✨ Early-Stage & Ambitious? 
Applications are now open for the Future Unicorns programme at the EU-Startups Summit 2026 in Malta! Through this special initiative, up to 20 early-stage startups will get a discounted exhibition booth, summit tickets and more. Apply now!

🌱 The Quest for Longevity: Discover 10 European startups shaping the future of ageing. From AI-powered health optimisation to groundbreaking gene therapies, these innovators are pushing the boundaries of longevity.

🩺 Health and BioTech: Artios just secured €99 million to expand its precision cancer treatment pipeline, and Bristol-based FemTech startup Emm raised €7.7 million to advance its connected menstrual cup and app.

🧠 Shaping Europe’s AI Future: The AI & Policy Day lands in Amsterdam on 11 December, bringing together policymakers, founders, researchers and industry leaders to discuss how Europe can scale responsible AI. Learn more here!

🤖 AI and Automation:

  • London’s PhysicsX nears unicorn status with backing from NVIDIA’s VC Arm and €133 million Series B extension.
  • Berlin’s voize just raised €43 million to scale its AI companion designed to give nurses more time for patient care.
  • Paris-based GetVocal secured €22 million for its hybrid human-AI agents for enterprise customer experience.
  • Berlin-based AI-powered services company Integral closed €12 million in fresh funding and acquired Cleverlohn, a digital payroll and HR provider in Germany.
  • Berlin’s Peec AI raised €18 million as demand grows for AI solutions improving brand visibility.
  • Barcelona-based Dost, an AI-powered financial automation platform, secured €6.7 million to fuel their dual growth strategy.
  • Prague-based AI integrator Bandits raised €400k to streamline business workflows.

🚀 SpaceTech & DeepTech: 

  • Toulouse-based Infinite Orbits just raised €40 million to accelerate its satellite servicing capabilities.
  • Paris-based Hummink secured €15 million to bring surgical-level precision to microelectronics manufacturing.
  • Paris-based Rift raised €4.6 million to build Europe’s first on-demand aerial reconnaissance network.

💰 Fresh VC Funds:

  • Amsterdam-based Keen Venture Partners raised more than €150 million to become the largest DefenceTech venture capital fund in Europe.
  • Paris-based Sofinnova closed its Fund XI at €650 million as it doubles down on MedTech innovation.

🤩 More Standout Rounds this Week:

  • HoloSolis secured over €220 million to advance one of Europe’s largest solar gigafactories in France.
  • London-based Keyzy, a FinTech helping aspiring homeowners get onto the property ladder, secured asset-backed funding to acquire over €147 million worth of homes.
  • Romania’s TMT ID secured €34 million for its mobile data and identity intelligence solutions.

🎧 EU-Startups Podcast: On episode #145 we sat down with Matilde Giglio, Co-founder of Even, India’s leading healthcare startup that is transforming access to affordable, high-quality care for over 1.3 billion people.

Best regards,

Thomas
 
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