Vestbee Weekly Roundup, January 17, 2025
European deals
London's AI startup Synthesia has doubled its valuation to $2.1 billion after raising $180 million. Investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA) , WiL, Atlassian Ventures, PSP Growth , and MMC Ventures .
German NEURA Robotics has raised €120 million in Series B. Investors include Lingotto (Investment Management), Blue Crest Capital Management Limited , Vsquared Ventures , HV Capital .
Berlin’s health and fintech startup Nelly has raised €50 million led by Cathay Innovation , with participation from Notion Capital , b2venture , Lakestar , Motive Ventures , and arc investors .
Paris-based billing platform Hyperline secured $10 million in a seed extension round led by Index Ventures to support SMEs in managing revenue.
Swiss Metafuels , developing sustainable aviation fuel for existing aircraft, has raised $9 million from Celsius Industries , Contrarian Ventures , Verve Ventures VC among others.
London’s IntelexVision , specializing in AI-powered CCTV monitoring for real-time threat detection, has raised ￡5.6 million led by Acurio Ventures , Adara Ventures , and Inveready .
Spanish platform Genesy for B2B lead generation has raised €5 million in a seed funding round from Samaipata , Kfund , and Itnif.
"At Samaipata, we believe that Genesy addresses a key challenge in the B2B world. Use the capabilities of LLMs to combine structured and unstructured data in processes that are often manual and not very scalable," Partner at Samaipata, Luis Garay, commented.
?? Read more: https://www.vestbee.com/blog/articles/genesy-raises-5-m
Eindhoven-based deeptech startup PHOTON IP has secured €4.75 million in a seed funding round. Innovation Industries and PhotonDelta are among the investors.
UK startup OhChat , specializing in uncensored and decentralized AI infrastructure and products, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding from Tangent , Kosmos Ventures , and Tagus Capital .
Dutch startup BIMINI Biotech has secured €3 million in seed funding to advance the preclinical development of its WASp modulators. Torrey Pines Investment LLC led the round.
Barcelona’s platform Brickken , which enables businesses to tokenize and manage digital assets, has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from Psalion , Ergodic , among others.?
Greek startup Progressive Robotics has raised €1.55M in a seed round led by Marathon Venture Capital , with support from existing investor Genesis Ventures .
CEE startup funding rounds
Czech startup Wultra , which provides secure authentication solutions for banks and fintech firms, has raised €3 million from Tensor Ventures , Elevator Ventures , and J&T Ventures .
Ukrainian AI-driven platform LetsData for information operations protection has raised $1.6 million from SMOK Ventures , Startup Wise Guys , Tilia Impact Ventures , 1991 Ventures , and Wayra .
Riga-based startup Naco Technologies , which develops nano-coatings to replace expensive metals in hydrogen production, has raised €1.5 million in an expanded pre-Series A round. The funding came from Radix Ventures , Impact Ventures , and KENDRIS Capital .
Ukrainian startup Healthy Mind , which focuses on B2B mental health solutions, has raised $1 million in funding to develop its AI platform and plan for international expansion.
Ukrainian startup CostCare AI , which develops AI-driven customer support systems, has secured $500,000 in funding from undisclosed angel investors.
Tallinn-based cloud inventory platform Katana has received an undisclosed investment from Siena Secondary Fund , marking the fund's first investment.?
Startup & VC events
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