as the Swedish challenger bank reports quarterly pre-tax profits of 56 million kronor (€5.1m).

The retail and business bank currently operates across the Nordic markets of Sweden, Norway, and Finland. The challenger bank was founded in 2006 and secured a full banking licence in 2019, regulated by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

It has around 140,000 retail and 4,000 business customers and competes against big incumbent banks in Sweden. It is backed by M2 Asset Management, the Swedish investment company, and the asset management firm Coeli.

Julie Chatterjee, Northmill CEO, said: “We want to continue expanding our presence, with Finland as a key priority — and next year, into new markets as well. Our playground is the entire EU.”

When asked about which specific EU markets, Chatterjee said it was still scanning prospective markets, gauging market fit. Northmill offers savings, credit, payments and insurance. Its Q2 earnings, which were up from 46 million kronor the year previous, were helped by consumer card growth, which now numbers more than 140,000 holders.

Chatterjee also discussed Northmill’s adoption of AI tools. Chatterjee said: "We take a pragmatic view on AI. It should support and accelerate the overall strategy." And in a light-hearted dig at Klarna, she added: “For us, the strategy is scalability through AI, and we apply it where it truly adds value — so you won’t see me as an avatar presenting our Q2 results.”

Chatterjee added: “Our priority is to build internal LLMs and leverage AI to strengthen our capabilities, rather than focusing primarily on customer-facing applications.”

Areas in which the bank is using AI tools include its IT departments using AI coding assistant Cursor, marketing using an AI SEO tool, leveraging AI for automating credit decisions, and using AI as a customer service support tool.

London-based Artificial Societies, a synthetic persona platform enabling AI-powered simulations of human behaviour, has raised €4.5 million in combined pre-Seed and Seed funding.

The latest Seed round of €2.8 million was led by Point72 Ventures, while the earlier €1.7 million pre-Seed round saw participation from Kindred Capital, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Ventures Together, Icehouse Ventures, Multimodal Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, Transpose Platform, Taro Fukuyama, and multiple angels with links to Sequoia Capital Scout, Figma, Prolific, and Google DeepMind.

“We started Artificial Societies in late 2024; joined YC in January; launched our first demos in March. And earlier this month, we released our flagship social simulation platform for anyone to sign up and use – slowly, steadily, we are building this wild dream into reality,” said Co-Founder James He in a public statement.

Founded in 2024 by James He and Patrick Sharpe, Artificial Societies has developed AS, a platform designed to test how virtual groups of people – each represented by AI personas – interact and respond to messaging. The platform allows users to simulate target audiences and receive feedback in minutes, offering a new method for assessing product ideas, marketing campaigns, and communications strategies without engaging traditional panels or market research surveys.

The platform launched publicly following Artificial Societies’ participation in Y Combinator’s W25 batch. Since then, the startup has seen over 15,000 users run more than 100,000 simulations. Earlier this year, it also simulated 1,000 venture capitalists and relocated its headquarters from a flat in Bayswater to an office in London’s City district.

The AS platform enables users to create two types of digital societies: one based on a defined target audience profile, and another modelled after a user’s own social media followers.

Simulations run on a credit system, with each run consuming one credit. Free accounts begin with three credits, and professional subscriptions unlock unlimited testing.

Each AI persona is built using individual-level behavioural data from multiple online sources. These personas are designed to emulate human characteristics such as preferences, motivations, and decision-making patterns. Once simulations are executed, users receive results including performance scores, qualitative feedback, and summarised insights on how their content or idea was received by the artificial group.

Users can run tests across various pre-defined contexts – such as social media posts, emails, and advertisements – with the option to request custom formats. By offering real-time simulation outputs, Artificial Societies allows teams to explore, refine, and forecast messaging impact before deploying it to real audiences.

“We enable anyone to create a simulation of their target audience and get insights in minutes, not months. Now, we’re helping businesses create accurate representations of their customers, so every message, product, and initiative always hits the mark. This journey has been incredible so far, and I’m immensely grateful to have the backing of some amazing people to bring this vision to life,” added Sharpe.

With this new funding, the company aims to improve prediction accuracy, build new features for the platform, and scale partnerships in sectors like market research, audience testing, branding, and content development.

While the synthetic persona space is seeing increased competition from players such as Synthetic Users, Evidenza, and Ask Rally, Artificial Societies’ early traction, investor backing, and enterprise positioning suggest it is well-placed to scale further across European and global markets.

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Synkka, a UK-based LogisticsTech startup aiming to automate the parcel delivery industry, has announced a pre-Seed funding round to support the development of its AI-powered workforce and accelerate the rollout of its first digital integration product.

The oversubscribed round was led by Ascension VC and included a syndicate of industry veterans from ITA Group, ZigZag, Sendify, One World Express, ex-Asendia, and ex-Global-E. While Synkka has opted not to disclose the amount raised, the team emphasised the strategic alignment of its investors over financial benchmarking.

“For our pre-Seed announcement we’re not disclosing figures, we are focused on the strategic importance of this investment.

“Their investment signals a powerful consensus from industry insiders: the old model is broken and must be replaced,” shared Torbjörn Maaherra, Founder and CEO of Synkka, in a statement to EU-Startups.

Founded in 2024, Synkka is developing what it calls an “autonomous workforce” for parcel delivery operations, replacing roles traditionally handled by large technical and operations teams with AI-powered digital agents. The founding team includes CEO Torbjörn Maaherra, Chief Growth Officer Jordon Cornish, and CTO Danylo Topchii – each bringing experience from across parcel logistics, VC-backed SaaS startups, and AI agent development.

Maaherra, a logistics veteran with over a decade at companies such as Einride, Australia Post Global, and Centiro, conceived the idea after witnessing first-hand the inefficiency of of human-heavy processes. The startup’s Co-founder Cornish scaled SaaS startups like Affinity and Showpad, while Topchii led AI development at LooqMe and Shares, specialising in agentic AI systems.

“Our Founder, Torbjorn Maaherra, witnessed this firsthand for over ten years while building a parcel delivery technology. He recognised that this model of manual labour has become a permanent tax on growth for any ambitious company. They employ unnecessary headcount, which can now be automated. Synkka was founded not just to fix this, but to end it entirely by building the automated workforce for the future of Parcel Delivery,” said: Jordon Cornish, Chief Growth Officer of Synkka.

The company’s first product – an AI Carrier Integration Team – acts as a full-stack replacement for one of the most complex and costly elements of parcel operations: integrating delivery providers into internal systems. This typically involves months of work by cross-functional technical teams.

Synkka claims its digital agents can reduce this timeframe to days while cutting related costs by up to 60%.

Synkka’s vision goes beyond integrations. The company plans to launch additional AI teams capable of managing customer support, client onboarding, financial reconciliation, and claims handling. The goal is to provide a full suite of autonomous digital workers that can operate a parcel delivery business end-to-end without the need for large operational departments.

“The era of scaling a parcel delivery operation by throwing people at the problem is over. Manual labour is a tax on every parcel you ship. We are building the autonomous workforce for the future of parcel delivery, where networks run on intelligence, not headcount. This funding from leaders who have lived this pain is the ultimate confirmation of the industry’s urgent need for this change,” added Maaherra.

With the support of operators who have shaped the parcel delivery sector, Synkka is positioning itself as more than just another logistics tool – it wants to be the backbone of a new era in e-commerce infrastructure.

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Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has reopened its newly expanded “giga factory” in Pilsen, Czech Republic, following a €320 million investment aimed at significantly scaling up production of heat pumps for the European market. The move marks one of the largest manufacturing investments in Europe’s heating and cooling sector in recent years.

The upgraded facility will serve as Panasonic’s primary European production and R&D hub for its air-to-water heat pump solutions, with an annual capacity projected to reach 1.4 million units by 2030.

The expansion forms part of Panasonic’s broader strategic shift, transferring heat pump production and R&D from Southeast Asia to Europe, in line with EU decarbonisation targets and rising demand for localized clean energy solutions.

"At Panasonic, we see Europe as particularly advanced when it comes to sustainability, and therefore the acceptance of sustainable energy solutions,” said Toshikatsu Fukunaga, CEO of Panasonic HVAC Europe. “Our investment into the Pilsen factory demonstrates both our confidence in the growth of the market and our ability to anticipate and meet future demand."

The reopening comes at a pivotal moment for the European heat pump market. In 2024, the sector was valued at €12.2 billion, with forecasts expecting it to surpass €71 billion by 2034, according to Global Market Insights. As countries phase out gas boilers and pivot to electrified heating, companies like Panasonic are racing to meet growing residential and commercial demand.

The European Commission has called for the installation of 30 million new heat pumps by 2030.

“The heat pump sector is boosting Europe’s energy security, our economy and our path to decarbonisation… Today’s factory reopening is both a big step forward and a clear message that heat pumps will inevitably be at the heart of our future global energy system,” said Paul Kenny, Director General of the European Heat Pump Association.

“The factory in Pilsen is set to become Panasonic’s central hub for heat pump production and supply in Europe,” said Radek Vach, Business Planning Director, Panasonic HVAC CZ. “Bringing R&D and production together on the same site enables speed, flexibility, and cost efficiency, while reducing logistics-related emissions.”

“The opening of this state-of-the-art heat pump production facility strengthens the competitiveness of Czech industry, brings new skilled jobs, and confirms that the Czech Republic offers attractive conditions for technologically demanding and innovative projects,” said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, who attended the ceremony.

The facility is located in what Panasonic refers to as the Czech Republic’s own “Silicon Valley,” a region known for its concentration of engineering talent and tech firms. Panasonic has been operating in the Czech Republic since 1997, and the expansion is expected to create a significant number of high-value jobs in manufacturing and research.

“Pilsen itself is in the Czech Republic’s own ‘Silicon Valley,’ with many high growth and innovative tech companies nearby… It has a highly qualified workforce, as well as strong opportunities for collaboration with local academic institutions,” added Radek Vach.

Globally, Panasonic has committed to achieving Net Zero in its own operations by 2030, and across its value chain by 2050. The Pilsen facility contributes directly to these goals, helping Panasonic not only scale production but also align with ESG priorities that are increasingly vital to both policymakers and institutional investors.

By shifting key operations to Europe, the company also hedges against supply chain disruptions, rising geopolitical tensions in Asia, and increasing scrutiny of embedded emissions in imported goods.

The move positions Panasonic as a front-runner in the European clean heating market, putting it in direct competition with local and regional players such as Vaillant, Viessmann, and Bosch Thermotechnology, all of whom are scaling their own heat pump capabilities in response to surging demand and policy incentives.

UK-based Palmer Energy Technology Limited (PETL), a battery energy storage system startup, has acquired Oxford University spin-out Brill Power in a strategic move to bolster its position in the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) market.

The deal is accompanied by a fresh Series A funding round of approximately €5.7 million, co-led by FirstGroup Energy Limited, the energy investment arm of FirstGroup plc, alongside Barclays Climate Ventures and the University of Oxford.

“PETL’s acquisition of Brill Power enables us to embed the Brill software in all of our systems, instantly giving PETL a leading position in the space to serve customers such as FirstGroup,” said Andy Palmer, CEO and Co‑founder of PETL. “With buses at the forefront of the transition to electric vehicles and net zero transportation, I’m delighted to welcome investment from FirstGroup, as well as Barclays and Oxford University, to advance development of next generation control systems. This will allow us to accelerate our business and give the UK a leading position in BESS technology.”

Founded in 2024 by former Aston Martin CEO and Nissan COO Dr Andy Palmer CMG and entrepreneur Wei Shao, PETL applies automotive-grade engineering to stationary battery systems.

The integration of Brill Power’s technology – known for its cell-level control and active balancing in battery management – marks a major milestone for the company’s evolution. PETL will immediately embed Brill Power’s platform across all systems, aiming to extend battery lifespan, increase safety, and deliver higher energy efficiency.

Founded in 2016, Brill Power emerged from academic research conducted at the University of Oxford. The company’s core innovation lies in battery control software that can actively balance current flow from each cell based on individual state of health – a method that improves both performance and safety.

All software is engineered and validated in the UK, with data stored on domestic servers to ensure compliance and security.

While Brill Power’s technology will now power PETL’s integrated systems, the brand itself will continue to operate independently for module sales to third parties. The acquisition aligns with PETL’s broader strategy to expand UK-based manufacturing, enhance supply chain control, and deliver high-quality products for industrial, grid, and transport applications.

“This investment continues our strategy of backing new and innovative companies aimed at supporting our long-term public commitment of achieving a zero emission fleet by 2035,” said Faizan Muhammad, Investment Director at FirstGroup plc. “PETL, along with its acquisition of Brill Power, will unlock innovative energy procurement solutions whilst providing second life use cases when batteries are taken off electric buses.”

Adam Workman, Head of Investments and New Ventures at Oxford University Innovation, also underscored the deal’s importance in commercialising novel energy platforms.

“It is great to see the coming together of PETL and Brill Power to accelerate their novel energy storage technologies. Alongside FirstGroup, we hope that the combined business will accelerate the commercialisation of its energy platforms.”

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UK-based Palmer Energy Technology Limited (PETL), a battery energy storage system startup, has announced the acquisition of Brill Power, a spin-out from the University of Oxford known for its advanced battery management technology.

The deal is backed by a new £5 million Series A round co-led by FirstGroup plc, Barclays Bank, and the University of Oxford.

This transaction marks a significant consolidation of UK-based innovation in the battery energy storage space, bringing together PETL’s automotive-grade BESS technology with Brill Power’s cell-level battery control software. The combination is expected to enhance safety, efficiency, and lifecycle performance in battery deployments across sectors, from electric buses to grid-scale storage.

“PETL’s acquisition of Brill Power enables us to embed the Brill software in all of our systems, instantly giving PETL a leading position in the space to serve customers such as FirstGroup,” said Andy Palmer, CEO and co-founder of PETL.

“With buses at the forefront of the transition to electric vehicles and net zero transportation, I’m delighted to welcome investment from FirstGroup, as well as Barclays and Oxford University, to advance the development of next-generation control systems. This will allow us to accelerate our business and give the UK a leading position in BESS technology.”

Brill Power, founded in 2016 by a team of Oxford engineers and scientists, has developed proprietary technology that improves battery safety and performance by actively managing the current drawn from each individual cell based on its condition. The system helps extend battery life and efficiency—critical for industries like transport and energy storage where downtime or degradation has high cost implications.

Importantly, Brill Power’s software is fully developed and validated in the UK, with no Chinese code in the BMS stack and data hosted on UK servers, a key consideration in a market increasingly focused on data security and supply chain resilience.

While Brill Power will now operate under PETL for integrated systems, its brand will continue independently for module sales to third-party partners.

The acquisition and growth capital are part of a broader play to scale PETL’s UK operations, enhance domestic assembly and shorten supply chains. The £5 million funding round was co-led by FirstGroup Energy Limited (the dedicated energy investment arm of FirstGroup plc), which is both a strategic investor and customer of PETL.

“This investment continues our strategy of backing new and innovative companies aimed at supporting our long-term public commitment of achieving a zero-emission fleet by 2035,” said Faizan Muhammad, Investment Director at FirstGroup plc. “PETL, along with its acquisition of Brill Power, will unlock innovative energy procurement solutions whilst providing second life use cases when batteries are taken off electric buses.”

“It is great to see the coming together of PETL and Brill Power to accelerate their novel energy storage technologies,” said Adam Workman, Head of Investments and New Ventures at Oxford University Innovation. “Alongside FirstGroup, we hope that the combined business will accelerate the commercialisation of its energy platforms.”

The PETL-Brill Power deal reflects a wider trend in Europe’s cleantech and energy storage ecosystem, where innovation in battery systems, from hardware to software, is seen as essential to achieving net zero targets and ensuring grid stability amid the clean energy transition.

Amsterdam-based Framer, a no-code website platform helping companies build and run sophisticated marketing sites, has raised €85.6 million in a Series D round at a €1.7 billion valuation.

The round was led by returning investors Meritech and Atomico, with participation from WiL and HV Capital. Framer’s product is already in use by high-growth startups and global giants such as Perplexity, Scale AI, Mixpanel, and Miro.

“We weren’t out fundraising. The round came together because of our traction with fast-growing startups and global brands, the strength of our business, and the size of the opportunity ahead,” said the two Founders Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk.

Founded in 2014, Framer’s pitch is simple: building a high-quality, fully responsive, CMS-integrated website should not require engineering resources. The platform enables designers and marketers to build, deploy, and iterate marketing sites directly, removing traditional bottlenecks.

The company says it is now powering hundreds of thousands of sites and attracting over half a million users every month.

Framer originally launched as a tool for interactive design prototyping before pivoting into its current focus on full-scale website development. Over the past decade, the team has evolved its product to include a powerful design canvas, built-in CMS, A/B testing tools, funnel tracking, enterprise-grade security, and real-time collaboration – all within a single platform.

That combination has proven especially appealing to startups with tight timelines and limited development bandwidth.

Notably, nearly half of the latest Y Combinator cohort chose to launch their marketing websites on Framer, signalling a shift in developer preferences and further validation of the tool’s positioning. The company has also achieved a key milestone – operating at break-even for the past year, which it credits as a factor in the investor-initiated funding round.

The new capital will be used to fuel Framer’s expansion in the US, intensify its investment in AI features, and enhance both product and go-to-market teams. A key part of that future vision includes enabling even faster, more dynamic site updates.

The recent release of on-page editing – allowing teams to adjust text, images, and even structure without opening the full CMS – is just one example of Framer’s direction.

“For more than a decade, tools like Wix and Squarespace have made it easier to spin up personal sites. But when it comes to professional, high-traffic, brand-defining websites, teams have still been stuck in developer-heavy workflows. That’s the gap we’re closing,” said Bok and van Dijk.

While the website-builder space is crowded with incumbents and newcomers alike, Framer is distinguishing itself by aiming squarely at professional teams who demand speed, scalability, and aesthetics – without compromising on functionality or flexibility.

The platform’s ambitions stretch beyond web design and into the broader territory of digital brand presence. By offering a unified environment for designing, publishing, testing, and analysing sites, Framer is betting that it can become the go-to platform for the modern ‘.com’.

With teams spread across Amsterdam, San Francisco, New York, and Barcelona, Framer is gearing up for a busy end of year with a series of major announcements scheduled for autumn.

“The next chapter is about making Framer the best website platform in the world. Faster, better, and more fun than ever,” added the Founders.

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Moxso, a Danish cybersecurity company turning human behavior into real-time risk intelligence, today announced a €4.7 million Seed funding round to fuel global expansion.

The round was led by Seed Capital, with participation from Ugly Duckling Ventures and D2 Fund. The raise follows a year of notable growth where Moxso quadrupled headcount and reportedly tripled revenue to double-digit millions.

“Companies don’t need more security training. They need systems that adapt as quickly as attackers do,” said Rune Boye Knudsen, CEO of Moxso. “This investment gives us the resources to accelerate development and expand across Europe. The demand is clear: organizations want measurable, automated resilience, not another compliance checkbox.”

Founded in 2021, Moxso is a cybersecurity company that turns human behavior into risk intelligence. By analysing live signals, building evolving risk profiles, and delivering adaptive interventions, Moxso looks to transform employees into active defenders.

As part of the round, Geeta Schmidt, former CEO of Humio and one of Denmark’s most successful cybersecurity entrepreneurs, is joining Moxso as investor and board member. Humio was acquired by CrowdStrike in 2021 in one of Denmark’s largest cybersecurity exits.

The company says cybersecurity training has long been static-generic templates, infrequent modules, and little to no measurement of impact. Moxso’s platform aims to replace that with a real-time model:

• Analyses behavior to turn every human action into live intelligence.
• Builds evolving risk profiles that adapt as employee behavior shifts.
• Delivers targeted interventions only where risk actually exists.

“Moxso has developed a unique AI-driven approach that makes companies and their employees stronger against cyberattacks. On top of that, they are winning customers as a first-class solution against both established and emerging competitors. I am very impressed with the founders, Rune and Mikkel, and I am convinced they have the right mindset to make Moxso a world-class leader in this segment,” said Schmidt.

With this funding, Moxso will accelerate product innovation in AI-driven risk intelligence, expand into new European markets, and grow its team across engineering, product, and go-to-market.

“Every attack starts with a human decision. Moxso ensures those decisions tilt the odds back in the company’s favor,” added Rune Boye Knudsen.

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Arnhem-based Deftpower, a provider of AI-powered electric vehicle charging solutions, has raised €12.5 million in a round to accelerate Deftpower’s European expansion and further develop its AI-driven smart charging technology.

The round was led by Endeit Capital. Existing investors Proeza Ventures, 4impact capital, Rethink Mobility, and business angel Jan Fredriks are participating in the round.

“We know charging your EV is both too expensive and too complicated today and the aggregator role we foresee for the MSP will tie the room together as it should. All players, including EV drivers, charge point operators and grid operators benefit financially from Deftpower’s charging platform,” says Deftpower CEO Jacob van Zonneveld.

Founded in 2020, Deftpower is a technology company, founded by Jacob van Zonneveld, Marc Diks and Remco Tjeerdsma. Deftpower is building an AI-powered charging platform for electric vehicles in Europe. Through white-label solutions for eMobility Service Providers, Deftpower allegedly enables millions of EVs to charge at the “best times” for consumers, the environment, and the grid.

Including this most recent funding round, Deftpower has been funded by the EU EIC Accelerator with €2.5 million to solve grid congestion in Europe.

Unlike other EV charging platforms, its scalable infrastructure can reportedly handle millions of transactions transparently and efficiently, cutting operational costs and reducing customer frustration.

Deftpower’s platform can anticipate charging needs even before an EV is plugged in. By shifting charging to times when renewable energy is abundant and prices are low, customers save money while Co2 emissions and grid strains are reduced. Two-thirds of charging can potentially be moved from peak to off-peak hours, an essential step in building a resilient renewable-based energy system.

“As a lead investor, we see Deftpower as uniquely positioned to be the backbone of Europe’s EV charging future, one where cost savings, carbon reduction, and grid stability go hand in hand. Their AI-driven approach is exactly what the energy transition needs at scale,” said Sara Resvik, Partner Endeit Capital.

Europe’s grids face unprecedented congestion, costing society hundreds of billions in lost economic activity and forced grid upgrades. Building more grid infrastructure alone cannot keep pace with rising demand from electrification. Deftpower tackles the problem by adjusting demand to match renewable energy production instead of the outdated approach of ramping production to meet demand.​

When using Deftpower’s platform, two-thirds of charging potentially shifts from peak to off-peak hours, easing strain on grid infrastructure and maximising the use of clean, low-cost electricity.

Deftpower’s white-label eMobility Service Provider (eMSP) already serves more than 40 clients across 10 European countries.

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London-based Synkka, an AI platform automating the full carrier integration process, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Ascension VC. The round is notably joined by a syndicate of seasoned parcel delivery experts who have built and scaled the industry's key players, including founders and executives from ITA Group, ZigZag, Sendify, LetMeShip, One World Express, ex-Asendia, and ex-Global-E.

For years, the parcel delivery industry has been bound by a costly rule: to grow your business, you must grow your headcount. Entering new markets, adding carriers, or handling higher volumes has always required more people, more complexity, and thinner margins. This reliance on manual orchestration has acted as a permanent tax on growth, putting companies at a disadvantage when building the delivery networks of the future.

Synkka, a new AI-powered platform, is launching to show that this model no longer applies. By creating an AI workforce, digital teams that automate core operational roles, the company enables parcel delivery operations to scale efficiently and profitably.

The vision is backed by a founding team that combines deep domain expertise with proven scaling and AI leadership.

Torbjörn Maaherra, Founder and CEO of Synkka, explained:

The era of scaling a parcel delivery operation by throwing people at the problem is over. Manual labour is a tax on every parcel you ship. We are building the autonomous workforce for the future of parcel delivery, where networks run on intelligence, not headcount. This funding from leaders who have lived this pain is the ultimate confirmation of the industry's urgent need for this change.

Synkka’s first commercially available product, the AI Carrier Integration Team, transforms delivery network expansion for any technology company in the e-commerce delivery space, 3PLs, online marketplaces, and cross-border retailers. What was once a slow, costly, and technical bottleneck becomes a growth driver, enabling companies to launch in new markets up to 17x faster, cut the high costs of integration teams, and scale delivery partners without scaling headcount. This translates into faster expansion, reduced costs, and more profitable growth.

Looking ahead, Synkka’s roadmap includes deploying a full suite of AI teams to handle the most complex operational roles, from customer support and client implementation to financial reconciliation and proactive customer service. The company’s goal is to build the intelligent, automated workforce required to run delivery operations fully autonomously.

This latest investment reinforces industry consensus that the old model is broken and that Synkka’s approach offers the path forward.

Professional website design platform Framer today announced a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico, valuing the company at $2 billion, and bringing the company's funding to over $160 million.

For over a decade, personal websites have been transformed by visual website builders like Squarespace. 

But, professional websites — complex, high-traffic, brand-defining sites — have still required developer-heavy workflows.

Framer is ushering in the same shift for professional websites, combining a fully flexible design canvas with enterprise-grade depth. With built-in CMS, A/B testing, analytics, enterprise security, and more. This represents a market shift worth tens of billions of dollars, where businesses can now build beautiful, fully custom professional sites faster, easier, and at a fraction of the cost.

Unlike traditional builders, Framer combines a fully flexible design canvas with a state-of-the-art CMS, on-page editing, and rich built-in features like animations, forms, analytics, A/B testing, and live collaboration. 

Founded in Amsterdam with offices in San Francisco and Barcelona, Farmer has hundreds of thousands of active websites and half a million monthly active users. 

Startups like Scale AI, Perplexity, Miro, and Bilt already power their websites with Framer. 40 per cent of the most recent Y Combinator batch launched on Framer.

Since launching business plans late last year, the majority of Framer’s new customers are now businesses, making this the company’s fastest-growing revenue segment. 

“Framer is changing the way the best companies bring their ideas online,” said Koen Bok, CEO and co-founder of Framer. 

“Designers and marketers can now ship production-ready sites in days, not months—without waiting on a front-end team. That means better-looking, higher performing pages built right where the brand lives.”

Seluna, a Glasgow-based MedTech startup developing AI-powered diagnostics for paediatric sleep disorders, has raised nearly €752k and launched an NHS validation study to tackle the underdiagnosis of childhood sleep apnoea.

The funding was led by Gabriel Investment Syndicate, alongside Scottish Enterprise, University of Strathclyde, and new backer STAC Invest.

“Paediatric sleep diagnostics has been underserved for too long. It’s a complex challenge, which is why existing tools weren’t built for children – until now. This validation study will demonstrate clinical impact and make a clear statement: we’re here to set a new standard. We’re here to innovate, drive change, and compete internationally, with backing from investors who recognise the potential of the paediatric healthcare market,” said Dr Scott Black, Co-founder and CEO of Seluna.

Founded in 2022 by Dr Black and Dr Yola Jones, Seluna was created in response to growing concerns from paediatric clinicians about the diagnostic bottlenecks affecting children with sleep-disordered breathing.

Their solution: an AI tool that identifies and classifies digital biomarkers from sleep study data, delivering interpretable results that support – rather than replace – clinical judgement.

The company’s software aims to innovate how clinicians diagnose and manage a condition that affects an estimated 96 million children globally – of whom 80% are currently undiagnosed.

“What makes Seluna’s approach so compelling is its focus on explainable AI. As clinicians, we need to understand why the technology is making certain recommendations. Seluna’s focus on interpretability builds the trust we need to confidently use this technology in clinical practice. It will help take pressure off busy departments and allow us to stop firefighting wait lists,” said Dr Ruth Hamilton, Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Royal Hospital for Children and principal investigator for the trial.

The 500-patient study, hosted at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, will validate Seluna’s proprietary Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). The technology uses a pipeline of machine-learning algorithms to automatically analyse sleep study data, a process that traditionally relies on labour-intensive manual interpretation by clinical staff.

This marks the first machine learning SaMD designed specifically for paediatric sleep diagnostics, a field long neglected in favour of adult-centric tools.

“Seluna is developing a solution which could dramatically improve our ability to identify and prioritise the children who need help most urgently. It has the potential to transform how we approach paediatric sleep medicine.” noted Dr Haytham Kubba, Paediatric ENT Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Children and chief investigator on the study.

Beyond diagnosis, Seluna hopes to close a major gap in clinical decision-making: identifying which children are most likely to benefit from treatment. Currently, the most common intervention is adenotonsillectomy – the removal of tonsils and adenoids – yet many children undergo surgery unnecessarily due to limited physiological insight.

“Seluna represents exactly the kind of investment opportunity STAC Invest is looking for – a world-class founding team tackling a significant global challenge with genuinely innovative technology,” said Angus Macfadyen, Head of Investment at STAC.

This is just the first stage in a multi-site validation plan, with other NHS centres expected to join by the end of the year. This expansion is designed to create a more representative UK-wide dataset and minimise bias in model training.

The company aims to achieve UK Class I classification by the end of 2026 and US FDA Class II approval by 2027.

Meanwhile, Alex Lusty of Gabriel Investment Syndicate commented: “Gabriel was delighted to lead this second round investment into Seluna, recognising the company’s exceptional progress in building the product, commercial partnerships and internal team capability. It’s been great to see the strong clinical engagement with the company’s ethical AI-based diagnostic pathway. We look forward to continuing to support Seluna as the company transitions to helping children in the UK and US.”

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