This week our research tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion, and 5 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/industry-related news items you need to know about.
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Notable and big funding rounds
Zenobē secures $522.7M to boost UK’s electric bus rollout
Yondr to develop major hyperscale datacentre in Malaysia with up to $150M funding
Cloover raises $114M to boost renewable energy transition
Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
Bridgepoint backs CMS platform LumApps
Reveal acquires Onna, further strengthening its AI-powered ediscovery platform
Utrecht-based Klayr acquires Swiss blockchain platform Lisk
Interesting moves from investors
European hardtech VC emerges with €55M and has already backed 8 investments
Identity.vc launches €50M fund for LGBTQ+ founders
Ukrainian Venture Capital Association kickstarts $300M Fund of Funds
Cambridge Future Tech announce $5M for early-stage deeptech startups
In other (important) news
Loyalty app backed by Lloyds and Barclays Bank closes, leading to 46 redundancies
European tech’s gender pay gap persists despite some pay equity progress
Barcelona-based Sateliot launches satellites with SpaceX
Germany’s financial regulator ends anti-money laundering cap on N26 signups after $10M fine
The UK’s semiconductor strategy turned one this month – here’s its report card
Recommended reads and listens
“This is the first of many minority funds,” says Europe’s first black solo VC GP
Investing in European tech: Insights from GP Bullhound’s annual report
Portugal’s tech ecosystem: Innovation amidst Tradition
NcodiN secures €3.5M for optical interposer tech to meet the needs of HPC and AI
European tech startups to watch
Esgrid secures €500,000 pre-seed funding for value chain sustainability tools
Irisbond closes a €360,000 crowdlending round on the social stock market
Nextmol gets funds to drive the shift towards sustainability in the specialty chemical industry
LLM testing service Inspeq raises $1.1M to expand internationally
Eneryield raises seed funding to predict power outages
