Max Tkacz, former n8n employee, launched Flowgramming Studios in Berlin to create YouTube gameshows for a tech audience. The company has raised €295k, including €40k from Tkacz personally, and aims to blend viral content with tech themes.
Madrid-based cybersecurity startup 8Layers raised an additional €1 million in its pre-Seed round, bringing total funding to €2.5 million. Strategic investors Criteria Venture Tech and Bankinter joined to support the company’s digital identity security platform and regulatory compliance solutions.
Sodena provided a 250,000 euro loan to Muxunav, a Navarre-based company specializing in unattended payment solutions, to support its growth and international expansion. The funding follows a 32% sales increase in 2025.
Porelio, a Germany-based deeptech startup developing advanced materials for industrial separation and water treatment, raised €2.4 million in a pre-seed round led by Faber. The funding will scale its patented continuous-flow manufacturing process for Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Silicas (FOMS), which capture pollutants like PFAS and recover precious metals more efficiently than existing methods.
RAMIS STEEL COMPANY SRL finalized a digitalization project funded by the EU’s PNRR program, receiving 242,757.20 RON in non-repayable funding to modernize operations and adopt digital technologies.
Swiss biotech startup ALP Bio has secured €161,000 from Venture Kick to develop a platform combining human immune tissue models and AI to predict immune-related risks in biologic drug development, improving safety and success rates.
The article discusses two competing approaches in physical AI: data-driven methods and architecture-first strategies. FieldAI, a European startup, is spotlighted for its architecture-first model, which emphasizes real-world deployment, uncertainty quantification, and operational intelligence. This approach contrasts with data-first methods used by companies like Physical Intelligence and Generalist, and is positioned as more resilient for complex, safety-critical environments.
Belgian startup Visiblie, which helps businesses improve visibility in AI-powered search, raised €500,000 in convertible loan funding led by Seeder Fund and BeAngels. The platform uses industry-specific AI datasets to tailor visibility strategies for regulated sectors like finance and insurance. Funds will support SME market growth and international expansion, with plans for a future US-focused seed round.
Poppins, a video game designed to assist children with dyslexia, has received official approval for reimbursement as a therapeutic tool.
London-based procurement software company Omnea has launched the Omnea Future Founders Fund with European angel fund Firedrop. The initiative offers employees with at least five years of tenure $250,000 in seed funding to launch their own ventures, along with mentorship and networking opportunities.