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The Scene on Europa Now: European startups, product studios and the cities where the continent's tech culture actually happens.

Logibot bags €1.4M to build a ‘temp agency for robots’

Startups

Logibot's €1.4M Raise Aims to Democratize Robot Deployment in European Warehouses

The Belgian startup has secured funding to expand its hardware-agnostic platform that manages robots for logistics tasks, positioning itself as a flexible alternative to traditional supplier lock-in.

Treble raises $18M to scale acoustic simulation for physical AI

Startups

Treble lands $18M to power acoustic AI training across Europe's hardware makers

The Dublin-based sound simulation startup is scaling its physics-based platform for testing audio systems in complex real-world environments, attracting backing from Paladin Capital and the European Innovation Council.

MicroLub raises $10M to cut fat and calories without compromising taste

Startups

Leeds food-tech firm MicroLub lands $10M to scale protein-based fat replacement

The University of Leeds spinout has developed a patented ingredient technology that lets food manufacturers slash calories and fat while keeping taste and texture intact—and it's now backed by Northern Gritstone.

Creem secures €5M to build financial infrastructure for AI-native startups

Startups

Creem lands €5M to power AI agents running billing for global software startups

The Berlin-based fintech platform, founded by ex-Google and Adyen engineers, has raised seed capital to expand its infrastructure for monetising AI-native companies without manual overhead.

Startups

NATO backs Icelandic grid tech startup Laki Power with €6M Series A

The NATO Innovation Fund has led a €6 million Series A round for Laki Power, an Icelandic startup that powers remote monitoring equipment by harvesting energy directly from high-voltage transmission lines.

Nearby Computing secures €680K to scale cloud-to-edge orchestration platform

Startups

Spanish edge-computing startup Nearby Computing lands €680K to expand orchestration platform

Nearby Computing has raised €680,000 from Spain's technological transformation society to accelerate NearbyOne, a vendor-neutral control plane designed to manage fragmented cloud-to-edge infrastructure across enterprises.

Hoxton Ventures backs human hair toothpaste pioneer in $4M round

Startups

London VC bets $4M on keratin-based toothpaste to outperform fluoride

Hoxton Ventures and The Venture Collective are co-leading a seed round in Eterna Regeneratives, a King's College London spinout developing enamel repair technology from hair and wool proteins.

Startups

Forty deep-tech contenders vie for recognition at inaugural Global Deep Tech Showcase Awards in Finland

A competition spanning quantum computing, robotics, energy and biotech has named its finalists across eight categories, with winners to be crowned at an event in Espoo this September.