European deep tech saw continued fund deployment across sectors, with several new vehicles closing and established players expanding their portfolios. Semiconductor and hardware infrastructure attracted significant capital, while food tech and agtech also secured meaningful rounds.
Policy & ecosystem
- Oyster Bay raises €100M to fuel the next wave of food tech innovation [TFN]
- BRYCK, Gründerfonds Ruhr, the RAG-Stiftung start €10M fund to back Germany’s early-stage deeptech startups [Silicon Canals]
- Backed VC closes €86M Fund III and reaches 100 European deeptech investments [Startup Rise]
- Funding Radar: Novo Nordisk Foundation puts €21.7M into Danish bioscience [Science | Business]
- Japan’s €33B bet on Europe: deeptech & AI lead as cross-border investment surges [Tech.eu]
Quantum & frontier tech
- YQuantum receives €161K to build scalable next-gen quantum hardware [Tech.eu]
Spacetech
- “One satellite per week” – That’s the aim of France’s U-Space with its new €24M raise [EU-Startups]
Biotech & medtech
- New milestone towards personalized prevention of type 1 diabetes [TUM]
- Nanorobots transform stem cells into bone cells [TUM]
Climate, energy & industrial tech
- FMC raises €100M to set new standards for memory chips [Press release]
- Dutch consortium receives €30M boost to accelerate long-duration battery innovation [Silicon Canals]
- Swiss startup Delvitech lands $40M for AI-driven electronics inspection [TFN]
- Skycore Semiconductors secures €5M to drive next-generation AI data centre innovation [Tech.eu]
- Robots stay still, plants move – SAIA Agrobotics raises €10M for its inverted greenhouse automation model [EU-Startups]
