Funding

Limetax Secures €36 Million to Build AI-Powered German Tax and Accounting Group

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Berlin‑based startup Limetax secured €36 million (including a €6 million pre‑seed round led by Motive Partners) to expand its AI‑driven platform that integrates with DATEV and automates bookkeeping, payroll and financial statements for German tax and accounting firms. The funding will be used to consolidate the market, scale the platform across more partner firms and further develop its agentic AI technology.

London Deeptech Startup Anemo Labs Secures £700k to Advance AI-Powered Electronic Nose for Disease Detection

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London‑based deeptech startup Anemo Labs secured £700k in a pre‑seed round led by Zinc and SFC Capital, with support from Innovate UK, to advance its AI‑driven electronic nose technology for non‑invasive disease screening via volatile organic compounds in urine.

Swedish Game Developer Embark Studios Reports 800% Revenue Surge to Billion-Dollar Figures

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The Swedish game developer Embark Studios saw its turnover jump 800% to reach the billion‑dollar range and posted a solid profit after moving 12 million game copies in just two months, as disclosed in its latest annual report. The company also warned of future risks, particularly related to its staff.

Huskeys Secures $27M Series A Funding Led by Blackstone

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Bright Pixel Capital, the technology investment arm of the Sonae group, announced its investment in Huskeys as part of a $27 million Series A round led by Blackstone. The funding will help the cybersecurity startup expand its solutions for protecting increasingly complex digital infrastructures.

Portuguese Digital Health Platform Hope Care Secures €6 Million Series A to Expand Remote Patient Monitoring Across Europe

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Portuguese digital‑health startup Hope Care raised €6 million in a Series A round led by Iberis Capital to expand its regulated remote patient monitoring platform across Europe, adding new offices in Germany and Romania and scaling programmes in Portugal, France and Switzerland.

UK AI Chip Designer Fractile Raises $600M at $5.6B Valuation with Backing from Cocoa Ventures and Accel

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UK AI chip designer Fractile, founded in 2022 by Oxford PhD Walter Goodwin, is raising a $600 million round at a $5.6 billion valuation. The round includes backing from Cocoa Ventures, Accel and Founders Fund. The company, which has yet to launch a commercial product, claims its architecture can run large language models up to 100 times faster while cutting operational costs by 90 %. It aims to have its specialised chips ready for data‑centre deployment by 2027 and has signed a sales deal with Anthropic. Executive Carmen Alfonso Rico, now VP of Business Operations, highlighted the company’s potential to become Britain’s first trillion‑dollar firm.

Berlin AI Startup sci2sci Secures €1.2 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Scale Trust Infrastructure for Regulated Industries

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Berlin‑based sci2sci secured €1.2 million in a pre‑seed round co‑led by Heliad and IBB Ventures, aiming to scale its Integrity Cortex platform that links data and AI outputs to verifiable sources for regulated sectors like biopharma and banking.

London AI Startup Veridue Secures €3.44 Million to Transform Renewable Energy and Data Centre Financing

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London‑based AI‑driven due‑diligence platform Veridue raised €3.44 million in a pre‑seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, with participation from HTGF, Pi Labs and industry angels, to accelerate its rollout for renewable‑energy and data‑centre project financing across Europe.