Country: Germany

EU-Startups

German BioTech startup BIOWEG raises €1.5 million to turn industrial waste into valuable metals

Quakenbrück-based BIOWEG, in partnership with Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), has secured €1.5 million to support the development of its waste-to-value platform tech for water-based Rare […]
December 22nd, 2025
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German AI startup Black Forest Labs raises $300m Series B

German AI startup Black Forest Labs announced a $300m Series B round on Monday, led by AMP and Salesforce, valuing the company at $3.25bn. The Freiburg-based […]
December 1st, 2025
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Quantum Systems vs Helsing: Where is the talent coming from?

Over the past few years, European defence tech has shifted from a taboo topic to one of the continent’s most hyped sectors. The recent buzz has […]
December 1st, 2025
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Quantum Systems passes €3 billion valuation with €180 million injection, backing Its NATO-deployed Platforms

Munich’s Quantum Systems has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital in order to accelerate its AI, […]
November 28th, 2025
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Germany plots second €1bn fund-of-funds to back European VC

Germany’s €1bn fund-of-funds has deployed more than 80% of its capital two years after its final closing — now the country is planning to fundraise for […]
November 27th, 2025
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Future Energy Ventures closes €205 million Fund II, strengthening its role in European EnergyTech VC

Future Energy Ventures (FEV), a Berlin-based VC advisor for digital and asset-light energy technologies focused on accelerating the global energy transition, has announced the closing of […]
November 27th, 2025
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Berlin VC firm Future Energy Ventures raises second fund of €235m

Future Energy Ventures, a VC firm investing globally in digital and asset-light energy tech, has closed a second fund of €235m to back startups at the […]
November 27th, 2025
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Inside Choco’s AI reset: ‘Before we’d do a crazy summer party, now we do hackathons’

In late December 2022 Choco CEO Daniel Khachab was ill in bed with little to do. Like pretty much every founder at the time, he started […]
November 26th, 2025
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Creandum and Project A to offload Trade Republic shares in secondaries sale

Berlin-based Trade Republic is set to reach a €12.5bn valuation in a secondary share sale that could see the savings platform crowned Germany’s most valuable startup. […]
November 25th, 2025
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