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The Scene
The Scene on Europa Now: European startups, product studios and the cities where the continent's tech culture actually happens.
Startups
NATO backs Icelandic grid tech startup Laki Power with €6M Series A
The NATO Innovation Fund has led a €6 million Series A round for Laki Power, an Icelandic startup that powers remote monitoring equipment by harvesting energy directly from high-voltage transmission lines.
Startups
Spanish edge-computing startup Nearby Computing lands €680K to expand orchestration platform
Nearby Computing has raised €680,000 from Spain's technological transformation society to accelerate NearbyOne, a vendor-neutral control plane designed to manage fragmented cloud-to-edge infrastructure across enterprises.
Startups
London VC bets $4M on keratin-based toothpaste to outperform fluoride
Hoxton Ventures and The Venture Collective are co-leading a seed round in Eterna Regeneratives, a King's College London spinout developing enamel repair technology from hair and wool proteins.
Startups
Forty deep-tech contenders vie for recognition at inaugural Global Deep Tech Showcase Awards in Finland
A competition spanning quantum computing, robotics, energy and biotech has named its finalists across eight categories, with winners to be crowned at an event in Espoo this September.
Startups
Veridion Secures $20M to Refresh Business Intelligence with Real-Time AI
The European startup's Series A round will fuel expansion of its continuously updated platform that tracks 640 million businesses globally, challenging the quarterly data cycles of traditional market intelligence.
Startups
Ukrainian Founder Launches Agent-Powered App Platform as ZAS Ventures Backs Infrastructure Play
Robutler lets developers build, remix and monetize professional software collaboratively through an underlying infrastructure layer for AI agent discovery and trust. ZAS Ventures has committed $400,000 as the company's first institutional backer.
Startups
xFarm Expands Into Brazil's Sugarcane Sector With Sibium Analytics Deal
The Swiss agtech platform acquires a Brazilian geospatial intelligence firm tracking 8 million hectares of sugarcane production, marking its sixth acquisition globally and second in Brazil within a year.
Startups
OriginalVoices lands £1M to scale AI-powered digital twin network
The London-based startup, which connects AI systems with real human perspectives through digital twins, has closed its pre-seed round led by Iona Star.