Global Work AI, the AI-native job-search platform focused exclusively on job seekers, has secured a $2.4 million follow-on investment from existing backers Pre-Seed to Succeed, Yellow Rocks, Smart Partnership Capital, AltaIR Capital, and TMT Investments. The new round brings the company’s total funding to $3.7 million.

Gosta Labs, a Helsinki-based healthtech company founded by the ex-Kaiku Health founders, has closed a €7.5 million seed round to scale its AI operating system for complex medical specialties.

Adam Reynolds, Co‑Founder & Managing Partner at ISH, explains how startups can avoid common post-funding pitfalls and scale sustainably.

Gravis Robotics has announced a new wave of industry partnerships alongside $23 million in fresh funding.

Mirror Security, a research-driven cybersecurity company spun out of University College Dublin, has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI security.

Across the United States, a new industrial age is taking shape. Trillions of dollars in infrastructure, from energy projects and advanced manufacturing to data centres and critical mineral facilities, must be built in the next decade. But large construction projects are slower and more expensive today than they were half a century ago.

Brevo, a European leader in customer engagement software, has closed its latest €500 million financing round, officially becoming a unicorn.

Track Titan, the AI-powered “Strava for motorsport”, has raised a $5 million seed round co-led by Partech and Game Changers Ventures, the fund led by Alpine F1 co-owner Roger Ehrenberg.

Melt&Marble has raised €7.3 million in Series A funding to scale production and bring its first ingredients to market. Designed to deliver enhanced functionality, taste and even health outcomes, the company’s ingredients offer sustainable, high-performance alternatives to conventional oils and fats for use in personal care and food applications.

Orbital Marine Power, the Scotland-based operator of one of the world’s most powerful tidal turbines, has secured a multi-million pound investment to advance its international commercial projects and contribute to the wider decarbonisation of energy.

The Invest in Women Taskforce, which was established to support female entrepreneurs in the UK, has announced Nationwide and the British Business Bank as new partners in the UK’s first female-led Fund of Funds that targets first close of £130 million, subject to final terms, relevant approvals, and signing.

European technology investing can no longer be relegated to the continent’s economic sideline. New movement in the sector and regular activity over the past few years have made it one of the primary infrastructures on which other industries and services are built. Every month, Zubr Capital publishes a brief look at how this European tech sector is evolving, not just to summarise, but to better understand what the market is building towards.

Quantum Dice has secured a €2 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator programme, with the project now officially underway following its October kick-off.

The agentic vibe-coding platform, Emergent, has announced a strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund. Launched in May 2025, the fund supports AI startups with capital, early access to cutting-edge AI models, and direct support from Google’s experts. Emergent will leverage this investment and support to further accelerate talent acquisition, product development, and expansion of its platform across the globe.

A team of experts with over 15 years of experience in funding businesses has launched Aneli Capital, a fund to support early-stage startups in the Baltics, Poland, and other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The €35 million fund will primarily focus on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well as robotics, space, photonics, and energy startups, with the goal of helping them grow and become ready for follow-on investors.

 AttiFin AI, a UK legal-AI startup, has secured £5 million in seed funding ahead of its planned launch in early 2026. The funding marks a significant endorsement of the company’s ambition to build Britain’s first enterprise-grade AI platform trained specifically on UK and devolved law.

Small businesses across the UK will benefit from new Government funding and support to help them invest in sustainability, to cut their operating costs, and boost their business.

Yonda Tax, the global tax automation platform helping businesses stay compliant across borders, has announced its first institutional funding round, bringing total investment to $15 million. The round was led by Kennet Partners, with participation from NYO Capital and Portfolio Ventures. The funding will be used to enhance platform features and functionality, and to support its expansion into new industries and tax jurisdictions.

Gracia AI, the London-based company building the first production-ready infrastructure for 4D Gaussian Splatting (4DGS), has announced $1.7 million in funding from a group of top-tier funds and angel investors, including EWOR and one of the original pioneers behind NeRF. With this new round, Gracia positions the company as one of the fastest-growing players in an industry that barely existed two years ago.