BioCircular Fiber, a Spanish startup, has started operating the country’s first industrial hemp fiber plant in Sevilla, producing locally sourced, traceable hemp fiber for textiles, construction, and animal bedding, aiming to replace imported fiber with sustainable domestic supply.
Swedish nicotine startup Haypp Group posted a 28% YoY revenue jump to SEK 1.2 billion in Q2 and is now focusing on a large push into the British market.
Polish startup SatRev demonstrated the performance of its SN-10 BlueBON satellite by collecting over a million square kilometres of Earth imagery in just 16 months, amounting to about 450 GB of data, underscoring the reliability of its Raccoon platform.
AQUANANO, a Polish startup, has developed a method to produce transparent, stable perfumes based on water and is now starting to commercialise the technology, aligning with the growing market for alcohol‑free fragrances championed by luxury brands like Dior, Guerlain and YSL.
Grodi is an AgriTech startup that creates proprietary autonomous robots, artificial vision systems and advanced data analysis tools to monitor the health and yield of crops. The solution is adapted to Mediterranean greenhouse environments, detects risks early, generates geolocated maps and helps reduce losses, optimise resources and improve agricultural profitability.
Mistral AI, a French AI startup, unveiled a major infrastructure push to deliver 1 GW of European AI compute by 2030. The plan includes regional inference endpoints, a premium SLA‑backed tier, and long‑term compute contracts with European enterprises, backed by €830 million of debt financing. The move positions Mistral as a sovereign AI infrastructure provider, complementing its partnership with Microsoft and its open‑model hosting strategy.
Austrian startup Efferon, founded in 2016, creates blood‑purification cartridges that remove bacterial toxins and inflammatory mediators to treat sepsis. After receiving European CE MDR approval for its adult device in 2024 and paediatric certification in 2026, the devices have been used in over 25,000 treatments in 44 countries, generating more than €1 million in revenue. Efferon is now pursuing US regulatory pathways, expanding into China, and developing an outpatient solution for post‑sepsis and chronic inflammation.
eB2 MindCare has introduced an AI‑driven platform that continuously tracks emotional wellbeing without invasive methods, converting passive data into behavioural biomarkers and predictive alerts to help healthcare providers anticipate risks and make better clinical decisions.
DokterOnline, a Dutch e‑health platform, used visitor‑behavior data to create five behavioral segments and adjusted a few homepage elements (hero, featured treatments, recommended articles) for each segment. The modest changes boosted overall visitor engagement by over 15% and increased the click‑through rate of personalized content by about 83%, demonstrating that small, data‑driven personalization can significantly improve user experience without large technical investments.
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.