Sophie Renard 
Transport Fever 3 is the most costly game ever developed by Swiss studio Urban Games and marks its first collaboration with Paradox Interactive. A gameplay video released three weeks before launch shows a shift in focus away from simply earning money with trains and trucks.
Belgian deep‑tech spin‑out IVEX, founded in 2018 from KU Leuven, secured a €5 million Series A to scale its AI‑driven platform that automates vehicle safety‑testing data analysis, aiming to become the operating system for automotive safety testing and to grow its market reach beyond Europe.
Paris‑based AI startup Arlequin AI secured €28 million in Series A funding, co‑led by redalpine and OTB Ventures, to develop proprietary topological neural network models and scale its platform for security, fraud detection and other high‑impact use cases across Europe and beyond.
French medtech startup Implicity secured a €35 million financing round led by IRIS and Five Arrows to enhance its platform that aggregates cardiac device data and enables predictive cardiology, supporting its growth in the U.S. market.
Bynario, a European cybersecurity startup, announced a €2.1 million raise aimed at tackling the growing issue of AI sloppiness in security products. The funding will be used to enhance its AI‑driven security platform and accelerate product development.
Samsung backed French generative‑AI startup Mistral AI in a Series B round to secure access to cutting‑edge language‑model technology and strengthen its AI portfolio for consumer devices and enterprise solutions.
French edtech startup Superprof announced the acquisition of US‑based tutoring platform Tutors.com, its 21st acquisition, aimed at consolidating its US market position.
Olenbee, a fintech founded by former Sodexo executives, raised €7 million to revamp employee benefits in France.
The French AI cloud startup NSCALE is looking for funding to support its growth and fulfill large contracts worth about $103 billion, highlighting that access to capital is a key competitive factor in the AI cloud market.
LexisNexis completed the acquisition of French legal‑AI startup DOCTRINE for an undisclosed amount, creating a combined group of about 800 employees and roughly €200 million in revenue in France.