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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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UK-based Magic AI raised £8m to expand its AI-powered fitness mirror to the US market. This is a hardware-based deep-tech funding round relevant to founders building connected fitness devices.
London-founded Stasher raised £3m to expand its global luggage-storage marketplace and smart locker network. The round combines software and physical locker infrastructure, relevant for mobility/hardware founders scaling logistics networks.
Portuguese defence-tech company TEKEVER, which builds AI-powered autonomous systems, announced the first close of a $580 million Series D round at a $6.4 billion valuation. This is a major growth-stage round for a European hardware/deep-tech defence startup, underscoring strong investor appetite for autonomous systems in Europe.
Deeptech company StandardX launched with £10 million in seed funding to develop an accelerator-based isotope refinery and scale production of rare isotopes used in medicine and fusion energy. This is a genuine hardware/deep-tech seed round relevant to founders building in medtech and energy.
Germany's SPRIND and the Netherlands' NADI launched a joint €40 million AI-Native Chip Design Challenge to fund radical innovations in pan-European chip design, their first joint funding initiative. This gives European chip and hardware startups a new non-dilutive funding channel to accelerate development.
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.
Stockholm‑based defence‑tech startup Terasi raised an €11 million seed round co‑led by the NATO Innovation Fund. It builds battlefield communication hardware, showing continued defence‑tech investment appetite in Europe.
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