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Rainy and cold days ??, but not in #deeptech investing. Check out what happened last week (Nov 18-24, 2024)! United Kingdom ???? ?? Cytomos raised ￡5M to advance scalable cell analysis platforms led by Archangels. ?? Echion Technologies raised ￡10M for niobium-based anode materials led by Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and BGF. ?? DEScycle raised €12.2M for e-waste metal recycling led by BGF and Vorwerk Ventures. ? Tokamak Energy raised $125M for commercial fusion energy led by East X Ventures. Canada ???? ?? NanoVation Therapeutics? raised undisclosed funding for nucleic acid delivery led by Convergent Ventures. ?? Swap Robotics raised $3M for solar robotic solutions backed by Array Technologies. Germany ???? ?? GEMESYS (Pre-Seed) raised €8.6M for AI chips led by APEX Ventures and Atlantic Labs. ?? SRTD Biotech (Seed) raised funding for RNA-based liver cancer drugs led by HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds. ?? Ubitium (Seed) raised $3.7M to launch RISC-V processors for AI co-led by Runa Capital and Inflection.xyz. ?? juna.ai (Seed) raised $7.5M for AI-driven automation led by Kleiner Perkins. ?? IonKraft raised €3.5M for coating machine tech co-led by M Ventures and TechVision Fund. France ???? ?? Faircraft raised $15.8M for lab-grown leather backed by Kindred Ventures, Cap Horn, and BPI. ??? MICROOLED raised undisclosed funding for OLED microdisplays from Applied Ventures. ?? The Exploration Company (Series B) raised $160M for European spacetech led by Balderton Capital and Plural. Belgium ???? ?? BiocSol (Seed) raised €5.2M for microbial-based biopesticides led by Agri Investment Fund and VIVES IUF. ?? atbtherapeutics (Series A) raised €54M for antibody-based therapeutics led by EQT Life Sciences and MRL Ventures. Sweden ???? ?? Forsway raised €2.3M for satellite communication supported by ESA and SNSA. ?? Liquid Wind (Series C) raised €44M for eFuel production led by Uniper, HYCAP Fund, and Samsung Ventures. Denmark ???? ?? Freya Biosciences raised $11.8M for women's health biotech with $10.4M from the Gates Foundation and others. Netherlands ???? ?? GEHECO raised undisclosed funding for carbon-neutral heating supported by Rabobank and Rockstart. Spain ???? ?? B'ZEOS closed seed funding for bio-based packaging led by Faber and ICIG Ventures. Italy ???? ??? EYE2DRIVE raised €1.5M for vision sensors led by RoboIT and Pariter Partners. Portugal ???? ?? TEKEVER raised funding for AI-enabled drones backed by NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) and Baillie Gifford. United States ???? ?? DANNCE.ai (Pre-Seed) raised $2.6M for digital phenotyping led by LDV Capital. ?? Airbound raised $1.7M for drone tech led by Lightspeed. ?? Valora Therapeutics, Inc. (Seed) raised $30M for novel immunotherapies led by Avalon BioVentures. ?? Alchemyca Biotech raised $2.5M to convert organic waste into renewable natural gas led by Ferment. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co

Happy Monday! Here's a roundup of last week's freshest #deeptech deals (Nov 11-17, 2024)! ???? United Kingdom ???? ?? MintNeuro raised ￡1M to develop semiconductor tech for neural implants led by Empirical Ventures. ?? Naturbeads (Series A) raised ￡7.8M for biodegradable cellulose ingredients led by Eos Advisory. Ireland ???? ?? Gazelle Wind Power Limited secured €11.4M to develop floating offshore wind platforms led by Indico Capital Partners. Germany ???? ?? feld.energy (Pre-Seed) raised €1.7M to promote agricultural photovoltaics led by HV Capital. ?? Quantune Technologies GmbH (Seed) secured €13.5M to advance optics and photonics tech led by Point72 Ventures and Vsquared Ventures. ?? tozero (Seed) raised €11M for sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling led by NordicNinja VC. ??? mediaire raised €12M for AI-powered MRI diagnostic solutions led by LBO France. Switzerland ???? ?? Biolux Technology raised $4.5M for advanced orthodontics led by redalpine and Revere Partners. France ???? ?? ELICIT PLANT (Series B) raised $48M for biosolutions in broadacre crops led by Carbyne Equity Partners. Denmark ???? ?? NitroVolt (Seed) raised €3.5M for green ammonia solutions for farmers backed by BackingMinds EIFO and others. Netherlands ???? ?? Solaq (Pre-Seed) secured €1.4M to develop sustainable Air-to-Water technology backed by Connect the Drops and others. ?? C2CA Technology B.V. (Series A) raised €10M for sustainable building materials led by InnovationQuarter’s Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam. Sweden ???? ??? Nordic Air Defence raised €1.2M for defense tech led by SN? Ventures. ??? DREM raised an additional €1M to simplify deployment of heat pumps for residential properties from Peak, byFounders, Redstone and Futurum Ventures. United States ???? ?? Mithrl (Seed) raised $4M to build an AI-powered platform for scientific research led by Bonfire Ventures. ?? Anthrogen (YC S24) (Seed) raised $4M to develop affordable carbon-negative chemicals co-led by Regen Ventures and BoxGroup. ?? General Galactic (Seed) closed an $8M round to develop fossil-free fuel generation co-led by Harpoon Ventures and Refactor. ?? myBiometry (Seed) raised $5M to advance asthma and COPD diagnostics and monitoring led by Dexcom Ventures. ?? Helix Earth (Seed) secured $5.6M to provide clean tech hardware solutions led by Veriten. ?? Vatn Systems (Seed) raised $13M to develop autonomous underwater vehicles for defense applications led by DYNE Ventures. ?? Sunthetics (Seed) raised $4M for AI solutions in chemical production led by L’ATTITUDE Ventures. ?? Copernic Catalysts (Seed Prime) raised $8M for sustainable chemicals and e-fuels led by Breakout Ventures. ?? Vaulted Deep (Series A) raised $32.3M for biomass carbon removal and storage led by Prelude Ventures. ?? Ecolectro (Series A) raised $10.5M to innovate green hydrogen tech led by Toyota Ventures. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co

Happy Monday! Here's a roundup of last week's freshest #deeptech deals (Nov 11-17, 2024)! ???? United Kingdom ???? ?? MintNeuro raised ￡1M to develop semiconductor tech for neural implants led by Empirical Ventures. ?? Naturbeads (Series A) raised ￡7.8M for biodegradable cellulose ingredients led by Eos Advisory. Ireland ???? ?? Gazelle Wind Power Limited secured €11.4M to develop floating offshore wind platforms led by Indico Capital Partners. Germany ???? ?? feld.energy (Pre-Seed) raised €1.7M to promote agricultural photovoltaics led by HV Capital. ?? Quantune Technologies GmbH (Seed) secured €13.5M to advance optics and photonics tech led by Point72 Ventures and Vsquared Ventures. ?? tozero (Seed) raised €11M for sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling led by NordicNinja VC. ??? mediaire raised €12M for AI-powered MRI diagnostic solutions led by LBO France. Switzerland ???? ?? Biolux Technology raised $4.5M for advanced orthodontics led by redalpine and Revere Partners. France ???? ?? ELICIT PLANT (Series B) raised $48M for biosolutions in broadacre crops led by Carbyne Equity Partners. Denmark ???? ?? NitroVolt (Seed) raised €3.5M for green ammonia solutions for farmers backed by BackingMinds EIFO and others. Netherlands ???? ?? Solaq (Pre-Seed) secured €1.4M to develop sustainable Air-to-Water technology backed by Connect the Drops and others. ?? C2CA Technology B.V. (Series A) raised €10M for sustainable building materials led by InnovationQuarter’s Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam. Sweden ???? ??? Nordic Air Defence raised €1.2M for defense tech led by SN? Ventures. ??? DREM raised an additional €1M to simplify deployment of heat pumps for residential properties from Peak, byFounders, Redstone and Futurum Ventures. United States ???? ?? Mithrl (Seed) raised $4M to build an AI-powered platform for scientific research led by Bonfire Ventures. ?? Anthrogen (YC S24) (Seed) raised $4M to develop affordable carbon-negative chemicals co-led by Regen Ventures and BoxGroup. ?? General Galactic (Seed) closed an $8M round to develop fossil-free fuel generation co-led by Harpoon Ventures and Refactor. ?? myBiometry (Seed) raised $5M to advance asthma and COPD diagnostics and monitoring led by Dexcom Ventures. ?? Helix Earth (Seed) secured $5.6M to provide clean tech hardware solutions led by Veriten. ?? Vatn Systems (Seed) raised $13M to develop autonomous underwater vehicles for defense applications led by DYNE Ventures. ?? Sunthetics (Seed) raised $4M for AI solutions in chemical production led by L’ATTITUDE Ventures. ?? Copernic Catalysts (Seed Prime) raised $8M for sustainable chemicals and e-fuels led by Breakout Ventures. ?? Vaulted Deep (Series A) raised $32.3M for biomass carbon removal and storage led by Prelude Ventures. ?? Ecolectro (Series A) raised $10.5M to innovate green hydrogen tech led by Toyota Ventures. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co

Winter chill is setting in, but #deeptech is on fire! ?? Catch the hottest deals of last week (Nov 04 - 10, 2024). United Kingdom ???? ?? Paloma Health (Pre-Seed) raised ￡2M to reduce NHS wait times with AI, led by Triple Point Ventures with participation from Heal Capital and angels. ?? AllFocal Optics (formerly Lark Optics) raised $5.3M to develop always-in-focus nanophotonic lenses led by Speedinvest. ?? Quadrivia AI raised funding for “AI agent for healthcare” backed by Norrsken VC. ?? Forefront RF raised ￡16M to advance semiconductor solutions led by BGF and Foresight Group. Norway ???? ?? Glint Solar (Series A) raised $8M for its solar installation planning platform, led by Smedvig Ventures. Germany ???? ?? Xavveo raised €7.9M to enhance autonomous vehicle safety backed by Vsquared Ventures and imec.xpand. Lithuania ???? ??? BROSWARM raised €800K to develop defense tech for buried object detection backed by ScaleWolf. Finland ???? ?? Quanscient raised €5.2M to develop cloud- and quantum-powered multiphysics simulation software led by Crowberry Capital. Israel ???? ?? Kardome (Series A) raised $20M for voice technology solutions led by Korea Investment Partners. Netherlands ???? ?? Bionomic received €350K from UNIIQ - Finance for the Future for eco-friendly biopesticides. ?? uPATCH received undisclosed seed funding for microneedle drug delivery tech led by INZET. ?? SeaO2 raised €2M to advance CO? removal tech from seawater, backed by DOEN Participaties and CarbonFix. France ???? ?? ZE ENERGY raised €54M to develop battery energy storage systems led by Amundi Transition énergétique. United States ???? ?? Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering Inc. (Pre-Seed) raised $2M for autonomous marine drones to restore seagrass led by Lowercarbon Capital. ??? Wave Therapeutics (Seed) received an undisclosed investment from Nurse Capital to advance its AI-enabled, soft robotics cushioning tech. ?? Parallel Fluidics (Seed) raised $7M for microfluidic device manufacturing led by J2 Ventures. ?? Advex AI (Seed) raised $3.5M to develop AI Vision solutions for manufacturing led by Construct Capital. ?? Boston Materials raised $13.5M to develop advanced materials for semiconductors and aircraft led by AccelR8 and Diamond Edge Ventures. ??? Transaera, Inc. raised $10.5M to advance energy-efficient cooling and dehumidification led by Clean Energy Ventures. ??? Ursa Space Systems Inc. received a $10M venture loan to enhance satellite data and analytic solutions from Horizon Technology Corp. ?? Novel Microdevices received $2.68M in follow-on funding from NIH to advance rapid diagnostic RT-PCR platforms. ?? BETA TECHNOLOGIES raised >$300M in equity to advance electric aviation led by QIA. ?? Physical Intelligence raised $400M to develop foundational software for robotics backed by Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co

Kickstart your Monday with last week's freshest #deeptech deals (Oct 28 - Nov 03, 2024) – fuelling innovation one step at a time! ???? Germany ???? ?? autarkize (Seed) raised €2.3M for biogas and biochar from organic waste led by HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds. ?? Nuuron (Seed) raised €3.5M to develop digital Alzheimer’s therapy led by HTGF with investors like IBB Ventures. ??? Emidat (Seed) raised €4M for environmental data solutions in construction led by General Catalyst. ???? Vara raised €8.9M to improve breast cancer detection through AI co-led by IBB Ventures and family offices. ?? Aignostics (Series B) raised $34M to leverage AI in pathology led by ATHOS and others. United Kingdom ???? ?? Scalpel AI raised ￡3.8M to innovate in surgical tool management led by Mercia Ventures. ?? Semble (Series B) raised $15M for clinical healthtech led by Mercia Ventures with Octopus Ventures and others. France ???? ?? Beyond Aero (Series A) raised €44M to electrify aviation led by Giant Ventures and Bpifrance. Switzerland ???? ?? Sentinus received CHF150,000 from Venture Kick to develop deep learning camera systems for quality control. Netherlands ???? ?? Arceon secured undisclosed funding from Tenzing Alpha for advanced ceramic materials. ?? ANTENNEX raised €1.5M to advance antenna measurement solutions led by Value Creation Capital and BOM. Spain ???? ?? INBRAIN Neuroelectronics (Series B) raised $50M to develop brain-computer interfaces led by imec.xpand. Sweden ???? ? Flower (Series A) raised €45M to enable clean energy grid systems led by Northzone with additional investors including Giant Ventures and others. United States ???? ?? Persperity Health, Inc (Pre-Seed) raised $1M to develop a sweat-sensing tech platform led by Freeflow Ventures. ?? Archon Biosciences (Seed) raised $20M to advance Antibody Cages (AbCs) for biotech led by Madrona Ventures. ?? Matter Intelligence (Seed) raised $12M for hyperspectral imaging sensors led by Lowercarbon Capital. ?? Ataraxis AI (Seed) raised $4M to enhance cancer diagnostics with AI led by Giant Ventures and Obvious Ventures. ??? Infinite Machine (Seed) raised $9.3M for cyberpunk-inspired electric vehicles led by Andreessen Horowitz. ?? RedoxBlox (Series A) raised $40.7M to develop thermochemical energy storage systems led by Prelude Ventures. ?? Antares (Series A) raised $30M for resilient microreactor tech led by Alt Capital and Caffeinated Capital. ?? GMI Cloud (Series A) raised $82M for GPU cloud infrastructure led by Headline Asia. ?? Picnic raised $5M to scale food production automation led by Cercano Management. ?? 1910 Genetics received an undisclosed investment from Accenture Ventures to advance its AI-driven drug discovery platform. ?? Andium (Series B) raised $21.7M for IoT remote monitoring led by Aramco Ventures. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co

?? Spooktacular #deeptech digest: The latest in funding rounds (Oct 21-27, 2024), with some thrills and chills! ?? Austria ???? ??? UpNano GmbH (Series A) raised €7M to advance high-resolution 3D printing led by aws Gründungsfonds, Novacapital and others. Germany ???? ?? ExoMatter (Pre-Seed) secured €1.7M for AI-driven materials research led by ZAKA VC. ?? Dunia (Seed) raised $11.5M for AI-driven material discovery led by Elaia and redalpine.? ?? Dryad Networks raised €6.3M for wildfire detection supported by the European Regional Development Fund and others. United Kingdom ???? ?? Fractile received ￡5M from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) Scaling Compute programme. ?? Oriole Networks raised ￡22M to enhance AI data center energy efficiency led by Plural. ?? Siloton (Seed) raised ￡860K for health tech backed by Evenlode Foundation, Southeast Angels and others. ?? Epitopea (Pre-Series A) raised $31M for cancer immunotherapy from Investissement Québec, Jonathan Milner, and others. Spain ???? ?? Matteco (Series A) closed a €15M round for cleantech led by national and international family offices. Finland ???? ?? Avenue Biosciences (Seed) secured $2.5M for protein engineering led by Voima Ventures with Inventure and others. Canada ???? ?? Phaseshift Technologies (Seed) raised $3M for advanced materials led by Innospark Ventures and Draper Associates. ?? Planetary Technologies (Series A) secured $11.35M for ocean-based climate solutions led by Evok Innovations. ?? OncoLens (Series A) raised $16M for oncology tech led by BIP Capital and Cross Border Impact Ventures. Latvia ???? ??? Origin Robotics (Pre-Seed) raised €4M for defense tech led by Change Ventures. Denmark ???? ?? FarmDroid raised €10.5M for agri-robots led by Convent Capital. Belgium ???? ?? AmphiStar received €2M from SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen for bio-surfactants. USA ???? ?? Turnover Labs (Pre-Seed) raised $1.4M for chemical decarbonization led by Pace Ventures and GC Ventures. ?? Universal Fuel Technologies (Seed) raised $3M for sustainable fuel production led by TO VC. ?? Lumenuity, Inc. (Seed) secured $1.2M for optical tech from Vest Coast Capital. ?? Agtonomy (Seed) raised an undisclosed amount to advance autonomous farming tech from Allison Ventures. ?? Dash Bio (Seed) raised $6.5M for tech-enabled drug development services led by Freestyle Capital. ?? Aether Energy (YC W24) (Seed) raised $2.5M for rooftop solar tech led by noa (formerly A/O). ?? Lumen Orbit (YC S24) raised $10M+ to develop space-based data centers from undisclosed VCs. ?? Hydrosome Labs LLC (Seed) raised $3.7M for ultrafine bubble tech from undisclosed investors. ? UNIGRID Battery received investment from LG Technology Ventures to develop sodium-ion batteries. ?? Pacific Fusion (Series A) secured $900M to work on Pulsed Magnetic Fusion, led by General Catalyst. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co

?? We're excited to co-host ?????? ???? ???????? ???????? tomorrow in the heart of London ????, with The Tech Bros and Google Cloud! ???????????? We're looking forward to mingling with all the #PhD students, #scientists, #founders and investors and to be chatting about anything from robotics and industrial tech, climate tech to computing or bioengineering! A big thanks goes also to the amazing panel: Isabel Zhang @ HCVC Katherine Collett @ Deep Science Ventures Climate Katie King, PhD @ BioOrbit Zhanet Zaharieva, Ph.D. @ Quantum Dice Milette Gillow @ The Tech Bros ?? Thank you to Marie Bessadi from Google for sponsoring and letting us use their beautiful office space. ?? See you there! The event is fully sold out - follow us here to stay tuned for future events. Reach out if you're building something in the deep tech space! #STEM #science #femalefounders #WomenInVC #academia #entrepreneurship

The Inpho Venture Summit will open its doors on October 24, and as Aymerik Renard highlights, "INPHO is also about the selection of start-ups of high diversity and high quality. It is always a great time to discover companies with new technologies from across different industries." Aymerik, General Partner at HCVC, brings over 25 years of experience investing in breakthrough technologies and is a key member of the INPHO Editorial Committee. As stated by Aymerik, this year again the INPHO Venture Summit has selected a range of high-level Deeptech startups, across various topics including augmented productivity, techbio, renewable energy and energy optimization, decarbonization, new space, blue economy, better use of resources, quantum, semiconductors and photonics… Just to name a few, we’re excited to have companies like Zeabuz, Lovaltech, TRANSMUTEX, Equal1, Spin Robotics, ODYSSEUS Space, Follow Inspiration, S.A., Scantinel Photonics, C12, Quobly, Prostperia and InfiniLink joining this 2024 edition. Discover who you can meet and the full program:?https://lnkd.in/g7Qc_AaJ ? #INPHO2024 #DeepTech #Innovation #VentureCapital #Investment ALPHA-RLH, le p?le fran?ais des ondes de l'innovation BLUMORPHO Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux Métropole PhotonHub Europe Hervé Floch NAQUIDIS Center QU-TEST & QU-PILOT EARASHI Project

Happy Monday! Check out what happened last week in #deeptech funding rounds (Oct 06 - 13, 2024)! ?? Netherlands ???? ?? Paebbl (Series A) raised €22.8M for decarbonization tech led by Capnamic with Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, and Holcim. United Kingdom ???? ??? clock.bio (Seed) raised $5.3M for healthspan biotech led by LocalGlobe with BlueYard Capital and Onsight Ventures. ?? TreQ (Seed) raised $5M+ for quantum computing led by Lavrock Ventures. ?? Blecon (Seed) raised $4.6M to unlock Bluetooth Low Energy for IoT connectivity led by MMC Ventures. ?? Basecamp Research (Series B) raised $60M for mapping biodiversity for AI-based design of biological systems led by Singular. Sweden ???? ?? AirForestry (Seed) raised €10.3M for drone-based tree harvesting led by Northzone. ?? Altris AB raised an undisclosed amount for low-voltage battery tech backed by Clarios. France ???? ?? Generare (Seed) raised €5M to develop new medicines using novel cloning techniques from Teampact.ventures, Galion.Exe, and VIVES Partners. Norway ???? ?? Sonair raised $1.6M for 3D ultrasonic sensors for machine autonomy led by Skyfall Ventures. ?? Muybridge raised €8M for imaging tech led by Fairpoint Capital. Finland ???? ? Synergi (Seed) raised €2M for virtual power plants led by Greencode Ventures. ?? MONCYTE Health (Seed) raised €1M for cardiovascular disease prevention led by Inventure. Germany ???? ?? Pluvion GmbH (Pre-Seed) raised €1M for watertech innovations led by D11Z. ?? Voltfang (Series A) raised €8M to repurpose EV batteries for energy storage led by FORWARD.one. Ireland ???? ? SuperNode Ltd raised €8M to develop superconducting transmission tech backed by AKER Horizons and Volnay. Switzerland ???? ?? xFarm Technologies (Series C) raised €36M to digitize the agri-food sector led by Partech. Canada ???? ?? entosystem raised $58M for insect proteins and organic fertilizers from Idealist Capital, Sanimax, and Fondaction. United States ???? ?? LEVY Health raised $4.5M for reproductive health tech led by XYZ Venture Capital. ??? Third Dimension AI (Seed) raised $6.9M for 3D generation tech led by Felicis. ?? Holobiome (Seed) raised an undisclosed amount for microbiome health products led by iSelect Fund. ?? Molg (Seed) raised $5.5M for robotic microfactories led by Closed Loop Partners’ Ventures Group. ?? New Frontier Aerospace (Seed) raised an undisclosed amount to develop advanced aerospace tech from Pacific Bays Capital. ? Lithios (Seed) raised $12M to develop electrochemical lithium extraction tech led by Clean Energy Ventures. ??? Airloom Energy (Seed) raised $13.75M for wind power innovation led by Lowercarbon Capital. ?? Fortius Metals Inc (Seed+) raised $2M for metal 3D printing tech from Finindus, AM Ventures, and 412 Venture Fund. ?? MiLaboratories (Series A) raised an undisclosed amount to advance computational biology led by Kfund. (List continues in comments below ??) ????? Stay tuned for more ??. www.hcvc.co