Tech Fund 22.04.2026
Blue Energy raises $380M from VXI Capital to bring factory-built nuclear plants to market

US startup Blue Energy has raised $380 million led by VXI Capital to build prefabricated, financeable nuclear power plants for AI data centres and advanced manufacturing, with its first 1.5GW Texas project starting in 2026....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
London’s talent lures OpenAI to the UK. But energy costs keep sovereign AI at bay 

OpenAI is expanding its London office for 500+ employees while pausing its Stargate UK data centre, exposing a growing split: the UK has world-class AI talent, but energy costs make it too expensive for compute infrastructure....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
UCL spinout QMatter raises $1.2M from 55 North to shrink quantum algorithms for drug discovery

London and Boston-based QMatter has raised a $1.2 million pre-seed round led by 55 North to scale its quantum compression platform, allowing pharma companies to run real-world molecular simulations on today's quantum hardware....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
Peek inside the deck the ex-N26 exec used to grab $3.3M from Amino Collective to replace health-guesswork with AI

Former N26 Chief Growth Officer Alexander Weber raised $3.3M for his AI health startup Calibre. See the pitch deck that secured backing from Amino Collective, Daybreak Ventures and N26's founder....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
A YouTuber who saw Europe's night trains vanish has now raised €2M from IBB Ventures to bring them back

Berlin-based Nox Mobility has raised a €2 million pre-seed round led by IBB Ventures to redesign European night train coaches for privacy and profitability, targeting business travellers....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
Slack, Deel founders back Realm's $4.5M round to bring AI layer to sales teams

Realm helps sales teams use AI agents to draft RFP responses, security questionnaires and deal materials, and is now opening self-serve access as it prepares for US expansion....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
Anthropic’s London Knowledge Quarter office marks its 'most important' hub outside of the US

Anthropic’s new office will be in London’s Knowledge Quarter in King’s Cross, following in the footsteps of rival OpenAI, as the AI company deepens its "Europe's largest businesses and fastest-growing startups are choosing Claude, and we're scaling to match," Pip White, who leads northern Europe at Anthropic, tells TFN....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
Project A backs Linexa with €2M to make production lines AI-ready

Munich startup Linexa has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding led by Project A to help manufacturers decode legacy factory control systems and build AI-ready production lines....

Tech Fund 22.04.2026
ATMOS wants build a space cargo highway. It just raised €25.7M to do so

German-French startup ATMOS Space Cargo has raised a €25.7 million Series A to launch three PHOENIX 2 vehicles, establishing Europe’s sovereign capability to return payloads from orbit....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Norrsken Evolve backs Bubble Robotics' $5M raise to deploy an autonomous workforce at sea

Paris-based Bubble Robotics has raised $5 million to deploy crewless autonomous underwater robots for offshore wind, maritime security, and subsea inspection with no upfront costs....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Tava Health bags $40M to power AI behavioural health platform

Tava Health has raised $40 million in Series C funding to launch a full-stack behavioral health platform serving clinicians, employers, and health plans from unified infrastructure....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Ex-Stripe execs scoop €7.5M to automate the financial back office for early-stage startups

Founded by Stripe's former European CIO, Dublin fintech Seapoint has raised a €7.5 million seed round led by 13books to automate financial operations for European startups....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Prediction market startup Polymarket nabs $400M at $15B valuation from NYSE owner: sources

Prediction market Polymarket is in talks to raise $400 million at $15 billion valuation following Intercontinental Exchange's $600 million investment, with volumes hitting $51 billion in 2025....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
AI search engine for new materials nears $200M raise to cross $1B valuation: report

Cambridge-based CuspAI is in talks to raise $200 million at over $1 billion valuation, accelerating AI-powered materials discovery for semiconductors and batteries....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Amazon invests another $5B in Anthropic as part of $100B cloud commitment: report

Amazon has invested an additional $5 billion in Anthropic, bringing total backing to $13 billion, while securing a decade-long exclusive AWS Trainium partnership and $100 billion in cloud commitments....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
BlackRock and JPMorgan back Bezos’ AI lab in a $10B raise at $38B valuation: report

Jeff Bezos' physical AI lab Project Prometheus is close to closing a $10 billion funding round at a $38 billion valuation, backed by BlackRock and JPMorgan, to train models on industrial data....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Peek inside the pitch deck inploi used to raise £3M from YFM Equity Partners for AI hiring agents

London-based inploi has raised £3 million from YFM Equity Partners to build AI agents that automate candidate screening, scheduling and communication on top of existing ATS platforms like Workday and SAP SuccessFactors....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Quantum chip testing startup OrangeQS extends seed round to €15M from EIC Fund

Delft-based OrangeQS has closed a €15 million seed round led by the European Innovation Council Fund to scale its automated quantum chip testing systems, cutting test times from months to hours....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Dutch robotics startup bags €10M to automate warehouses

Dutch robotics company Smart Robotics has completed over 1 billion real-world robotic picks across 120+ deployed systems, powering Europe's leading AI pick-and-place platform for e-commerce logistics....

Tech Fund 21.04.2026
Anthropic and OpenAI close in on Europe with London growth. What we know so far 

Anthropic and OpenAI are closing in on European AI companies as they cement their presence in the UK, forcing startups to reevaluate salaries and benefits European AI startups could be forced to reassess their compensation packages as the look to compete with the US heavyweights....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
How startups are using AI to outmaneuver the online gaming giants

When you track the real money flowing through the online gaming world, the biggest surprises aren't in major studios or splashy releases. The seismic...

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
IQ Capital leads Rivan's $34M raise to build Europe’s domestic synthetic gas supply

London startup Rivan has raised $34 million to build Europe's largest synthetic natural gas plant, producing carbon-neutral gas from air, water and solar for industrial decarbonisation....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
22 pitch decks that convinced VCs to write cheques in 2026

Tech Funding News reviewed recent startup pitch decks, spanning AI software to greenhouse robotics. Here are the key fundraising trends and strategies we found....

Tech Fund 20.04.2026
Coral raises $12.5M from Lightspeed and Z47 to automate healthcare admin

New York startup Coral has raised $12.5 million to automate US healthcare back-office workflows, tackling fax queues, prior authorisations, and intake delays with AI....