There’s been loads occurring within the tech and startup world recently — from new funding rounds to acquisitions and enlargement plans.
With so many updates coming in, it’s simple to overlook just a few tales alongside the way in which.
That’s why we’ve put collectively among the key developments you may not have seen this week. Right here’s a fast roundup of the updates.
Donkey Republic Holding appoints new CEO
Copenhagen’s Donkey Republic Holding A/S, a Danish firm energetic within the micro-mobility business, introduced that Niels Henrik Rasmussen has stepped down as Chief Government Officer. Thor Möger has been appointed as his successor.
Rasmussen knowledgeable the Board earlier this yr of his resolution to resign. Since then, the Board has ready for the transition. He supported the handover course of and assisted Möger throughout the transition interval, efficient since June 3, 2025.
Niels Henrik Rasmussen says, “After practically three years as CEO of Donkey Republic, I’ve determined to step down. This has been my very own resolution, and earlier this yr, I started a constructive dialogue with the Chairperson of the Board to plan a clean transition. Trying again, I’m extremely happy with what now we have completed – together with a extra balanced organisation, greater than doubling our income from DKK 65M to DKK 147M, and enhancing EBITDA by greater than DKK 50M from DKK 27M to DKK 25M.”
“Now, I stay up for taking an prolonged break to recharge earlier than specializing in new roles inside strategic firm improvement in collaboration with entrepreneurs and management groups.” (Learn extra)
Esmée Trimbos joins NUNC Capital
Esmée Trimbos has joined NUNC Capital BV as Head of Advertising & Communications. She departs ACT Group after seven years, throughout which she labored throughout Amsterdam and New York, led recruitment efforts, launched international advertising, and supported the corporate’s improvement within the Americas.
At NUNC Capital BV, Trimbos will lead advertising and communications technique. The agency invests in defence expertise ventures, together with supplies, unmanned methods, and software program platforms for operational use. (Learn extra)
Atmen raises €5M in Seed funding
Munich-based Atmen has raised €5M in seed funding, led by Venture A, with participation from Revent, Vireo Ventures, and a number of other angel buyers.
Atmen is growing a digital platform to help product certification throughout energy-intensive industries in Europe. The platform permits producers to confirm product origin, carbon depth, and manufacturing strategies utilizing real-time operational information.
The corporate goals to help certification throughout advanced provide chains, beginning with sectors reminiscent of clear fuels, metal, and fertilisers.
The funding will help enlargement past hydrogen and low-carbon fuels, staff progress, and deeper integration with regulators and certification our bodies. Buyers embrace Axel Stepken, Martina Merz, and Christian Vollmann. (Learn extra)
Iron Wolf Capital launches €100M fund
Vilnius and London-based Iron Wolf Capital has launched a €100M early-stage fund centered on deep tech and AI. The fund goals to spend money on 25 firms throughout Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Baltic diaspora.
Goal sectors embrace AI, robotics, photonics, and area innovation. The agency will proceed its strategy of main and co-leading 6–8 investments per yr. The staff behind the fund operates from London, Warsaw, Vilnius, and Tallinn and contains professionals with startup expertise. (Learn extra)
ChargeNet secures funding
ChargeNet has acquired financing from Oost NL’s Vroegefasefonds Gelderland to additional develop its B2B platform. The platform connects homeowners of personal charging infrastructure with transport firms, supporting the shift to fossil-free logistics.
ChargeNet’s app helps drivers find and entry non-public charging factors alongside routes, providing pricing and availability data.
The corporate will use the funding to construct a minimal viable product and start demonstration initiatives with companions in retail and transport. Future plans embrace increasing app performance and scaling operations.
ChargeNet is now primarily based at Cleantech Park Arnhem, contributing to the area’s sustainable vitality and charging ecosystem. (Learn extra)
Delpha raises $2M in Seed spherical
Delpha, a startup centered on industrial information high quality, has secured $2M in seed funding. The corporate will use the funds to advance its AI expertise, develop its product and engineering groups, and develop its presence available in the market.
The funding spherical included help from enterprise angels and early-stage buyers who see worth in information high quality for AI-based choices. Delpha’s AI agent works independently to detect, appropriate, and forestall information points in industrial methods. The corporate goals to scale back handbook information dealing with and enhance outcomes from enterprise AI instruments. (Learn extra)
Baobab secures €12M in Sequence A funding
Berlin-based Baobab has introduced a €12M Sequence A funding spherical to help its efforts in defending European companies from digital dangers.
The spherical was led by Viola FinTech and eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS, with participation from Augmentum Fintech, Venture A, and advisory board member Christof Mascher.
Since its launch in 2021, Baobab has used AI-driven underwriting and real-time prevention to assist purchasers keep away from over €10M in losses. The corporate at the moment operates in Germany and Austria and plans to construct on this presence with the brand new funding.
The funding shall be used to boost its threat mitigation platform, develop its staff, develop product choices, and enter new European markets. (Learn extra)
Aibidia secures €13M in Sequence A spherical
Helsinki-based Aibidia has secured €13M in a Sequence A funding spherical co-led by DN Capital and FPV Ventures. Present buyers Icebreaker.vc and World Founders Capital additionally participated. The funding marks FPV Ventures’ first co-lead funding in Europe.
Aibidia gives a platform for multinational enterprises and their advisors to handle cross-border enterprise and switch pricing obligations in a single system. Corporations together with Volvo, Bridgestone, and Recipharm use the platform to outline switch pricing and automate reporting, supporting compliance with tax rules.
The corporate was based by a staff of tax attorneys, accountants, economists, information scientists, and software program builders. Its platform permits collaboration amongst in-house professionals, advisers, and tax authorities. (Learn extra)
Perpethua closes €500K
Perpethua has accomplished a €500,000 funding spherical. The funding will help the corporate’s mission to make sure continuity for small and medium-sized enterprises within the nation. Perpethua expressed gratitude to the buyers backing its imaginative and prescient and ongoing efforts to develop long-term initiatives. (Learn extra)
Vitality Bolting acquired by Nord-Lock Group
The Nord-Lock Group, a worldwide bolting and engineering options supplier, has acquired Vitality Bolting. The acquisition helps Vitality Bolting’s plans to develop its operations and market presence.
Based in 2018, Vitality Bolting provides speciality fasteners to industries reminiscent of Oil & Gasoline, Energy Technology, and Defence. The corporate serves prospects within the UK, Scandinavia, the USA, and different areas.
This transfer aligns with Nord-Lock Group’s technique to strengthen its place within the safety-critical fastener sector and broaden its product providing. (Learn extra)
Skyral raises £14.8M in Sequence A funding
Skyral has raised £14.8M in a Sequence A funding spherical led by NOIA Capital. The corporate develops digital twins that simulate human behaviour and infrastructure methods, together with transit, energy, and telecommunications networks. The funding will help Skyral’s continued improvement and enlargement. (Learn extra)
Sortera Bio raises £7.5M in pre-seed spherical
Sortera Bio, a biotech firm primarily based in Cambridge, has raised £7.5M in a pre-seed funding spherical led by Cambridge Innovation Capital, with participation from AstraZeneca and BioNTech.
The funding helps the event of Sortera’s Deep Screening platform, designed to speed up biologics discovery.
The platform collects sequence and useful information on massive numbers of biologics, enabling the identification of therapeutic candidates and the creation of datasets for generative AI fashions. Sortera goals to advance drug discovery by this data-driven strategy. (Learn extra)
Solidroad raises $6.5M
Dublin-based Solidroad has raised $6.5M to advance its AI platform for buyer expertise groups. The platform evaluations buyer interactions to help coaching and high quality processes for each human representatives and AI brokers.
Solidroad works with companies managing massive volumes of buyer conversations and goals to keep up service requirements with out full automation. The platform gives an alternative choice to outsourcing, QA instruments, and standalone AI brokers by specializing in course of enchancment throughout help operations. (Learn right here)
Voltrac secures €2M in funding
Valencia-based startup Voltrac has launched its autonomous electrical tractor platform to be used in agriculture and frontline logistics. The corporate additionally introduced €2M in funding from buyers, together with FoodLabs and Antler.
Based in 2024 by Francisco Infante Aguirre and Thomas Hubregtsen, Voltrac is constructing a modular, software-defined automobile utilizing a first-principles strategy that removes reliance on conventional mechanical methods. The platform is designed to help operations in fields that require automated transport and equipment. (Learn extra)
Aive raises €12M
Paris-based Aive has raised €12M in a Sequence A spherical to scale its AI-powered video post-production platform. The spherical was led by international fund Invus, which contributed €10M, together with participation from current buyers, together with BNP Paribas Développement.
Based in 2019 by Olivier Reynaud and Rudy Lellouche, Aive launched its AI video enhancing answer in January 2024 and has since gained a number of company purchasers. The corporate plans to develop in Europe and the US, develop its staff, and improve industrial attain. Aive stories over $1M in annual recurring income, with 15 per cent from the US. (Learn extra)
Ecohelix secures €2.2M EU funding
Sweden-based Ecohelix has acquired €2.2M in funding from the European Union’s LIFE Programme beneath the LIFE-2024-SAP-ENV name. The funding will help the corporate’s LIFE WOODMER venture, which focuses on growing wood-based biopolymers to be used in packaging.
The venture goals to show the commercial viability of WOODMER Seal, a warmth seal coating designed to exchange fossil- and food-based polymers, together with PFAS chemical substances. Working for 36 months from June, the initiative will develop Ecohelix’s formulation capabilities at its demonstration facility. (Learn extra)
