Studentapan, founded by Philip Axelsson after experiencing high textbook costs as a student, has grown into a profitable e‑commerce business and has now been sold for more than 150 million kronor, while its profit continues to rise.
Self Inspection, a San Diego‑based AI startup founded by Bulgarian entrepreneur Vince Gaydarzhiev, closed a $10 million round led by Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners with participation from strategic automotive and financial investors. The funding will be used to build new products, grow its enterprise client base and launch operations in Europe.
German AI startup amber secured €7 million in a Series A round co‑led by Ventech and NRW.Venture to scale its knowledge‑management platform for SMEs across Europe, enhancing its proprietary AI Data Layer and expanding into the Benelux market.
Serbian founders Stefan Fejes and Veljko Tornjanski raised a $12 million seed round for their AI video‑creation startup Preview. The round was led by Sequoia and also included The General Partnership and private investor Badrul Farooqi. The platform lets teams generate cinematic videos with AI, offering a collaborative timeline and infinite canvas for assets.
Entravel Group, a European TravelTech startup founded in 2026, closed a €6.5 million round co‑led by Ethereal Ventures and Finality Capital. The capital will be used to obtain bigger supplier credit lines, scale booking volumes, broaden its white‑label platform and introduce a stablecoin‑based financial layer, positioning the company as a key infrastructure provider for AI‑driven travel commerce.
Swedish podcast platform Acast is expanding its global reach by buying the strategic U.S. network Backyard Ventures for about 200 million Swedish crowns, bringing well‑known personalities like Piers Morgan into its roster and strengthening its claim to be the world’s largest podcast network.
Dutch startup Vangrid secured a $9 million seed round from investors including HashKey, Borderless, Crypto.com Capital, Animoca Brands, Gate Labs and Mapleblock. The funding will help the company scale its decentralised spatial intelligence network that turns smartphones into a distributed data‑capture grid for high‑fidelity mapping needed by Physical AI applications.
Inevitable AI Group, an AI‑native venture studio founded by Nimrod Lehavi and Ofer Bar‑Or, announced a €5.2 million pre‑seed round led by Aleph. The studio, which has already launched five AI‑driven software businesses since its January launch, will use the capital to build and scale dozens more AI‑native SaaS companies across proven software markets.
Portuguese space technology startup Neuraspace raised €15.6 million from private investors and Portuguese recovery funds to expand its AI‑driven Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management platform, boosting capabilities for commercial, institutional and defence satellite operators.
German construction‑tech startup conmeet secured €6 million in seed financing, led by Reimann Investors VC and Smedvig Ventures, to expand its AI‑driven, all‑in‑one platform for mid‑size construction firms across the DACH region.