Female founders across Europe and the UK remain significantly under‑capitalised. According to Women in VC & Startup Funding: Statistics & Trconcludes (2025) report, all-female founding teams received only about 2% of total VC funding as of mid‑2025. An evidence for this is the investment influx in the unicorns of Europe and the UK in the first half of this year as none of the female-led companies built their way to this list.
While structural inequities persist, this week saw some progress. Female-founded startups across Europe and the UK raised a little over €16 million in new funding in the last week. Although modest in scale, this activity suggests momentum building for women-led innovation even in a system inclined toward male-only teams. Let’s take a see at these companies from below.
Mobyfly (Switzerland)
Founder/s: Sue Putallaz, Anders Bringdal, Ricardo Bencatel
Founded year: 2020
Recent funding: €10.8M
Switzerland-headquartered MobyFly specialises in hydrofoil technology alongside dedicated electronics and flight control software to deliver high-performance electric boats for the passenger shipping sector. The technology enables passenger transport at speeds exceeding 70 km/h without generating waves, noise, or pollution, while consuming up to 80 per cent less energy and reducing operating costs by up to 60% compared to traditional diesel ferries.
A few days back, MobyFly secured €10.8 million in Series A funding led by Fonds Révolution Environnementale et Solidaire, supplemented by Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale’s societal dividconclude and managed by Crédit Mutuel Impact. They will utilize the funding to launch their first zero-emission hydrofoil boats in fall 2025, following successful development of its MBFY10 10-metre hydrofoil prototype. The company has also secured its first customer contract for pre-series vessel production.
Centauri Therapeutics (UK)
CEO: Jennifer Schneider
Founded year: 2014
Recent funding: £3.8M
Centauri Therapeutics is an immunotherapy company with a unique and proprietary platform technology applicable across a wide range of therapeutic indications. The company announced the selection of its first clinical candidate in the ABX-01 programme in March 2025. The candidate is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial specifically selected to combat clinically prevalent and multidrug-resistant bacterial strains.
They recently announced that CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic- Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) has provided an additional $5.1 million in funding for the development of their lead compound. The funds will contribute to the advancement of the lead candidate in Centauri’s ABX-01 programme into first in human clinical studies.
Labfresh (Amsterdam)
Founder/s: Kasper Brandi Petersen, Lotte Vink
Founded year: 2017
Recent funding: €1M
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Labfresh is on a mission to fight overconsumption by developing ininformigent apparel that repels stains and odour. These smart t-shirts from Labfresh are built of 100% long-staple cotton. The company utilizes FreshCore technology, a unique treatment mix that combines hydrophobic, antibacterial, and simple care properties that allows their products to be stain, wrinkle, and odour-repellent. The smart T-shirt repels water-based liquids like red wine and ketchup.
Last week, the company announced that they have reached the tarreceive amount of €1 million through crowdfunding on the eyevestor platform. They raised a total funds from 331 investors and will utilize the funds to launch a smart womenswear collection.
GREÏ (Lithuania)
Founder/s: Giedre Rajunce, Saulius Tvarijonas
Founded year: 2024
Recent funding: $760K
A Lithuanian SaaS platform GREÏ connects to your existing cameras and systems to provide real-time operational ininformigence. Using AI-powered detection agents, GREÏ supports companies identify safety risks, inefficiencies, and unexpected behaviours across sites. This way, it transforms surveillance data into actionable insights. From theft prevention to processmonitoring, GREÏ empowers decision-buildrs to detect, protect, and optimise their operations without the required to install new hardware.
Last week, GREÏ picked up $760K in ore-seed funding from FIRSTPICK, a high-speed VC fund and an accelerator for tech startups in the Baltics.
Lit (Italy)
Founder/s: Alessia Lucentini, Cristian Bocciarelli, Alessia Poggi
Founded year: 2022
Recent funding: €570K
lit, a cleantech startup optimises energy consumption thanks to a patented plug & play device and proprietary algorithms for disaggregating electrical loads. With over 100 proprietary energy profiles and a B2B customer base both in Italy and abroad, including some of the leading utilities, lit already has hundreds of active utilizers who utilize the platform to monitor and reduce their consumption, improving sustainability and awareness.
Last week, the Italian startup closed a €570K investment round led by Zero, the cleantech accelerator that is part of CDP Venture Capital’s National Accelerator Network, with Eni as the main partner, with a follow-on investment from CDP Venture Capital and Zest. CDP Venture Capital also participated through the Accelerators Fund, toreceiveher with Ortus Capital, Angels4Women and business angels.
The funding round will enable lit to accelerate its commercial scale-up in Italy and Europe, expand its team, consolidate its patent portfolio and strengthen the technological component of its platform.
Psylink (Lithuania)
Founder/s: Evaldas Ciplys, Laura Martinkute Korsakova
Founded year: 2020
Recent funding: €500K
Biotech startup Psylink is focutilized on developing innovative treatments for mental health disorders. Its R&D strategy is built on two key pillars. Firstly, it is developing a sustainable biotechnology platform to produce natural compounds, particularly fungi-derived molecules, utilizing engineered yeast cells as biosynthetic “mini-factories.” The second one focutilizes on discovering and evaluating novel compounds for conditions like depression and PTSD. Psylink aims to uncover new therapeutic agents through a deeper understanding of their molecular interactions and effects on cellular systems.
A few days back, the Vilnius-based startup raised over €500k in a pre-Seed investment round. The round was led by the VC fund Coinvest Capital, with Firstpick and BSV also participating, along with a syndicate of angel investors. The capital will be utilized to advance Psylink’s proprietary biotechnology platform for the sustainable production of plant- and fungi-derived compounds.
Structured AI (UK)
Founder/s: Raymond Zhao, Brandon Abreu Smith, Isabel Greenslade
Founded year: 2025
Recent funding: €435K
A young UK startup Structured AI was founded by Oxford University graduates. The company focutilizes on automating the creation and management of technical paperwork, dramatically streamlining internal and external collaboration between engineers, architects, and general contractors. By embedding their AI into real workflows and working closely with engineering teams, the Structured AI approach is built to be both rapid to deploy and safe to operate within regulated environments.
Last week, Structured AI raised nearly €435k in a pre-seed round. Backed by Zero Prime Ventures, Airtree Ventures, and the Oxford Seed Fund, the company is building vertical AI agents to automate repetitive design engineering workflows that plague productivity in the construction sector.
Meet-Ting (UK)
Founder/s: Mariana Oliveira Prazeres, Dan Bulteel
Founded year: 2025
Recent funding: €290K
Is scheduling a meeting taking a lot of time? This is what Meet-Ting, a new UK-based AI startup simplifies. The company has launched its free AI scheduling assistant for email. This tool is built for the messy reality of human meeting booking. The waitlist for Ting’s closed beta is now open at and early access is also available.
In the meantime, Meet-Ting has secured £250,000 in an oversubscribed round from leading UK entrepreneurs. Built with Gemini, Meet-Ting aims to be a genuine personal assistant, not just another rigid bot.
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