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Startup coverage on Europa Now: rounds, pivots and the European companies growing up in public.
Startups
Stockholm's Deep Tech Blueprint: How Universities Can Unlock Founder Potential
Viktor Olsson from KTH Innovation is bringing Sweden's university playbook to Croatia's Nuqleus Liftoff conference, revealing how a founder-first approach and intellectual property rights have helped Stockholm produce three AI unicorns in a single year.
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The CI/CD Crisis Nobody's Talking About: How a Helsinki Startup Spotted AI's Hidden Bottleneck
As AI coding tools promise to multiply developer output, the testing and deployment infrastructure built for human-paced work is cracking under the strain. Avrea, a Finnish startup, just raised $4.7 million betting that fixing this invisible problem will define the next generation of engineering.
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Healthplus.ai Secures €2.3M to Expand AI Platform for Surgical Risk Management
The Amsterdam-based healthtech startup has closed a funding round led by Elevating Capital to scale its infection-prediction system across Europe and North America.
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Babbel Speak: Berlin Startup Tackles Language Learners' Speaking Anxiety with AI Voice Coach
The language-learning platform has launched an AI-powered voice assistant designed to help users move beyond grammar drills and actually speak with confidence in real-world scenarios.
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October 2025 funding surge: 19 Amsterdam startups secure over $100M despite broader slowdown
Amsterdam's startup ecosystem continued to attract investment in October 2025, with 19 companies raising more than $100M. The funding activity persists even as the Netherlands faces a significant contraction in venture capital.
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Mews bolsters hospitality platform with Flexkeeping acquisition to streamline hotel housekeeping
Amsterdam's Mews, a unicorn operating system for hotels, has acquired London-based Flexkeeping to integrate advanced housekeeping automation directly into its property management ecosystem.
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German workforce management startup clockin lands €10M to expand AI tools across Europe
Münster-based clockin, which helps small businesses digitise operations for field and mobile workers, has raised €10M in growth funding led by Amsterdam's Newion and Düsseldorf's NRW.Venture.
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Tandem Health lands €42.6M to expand AI operating system across European healthcare
The Stockholm-based clinical AI startup has secured Series A funding to move beyond documentation automation toward a comprehensive healthcare workflow platform.