Danish biotech startup Alcolase raised €1.5 million to develop an enzyme-based technology that breaks down alcohol in the stomach before absorption, targeting the 540 million people in East Asia with ALDH2 deficiency (genetic alcohol intolerance). The company plans to launch in Singapore and South Korea, with a UK subsidiary supporting therapeutic drug delivery development.
Lake Como Venture Lab is a new accelerator program launched in Lecco, Italy, focused on deeptech startups in mechatronics and medtech. The program is coordinated by Confindustria Lecco and Sondrio in partnership with Politecnico di Milano and supported by the Chamber of Commerce Como-Lecco. The program is free and equity-free, offering 12 months of housing, laboratory access, scientific mentorship, business training, and direct access to the industrial ecosystem. Applications are open until June 30.
OxidOS Automotive, a Cluj-based Romanian startup that develops software development tools and operating systems for the automotive sector, raised 1 million euros from Hyundai’s 42dot unit. The company creates platforms that enable automotive manufacturers and integrators to implement software safely and securely faster by reducing development, debugging, and certification time. This investment follows a 1.2 million euro seed round led by Early Game Ventures in 2022.
Bounce Watch is a signal-based AI platform for private market intelligence founded in 2023 by Cem Otkun and Sedat Yusuf Ergunes. The platform continuously monitors company activity, detects emerging signals, and generates actionable insights for investors, corporate venture teams, M&A teams, and other enterprise users. The company has evolved into a three-product ecosystem and completed a pre-seed funding round at a €2.5 million valuation, followed by a bridge round with existing investors.
Zerops, a Prague-based platform-as-a-service startup redesigning cloud architecture, raised a €1.7 million Seed round led by Gi21 Capital to expand its global infrastructure in the US and Asia, accelerate product development, and grow its team.
DDD Invoices, a Ljubljana-based company building API-driven infrastructure for global e-invoicing compliance, has closed a €1.31 million Seed round supported by Fil Rouge Capital, 500 Global, and experienced operators from the ERP and e-invoicing ecosystem.
DayOne Accelerator, a Basel-based programme, has opened applications for its 2026 cohort, inviting early-stage healthtech and techbio founders to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies and grow within Europe’s life sciences ecosystem.
Dolfin, a Barcelona-based AI-native platform for sales compensation management, has closed a €2.1 million Seed round to accelerate product development and expand across Europe and the United States.
DesignVerse, a Bucharest-based enterprise software startup focused on modernizing aviation infrastructure across Europe, raised €4.6 million in Seed funding from Begin Capital, Gapminder VC, Underline Ventures, and angel investors from Adobe, LSEG, and UiPath.