Marco Bianchi 
Ukrainian startup SMART BIRDS presented its VORON ground robot, which aims to capture hostile drones with nets and provide logistics and reconnaissance support, though real‑world testing has yet to occur.
Dutch startup Vangrid secured a $9 million seed round from investors including HashKey, Borderless, Crypto.com Capital, Animoca Brands, Gate Labs and Mapleblock. The funding will help the company scale its decentralised spatial intelligence network that turns smartphones into a distributed data‑capture grid for high‑fidelity mapping needed by Physical AI applications.
Inevitable AI Group, an AI‑native venture studio founded by Nimrod Lehavi and Ofer Bar‑Or, announced a €5.2 million pre‑seed round led by Aleph. The studio, which has already launched five AI‑driven software businesses since its January launch, will use the capital to build and scale dozens more AI‑native SaaS companies across proven software markets.
Rewoox is a technology startup that creates digital products and solutions using immersive technologies and artificial intelligence. It targets companies and entities of any size and sector that want to incorporate new technologies, digitize processes and design new ways of interaction. Its flagship product is TALIA, a platform of configurable intelligent assistants.
Spanish drone technology startup FuVeX secured €3 million in new funding, backed by investors such as SODENA, SEGO Venture and Izertis Ventures, to scale its dual‑use long‑range drones for civil and defence applications across Europe and beyond.
Portuguese space technology startup Neuraspace raised €15.6 million from private investors and Portuguese recovery funds to expand its AI‑driven Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management platform, boosting capabilities for commercial, institutional and defence satellite operators.
Spanish AI‑agent startup HappyRobot secured $150 million in a Series C round led by Prysm Capital and Eurazeo, bringing its valuation to $1.2 billion. The funding will be used to enhance AI features and scale the team, as the company expands beyond logistics into insurance, energy, telecom and airlines.
Italian software developer Bending Spoons announced a $2.25 billion acquisition of US workflow platform Airtable, marking its first deal after listing on Nasdaq and continuing its aggressive European software‑acquisition strategy.
Italian agritech startup Aflabox raised €1.35 million in a seed round led by Farming Future and supported by Eatable Adventures through the FoodSeed program. The funding will be used to finalize device certification, expand commercial operations in Kenya, Nigeria and Italy, set up a micro‑factory, and improve its AI‑driven field‑intelligence platform for rapid mycotoxin detection.
Spanish startup Kreios Space announced a partnership with Norwegian‑Lithuanian satellite maker Kongsberg NanoAvionics to launch the first satellite capable of flying closer to Earth than any before, using a VLEO platform and testing its ABEP propulsion technology.