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WAD Capital Secures €67.5 Mn for SME Acquisition Strategy Across Europe
Belgium September 5, 2026
Octave.energy Raises €10 Mn to Expand Battery Storage Solutions Across Europe
Belgium September 4, 2026
Stellar Alpina Secures €160K to Develop Smaller, More Efficient Rocket Engines
Switzerland September 4, 2026
Atira Raises $17.5 Mn to Bring AI Automation to Industrial Sales
Germany September 4, 2026
UK Startup Souk Raises $1.6 Mn to Build AI Platform for Business Partnerships
UK September 3, 2026
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Top Funding Wrap Of The Week – 31 August – 04 September 2026
European Startups raised capital in order to expand and move into more successful. Here is this week’s Top European Startups Funding Roundup- 31 August – 04 September 2026. Nexeon Nexeon, a battery technology company based in Oxfordshire, UK, has raised €116.7 million (£100 million / $133 million) in its latest investment round. The UK’s National […]
September 5, 2026
WAD Capital Secures €67.5 Mn for SME Acquisition Strategy Across Europe
Belgian investment firm WAD Capital has closed the first round of its fund with €67.5 million in funding. The European Investment Fund (EIF) invested €25 million, making it the largest investor in WAD Capital’s first fund. Based in Ghent, Belgium, WAD Capital invests in small and mid-sized European companies that are facing leadership or succession […]
September 5, 2026Octave.energy Raises €10 Mn to Expand Battery Storage Solutions Across Europe
Mechelen-based CleanTech startup Octave.energy has raised €10 million in Series A funding. The company will use the money to expand across Europe and improve its energy storage solutions. The funding includes a mix of equity and flexible debt financing. The round was led by SPDG Growth, the family office of the Périer-D’Ieteren family, which has […]
September 4, 2026Stellar Alpina Secures €160K to Develop Smaller, More Efficient Rocket Engines
Zurich-based space technology startup Stellar Alpina has received €160,000 (CHF 150,000) in funding from Venture Kick. The company will use the funding to further develop its compact rocket engine technology, which is designed to provide propulsion for spacecraft while they are in space. Stellar Alpina is developing rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) for spacecraft. These […]
September 4, 2026Atira Raises $17.5 Mn to Bring AI Automation to Industrial Sales
Munich-based AI company Atira has raised $15 million in seed funding. The company will use the new money to grow its platform, which helps automate sales engineering work for industrial businesses. The funding round was led by Accel, with investment from UVC, Fortino, Booom, and several industry experts. These include Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Marc Bitzer, Markus […]
September 4, 2026
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UK Startup Souk Raises $1.6 Mn to Build AI Platform for Business Partnerships
UK-based B2B software startup Souk has raised $1.6 million in pre-Seed funding. The company will use the funding to develop its AI-powered platform for managing business partnerships. The funding round was led by Sure Valley Ventures. Antler, Fuel Ventures, and several angel investors from the B2B software industry also participated. “Partnerships are how most business […]
September 3, 2026Piney Raises €1.6 Mn to Expand Its AI-Powered Property Operations Platform
Piney, a Cyprus-founded company that provides cleaning and operations services for short- and mid-term rental property managers, has raised €1.6 million in new funding. The funding round was led by Uni.fund, which also led Piney’s previous €1.2 million funding round in December 2024. 33East also invested in the latest round. Piney’s other existing investor is […]
September 3, 2026
Zeit AI Raises €5 Mn to Bring Autonomous Data Engineering to Mid-Sized Businesses
Zeit AI, a startup building technology that can automate data engineering, has raised €5 million in new funding. The company plans to use the funding to expand its platform for mid-sized businesses across Europe. The funding round included Y Combinator, the University of Oxford’s Seed Fund, Sequoia Capital Scout Fund, ACE Ventures, and Hasso Plattner […]
September 3, 2026
Belgian AI Startup Backbone Raises €4 Mn to Transform Food Quality and Compliance
Brussels-based startup Backbone, which builds an AI platform for quality and compliance in the food industry, has raised €4 million in pre-Seed funding. The company will use the new funding to expand its marketing efforts and further develop its AI-powered product. The round was led by Pitchdrive, with investments from PROfounders Capital and Passion Capital. […]
September 3, 2026
Pharosyn Raises $3 Mn to Expand AI Platform for Biopharma Decision-Making
Pharosyn, an AI company focused on the pharmaceutical industry, has raised $3 million in new funding. The round was led by Moonfire. Other investors in the round include Entrepreneurs First, Transpose Platform, and General Advance. Pharosyn has spent the past few months using its AI technology in pharmaceutical business and strategy teams. Senior directors at […]
September 3, 2026
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