French Wealth-Management Platform Wealthcome Secures €15 Million in Series B Funding

French wealth‑management SaaS provider Wealthcome raised €15 million in a Series B round led by Breega and backed by BlackFin Capital Partners, aiming to expand its presence among large financial institutions after already serving roughly 800 organisations and 6,000 advisors.

Icelandic AI startup 50skills secures $6 million to expand HR automation platform

Icelandic startup 50skills raised $6 million to scale its AI operating system that automates HR and people workflows, with the round co‑led by Frumtak Ventures, Swiss Post Ventures, Avant and DRD Investments. The funds will be used to grow sales, marketing and community teams and further develop its AI agents.

Bird Secures $450 Million in Debt Financing as Dutch SaaS Platform Restructures Around AI Messaging

Netherlands‑founded Bird (formerly MessageBird), a business communications SaaS platform, secured a $450 million debt package led by JP Morgan, Capital One and Citi. The financing will be used to give liquidity to shareholders rather than fund growth, as the company has cut its workforce from a peak of over 1,000 to 120 employees while repositioning around AI‑driven messaging services.

Portuguese Drone Maker TEKEVER Raises $580 Million in Series D, Reaches $6.4 Billion Valuation

Portuguese spin‑off TEKEVER, a 25‑year‑old autonomous drone specialist, secured $580 million in a Series D round led by UC Investments and Baillie Gifford, pushing its valuation to $6.4 billion. The funding will fuel international expansion, technology development and further acquisitions, reinforcing its role as Europe’s top AI‑powered defence drone provider.

London AI Drug Discovery Startup Basecamp Research Closes $140M Series C Round

Basecamp Research, a London‑based AI life‑sciences startup founded in 2019, closed a $140 million Series C round led by S32, with participation from Nvidia, Anthropic and several European and UK investors. The funding will be used to develop next‑generation AI models and push its AI‑designed therapeutic pipeline toward clinical development.

Spanish Healthtech Startup Tucuvi Care Secures €5 Million From ICO’s Venture Arm

Spanish healthtech startup Tucuvi Care, which provides certified conversational AI for clinical patient follow‑up, received a €5 million investment from Axis (ICO’s VC arm) via Fond‑ICO Crecimiento. The capital will be used to boost growth and expand the company abroad.

Hungarian AI Startup DiffuseDrive Secures $3.5 Million Seed Funding for Robotics Platform

Hungarian startup DiffuseDrive, which creates synthetic training data for physical AI systems, announced a $3.5 million seed round in 2025. The funding will help the company scale its generative AI technology for robotics and other physical AI applications across sectors such as defence, aerospace, mining and autonomous vehicles.