London‑based fintech Quartz secured £2.75 million in pre‑seed funding led by Daphni to launch its AI‑driven personal finance platform, offering users a consolidated view of assets and personalized guidance. The company, founded in 2025 by former Revolut and N26 executives, aims to democratize wealth management across the UK and Europe.
AcademyAI, a UK‑based startup that provides an AI‑skills assessment and training platform for employees, raised £1.65 million in an oversubscribed pre‑seed round led by Nexus Family Office, with participation from Panthera Family Office.
Polish startup TesterArmy secured 4.5 million PLN in a pre‑seed round led by Y Combinator and supported by several angels, including Vercel founder Guillermo Rauch, to build AI‑powered testing agents for software applications.
Berlin‑based startup Limetax secured €36 million (including a €6 million pre‑seed round led by Motive Partners) to expand its AI‑driven platform that integrates with DATEV and automates bookkeeping, payroll and financial statements for German tax and accounting firms. The funding will be used to consolidate the market, scale the platform across more partner firms and further develop its agentic AI technology.
London‑based deeptech startup Anemo Labs secured £700k in a pre‑seed round led by Zinc and SFC Capital, with support from Innovate UK, to advance its AI‑driven electronic nose technology for non‑invasive disease screening via volatile organic compounds in urine.
Berlin‑based sci2sci secured €1.2 million in a pre‑seed round co‑led by Heliad and IBB Ventures, aiming to scale its Integrity Cortex platform that links data and AI outputs to verifiable sources for regulated sectors like biopharma and banking.
London‑based AI‑driven due‑diligence platform Veridue raised €3.44 million in a pre‑seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, with participation from HTGF, Pi Labs and industry angels, to accelerate its rollout for renewable‑energy and data‑centre project financing across Europe.
Stockholm‑based creator‑marketing platform Fluencify closed an oversubscribed $4.3 million pre‑seed round led by byFounders with participation from Wave Ventures. The AI‑driven platform automates end‑to‑end creator campaigns and will use the funds to hire engineers, open a New York office and expand its US sales and creator network.
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.
Finnish quantum‑technology startup S‑Transistors secured €2.6 million in pre‑seed financing, led by Lifeline Ventures, to build superconducting transistors for cryogenic quantum computers, aiming to create a wafer‑scale multiplexer that brings control electronics closer to the quantum processor.