Neuramancer raises €1.7M to bring forensic AI to deepfake detection
Neuramancer raises €1.7M to bring forensic AI to deepfake detection

The Bavarian startup is targeting insurance fraud first, and sees Europe’s push for explainable AI as a competitive edge Neuramancer AI Solutions GmbH has closed a €1.7 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its deepfake …

Cleafy raises €12M to stop bank fraud before it starts
Cleafy raises €12M to stop bank fraud before it starts

The Milan cybersecurity firm’s Series B bets that predictive defence, not reactive detection, is how banks survive the AI fraud wave For more than a decade, Cleafy has been telling banks that waiting for fraud to happen before responding to it is a los…

Endform raises €1.5M as faster AI-generated code puts new pressure
Endform raises €1.5M as faster AI-generated code puts new pressure

The Swedish testing startup has secured seed funding to take on the CI pipeline bottleneck in the age of AI-generated code. The code review has always had a bottleneck, not the code itself, but the wait. As test suites swell alongside faster developmen…

Chinese BCI startup Gestala raises $21.6M for non-invasive ultrasound brain tech
Chinese BCI startup Gestala raises $21.6M for non-invasive ultrasound brain tech

The startup, founded just two months before its raise, has secured China’s largest early-stage brain-computer interface round, heavily oversubscribed. Phoenix Peng has already built one brain-computer interface company. NeuroXess, his first venture, de…

Paris startup Lemrock raises €6M to become the commerce layer inside AI agents
Paris startup Lemrock raises €6M to become the commerce layer inside AI agents

Founded just months ago by two repeat Y Combinator founders and a retail veteran, Lemrock is betting that AI agents are becoming the new storefront,  and that brands are nowhere near ready for it. When you ask ChatGPT or Perplexity which running shoes …

French insurtech Alan hits €5B valuation
French insurtech Alan hits €5B valuation

A decade after becoming the first new independent health insurer in France in 30 years, Alan has closed a €100M round backed by Index Ventures, Shopify’s Tobi Lütke, and World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann, and it’s not slowing down. Alan, the Paris-bas…

Finperks raises $4M to become the API layer for prepaid payments in Europe
Finperks raises $4M to become the API layer for prepaid payments in Europe

The Berlin startup, founded by the team behind viafintech, is building a single integration that lets banks, fintechs, and HR platforms offer gift cards, cashback, and tax-free employee benefits, without touching the underlying infrastructure themselve…

British startup Outpost raises €15M to make international selling as simple as domestic commerce
British startup Outpost raises €15M to make international selling as simple as domestic commerce

Founded in 2024, Outpost acts as the legally liable entity for cross-border payments, tax, and compliance, so merchants don’t have to. Ribbit led the Series A. Selling across borders has always been technically possible and operationally punishing. The…

AgentMail raises $6M to give AI agents their own email inboxes
AgentMail raises $6M to give AI agents their own email inboxes

The San Francisco startup, backed by General Catalyst and Y Combinator, is betting that email, not some new identity protocol, is how AI agents will establish themselves on the internet. AI agents can already book your meetings, negotiate contracts, an…

Legal AI platform Legora raises $550m at a $5.55bn valuation
Legal AI platform Legora raises $550m at a $5.55bn valuation

The Stockholm-born company has gone from zero to $5.55 billion in under two years, and it is not slowing down. There is a standard piece of mythology in the legal profession: that lawyers are resistant to technology, constitutionally sceptical of chang…