Romanian fertilizer maker Norofert secured a financing agreement with US fund GEM Global Yield that allows the fund to purchase up to $15 million of shares from major shareholder Vlad Popescu over three years, with the proceeds earmarked for scaling production and expanding into the US and Brazilian markets.
On 27 July 2026, Romanian company Autonom Services placed a €30 million autonomous bond (AUT31E) with a 5.97% fixed coupon on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The issue, consisting of 300 bonds of €100,000 each, was oversubscribed by nine institutional investors and will fund the firm’s growth and sustainability plans.
Spanish AI scale‑up Multiverse Computing is seeking a €500 million Series C round that would bring its total funding above €700 million and value the company at €2 billion. The round is co‑led by Forgepoint Capital, Bullhound Capital and BNP Paribas’s Solar Impulse Venture Fund and includes a mix of European, North‑American and Middle‑Eastern investors. Funds will be used to boost model‑compression technology, R&D and global expansion.
Candela, a Swedish mobility startup focused on commercial public transport, appointed a new CEO and secured 320 million SEK in a recent large share issuance. While the latest figures show rising losses, the fresh capital is aimed at supporting the company’s expansion plans.
Babylon Facilities, a spin‑off of Rome‑based Babylon Cloud, raised €12 million in a three‑tranche equity round and accompanying debt instruments to build a 3 MW+ data centre powered entirely by solar energy, aiming to generate more electricity than it consumes.
Portuguese startup Pollen raised €3.2 million in a seed round led by Pale Blue Dot and Mustard Seed Maze to expand its battery‑swapping network for electric motorcycles across Europe.
At the EU‑Startups Summit, 3TS Capital connected with Wamo and later announced a €10 million investment, marking a significant funding milestone for the Finnish neobank.
Polish defence‑tech startup PERUN has secured fourteen new grants from the National Centre for Research and Development as part of the state’s New Technologies programme, aimed at advancing security and defence solutions.
CleanOs, Fraido and Prometheus Plasma Systems were chosen as the three finalists of the Lake Como Venture Lab, an Italian deep‑tech incubator. Each startup will receive a €150,000 grant and a year of support at the Politecnico di Milano’s Lecco campus, aiming to accelerate their mechatronics and medtech innovations.
Irish startup Nernst Electric secured €1.7 million in seed funding from Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund to develop and demonstrate its ceramic‑based on‑site oxygen generation system, aimed at reducing costs and logistical challenges for fish farms and heavy‑industry users.