This week our research tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €426 million, and 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most important/industry-related news items you need to know about.
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💸 Notable and big funding rounds
🇩🇪 Cylib raises €55M in largest-ever funding for European battery recycling
🇬🇧 UK: PolyAI raises $50M for call centre voice assistants
🇦🇹 Enspired secures €25.5M for trading platform
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
🇵🇱 The sporty Hamburg software company Sport Alliance is taking over the Polish company PerfectGym
🇩🇪 The Fürth-based Microsoft app company Solutions2Share is taking over the Cologne-based remote startup bNear
🇩🇪 Munich-based Holidu acquires the Spanish vacation rental portal Clubrural to expand in the tourism sector
🚀 Interesting moves from investors
💸 Accel's eighth fund closes at $650M
💰 Norrsken unveils €320M for "impact entrepreneurs"
💰 Capital D closes Fund 2 with a further €156M to invest in innovative, fast-moving startups
🔨 VC and construction giants host construction sector’s biggest startup competition
🇵🇹 Shilling launches €50M opportunity fund for growth-stage startups
🤖 Amsterdam’s Innovation Industries launches new €500M fund to back deep-tech startups and scale-ups in Benelux and Germany
💸 Roundtable launches micro fund-as-a-service platform for easy VC fund creation
🗞️ In other (important) news
🤖 NVIDIA partners with ORCA and PNSC in quantum push
🖥️ UK firms gain access to European supercomputer funding
💰 Senior executive stands down from roles at card consolidator Curve
📡 Recommended reads and listens
🇨🇭 CUTISS skintech offers life changing hope for burn victims
🌎 Mobilising private capital to address the world's greatest (climate) challenges': Carbon Equity CEO Jacqueline van den Ende is on a mission
🇳🇴 10 Norwegian startups to watch in 2024
♻️ Binit slashes household waste with gamified AI trash tracking
🚲 Invest in the future: BeTriton is the electric amphibious RV redefining travel
🔭 European tech startups to watch
🇳🇱 Refreshworks raises €750,000 to boost AI transformation in Dutch businesses
🇬🇧 Eco-friendly nappy brand Peachies raises £1.4M
🇬🇧 Future By Insects received £120,000 from Carbon13
🇱🇹 Liledu's eco-friendly toy subscription expands to UK with €500,000 investment
🇬🇧 AimHi Earth secures £1M to provide employee sustainability training
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