Spanish biotech startup Entomonorte, which develops R&D and consulting services for converting bio‑waste into high‑value raw materials, secured a €100,000 grant from the public agency SRP via the Asturias Startup Fund to expand its operations in the region.
Goparity, an impact‑investment platform, has completed the integration of Bolsa Social into its marketplace, concentrating all new activity on goparity.com. In the first three months after the integration the platform has mobilised over €300,000, bringing together more than 72,000 registered users and positioning itself as one of the most significant impact‑investment ecosystems in Southern Europe.
Znext, a venture‑builder platform backed by Italian publisher Zanichelli, is launching its first overseas market in Spain. The company has hired Marco Parente as Head of M&A to oversee the scouting, negotiation and integration of deals and to coordinate the international growth strategy. The move aims to create a stable presence in Spain’s dynamic ecosystem and to identify opportunities aligned with Znext’s focus on training, work and wellbeing technologies.
InfoJobs is expanding by acquiring Viterbit, a hiring OS solution that provides advanced selection, recruitment and talent management services. The purchase will allow InfoJobs to enhance its portfolio and deliver specific answers to the current challenges of the labour market.
Spanish deep‑tech startup Onalabs raised over €9.3 million, led by the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), to accelerate the rollout of its non‑invasive, sweat‑based health monitoring platform across Europe.
Spanish AI scale‑up Multiverse Computing is seeking a €500 million Series C round that would bring its total funding above €700 million and value the company at €2 billion. The round is co‑led by Forgepoint Capital, Bullhound Capital and BNP Paribas’s Solar Impulse Venture Fund and includes a mix of European, North‑American and Middle‑Eastern investors. Funds will be used to boost model‑compression technology, R&D and global expansion.
Spanish energy startup Catalyxx announced that it will build a €120 million commercial‑scale bio‑based chemicals plant in Sines, Portugal. The project, part of a broader European push for circular bio‑based industries, is funded by private capital and public sources, including a €20 million grant from the Circular Bio‑based Europe Joint Undertaking. The plant will produce drop‑in, carbon‑negative chemicals such as butanol, hexanol and octanol, aiming to replace fossil‑derived counterparts and reduce CO₂ emissions by about 105,000 tonnes per year. Construction is slated to start in Q4 2026.
German startup Voodin Blade Technology, together with Lithuanian partners VMG Wood Invest and VMG Technics and Anker‑Tec, received a €48.18 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to create the first automated wooden blade factory in Spain, aiming to produce recyclable wind‑turbine blades and support a sustainable European supply chain.
Contents announced its sixth acquisition, buying Spanish fintech software firm Balio. The deal expands Contents’ European footprint, adds Balio’s financial‑wellbeing platform and its trusted corporate client base to Contents’ AI‑driven enterprise suite, and will accelerate Balio’s growth across Europe. Financial terms were not disclosed.
A coalition of five companies – Airly (Poland), Ecomesure and Ellona (France), Kunak Technologies (Spain) and Clarity Movement Co. (USA) – launched Clean Tech for Clean Air (CT4CA) in Brussels to support EU member states in deploying high‑quality small sensors for better air‑quality monitoring and policy implementation under the revised EU Air Quality Directive.