Brussels‑based Motion, a startup providing humanoid robots as a subscription service for industrial and logistics firms, secured $2 million in pre‑seed funding led by Extantia Capital with participation from Norrsken Evolve. The capital will be used to turn pilot projects into commercial deployments, grow the team and fleet, and expand throughout the Benelux market.
Embedd, a startup founded by three Ukrainian entrepreneurs, secured €2.31 million in pre‑seed funding led by Seedcamp to create a software platform for physical AI technologies.
Berlin‑based mobile cybersecurity startup Kazimi secured €2.2 million in a pre‑seed round led by Market One Capital, with participation from IBB Ventures and several industry executives, to develop privacy‑preserving bot‑detection technology for mobile app developers.
KidsHustle is the UK’s first iOS marketplace for teenage employment, offering a safe, parent‑verified platform for odd‑job work. The 14‑year‑old founder, Sasha Bagrov, is raising £500k pre‑seed to accelerate growth.
Lithuanian AI startup Guideless secured €1 million in a pre‑seed round led by Superhero Capital, with participation from FIRSTPICK VC and several angel investors. The funding will be used to enhance its AI‑driven platform that automates software training and workflow documentation, and to expand the business across Europe and the United States.
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Astute, a Belgrade‑based startup founded in 2025 by Vida Stanić and Abhishek Manikandan, secured €1.03 million in a pre‑seed round led by Flyer One Ventures. The funding will be used to launch its AI‑powered platform that automates creator partnerships for B2B marketers, addressing the fragmented process of finding and managing newsletter, podcast and social media influencers.
UK‑based water‑tech startup Metal Morph secured £700k in pre‑seed funding, co‑led by Sustainable Ventures and Green Angel Ventures, to scale its infrastructure‑as‑a‑service solution that recovers aluminium and iron‑based chemicals from municipal and industrial wastewater, aiming to create a circular supply chain and reduce costs and emissions.
In 2017 a group of young visionaries in Berlin, led by Polish entrepreneur Konrad Maruszewski, launched Cringle with the idea that sending money should be as simple as sending a text message. The venture later failed to attract investment, unlike the successful BLIK service.
Zerolook, a Swiss startup based in Zug, secured €1.6 million (about $1.9 million) in a pre‑seed round led by London‑based Playfair. The funding will be used to launch its first version of an AI‑powered flight‑shopping API that predicts itineraries and prices, helping airlines and travel agencies handle the high volume of AI‑generated searches without incurring excessive computation costs. The round also included Vento Ventures, TrueSight Ventures, Alpha Venture and several angels.