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Munich-based Differential Bio has emerged from stealth with €2 million in pre-seed funding to revolutionize biomanufacturing. The company's Virtual Scale-up Platform integrates advanced microbiology, AI, and lab automation to optimize and accelerate bioprocess scaling. Investors in the round include Ananda Impact Ventures, ReGen Ventures, Carbon13, Climate Capital, Better Ventures, and CDTM Ventures. Cate Lawrence | Tech.eu https://lnkd.in/e9bX5Qj3 #lifesciences

Manny Medina, founder of Outreach, has launched a new startup, Paid, which aims to solve the challenge of pricing AI agent labor. Paid recently secured €10 million in pre-seed funding from EQT Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and GTMfund. The company is developing a platform to enable AI agents to be paid based on results rather than usage or per-seat charges. Julie Bort | TechCrunch https://lnkd.in/duyWdgni #hrtech

London-based startup Rival has emerged from stealth with $4.2M in funding to build an AI-driven 3D content platform. Rival’s 2D-to-3D AI model allows users to convert videos into immersive experiences, solving a critical content gap in spatial computing. The funding round was led by Speedinvest, with participation from New Renaissance Ventures and angel investors. Co-founders Alexander Oppermann and Konrad Melzer are pushing forward to expand in the US and enhance Rival’s compatibility across multiple headsets. Cate Lawrence | Tech.eu https://lnkd.in/eaw4De5U

Brisk Teaching has raised $15M in new funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Owl Ventures, South Park Commons, and Springbank Collective. The AI-powered edtech platform, founded by Arman Jaffer, aims to build an AI-native edtech stack, offering tools like a writing inspector and AI-driven feedback for educators and students. With over 2,000 schools across 100 countries using its platform, Brisk plans to expand its offerings, including a Microsoft integration slated for autumn 2025. Ingrid Lunden | TechCrunch https://lnkd.in/e6Xgsj52 #EdTech

Cloud veterans Alexis Richardson, Brian Grant, and Jesper Joergensen have launched ConfigHub Inc with $4 million in funding. The startup aims to modernize software configuration data management, tackling issues such as misconfigurations that have led to major outages. Backers include Crane Venture Partners, Encoded Ventures, Pear VC, and Poolside. Paul S. | TechCrunch https://lnkd.in/gxabUKuw #AI #ArtificalIntelligence

Nexthop AI, an AI infrastructure company based in Santa Clara, has secured $110M in funding to enhance its networking solutions for cloud and hyperscale AI clusters. The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, WestBridge Capital, Battery Ventures, and Emergent Ventures. CEO Anshul Sadana continues to steer the company toward innovation in AI-focused networking solutions. FinSMEs https://lnkd.in/eWb7ceZ5 #AI #ArtificalIntelligence

Berlin-based ai|coustics has secured €5M in a seed funding round led by Partech, with participation from Acurio Ventures, Intuition, Arc, Connect, FOV Ventures, and angel investors. The company, led by CEO Fabian Seipel, is democratizing high-quality audio using Generative AI to enhance voice signals and remove distortions. Their technology is already in use by Elgato, DHD.audio, Deutsche Welle, and Radio France, among others. Vigneshwar Ravichandran | Silicon Canals https://lnkd.in/gE76f8pC #AI #ArtificalIntelligence

San Francisco-based Camber has raised $4M in Seed funding, led by Base10 Partners. The cloud computing platform, founded by CEO Aristotle Socrates, supports scientific research, AI development, and data-intensive workloads by providing scalable CPU and GPU resources. The new funding builds on its $1.5M pre-seed round led by Pear VC and will help Camber expand into new verticals and strengthen research collaborations. https://lnkd.in/eQ7Cgyg5 #AI #ArtificalIntelligence

amberSearch, a German AI-search company, has secured €2.1 million in Seed investment from Ventech and angel investors. Founded by RWTH Aachen University alumni Bastian Maiworm, Igli Manaj, and Philipp Reissel, amberSearch integrates AI-powered enterprise search solutions to improve workflow efficiency for SMEs. The funding will support scaling its AI search engine and further developing its AI Assistant for data management and automation. Cate Lawrence | Tech.eu https://lnkd.in/evWMrCBx #AI #ArtificalIntelligence

FERASET has secured a $4.5M Seed investment from Play Ventures and e2vc to advance AI-driven consumer apps across design, video, music, and utility categories. The Istanbul-based company, led by co-founder and CEO Hasan Burak Demir, already boasts over 2 million downloads per month. With this funding, FERASET aims to scale operations and push AI innovation further. Cate Lawrence | Tech.eu https://lnkd.in/euRqDkJb #AI #ArtificalIntelligence