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This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2.3 billion and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2.3 billion and over 10 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
🇬🇧 Capital on Tap secures £500M funding package
🇳🇱 Picnic raises €430M
🇫🇷 HoloSolis lands €220M to build one of Europe’s biggest solar factories
🇩🇰 Flatpay anointed as the latest Danish unicorn, after securing $170M in funding
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
🇬🇧 London fintech Curve confirms sale to Lloyds
🇩🇪 Integral acquires cleverlohn
🇩🇪 The Exploration Company is acquiring Thrustworks
🇬🇧 Belfast software group AuditComply acquired by Toronto’s Nulogy
🚀 Interesting moves from investors
💸 Sofinnova Partners secures €650M to back breakthroughs in biopharma and medical technology
💰 RCA closes first design & innovation investment fund
🤖 How EQT uses AI to see the startup world differently
🇪🇺 European life sciences VC firm Medicxi closes €500M Fund V
🚲 EIT Urban Mobility reports strong results and new €44M Fund
🗞️ In other (important) news
🚀 Unveiling the Second Round of Speakers for the Tech.eu Summit London 2026!
🇬🇧 UK government announces billions of pounds of AI investment including Sovereign AI Unit
🇩🇪 Pennylane launches in Germany, plans 100 hires
⚛️ The biggest European quantum tech deals in H1 2025
📡 Recommended reads and listens
🇪🇺 Europe at a “crossroads” as it is called to power its first trillion-euro tech company
🚘 The Twingo E-Tech is more than a car — it’s Renault’s blueprint for competing with China
🤖 When anything is possible: what creatives should make in the age of AI
🔭 European tech startups to watch
🇬🇧 InvenireX secures £2M to commercialise its disease detection platform
🇮🇹 Overlab closes €450,000 pre-seed round to accelerate European industry
🇬🇧 Sencillo raises £350K+ to help UK families navigate rising education costs
🇩🇪 Integral secures funding to advance its AI accounting and payroll platform