Italian HR‑tech startup Talentware raised €3.3 million in a seed round led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from 360 Capital and several angels. The funding will be used to grow the team, enhance its AI‑native skill‑intelligence platform, and expand into new European markets.
Italian agrifoodtech startup Vinhood secured a €3 million funding round led by Linfa, the impact‑investing fund of Riello Investimenti. The capital will help the company enhance its AI‑driven taste‑profiling platform and accelerate its expansion across new markets and product categories.
Leeds‑based Xentra, a digital security startup founded in 2021, raised €3.18 million from Maven VCTs and NPIF II to expand its managed cybersecurity services for SMEs, strengthen its leadership team and accelerate growth.
Belgian tech‑bio startup Sightera Biosciences raised €3 million in a pre‑seed round led by Entourage, with participation from Anacura and QBIC, to scale its AI‑native platform that uses patient‑derived samples for oncology and fibrosis drug discovery.
Juno Bio, a UK-founded women’s health company, raised $3.8 million to support its expansion and opened a CLIA-certified sequencing lab in Oakland, California. The company specializes in precision vaginal microbiome testing and has sold over 20,000 tests, aiming to address gaps in women’s health diagnostics.
InfiniNode Technologies, a Gothenburg-based semiconductor IP company, raised €2 million in a round led by Nordic deep-tech investors and public innovation funding to advance its on-chip data movement technology for AI and high-performance computing.
The Valencian startup BZERO, specialized in sustainable biomaterials, has closed an oversubscribed seed round of 1.5 million euros, raising total funding to 2.5 million euros since its founding in 2021. Existing investors Ship2B Ventures, CTL Investments, and Torribas have increased their support, joined by new investors.
Cornea Sense, a Finnish medtech startup spun out from Aalto University, has raised over €1.1 million in pre-seed funding to develop non-invasive corneal hydration measurement technology combining terahertz sensing and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The funding includes contributions from Innovestor Angel CoFund, Business Finland, and angel investors.
Visibuilt, a Danish BioTech company developing mycelium-based construction binders, secured €3.34 million in Seed funding led by EIFO and Unconventional Ventures. The funding will accelerate market validation and industry testing of its low-carbon paving material, visiBINDER.
Swedish startup Flox Intelligence, which has sold hundreds of units in North America, recently won a $1 million prize from a major US accelerator and is now focusing on aggressive expansion in the US market. Founder and CEO Sara Nozkova emphasizes the challenges of operating in the US business environment.