This week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €1.4 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
Either way, let's get you up to speed.
💸 Notable and big funding rounds
🇬🇧 ElevenLabs adds BlackRock, Nvidia and Jamie Foxx to $550M+ Series D
🇳🇱 QuantWare secures €152M for large-scale quantum systems
🇬🇧 Quantum outfit Quantum Motion run on silicon chips raises $160M
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
🇳🇱 Quantum Machines acquires QHarbor and opens Delft office to deepen European quantum footprint
🇩🇰 Getaround Europe and GoMore merge to create Europe's largest peer-to-peer carsharing network
🇳🇱 Netradyne acquires Moove Connected Mobility to scale AI-powered fleet intelligence across Europe
🚀 Interesting moves from investors
⚛️ Renaissance Philanthropy reshapes science funding with a new model for innovation
💵 British Business Bank commits £1m to tackling gender funding gap
🗞️ In other (important) news
🇪🇺 Europe's first drone procurement hub targets faster defence deployment
🇪🇺 European StartupDaily.news Pulse: key trends and investment in April (free report)
🇩🇪 German AI translation startup DeepL to axe 250 staff
🇵🇱 Elastics secures $2M pre-seed to build AI agents for prediction markets
🇩🇪 Mobility Signage secures €1.8M to unify public transport IT
🇧🇪 Maurice & Nora raises €1M to address rising care demand
🇩🇪 ENVIOTECH raises €1M pre-seed for smart street lighting
🇸🇪 Detecht lands €395,000 to grow global motorcycle platform