Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Groove Quantum raises €16M, unveils the world's largest semiconductor spin-qubit processor

Delft-based Groove Quantum raises €16M from Innovation Industries, 55 North and the EIC to scale germanium spin-qubit processors compatible with semiconductor foundries....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Nvidia and Atlassian back legal AI startup Legora’s $600M Series D at a $5.6B valuation

Stockholm-founded legal AI platform Legora raises a $600M Series D backed by Nvidia and Atlassian, hitting a $5.6B valuation to build an agentic operating system for law....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
ETH Zurich spinout Mosaic SoC raises $3.8M from Fonderful to build an AI perception chip for AR glasses

ETH Zurich spinout Mosaic SoC raises a $3.8M pre-seed led by Founderful and Kick Foundation to build a dedicated spatial AI perception chip for AR glasses....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
YFM Equity Partners StudentCrowd's £7M round to build the data engine for student housing

UK-based student housing data platform StudentCrowd raises a £7M Series A led by YFM Equity Partners and Mercia to expand its market intelligence into the US and Europe....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Why the window between Seed and Series B is where female leadership dies

New data from Cognism reveals a "scaling trap": female CEO representation in European startups drops to just 15% during the crucial Seed to Series B growth phase....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Peek inside the pitch deck ManaMind used to raise $1.5M to automate game testing with AI agents

London startup ManaMind raises $1.5M pre-seed led by Sure Valley Ventures to automate game QA with autonomous AI agents across the global games industry....

Tech Fund 30.04.2026
Online Oceans grabs £4M from Seraphim Space to deploy solar-powered autonomous fleets for maritime security

UK maritime defence startup Online Oceans raises £4M led by Seraphim Space to build solar-powered autonomous fleets that monitor critical subsea infrastructure....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Coinbase Ventures backs Blockworks at $192M valuation to close the institutional trust gap in crypto

New York crypto data platform Blockworks closes a Series A extension at a $192M valuation led by ParaFi and Reciprocal Ventures to acquire rival data providers....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
BMW’s venture arm just raised a new $300M fund to bet on physical AI and robotics

BMW i Ventures launches its $300M third fund to back early-stage North American and European startups building physical AI, robotics, and industrial software....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Kleiner Perkins leads Rogo's $160M raise to build the AI operating system for investment banking

New York finance AI platform Rogo raises a $160M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing total funding to $300M as it scales its AI agents across global investment banks....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Firestorm Labs raises $82M led by Washington Harbour to deploy 3D-printing drone factories to the front line

San Diego defence tech Firestorm Labs raises an $82M Series B backed by Washington Harbour, NEA, and Lockheed Martin to scale its front-line drone factories....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Sequoia Capital leads Parallel’s $100M raise at $2B valuation to build the web infrastructure for AI agents

Founded by ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, AI infrastructure startup Parallel raises a $100M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, doubling its valuation to $2B....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Ex-Glossier execs grab $7M from Equal Ventures to build an AI operating brain for commerce brands

Founded by the ex-Glossier team, commerce AI platform Chord raises $7M led by Equal Ventures and M13 to build the operational brain for retail brands....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Airtel Africa plans a London IPO for its mobile money unit, aiming for $2B raise at a $10B valuation: report

Backed by TPG, Mastercard, and the Qatar Investment Authority, Airtel Africa’s mobile money unit is exploring a $10B London IPO to raise up to $2B....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Tether leads $14M Series A in Argentine crypto fintech belo to scale stablecoins across LatAm

Profitable Buenos Aires fintech belo raises a $14M Series A led by Tether and Titan Fund to scale its cross-border stablecoin platform across six LatAm markets....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Honey, Ripple founders back Certifyde’s $2M seed to fix the enterprise AI adoption gap. Here’s the pitch deck behind the raise

New York AI adoption platform Certifyde raises a $2M seed round backed by the founders of Honey and Ripple to fix the $28B corporate training market....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Amadeus to buy IDEMIA Public Security for €1.2B to strengthen its position in travel biometrics

Travel tech giant Amadeus agrees to acquire Advent-backed IDEMIA Public Security for €1.2B, expanding its biometric infrastructure across global borders....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Realdania backs KOMPAS VC’s €160M industrial tech fund to scale physical AI and decarbonisation

Copenhagen's KOMPAS VC hits a €160M final close on Fund II, adding Realdania as an LP to back early-stage industrial AI, robotics, and decarbonisation startups....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
MIG Fonds and Bayern Kapital back mbiomics in €30M raise for its microbiome cancer co-therapy

Munich-based techbio mbiomics closes a €30M Series A backed by MIG Fonds and Bayern Kapital to take its gut microbiome cancer co-therapy into Phase 1B trials....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
The founders behind a $1.5B food delivery exit just raised $25M from RTP Global for a construction robotics startup

European construction robotics startup All3 raises a $25M seed round led by RTP Global and SuperSeed to scale its fully automated AI building platform....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
UK targets $50B of the global AI chip market with new national hardware strategy

The UK government announces a national AI hardware strategy to capture $50B in the global chip market by 2030, but VCs warn of severe supply-chain and talent gaps....

Tech Fund 29.04.2026
Startups bet on plug-in batteries to cut costs with energy arbitrage

As energy costs soar, startups are coming up with creative ways to help consumers curb bills, including plug-in home batteries. Residential batteries have As plug-in solar gains momentum, Windfall Energy is counting on the uptake of plug-in batteries too. It is specifically targeting people who live in flats....

Tech Fund 28.04.2026
A photo booth startup just hit a million users. Here's why a16z backed it

Inside a converted warehouse on the edge of Bushwick, a line of people waits to get their photo taken. The photographer, a device the size of a few...

Tech Fund 28.04.2026
What European crypto fintech needs in 2026: Not another exchange, but a clear, regulated UX for the mass market

In 2026, European crypto fintech will win by simplifying the user experience, not adding more trading tools. Here is why regulated, mass-market UX matters more than another exchange....