European Startups

Falcon Raises €1.5M Pre-Seed to Build an AI-Native Law Firm

Falcon Raises €1.5M Pre-Seed to Build an AI-Native Law Firm

A founder receives a customer contract. Instead of finding a lawyer, requesting a quote, booking a call and waiting days for comments, the document gets dropped into Slack. Falcon checks it against that company’s own legal rules, explains what matters, proposes redlines and passes the work to a qualified lawyer for approval. The finished contract […]

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Exclusive: DIG Ventures Closes $120M Fund III for European AI Infrastructure

Exclusive: DIG Ventures Closes $120M Fund III for European AI Infrastructure

When Ross Mason started MuleSoft in 2006, Europe was a very different place to build an enterprise infrastructure company. Early-stage capital for deeply technical software was limited, and Mason ultimately moved to Silicon Valley to build the business. MuleSoft went public and was later acquired by Salesforce for $6.5 billion. Two decades later, Mason is […]

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Rubik Hub opens applications for the MVP Accelerator, dedicatedto startups from Romania and Italy

Rubik Hub opens applications for the MVP Accelerator, dedicatedto startups from Romania and Italy

Rubik Hub announces the opening of applications for a new cohort of the MVP Accelerator, designed for startups with a functional MVP. The program is open to teams from Romania and Italy looking to reach their first customers, based on the premise that an early-stage startup should attract customers first, and capital next. Applications are […]

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Custodea Raises €350K to Close the Small-Business Data Gap

Custodea Raises €350K to Close the Small-Business Data Gap

Gregory Aerts understood the technology gap between large and small businesses from both sides. His parents’ careers in small business brought conversations about limited budgets and fewer options. Later, at Van Lanschot Kempen, he spent five years building data and AI products, including a risk-analytics team. He saw what became possible when a business had […]

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Ominimo Reaches €1.4B Valuation After Two Years in Motor Insurance

Ominimo Reaches €1.4B Valuation After Two Years in Motor Insurance

Most young insurers spend their early years explaining when they might turn a profit. Ominimo has taken a different approach. The Serbian-Hungarian motor InsurTech reached a €1.4 billion valuation just two years after launching, while claiming that the business is already profitable. Its latest Series B round was completed with the venture capital arm of […]

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Float Raises €4.5M to Build an AI-Native Finance Platform for European Tech

Float Raises €4.5M to Build an AI-Native Finance Platform for European Tech

Stockholm-based Float has raised €4.5 million in Series A funding to expand its non-dilutive financing platform and build a broader financial operating system for European technology companies. The round was led by Hamburg-based CHAPTERS Group AG. Its chief executive, Jan-Hendrik Mohr, will join Float’s board as part of the investment. Float plans to use the […]

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Promptwatch Raises €6M to Build an Agentic AI Search Optimization Platform

Promptwatch Raises €6M to Build an Agentic AI Search Optimization Platform

Amsterdam-based Promptwatch has raised €6 million in seed funding to expand its AI search optimization platform and move deeper into the execution layer of generative engine optimization. The round was led by Berlin-based seed + speed Ventures, with participation from Blum Ventures. Existing investor Arches Capital also returned after backing Promptwatch’s pre-seed round in September […]

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