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Startup coverage on Europa Now: rounds, pivots and the European companies growing up in public.
Startups
Custodea lands €350K to help European SMEs reclaim control of fragmented business data
The AI data platform consolidates information scattered across accounting, HR and CRM systems, letting smaller companies build analytics and AI applications without losing sovereignty over their data.
Startups
Tandem Health secures $100M Series B from EU's Scaleup Europe Fund
The Swedish AI-powered clinic software maker has raised its largest round yet, backed by the EU's €5bn fund. The capital will fuel expansion across Europe and development of a full clinic operating system.
Startups
Istanbul Studio Arcustin Games Lands $500K Pre-Seed to Scale AI-Driven Puzzle Games
The AI-native mobile game developer has secured funding at a $10 million valuation from Webrazzi GSYF, backed by İş Portföy and Webrazzi, to expand its team and launch its first title.
Startups
ARBREST's COVE Chair Challenges the Myth of the Stationary Worker
At IFA Berlin 2026, a new ergonomic chair design questioned a fundamental assumption: that office furniture should enforce a single posture. ARBREST's debut product suggests a different approach—one that moves with the body rather than against it.
Startups
Seed Capital Launches €130M Nordic Fund with New Cybersecurity Focus
The Copenhagen venture firm closes its fifth fund and expands beyond Denmark into Sweden, adding security and AI resilience to its investment thesis while backing early-stage startups across the region.
Startups
Helsinki VC Closes in on €80M Foodtech Fund with European Investment Bank Backing
Nordic Foodtech VC has secured up to €30 million in commitments from the European Investment Fund, bringing its second fund within striking distance of its €80 million target after raising €40 million at first close.
Startups
Stockholm's Cubase Bio and Vienna's HeartBeat.bio join forces on 3D cardiac mapping
Two European biotech firms have secured €1 million in Eurostars funding to combine spatial transcriptomics with human cardiac organoids, targeting new treatments for heart failure and myocardial fibrosis.
Startups
Meta acquires Stockholm AI startup Stilla in swift eight-month exit
Stilla, a Swedish platform for building AI agents across enterprise workflows, has been acquired by Meta just months after its public launch. The startup's team and technology will bolster Meta's business-focused AI initiatives.