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Startup coverage on Europa Now: rounds, pivots and the European companies growing up in public.
Startups
Imperial College alumni launch £5M deeptech fund with sights on European expansion
Project Ventures, a new venture capital firm rooted in Imperial College London's network, has opened its debut fund to back early-stage AI and deeptech founders across the UK and potentially beyond.
Startups
Unit1 Studio lands £20M to democratise avatar concert technology across European venues
The UK mixed-reality studio has raised fresh capital to make its avatar concert productions cheaper to build and easier to move between venues, unlocking a format that ABBA Voyage proved audiences want.
Startups
From Deloitte to Kalei: How One Founder Built an AI Platform Around Structure, Not Tools
After 18 years at Deloitte working on corporate AI transformation, Inna Bondarenko identified a gap most businesses face: they can access AI, but struggle to organize it. Her startup Kalei puts workflow design and human judgment first.
Startups
Former Labour Deputy Leader Joins Palantir as NHS Contract Faces Review
Lord Tom Watson has taken a senior vice president role at Palantir, the data analytics firm now defending its £330 million NHS contract against a government break clause set for February 2027.
Startups
SoftBank Bolsters Credit Line to $6.5bn as OpenAI Spending Reshapes Debt Strategy
SoftBank has expanded its revolving credit facility by $450m to $6.5bn, securing backing from over 20 lenders as the Japanese conglomerate navigates a complex web of borrowing tied to its massive OpenAI commitments.
Startups
Raindrop secures $50m to catch AI agents breaking silently in production
The San Francisco startup has closed a Series A round led by CRV and unveiled Simulations, a tool that tests agent changes against real production traffic before deployment.
Startups
German security startup Arcos lands €5.5M to scale sensor-driven incident management
Arcos has closed a seed round to expand its unified platform for monitoring physical security across critical infrastructure, combining sensor data and incident response in a single control centre.
Startups
Factory Triples Valuation to $5B in Fresh $200M Funding Round
The San Francisco AI coding agent platform has secured backing from Blackstone, Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital, bringing its total funding past $400 million as it expands its enterprise software factory offering.