Czech medtech startup HTG Medical has raised €450,000 in a pre-seed round led by Garage Angels and secured EU MDR certification for its automated ICU urine monitoring device, the HTG Urogram. The device aims to reduce manual workload for nurses and improve accuracy in critical care settings.
SoccerSolver, a Spanish startup specializing in AI-based software for sports and economic planning of professional football clubs, has raised 850,000 euros in pre-seed funding. The company will use the funds to accelerate technology development and expand internationally.
QuickLegal, a Romanian deep tech startup led by women, won a 75,000 EUR grant from the Women TechEU program. The European Commission allocated 12 million EUR for the 2026–2028 edition to fund 160 deep tech startups, with 40% of each call’s budget reserved for ‘Widening’ regions like Romania. QuickLegal was selected from 1,107 applications, placing in the top 3.6%.
Former Herbox founders have quietly launched a new venture called Blair, with Emelie Feola (Bianca Ingrosso’s right-hand person) joining as a co-owner. The team emphasizes shared vision and brand-building goals.
Respiro Diagnostics, a UK-based startup developing non-invasive breath-based diagnostics for lung diseases, raised £1 million in pre-seed funding led by Zinc Venture Capital and SFC Capital. The technology uses exhaled breath to detect lung cancer and other respiratory conditions, offering an alternative to invasive biopsies.
Madrid-based cybersecurity startup 8Layers raised an additional €1 million in its pre-Seed round, bringing total funding to €2.5 million. Strategic investors Criteria Venture Tech and Bankinter joined to support the company’s digital identity security platform and regulatory compliance solutions.
Porelio, a Germany-based deeptech startup developing advanced materials for industrial separation and water treatment, raised €2.4 million in a pre-seed round led by Faber. The funding will scale its patented continuous-flow manufacturing process for Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Silicas (FOMS), which capture pollutants like PFAS and recover precious metals more efficiently than existing methods.
UK fintech startup Stoa raised $2.4 million in a pre-seed round to grow its cash management platform, which offers upfront rewards on cash deposits. The platform connects financial institutions, brands, and customers through embedded banking and merchant partnerships.
Swiss photonics startup Aylight has raised €4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round to advance its chip-scale multiwavelength laser technology for AI data-center optical interconnects and high-precision sensing.
Swiss biotech startup ALP Bio has secured €161,000 from Venture Kick to develop a platform combining human immune tissue models and AI to predict immune-related risks in biologic drug development, improving safety and success rates.