Berlin‑based AI startup mika secured €6 million in a seed round led by Smedvig Ventures to expand its AI‑native financial operating system that automates bookkeeping, VAT returns and tax filings for German SMEs.
Swedish AI startup Spiich announced the closing of a seed round, aiming to use the capital to scale its team and capture the European market by automating salespeople’s routine tasks.
Qdrant, a Berlin‑based vector database startup, revealed it will expand its focus from software‑only vector search to physical AI applications, signalling a new chapter for the company.
Noxtua, a Berlin‑based legal AI startup founded in 2017, raised over €100 million in a Series C round, giving publishing group C.H.BECK a majority stake and adding MANZ as a new investor. The funding will accelerate product development and European expansion, bringing its curated‑data legal AI to more markets.
Italian startup Tiledesk, founded in 2022, raised €1.1 million in a seed round backed by Zest, Vertis and OpenT. The funding will be used to speed up the development of its open‑source platform that lets companies create AI agents and automate business processes through natural‑language descriptions, targeting sectors from telecom to public administration.
Elergi Labs, a newly founded AI startup led by former Einride veterans including Tomas Ohlson, raised 37 million SEK in its first funding round to build agentic AI for the energy sector.
In an interview with Tech.eu, DeepL’s founder and CEO Jarek Kutyłowski explained why the company is not rushing an IPO, emphasizing the benefits of staying private at this stage.
Zeliq, a French AI‑driven sales prospecting startup, secured a €7 million seed extension led by The Moon Venture, bringing its total funding to €21 million. The round will fund the development of its AI agents, team expansion, and further European market growth.
Finnish startup Verda has raised billions of euros, becoming a unicorn, and will construct a large data centre in Sundsvall, Sweden, backed by investors such as By Founders, to support faster AI development.
Leuven‑based startup Spott, an AI‑native applicant tracking and CRM platform for recruitment agencies, closed a €18.3 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital. The funding will fuel its expansion into the US and APAC, add enterprise features and grow the engineering team, with plans to open offices in Sydney and New York. The company, founded in 2024, has already grown revenue tenfold and serves hundreds of agencies across Europe, the US and APAC.