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💸 Notable and big funding rounds
🇬🇧 UK chip startup Olix raises $312M at $3.3B valuation
🇬🇧 Volta raises $300M at $2.4B valuation with Nvidia and Dell backing
🇪🇸 HappyRobot lands $150M Series C to scale agentic AI for enterprise operations
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
🇨🇿 Apple acquired PlasmaSolve startup to develop durable coatings for its devices
🇫🇷 Rebuy acquires Zeercle and plans to enter the brick-and-mortar book trade
🚀 Interesting moves from investors
🇮🇹 After AOL and Eventbrite, Bending Spoons lands first post-IPO deal with $1.3B Airtable acquisition
💰Mobilise launches investment arm to scale telecom software companies through strategic partnerships
💵 White Star Capital closes $250M Fund IV to back global startups from Series A to B
🗞️ In other (important) news
💰 July funding: European startups secure €8.6B as exit activity accelerates
👏 Thousands of SMEs tap into MSCA funding
🤖 New York-headquartered AI startup Modal Labs to open London office
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🚰 As Mediterranean wells run dry, Ahbstra launches machine that makes drinking water from air
🔭 European tech startups to watch
🇫🇮 Legal AI startup Aavalynx raises £1.5M to cut the cost of corporate disputes
🇮🇹 Aflabox raises €1.35M seed to bring food safety testing into the field
🇫🇷 Shiplog raises $1M to build AI customer intelligence for B2B SaaS
🇧🇬 Estel Technologies raises €270,000 to modernise tech staffing sales
🇬🇧 Platter lands follow-on funding from Verb Ventures to modernise food supply operations
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🚰 As Mediterranean wells run dry, Ahbstra launches machine that makes drinking water from air
🔭 European tech startups to watch
🇫🇷 Shiplog raises $1M to build AI customer intelligence for B2B SaaS
🇧🇬 Estel Technologies raises €270,000 to modernise tech staffing sales
🇬🇧 Platter lands follow-on funding from Verb Ventures to modernise food supply operations