UK‑based Perceptual Robotics raised more than £4 million from new and existing investors, including Investing for Purpose, Loggerhead Ventures, One Planet Capital and Innovate UK, to accelerate its AI‑driven autonomous inspection systems for wind turbines and expand its market reach across Europe and beyond.
Nuclear Turbines, a Manchester‑based startup spun out of BAE Systems, announced its first external financing of £15 million led by IQ Capital to develop compact, high‑temperature turbine technology for cheaper modular nuclear power plants.
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.
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.
Spanish energy startup Catalyxx announced that it will build a €120 million commercial‑scale bio‑based chemicals plant in Sines, Portugal. The project, part of a broader European push for circular bio‑based industries, is funded by private capital and public sources, including a €20 million grant from the Circular Bio‑based Europe Joint Undertaking. The plant will produce drop‑in, carbon‑negative chemicals such as butanol, hexanol and octanol, aiming to replace fossil‑derived counterparts and reduce CO₂ emissions by about 105,000 tonnes per year. Construction is slated to start in Q4 2026.
London‑based startup Modo Energy raised €14.9 million from CIBC Innovation Banking to scale its AI‑driven benchmarking and valuation platform for battery storage and renewable assets, aiming to broaden its market reach and enhance its product offering.
German startup Voodin Blade Technology, together with Lithuanian partners VMG Wood Invest and VMG Technics and Anker‑Tec, received a €48.18 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to create the first automated wooden blade factory in Spain, aiming to produce recyclable wind‑turbine blades and support a sustainable European supply chain.
A coalition of five companies – Airly (Poland), Ecomesure and Ellona (France), Kunak Technologies (Spain) and Clarity Movement Co. (USA) – launched Clean Tech for Clean Air (CT4CA) in Brussels to support EU member states in deploying high‑quality small sensors for better air‑quality monitoring and policy implementation under the revised EU Air Quality Directive.
Dolomiti Energia joins Primo Climate, a venture capital fund managed by Primo Capital, to support energytech startups. The partnership aims to leverage Dolomiti Energia’s industrial expertise and Primo Climate’s venture capital experience to accelerate innovation in the energy transition sector, particularly in the Trentino region.
TECNALIA has designed and validated an electric unmanned aerial vehicle with high capacity for wildfire intervention. The development is part of EXTINCIA, a project coordinated by CLUE Technologies and funded by CDTI, combining drones, artificial intelligence, and advanced air traffic management systems.