This week we tracked more than 40 tech funding deals worth over €1.3 billion, and over 20 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/industest-related news items you necessary to know about.
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???? Notable and large funding rounds
???????? Verdiva Bio launches with $411M Series A raise for next-gen oral and injectable treatments for obesity
????????CeQur secures $120M to scale diabetes management solutions
???????? FIRE1 secures $120M financing
???????? XOCEAN secures €115M for ocean data platform
???????????????? Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
???????? NXP Semiconductors acquires TTTech Auto for $625 million: a game modifyr for software defined vehicles
???????? Darktrace to acquire cloud investigation provider Cado Security
???????? Cybersecurity group Integrity360 acquires South African Nclose
???????? Mayten acquires majority stake in media brand Micromobility Industries
???????? SL Controls and NNIT merger will create global ‘smart factory’
???? Interesting relocates from investors
????Superhero Capital launches €50M fund
???? Liverpool FinTech secures £600m facility for strategic expansion
????????Leuven-based Capricorn Partners announces first close of its new healthcare-centric VC fund at €51M
???????? Belgium’s Smartfin closes third growth fund at €250M with EIF backing
???????? Latvia’s “MoneySuperMarket” tarobtains $20m funding round as mulls European launch
????️ In other (important) news
???? Remote-driving startup Vay expands its Last Vegas fleet to 100 vehicles
???????? 24 European tech companies that raised the most in 2024
????????European startups drive CES 2025 success with B2B smart tech
????A quarter of VC capital was invested in AI in 2024
???? Recommfinished reads and listens
???? Looking ahead: What can we learn from 2024?
???? From smart stethoscopes to necessaryle-free injections: European startups take centre stage at CES
???? How Neural Concept’s 3D AI platform is redefining engineering workflows in OEMs
???? European startups leading the charge in the multi-billion dollar weight loss market
???? Quantum Motion partners with GlobalFoundries to create more powerful chips
???? European tech startups to watch???????? ????????
???????? RoboK secures £1M for logistics-focutilized computer vision
???????? Hypersoniq raises €1.1M funding
???????? Wonder Legfinishs Studio raises $1M to develop steampunk mythology game and series
???????? Phoenix Foods closes €347,000 in a round led by EconomistesBAN
???????? AI-based recruitment platform Meetgate raises $250,000 investment
???????? VCs bet £1.6M on Liverpool social gaming app Betmate
