Tamara Djurickovic

Aardaia will use the new funding to expand its crop breeding platform and accelerate the development of the aardaker, a protein-rich tuber created from a wild plant to support more sustainable agriculture.

Respiro Diagnostics is developing a breath-based diagnostic platform that analyses DNA, RNA and proteins collected from exhaled breath to support the detection and molecular profiling of lung cancer and other respiratory diseases.

Fleek will use the new funding to expand its AI-powered marketplace, automate secondhand clothing sourcing and sorting, scale its technology platform and grow its global network of buyers and suppliers.

The new funding will support the expansion of Polysense's technology across food production lines worldwide, deepen its product offering, grow its engineering, sales and customer success teams, and accelerate deployments.

The platform provides end-to-end transaction infrastructure for estate and letting agents, law firms, conveyancers and financial services companies, bringing onboarding, compliance and payments together in one platform.

Pixel-Flo has secured seed funding to advance its MicroLED manufacturing technology, supporting industrial scale-up, product development and international expansion while addressing key manufacturing challenges in next-generation display production.

Sherpa has secured fresh funding to expand its AI platform for managing external workforces, helping enterprises coordinate contractors, service providers and AI agents through a unified operating model.

Catalyxx has secured EU backing to support the commercial rollout of its bio-based chemicals technology, advancing renewable alternatives for the chemical industry and supporting the transition to lower-carbon manufacturing.

Invest Europe's latest report shows European private capital remained resilient in 2025, with venture investment strengthening, growth capital recovering, and technology and healthcare continuing to attract the largest share of investment.

This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2.8 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.