Tag: Biotech

EU-Startups

Sparxell raises €4.2 million to scale plant-based colour technology for fashion and textiles

Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out and innovator of bioinspired colour technology, has raised €4.2 million ($5 million) in pre-Series A funding to replace toxic chemicals […]
February 3rd, 2026
EU-Startups

BII secures €25 million in Novo Nordisk Foundation funding to target early-stage European biosolutions startups

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has allocated up to €25 million for the BioInnovation Institute (BII) to launch a new initiative, ‘Upscalator’, to support Danish and European […]
February 3rd, 2026
EU-Startups

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan. 26-30)

Friday is here with a new edition of our weekly VC funding overview for our CLUB members. Below you’ll find this week’s overview of all the […]
January 30th, 2026
EU-Startups

Inside Finland’s next wave of innovation: 10 promising startups to keep an eye on this 2026!

Following our series of country articles, today we turn our focus north to Finland, exploring the forces shaping its startup ecosystem and the companies driving innovation […]
January 27th, 2026
EU-Startups

€76 million Footprint Fund I to support 30 early-stage climate and DeepTech companies across Northern Europe

Copenhagen-based The Footprint Firm has completed the final closing of their €76 million venture fund Footprint Fund I, aiming to invest in 30 early-stage DeepTech companies […]
January 26th, 2026
EU-Startups

Copenhagen’s Octarine Bio adds €5 million to Series A to advance sustainable colour platform

Octarine Bio, a Danish BioTech company developing a new generation of sustainable pigments through precision fermentation, has successfully secured €5 million to accelerate the industrial-scale validation […]
January 22nd, 2026
EU-Startups

Czech Republic’s startups pushing innovation forward in 2026!

The Czech Republic has historically demonstrated strong capabilities in industrial and engineering-driven technologies. In recent years, the country has gained increasing weight within Central Europe’s startup […]
January 21st, 2026
TechSauce

SPACE-F Roadshow: ‘Feeding the World Through Innovation’ Positioning Bangkok as the Global FoodTech Launchpad

The SPACE-F Batch 7 Roadshow at SO/Bangkok opened with a critical question for the Southeast Asian economy: How does the “Kitchen of the World” transform into […]
January 21st, 2026
EU-Startups

UK’s Nuclera brings Series C funding to €74 million following €10 million extension for its eProtein Discovery system

Cambridge-based Nuclera, a BioTech company accelerating drug discovery by providing access to functional proteins through its benchtop eProtein Discovery System, today announced a €10 million ($12 […]
January 13th, 2026
EU-Startups

Finnish startup Avenue Biosciences secures €4.8 million to help drugmakers manufacture proteins more reliably

Helsinki-based Avenue Biosciences, a protein engineering technology company, today announced a Seed extension of €4.8 million ($5.7 million) to scale a high-throughput protein engineering tech that […]
January 12th, 2026
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