Spanish travel‑management startup BizAway secured €10 million from BBVA to fund the purchase of Dutch firm Uniglobe Alliance Travel and to boost its footprint in the Benelux market, marking a significant step in its European growth strategy.
Belgian deep‑tech spin‑out IVEX, founded in 2018 from KU Leuven, secured a €5 million Series A to scale its AI‑driven platform that automates vehicle safety‑testing data analysis, aiming to become the operating system for automotive safety testing and to grow its market reach beyond Europe.
UK ticketing platform Tickets for Good raised £3.9 million to fund its international expansion and job creation in Sheffield, backing its low‑cost ticket service for NHS workers, teachers and charities.
Backbone, a Belgian food‑industry software startup founded in 2025, secured €4 million in a pre‑seed round led by Pitchdrive. The funding will accelerate its AI‑driven platform that centralises quality and compliance data for food companies and supports its expansion into the UK and the Netherlands.
Former eMAG CEO Iulian Stanciu is scaling his post‑eMAG venture, Network One Distribution, by establishing a local logistics presence in the Netherlands to serve its four appliance brands across Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, marking a shift from a Romania‑centric export model to direct Western‑European stock and distribution.
Linehub, a European performance‑marketing network comprising brands such as Daisycon, Affiliprint and Sovendus, announced the hiring of Bart Zoetmulder as Group Director Sales. In his new role he will strengthen the commercial organisation, improve collaboration across the group’s labels and drive new‑business growth as the company targets €100 million in revenue within the next two to four years. The move reflects Linehub’s ambition to expand internationally and reduce reliance on large tech platforms.
After 3.5 years of strong growth, NORM, the data and insight layer behind RetailMedia.One, is becoming a standalone platform to provide retailers and brands with granular measurement of retail media effectiveness, with plans to expand into the UK, Germany, France and Belgium.
Brussels‑based Motion, a startup providing humanoid robots as a subscription service for industrial and logistics firms, secured $2 million in pre‑seed funding led by Extantia Capital with participation from Norrsken Evolve. The capital will be used to turn pilot projects into commercial deployments, grow the team and fleet, and expand throughout the Benelux market.
Belgian visual‑artist learning platform Artwod secured €1.1 million in seed funding to develop a marketplace where creators can offer paid critiques and guidance, expanding its community of over 100,000 artists.
The Dutch mobile bank bunq expanded its services by offering local Belgian IBANs and rolling out the Wero payment system in Belgium and France, aiming to simplify cross‑border payments for its users and support its international growth strategy.