Ambienta IV backs No Dig Alliance with HorisonTerra add-on
Ambienta SGR has acquired Sweden-based HorisonTerra as an add-on for No Dig Alliance. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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EIF commits EUR 30m to Nordic Foodtech VC
Nordic Foodtech VC has secured an EUR 30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund, adding fresh firepower for food and agriculture technology investments from Finland.
Nordic Foodtech VCP101 leads EUR 5.2m round for Biorsaf
Italian investor P101 has led a EUR 5.2 million funding round in Biorsaf, as the company moves into acquisition-led growth with the purchase of Cooki.
P101PLT Energia buys EDP Renewables’ Italian assets
PLT Energia has agreed to acquire EDP Renewables Italia Holding and EDP Renewables Europe, expanding its footprint in Italy’s renewables market. Financial terms were not disclosed.
PLT EnergiaMeta acquires Sweden’s Stilla
Meta has acquired Swedish technology company Stilla for an undisclosed sum. The transaction adds another Nordic asset to Meta’s broader product and talent footprint, with integration details still limited.
Meta acquisitionInvestindustrial-backed Omnia buys three pharma suppliers
Investindustrial 7-backed Omnia Technologies has acquired Italy-based BRAM-COR, Siempharma and C.Matic. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Investindustrial 7SOREC acquires EUR 64m Italian NPL portfolio
Italian credit investor SOREC has acquired a EUR 64 million non-performing loan portfolio on the secondary market and is moving to securitise the assets, according to BeBeez.
SORECSCI Semiconductor raises ~EUR 6m for memory-safe chips
UK chip startup SCI Semiconductor has secured £5m (~EUR 6m) in a growth round led by PXN Ventures and Mercia Ventures, with Osney Capital and Black Opal Ventures also backing the raise.
SCI SemiconductorUniCredit takes VC Trade stake to digitise debt markets
UniCredit has acquired a minority stake in Frankfurt-based VC Trade, betting on digital infrastructure for debt transactions and keeping the fintech independent for now.
UniCreditChequers-backed Altea adds retail specialist Allspark
Chequers Capital portfolio company Altea Federation has acquired Milan-based Fashion and Retail consultancy Allspark. The move deepens Altea’s retail transformation stack and formalises Cegid as a key go-to-market partner in Italy.
Chequers CapitalTechshop II hits EUR 43m first close
Milan-based seed investor Techshop SGR has launched its second venture fund, Techshop II, with a EUR 43 million first close to back AI-powered B2B startups in Italy and across Europe.
Techshop IIIRIS, Five Arrows back Implicity in EUR 35m round
French remote cardiac monitoring player Implicity has raised EUR 35 million from IRIS and Five Arrows. The deal underlines sustained investor appetite for clinical-grade remote patient monitoring and decision support in Europe.
ImplicityThe Exploration Company lands EUR 387m Series C
The Exploration Company has raised EUR 387 million in Series C funding, bringing top-tier growth investors into Europe’s reusable space logistics race as it pushes Nyx toward an ISS docking mission.
The Exploration CompanyNuveen buys three Milan logistics assets for EUR 100m
Nuveen Real Estate has acquired three fully leased logistics properties in the Milan metropolitan area for EUR 100 million, extending its Italian expansion and reinforcing institutional capital’s tilt toward income-backed logistics.
Nuveen Real EstateICG Infra to buy UK crematoria platform Westerleigh
ICG’s European Infrastructure team has agreed to acquire UK crematoria and cemeteries operator Westerleigh Group from Ontario Teachers’ and USS, underscoring sustained infrastructure appetite for demographic-demand assets.
ICG InfraBII allocates EUR 7.8m to six spinouts
BioInnovation Institute is funding six Danish early-stage spinouts with EUR 7.8 million in convertible loans and moving them into its 18-month Venture House programme to prepare for external financing.
BioInnovation InstitutePlatinum Equity exits De Wave to Renaissance
Platinum Equity has agreed to sell Italian marine interiors specialist De Wave to Renaissance Partners. The handoff underscores sustained sponsor appetite for niche maritime platforms with services-heavy revenue streams.
De WaveEurazeo EPBF backs Flex IT-T1A circular IT platform
Eurazeo’s Planetary Boundaries Fund has backed the combination of Flex IT and T1A, with Dansk Vækstkapital joining as a minority investor. The deal builds a pan-European circular IT platform framed around refurbishment and IT asset disposition.
Flex ITBanca Sistema closes EUR 53m Janus securitisation funding
Banca Sistema has completed a EUR 53 million funding transaction tied to its Janus securitisation, selling mezzanine and junior notes to third-party investors after receiving Bank of Italy clearance.
Banca SistemaFactorial buys Empion to add AI assessments
Spanish HR software scale-up Factorial has acquired Berlin-based Empion, adding AI-driven candidate and employee assessments as a new platform capability as it pushes deeper into Germany.
FactorialBritish Business Bank backs Molten Ventures with EUR 203m
British Business Bank is funding Molten Ventures with EUR 203 million, adding state-backed firepower to UK and European growth-stage tech investing.
Molten VenturesFrankenburg Technologies raises EUR 30m in Estonia
Estonian company Frankenburg Technologies has secured EUR 30 million in new funding, underscoring Europe’s accelerating flow of private capital into defense and other strategic technologies.
Frankenburg TechnologiesIntera-backed Suvia enters Belgium via AutoRepairGroup
Intera Partners-backed Suvia Group has acquired AutoRepairGroup, establishing its first footprint outside Finland and adding Belgium’s largest independent body repair network to its platform.
Intera PartnersWonderful raises ~EUR 509m as Salesforce joins
Amsterdam-based enterprise AI startup Wonderful raised $550 million (~EUR 509m) in a Series C led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce and a broad VC syndicate participating.
Wonderful fundingAksìa-backed Valsa adds I Maestri del Forno
Valsa Group, backed by Aksìa Capital V, has acquired Italian specialty bakery producer I Maestri del Forno in an add-on deal. Sellers rolled a minority stake, reinforcing Aksìa’s buy-and-build play in premium bakery.
AksìaiPremom raises EUR 15m seed for pregnancy diagnostics
Valencia-based iPremom has raised EUR 15 million in a seed round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with Asabys Partners and APEX Ventures participating, to advance early pregnancy risk detection testing.
iPremomBritish Business Bank backs Zinc deeptech fund
The British Business Bank has committed up to £46 million (~EUR 55m) to Zinc Capital Management for a new deeptech fund, adding more capital to UK early-stage technology financing.
British Business BankScience4Beauty raises EUR 1.6m from 4growth VC
Polish healthcare venture Science4Beauty has secured a EUR 1.6 million funding round backed by 4growth VC and Hard2beat. Terms, valuation, and use of proceeds were not disclosed.
Science4BeautyScannell buys Cabiate site for Dometic Marine BTS
Scannell Properties has acquired a 13,345 sq m site in Cabiate, Italy, to develop a build-to-suit production facility for Dometic Marine. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Scannell PropertiesNVIDIA joins EUR 125m iPronics Series B
Valencia-based iPronics raised EUR 125 million to scale silicon-photonics optical circuit switching aimed at easing networking bottlenecks inside AI data-center clusters.
iPronicsPri0r1ty Intelligence buys Pirkx out of administration
UK AI group Pri0r1ty Intelligence has acquired the operating assets of employee benefits platform Pirkx from administrators, using a £50,000 upfront payment plus a capped royalty structure.
Pri0r1ty IntelligenceGenerali Real Estate targets stake in REAM SGR
Generali Real Estate has moved to acquire a minority stake in Italian real estate manager REAM. Financial terms have not been disclosed, with governance and strategic intent now in focus.
Generali Real EstatePlastiflex buys Italy’s Sidam in strategic exit
Mindful Capital Partners and minority shareholder Berrier Capital have exited Italian single-use medical devices maker Sidam via a sale to Plastiflex Group, strengthening the buyer’s fluid-management platform.
SidamIMPACT Partners leads EUR 7.2m Foorban round
Italian foodtech Foorban has raised EUR 7.2 million in a funding round fully subscribed by IMPACT Partners. The financing underlines investors’ selective appetite for defensible, operations-led models in food services.
FoorbanNearfield raises ~EUR 352m for chip metrology scale-up
Dutch semiconductor metrology player Nearfield Instruments has closed a $380m Series D led by Fidelity, with Temasek and QIA among participants. The round underlines rising late-stage capital for European deep-tech tied to semiconductor equipment.
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