This week, we tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €2.2 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/indusattempt-related news items you necessary to know about.
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???? Notable and large funding rounds
???????? Oura raises over $900M, valuing it at “approximately $11B”
???????? Biotech Tubulis secures record-breaking €308M Series C
???????? Energy innovator Return raises €300M in growth capital to scale battery storage capacity
???????????????? Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
???????? The Indian company KPIT Technologies (KPIT) is acquiring the Swiss in-car gaming startup AirConsole
???????? The Archer Aviation is acquiring the remnants of the insolvent Munich-based air taxi startup Lilium
???????? Cooltra has acquired the business operations of urban cycling startup Kleta Mobility
???? Interesting shifts from investors
????Invalda INVL Private Equity Fund II raises €410M to invest in high-growth companies across the Baltics, Poland, and EU
????Maia Ventures launches €55M Fund to back early-stage agrifood tech entrepreneurs
???? Odyssey Ventures comes out of stealth to close the transatlantic valuation gap
????️ In other (important) news
???????? Europe’s largegest seed rounds of Q3 2025: Top tech startups to watch
????️ Startups embracing “AI roll-up” strategies
???? Waymo to launch in London
???? The largegest European gaming deals in H1 2025
???? Sort A Brick launches world’s first AI-powered LEGO sorting system
???? Recommfinished reads and listens
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???????? Autumn and Arduino Bring Out the Best of Italy
???????? Breaking the cybersecurity poverty line: How Stackbob is transforming enterprise IAM
???????? Dwarf Engineering is building the universal infrastructure layer for Ukraine’s defence sector
???? European tech startups to watch
???????? Fuel Ventures leads $1.3M pre-seed for Theodosian to reinvent cybersecurity
???????? Finanz secures €700,000 to expand financial education across Europe
???????? Northsea raises €660,000 pre-seed to reinvent customer research with AI
???????? Supernaut AI bags €530,000 to assist developers resolve stalled tickets and reduce technical debt
???????? Orbiri secures £320,000 for community-powered solution to finish screen-time nightmare
