EU-Startups

Mark your calendar! Join 2,500 of Europe's most promising founders, startup enthusiasts and investors for 2 exciting days of networking, inspiration and learning. 🚀 Grab your earlybird ticket now and see you on April 24-25, 2025 in sunny Malta! ▶ https://lnkd.in/dHixbkK5

🦸♀️ Who's your role model? Throwing it back to a powerful conversation with Janneke Niessen, serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of CapitalT. Finding someone who’s walked the path, shattered ceilings, and kept going is pure gold! In a world where bold female leaders are still breaking through, we need more faces, more voices, and more fearless ambition to look up to. They show us that ambition, resilience, and success know no bounds. And it’s a reminder to everyone: the more we lift each other up, the more role models we create. Who’s the role model that makes you want to level up? Listen to the full episode with Marcin and Janneke diving into their perspective on role models and much more here 👇 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eP4AgJJK Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e62YbMU9

Expanding Beyond Borders 🌍 In today’s globalised world, startups have more opportunities than ever to reach new markets. However, the journey to international success is not always an easy one! In this article Jacqueline Davidson provides practical steps for navigating regulatory challenges, adapting to cultural differences, and building a tailored go-to-market strategy. https://lnkd.in/d3FYpvRZ

Diffblue, creators of the world’s first fully autonomous generative AI-for-code software, announced it has secured €5.8 million in new capital 🇬🇧💡 Diffblue’s new and oversubscribed round of funding was anchored by existing investors IP Group plc, Parkwalk Advisors, and AlbionVC, with additional participation from Oxford University, and private investors via the Oxford Technology and Innovations EIS Fund (OTIF). Toffer Winslow, CEO at Diffblue, added: “Diffblue’s deterministic AI technology, committed employees, blue chip customers, and visionary investors are a rare and enviable foundation on which a great company can be built.”

SynOx Therapeutics, a late clinical-stage biopharma company developing a novel treatment for CSF-1 related and macrophage-driven disorders, announced additional funding in a final close of its Series B financing 🇮🇪🔬 The Series B extension was led by new investor Gilde Healthcare and brings the total capital raised by SynOx in the round to €84.8 million including earlier investments from Forbion, HealthCap and Bioqube Ventures. “We are pleased to add Gilde Healthcare to our impressive investor syndicate and are appreciative for their support of our team and our vision for the potential of emactuzumab to address the unmet needs, and improve the quality of life, of TGCT patients around the world,” said Raymond Barlow, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of SynOx.

Bendi, an AI-driven platform that helps businesses manage and mitigate business disruption, sustainability challenges and reputational risks in their supply chains, has announced it has raised €960k in pre-seed funding 🇬🇧 🛳 Led by Birmingham-based VC Midven, part of the global Future Planet Capital fund, the round was also participated in by HEARTFELT_ Capital in Berlin, Chasing Rainbows in San Francisco, as well as angels and Innovate UK. CEO Mandeep Soor said: “As global supply chains become more complex, the tools to ensure transparency, resilience and sustainability are no longer a nice-to-have, they’re becoming a licence to operate. Our mission is to empower companies to take responsible actions and strengthen their supply chains with ease and efficiency.”

Europe's brightest deep tech scaleups are taking centre stage at the EIT Digital Champions 2025, an event designed to accelerate their growth with top-tier corporate support 🚀 Key sponsors STMicroelectronics, driving innovation in automotive tech and sustainable energy solutions, and GEA Digital, pushing the boundaries in AI-driven defence systems, make this event possible by fueling Europe’s tech ecosystem ⚙️ Learn how their support empowers scaleups to accelerate their impact, bringing fresh solutions to the market and positioning Europe as a global leader in deep tech innovation ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dEKYx8BB

The AI-powered information platform Wobby has raised €1.1 million in a seed funding round from Shaping Impact Group: SI3 fund, V-Media Ventures and imec.istart 🇧🇪 💡 “Knowledge workers today face an overload of information and tools, making it increasingly difficult to find credible sources and organize their work effectively,” explained Amra Dorjbayar, CEO of Wobby.

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