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European funding rounds in hardware and deep tech, new funds and public programmes, open calls, and the EU rules that change how founders raise capital — each with a short note on why it matters and a link to the source.
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Reverion, a German company building reversible fuel cell power plants, closed a €154.2 million Series B led by Mundi Ventures' Kembara fund to scale production. It signals continued large-scale capital availability for European hardware-based energy transition startups.
Zurich-based Cotierra raised $3 million to scale decentralised biochar production for tropical agriculture, bringing total funding to $4.75 million. This is a physical climate-tech deployment relevant to European cleantech hardware founders.
London-based Reactive Technologies secured €19 million in EIB financing to scale its grid monitoring platform GridVerix, which measures grid inertia in real time to reduce outage risk and support clean energy integration. This shows EIB financing is available for deeptech energy-infrastructure hardware companies.
Nordic energy company Fortum has joined Norrsken Evolve as a limited partner following the fund's oversubscribed €62M final close, aimed at accelerating Europe's electrification. This gives cleantech and electrification-focused hardware startups a new source of growth capital backed by an industrial strategic investor.
Cologne-based Metycle secured a €131.7m credit facility from Rivonia Road Capital to scale its secondary copper and aluminium supply business, following a €14m Series A in 2025. This is a sizeable venture-debt facility for a physical materials/cleantech company.
Belgian energy‑optimisation firm CIOC Energy raised €3 million from renewable‑energy developer CleverNett, which took a minority stake while CIOC remains independent. It matters for hardware founders in cleantech as a signal of strategic investors backing solar/battery optimisation tech in Europe.
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