21.09.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 38 |

2026

Open Cosmos Series C: Raises 348.0M USD in Series C Funding

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 348m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was round was led by ETF Partners with participation from Lightrock, Institut Català de Finances (ICF), Entrepreneurs First and two major international pension funds.

14.09.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 37 |

2026

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The Exploration Company Series C: The Exploration Company raises $450M Series C to scale reusable space transport

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 450m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Atomico and the Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, with participation from existing investors including Balderton, Plural, Cherry and Red River West.

07.09.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 36 |

2026

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Wonderful Series C: Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months

Founded: 2025

Investment Raised: USD 550m €

USD 5b, post-money

Valuation

Investors: Insight Partners returned to lead this round, too, and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards, and Bessemer Venture Partners are participating once again. Salesforce is investing in the company for the first time in this round.

31.08.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 35 |

2026

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Adaptyv Biosystems Series A: Adaptyv raises $40M Series A to automate lab work for AI-designed proteins

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 40m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by Highland Europe, with existing investors ACE Ventures, ByFounders, and Y Combinator doubling down.

24.08.2026

Deal of the Month, Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 34 |

August |

2026

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Gravis Robotics Series A: Gravis Robotics becomes Europe’s latest unicorn after €172 million Series A

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 172m €

EUR 862m, post-money

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank is the sole investor in the round.

17.08.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 33 |

2026

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Lovable Series C: Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 400m €

USD 13.3b, post-money

Valuation

Investors: The round was led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund, with more than a dozen other investors participating.

10.08.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 32 |

2026

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Omilia Series B: Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

Founded: 2002

Investment Raised: USD 67m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by Expedition Growth Capital.

30.07.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 28 |

2026

Proxima Fusion Series B: Proxima Fusion Raises $468M, Hits $2.7B Valuation

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 468m €

USD 2.7b

Valuation

Investors: The round was led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures with Google and utility giant RWE as strategic backers.

30.07.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 27 |

2026

Quantum Systems Series D: Autonomous drone startup raises $1.2 billion as investors pile into defence

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 1.2b €

USD 8bn

Valuation

29.07.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 30 |

2026

Humanoid Series A: Raises $152M, Hits $1.35B Valuation

Founded: 2024

Investment Raised: USD 152m €

USD 1.35b

Valuation

20.07.2026

Deal of the Month, Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 29 |

July |

2026

Helsing Series E: European defencetech leader secures $1.8B at $18B valuation

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 1.8b €

USD 18b, post-money

Valuation

Investors: Dragoneer Investment Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Disruptive, Iconiq, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorganChase, CPP Investments, General Catalyst, Plural, and StepStone

01.07.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 26 |

2026

STARK Series C: STARK Raises €500 Million in Defence Technology Financing

Founded: 2024

Investment Raised: EUR 500m €

EUR 3.2bn–3.5bn

Valuation

22.06.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

2026

Conduct Series A: Conduct Raises $60 Million from Index, ICONIQ, and SAP

Founded: 2024

Investment Raised: USD 60m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was co-led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ, with strategic investment from SAP and participation from existing investors Creandum, Lucid Capital and Booom.

15.06.2026

Deal of the Month, Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 24 |

June |

2026

NEURA Robotics Series C: Humanoid robotics company raises up to $1.4 billion from Nvidia, Amazon and others

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 1.4b €

USD 7b

Valuation

Investors: The round was led by Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon and Nvidia, alongside European industrial companies Bosch and Schaeffler and the European Investment Bank.

08.06.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 23 |

2026

Factorial Series D: Factorial Raises $150M to Become One of the Most Valuable AI Scale-Ups in Europe

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 150m €

USD 2.5b

Valuation

01.06.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 22 |

2026

Focused Energy Series A: Focused Energy Raises $240 Million in Series A Financing

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 240m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by RWE, Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation SPRIND, the European Innovation Council Fund, and the previous lead investor, Prime Movers Lab

26.05.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 21 |

2026

Primer Series C: Primer raises $100m Series C to scale AI payments platform

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: Primer raises $100m Series C to scale AI payments platform €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by Sofina, with participation from Peak XV Partners. Existing investors also joined the financing, including Balderton, Accel, ICONIQ, Tencent, and Speedinvest.

18.05.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2026

Isomorphic Labs Series B: Isomorphic Labs raised $2.1 Billion funding to scale its AI drug design engine

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 2.1b €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by Thrive Capital, and includes participation from existing backers Alphabet and GV alongside new investors MGX, Temasek, CapitalG, and the UK Sovereign AI Fund

11.05.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 19 |

2026

CellCentric Funding: CellCentric Raises $220M for a ‘transformative’ multiple myeloma medicine

Founded: 2003

Investment Raised: USD 220m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by Venrock

04.05.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 18 |

2026

Ineffable Intelligence Seed Round: Former Google DeepMind researcher’s AI startup raises record $1.1 billion to pursue superintelligence

Founded: 2025

Investment Raised: USD 1.1b €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led co-led by U.S. venture capitalists Sequoia and Lightspeed, with participation from Nvidia, DST Global, Index, Google and the U.K.’s Sovereign AI Fund, among others.

27.04.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2026

Blue Energy Funding: $380M to build grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 380m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by XI Capital with participation from At One Ventures, Engine Ventures, and Tamarack Global.

19.04.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 16 |

2026

Adcendo Series C: $75 Million Series C Financing to Continue Advancing First- and Best-in-class Clinical ADC Pipeline

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 75m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led Jeito Capital, with participation from additional new investors Vida Ventures, BPI France, and EIFO (Export and Investment Fund of Denmark), as well as all existing investors, including TCGX, RA Capital Management, TPG, Orbimed, Venrock, Surveyor, Logos Capital, Novo Holdings, Pontifax Venture Capital, Dawn Biopharma, a platform controlled by KKR, HealthCap, Gilde Healthcare and Ysios Capital.

13.04.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 15 |

2026

Xoople Series B: Xoople raises $130 million to map the Earth for AI

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 130m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by Nazca Capital. Other investors include MCH Private Equity, CDTI (a tech development fund backed by the Spanish government), Buenavista Equity Partners, and Endeavor Catalyst.

07.04.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 14 |

2026

9fin Series C: 9fin raises $170M at $1.3B valuation to scale AI platform for debt markets

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 170m €

USD 1.3b

Valuation

Investors: The round was led by HarbourVest, with participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and earlier investors Redalpine, Highland Europe, Spark Capital, and Seedcamp.

30.03.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 13 |

2026

Granola Series C: Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 125m €

USD 1.5b

Valuation

Investors: The round was led by Danny Rimer at Index Ventures, with participation from Mamoon Hamid at Kleiner Perkins

23.03.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 12 |

2026

German startup Upvest secures $125M for strategic expansion in Europe

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: $125M €

USD 735m

Valuation

Investors: The USD 90m equity round is led by Sapphire Ventures and Tencent, with support from Bessemer Venture Partners and BlackRock

16.03.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 11 |

2026

AMI Labs Funding: Ex-Meta AI chief Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion for alternative AI approach

Founded: 2026

Investment Raised: USD 1.03b €

USD 3.5b

Valuation

Investors: The funding round was co-led by ​Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital and Bezos Expeditions.

09.03.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 10 |

2026

Spain’s PLD Space raises €180M to scale satellite launch infrastructure

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 180m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round included the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI) and its INNVIERTE fund, and the Spanish public funds management company COFIDES, through its FOCO investment fund, and Nazca Capital, via Nazca Aeroespacial y Defensa INNIVERTE I FCR Fund.

02.03.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 9 |

2026

Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 1.5b €

USD 8.6b

Valuation

Investors: The round was closed with participation from Microsoft, NVIDIA and Uber, alongside investment from global automakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis

23.02.2026

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 8 |

2026

FYLD Raises $41 Million Series B to Accelerate the Delivery of Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects with AI

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 41m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The round was led by New-York based Energy Impact Partners LP (“EIP”) with participation from European growth equity specialist Partech through its Growth Impact Fund