Nearfield Instruments, a Dutch semiconductor metrology startup, raised $380M in the first half of 2026 to expand production and accelerate R&D.
Dutch AI platform Wonderful, a two‑year‑old startup that relocated from Israel to the Netherlands, raised $550 million in a Series C round led by Insight Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $800 million and valuing the company at $5 billion. The round included Salesforce and existing backers such as Index Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.
French AI startup Mistral AI secured a massive €3 billion financing round, with strategic investors Samsung, Nvidia, ASML and the European Scaleup Fund leading the round. The capital will be used to scale up its AI model development, hire talent and build out compute resources, positioning Mistral as a major player in the European generative‑AI landscape.
French quantum‑computing startup Pasqal has entered the Nasdaq market after securing $360 million in financing, marking a major milestone for the company and the European deep‑tech ecosystem.
Anthropic, the US AI startup, entered into a $45 billion deal with European compute provider Nscale to secure compute capacity for its artificial‑intelligence development.
German cognitive‑robotics startup NEURA Robotics, fresh from a record €1.2 billion Series C raise, announced the acquisition of Ulm‑based Adlatus Robotics to add AI‑driven “brains” to its cleaning robots and expand its Neuraverse ecosystem.
German startup NEURA Robotics announced it will acquire Bosch Rexroth’s ACTIVE Shuttle driverless transport system, integrating it into its Physical AI ecosystem. The move follows a $1.4 billion Series C round raised in June to accelerate development of its autonomous robot platform.
Mistral AI, a French AI startup, unveiled a major infrastructure push to deliver 1 GW of European AI compute by 2030. The plan includes regional inference endpoints, a premium SLA‑backed tier, and long‑term compute contracts with European enterprises, backed by €830 million of debt financing. The move positions Mistral as a sovereign AI infrastructure provider, complementing its partnership with Microsoft and its open‑model hosting strategy.
US AI infrastructure startup Modal Labs, founded in 2021, announced the opening of its first European office in London, expanding its transatlantic presence after a $355 million financing round led by Redpoint Ventures and General Catalyst.
Spanish AI‑agent startup HappyRobot secured $150 million in a Series C round led by Prysm Capital and Eurazeo, bringing its valuation to $1.2 billion. The funding will be used to enhance AI features and scale the team, as the company expands beyond logistics into insurance, energy, telecom and airlines.