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Startup coverage on Europa Now: rounds, pivots and the European companies growing up in public.

Hoxton Ventures backs human hair toothpaste pioneer in $4M round

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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.

Veridion lands $20M to take business intelligence beyond static data

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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.

A Ukrainian Founder Wants to Build the “YouTube of Software” — and ZAS Ventures Just Wrote the First Check

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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.

xFarm Technologies Buys Into Brazil’s Sugar Belt With Sibium Analytics Acquisition

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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.

OriginalVoices raises £1M pre-seed round led by Iona Star

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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.

Lithuanian legaltech EnforceShield secures €1.7M for automated IP enforcement

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Lithuanian IP Enforcement Platform EnforceShield Lands €1.7M to Scale Autonomous Legal Tech

EnforceShield, a startup automating intellectual property enforcement through AI agents and legal logic, has closed its seed round led by Vendep Capital. The platform handles counterfeit detection and takedowns with minimal human intervention.

Jack & Jill raises $40M to put an AI agent on both sides of the hiring table

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Jack & Jill Lands $40M to Deploy AI Agents on Both Sides of Recruitment

The London startup has raised a Series A from Air Street Capital, bringing its total funding to $60M. Its dual-agent system has facilitated 25,000 interviews across 5,000 businesses, though conversion metrics remain undisclosed.