Every month, Vestbee compiles a list of the most significant financial rounds closed in Central and Eastern Europe and the broader European region. Recently, we published a selection of CEE startups that secured funding in September, with details on each deal. Below is a list of startups from across Europe that received funding in September.
Conveo, $50M in Series A
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $55.8M
Recent funding sources: Y Combinator, Balderton Capital, Pioneer Fund, Pitchdrive, Team Ignite Ventures
Antwerp-based AI-powered consumer research platform Conveo has recently secured $50 million in a Series A round. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its operations in the US and further enhance its consumer intelligence platform.
Fortaegis Technologies, $50M in Series A
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: $50M
Recent funding sources: Access Venture Partners, NovaCapital, NP-Hard Ventures, Serendipity Capital, Coalition Capital, TEL Venture Capital Japan, Ilyas Khan, Ian Fujiyama, Peter Frankopan
Fortaegis Technologies, a secure compute technology company, has recently secured $50 million in a Series A round to advance its Secure Compute architecture from technology validation to commercial production and global deployment.
Aptadir Therapeutics, €40M in a seed round
Location: Milan, Italy
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $47.1M
Recent funding sources: CDP Venture Capital, XGEN Venture, 4BIO Capital, Evotec, Indaco Venture Partners
Aptadir Therapeutics, an Italian biotechnology company, has recently secured €40 million in a seed round led by 4BIO Capital. The fresh capital will enable the company to advance its pipeline of investigational RNA therapeutics, including its lead candidate CAP1-FMR1 for Fragile X Syndrome.
Jack & Jill AI, £30M in Series A
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: $60.6M
Recent funding sources: Entrepreneurs First, Madrona, Antler, Ada Ventures, Creandum
Jack & Jill AI, a conversational AI company building agents for recruitment, has recently secured £30 million in a Series A round to further develop its AI hiring agents and expand its recruitment platform.
Arlequin AI, €28M in Series A
Location: Paris, France
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: €32.4M
Recent funding sources: Bpifrance, Vsquared Ventures, OTB Ventures, redalpine, 10x Founders
Paris-based deeptech startup Arlequin AI, which develops AI systems for governments and large organizations, has recently secured €28 million in a Series A to advance its topological neural network technology and expand its international deployment.
FintechOS, $28M
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2017
Total funding received: $178.9M
Recent funding sources: International Finance Corporation, BlackRock, Endeavor Catalyst, OTB Ventures, Bek Ventures
London-based fintech company FintechOS, which provides AI software for banks and insurers, has recently secured $28 million to expand in the US, secure more European clients, and grow its delivery team.
Mantic, $25M in a seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $29M
Recent funding sources: Thinking Machines Lab, Radical Ventures, Balderton Capital, Episode 1, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
Mantic, an AI forecasting company, has recently secured $25 million in a seed round led by Radical Ventures. The fresh capital will enable the company to further develop its AI forecasting system and expand its technology.
INLEAP Photonics, €20M in a seed round
Location: Hanover, Germany
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: €20M
Recent funding sources: HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds), UVC Partners, Balnord, Scale Capital, Sentris Capital
German deeptech firm INLEAP Photonics has recently secured €20 million in a seed round. The fresh capital will enable the company to scale production, expand its laser technology, and grow its sales and service operations across Germany and Europe.
Nomos, €20M in a seed round
Location: Berlin, Germany
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: €21.9M
Recent funding sources: Index Ventures, Speedinvest, Markus Villig, Tomas Okmanas, Frederik Hagenauer
Nomos, a German energy technology company, has recently secured €20 million in a seed round to expand its electricity supply platform and launch its products across Europe.
Integral, €18M in Series A
Location: Berlin, Germany
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: €30M
Recent funding sources: General Catalyst, Cherry Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Reid Hoffman
Berlin-based fintech company Integral has raised €18 million in a Series A round co-led by Mosaic Ventures and Reid Hoffman. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its engineering and machine learning teams, scale its network of human supervisors, and accelerate its expansion across Europe.
Restate, $20M in Series A
Location: Berlin, Germany
Founded in: 2022
Total funding received: $27M
Recent funding sources: Redpoint, Firstminute Capital, Singular, Essence VC, Capital One Ventures
Berlin-based startup Restate, which develops durable execution infrastructure, has secured $20 million in a Series A round to advance its platform for AI agents and distributed applications and expand its operations in the U.S., including a new commercial hub in San Francisco.
iPremom, €15M in a seed round
Location: Paterna, Spain
Founded in: 2019
Total funding received: €17.5M
Recent funding sources: Asabys Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, APEX Ventures, EIC Accelerator
Spanish molecular diagnostics startup iPremom has raised €15 million in a seed round to complete clinical validation studies, expand the commercial availability of its MaiRa platform, and pursue regulatory approvals in the EU and US.
Dialybrid, €15M in Series A
Location: Cantu, Italy
Founded in: 2018
Total funding received: €15.3M
Recent funding sources: CDP Venture Capital, XGEN Venture, LIFTT
Cantù-based medical device company Dialybrid has recently secured €15 million in a Series A round to advance the clinical development of its Silkothane® Arteriovenous Graft, a vascular access solution for hemodialysis patients with end-stage kidney disease.
Tusk IC, €15M in Series
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Founded in: 2018
Total funding received: €15M
Recent funding sources: Schaubroeck family, Matterwave Ventures, FORWARD.one, PMV
Belgian satellite communications startup TUSK IC, has secured €15 million in a Series A round to accelerate the commercialization of its Standard CMOS-based beamformer ICs for Ka-band satellite communications and support connectivity for next-generation LEO and MEO satellite constellations.
Wealthcome, €15M in Series B
Location: Pessac, France
Founded in: 2021
Total funding received: €23M
Recent funding sources: BREEGA, BlackFin Capital Partners, Alter Equity 3P, TechnoStart, Olivier Agnola
French wealth management software company Wealthcome has raised €15 million in a Series B round. The fresh capital will enable the company to scale its WealthPro platform, expand into enterprise clients, and further integrate AI into its wealth management software.
IPercept, $16.5M in Series A
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Founded in: 2019
Total funding received: $24.4M
Recent funding sources: 2150, Luminar Ventures, J12, RunwayVC, RunwayFBU
IPercept, an AI-driven CNC machine diagnostics company, has recently secured $16.5 million in a Series A round. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its technology in the US, strengthen partnerships with industrial service providers, and build its local team.
Outerlimit, £12M in a pre-seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: £12M
Recent funding sources: AlbionVC, Crane Venture Partners, Evolution Equity Partners
UK-based cybersecurity company Outerlimit has raised $16 million in a pre-seed round. The fresh capital will enable the company to develop its decentralized security infrastructure and provide deterministic control over AI agent actions.
Complaion, €13.5M in a seed round
Location: Milan, Italy
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: €13.5M
Recent funding sources: Vento, Shapers, K Fund, Italian Founders Fund, 2100 Ventures
Milan-based compliance automation startup Complaion has recently secured €13.5 million in a seed round. The fresh capital will enable the company to enhance its technology, expand its team, and accelerate its growth across Europe.
atira, $15M in a seed round
Location: Gräfelfing, Germany
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $17.5M
Recent funding sources: Accel, UVC Partners, BOOOM, Fortino Ventures, Bastian Nominacher
Munich-based industrial software startup Atira has raised $15 million in a seed round led by Accel to automate sales engineering workflows for industrial bids and expand its platform.
Kheops, €12M
Location: Paris, France
Founded in: 2021
Total funding received: €12M
Recent funding sources: Isai, Elaia, AGORANOV, ODYSSEE VENTURE
French retail data and supply chain optimization platform Kheops has raised €12 million in an early-stage round to expand its machine learning and data engineering teams, accelerate product development, and scale its commercial expansion across Europe.
Tundr, €11.6M in Series A
Location: Milan, Italy
Founded in: 2022
Total funding received: €20.5M
Recent funding sources: CDP Venture Capital, Vento, 360 Capital, Alecla7, Vesper Holding
Milan-based fintech company Tundr has raised €11.6 million in a Series A round to accelerate the growth of its corporate welfare management platform.
ETFbook, $13M
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded in: 2020
Total funding received: $17.1M
Recent funding sources: Expedition Growth Capital, BlackFin Capital Partners
Zürich-based ETF data and analytics company ETFBOOK has raised $13 million in a funding round. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its ETF data and analytics platform into the AMER and APAC regions, broaden its data coverage, and strengthen its presence in New York and Hong Kong.
TERASi, €11M in a seed round
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Founded in: 2020
Total funding received: $13.8M
Recent funding sources: Almi Invest, Sting, NATO Innovation Fund, IQT, Navigare Ventures
Stockholm-based defence technology company TERASi has raised €11 million in a seed round to scale its millimetre-wave communications systems, expand its engineering and field teams, and develop new products for defence and critical infrastructure.
Chift, €10.5M in Series A
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Founded in: 2022
Total funding received: €13.5M
Recent funding sources: Shapers, Entourage, BlackFin Capital Partners, Seeder Fund, WE International
Belgian fintech company Chift, which develops a financial connectivity platform, has raised €10.5 million in a Series A round to expand across Europe and develop an AI-powered layer that allows software and AI agents to access and act on financial data.
Resolutiion, $10.4M in a seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: $10.4M
Recent funding sources: LocalGlobe, Cherry Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Auxxo, Chevron Technology Ventures
London-based commercial dispute management startup Resolutiion has raised $10.4 million in a funding round to expand its AI-powered platform for identifying commercial disputes and delivery risks, including across the defense, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
Sprive, £7.6M in Series A
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2019
Total funding received: £13.3M
Recent funding sources: Ascension, Active Partners, Wealth Club, Channel 4 Ventures, Rank Ventures
UK-based fintech company Sprive, which develops an AI-driven app that helps homeowners pay down their mortgages using everyday spending, has raised $10 million in a Series A round to accelerate customer acquisition, expand its platform, and grow its revenue.
Frontier Computing, $10M in a pre-seed round
Location: Altrincham, the UK
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: $10M
Recent funding sources: General Catalyst, Long Journey Ventures, LocalGlobe, Y Combinator, KAYA
In September, UK-based biotech startup Frontier Computing raised $10 million in a pre-seed round. The fresh capital will enable the company to develop living brain tissue as a machine-learning platform and scale its lab-grown neuron systems.
Aitiologic, €6.4M in a seed round
Location: Vienna, Austria
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: €8.9M
Recent funding sources: Ananda Impact Ventures, PUSH VC, Heal Capital, LANA Ventures, Gordon Sanghera
Vienna-based precision medicine company Aitiologic has raised €6.4 million in a seed round co-led by Heal Capital and Ananda Impact Ventures. The firm aims to advance the large-scale validation and regulated development of its Aitios® cell-free DNA platform, initially for first-trimester preeclampsia risk assessment.
HelmGuard AI, £5.4M in a seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: £5.4M
Recent funding sources: Entrepreneurs First, Stage 2 Capital, Infinity Ventures, FinTech Collective, Frontline Ventures
UK-based cybersecurity startup HelmGuard has raised £5.4 million in a seed round to expand into the US market and develop AI agents that automate security and compliance assessments, reducing evaluation times from weeks to hours.
Limetax, €6M in a pre-seed round
Location: Berlin, Germany
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: €36M
Recent funding sources: Motive Partners, Activant Capital, Heliad AG, Christian Lindner, Alexander Kudlich
German tax technology company Limetax has raised €6 million in a pre-seed round to expand its AI-powered platform for tax and accounting firms and deepen partnerships with established firms across Germany.
Cato AI, €6M in a seed round
Location: Milan, Italy
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: €7.6M
Recent funding sources: Vento, Italian Founders Fund, Keen Venture Partners, Heartfelt Capital, Alecla7
Cato, an Italian AI startup developing software for public tenders, has raised €6 million in a seed round led by Keen Venture Partners. The startup plans to enhance its platform, expand its commercial operations and team, and enter new sectors and international markets.
Heydiga, €5.5M in a seed round
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: €6.5M
Recent funding sources: 6 Degrees Capital, K Fund, Italian Founders Fund, Decelera, Felipe Navio
Spanish AI-powered customer communication startup HeyDiga has raised €5.5 million in seed funding led by 6 Degrees Capital. The round will support the company’s expansion of its AI-powered customer conversation platform and accelerate its commercial growth.
Arcos, €5.5M in a seed round
Location: Munich, Germany
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: €5.5M
Recent funding sources: HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds), Robin Capital, PactVC, Bayern Kapital, Haufe Group
German security technology company Arcos has raised €5.5 million in a seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. The company plans to expand its team and product portfolio, with a focus on security applications for critical infrastructure.
xorlab, €5M in Series A
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded in: 2015
Total funding received: $16.4M
Recent funding sources: Zürcher Kantonalbank, EquityPitcher Ventures, Venture Kick, Spicehaus Partners, SICTIC
Swiss cybersecurity startup Xorlab has raised €5 million in a Series A round led by Spicehaus Partners. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its AI-driven email security platform across Europe, particularly in the DACH, Benelux, and Nordic markets, while strengthening its threat detection capabilities.
Ed.ai, €5M in a seed round
Location: Paris, France
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: €6.7M
Recent funding sources: Bpifrance, Ring Capital, AFI Ventures, Kima Ventures, 50 Partners
French edtech startup Ed.ai has recently raised €5 million in a seed round to double its team, accelerate its expansion in the U.S., and extend its AI-powered platform for grading and remediation to new subjects and higher education.
Zeit AI, €5M in a seed round
Location: Munich, Germany
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $6.3M
Recent funding sources: Y Combinator, Cervin Ventures, Charlie Songhurst, Sequoia Scout, ACE Ventures
Zeit AI, which develops data engineering solutions, has raised €5 million in a seed round. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its reach among mid-sized European companies that face challenges accessing specialized data engineering resources.
Benford, €5M in a pre-seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2026
Total funding received: €5M
Recent funding sources: Global Founders Capital, Firstminute Capital, Arthur Waller, Alexandre Prot, Sondo Capital
Benford, a fintech company developing a technology-driven financial audit platform, has raised €5 million in a pre-seed round to expand its team in London and Oslo and scale its audit operations across Sweden and other European markets.
Metris Energy, $5M in a seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $7.5M
Recent funding sources: Plug and Play, Octopus Ventures, AENU, PT1 Ventures, Plug & Play
UK-based climate tech company Metris Energy has recently raised $5 million in a seed round to expand its AI-powered platform for managing energy assets, including wind and combined heat and power systems.
Health Force, €4.2M in a seed round
Location: Vienna, Austria
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: €4.2M
Recent funding sources: LUMO labs, Target Global, Calm/Storm VC, Step Venture, Next Tier Ventures
Austrian healthtech startup Health Force, which develops AI agents for healthcare administration, has raised €4.2 million in a seed round led by LUMO Labs. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its AI agents for automating administrative operations in hospitals and clinics across Europe, improving efficiency and reducing errors.
Opio, €4M in a seed round
Location: Paris, France
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: €4M
Recent funding sources: Seedcamp, Frst, Global Founders Capital, Arthur Waller, Stanislas Polu
French fintech startup Opio, which develops AI-powered software for financial due diligence, has raised €4 million in a seed round to enhance its platform for automating financial due diligence and streamlining data processing for transaction services professionals.
Occam Industries, €3.8M in a pre-seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: $8M
Recent funding sources: Antler, Presto Ventures, North Ventures, Czechoslovak Group, Freedom Fund VC
British-Ukrainian defense tech startup Occam Industries has raised €3.8 million in a funding round led by North Ventures. The company plans to advance its drone autonomy software, support deployments, and expand its Ukrainian engineering team.
Eterna Regeneratives, $4M in a seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $4M
Recent funding sources: Hoxton Ventures, The Venture Collective
UK-based biotech startup Eterna Regeneratives has raised $4 million in a seed round to advance its regenerative biomaterial platform for enamel repair and bone regeneration, expand its research and commercial teams, and establish a laboratory in London.
Veridue, $4M in a pre-seed round
Location: London, the UK
Founded in: 2024
Total funding received: $4M
Recent funding sources: HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds), Episode 1, Pi Labs, Cameron Hepburn, Jeremy Palmer
UK-based climate tech startup Veridue has raised $4 million led by Episode 1 Ventures. The pre-seed round will enable the company to develop its AI-powered due diligence and M&A platform for energy infrastructure, with a focus on renewable energy and data center transactions.
aeon.life, $3.8M in a seed round
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: $13.2M
Recent funding sources: GoHub Ventures, Calm/Storm VC, Arāya Ventures, EWOR, Kadmos Capital
Swiss preventive healthcare startup aeon.life has raised $3.8 million in a seed round to enhance its AI-driven platform for whole-body health assessments and expand its preventive healthcare offering.
Fusionality, €3.2M in a pre-seed round
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Founded in: 2026
Total funding received: CHF3M
Recent funding sources: Founderful, Playfair Capital, Venture Kick
Swiss fusion technology company Fusionality has raised €3.2 million in a pre-seed round co-led by Founderful and Playfair. The fresh capital will enable the company to develop integrated infrastructure for operating, monitoring, and analyzing fusion devices, including systems for plasma measurement, simulation, data analysis, and real-time control.
quartz, £2.8M in a pre-seed round
Location: Chelmsford, the UK
Founded in: 2025
Total funding received: £2.8M
Recent funding sources: K Fund, Daphni, Outward VC, Philippe Gelis, Gilles BianRosa
UK-based fintech startup Quartz has raised £2.75 million in a pre-seed round led by Daphni to develop its AI-powered personal finance platform, which brings together pensions, ISAs, savings, and investment accounts and provides personalized financial guidance through its Charlie AI assistant.
Lightspring, €3.1M in a seed round
Location: Besançon, France
Founded in: 2026
Total funding received: €3.5M
Recent funding sources: Concept Ventures, OVNI Capital, Atlantic, Plug & Play, Bpifrance Digital Venture
French deeptech startup Lightspring has raised €3.1 million in a seed round to develop its 3D lithography technology, reduce manufacturing costs, and improve the efficiency of photonic chip production for AI infrastructure.
Grubel, €3M in a pre-seed round
Location: Munich, Germany
Founded in: 2026
Total funding received: €3M
Recent funding sources: Point Nine, Jeffrey Dean, Winston Weinberg, Ion Stoica, Gabe Pereyra
German AI startup Grubel has raised €3 million in a pre-seed round led by Point Nine. The fresh capital will enable the company to advance its research and product development and expand its team as it develops AI systems tailored to individual legal matters.
JustSolve, €3M in a pre-seed round
Location: Milan, Italy
Founded in: 2023
Total funding received: €3.7M
Recent funding sources: Base10 Partners, Vento, 2100 Ventures, Entourage, Ithaca Investments
Milan-based fintech startup JustSolve has raised a total of €3.7 million led by Base10 Partners, including €3 million in equity and the remainder in grants. The fresh capital will enable the company to expand its team, enter new markets, and enhance its agentic AI infrastructure for credit management and debt recovery.
