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Tomas Braverman of Slevomat describes the arrival of AI, radical changes inside the company and plans to multiply a five-billion business within a few years. It evidences that AI adoption inside large Czech firms is reported as messier than public posts suggest.

“Tomáš Braverman ze Slevomatu mluví o nástupu AI a radikálních změnách ve firmě, ale i o plánech, jak chce pětimiliardový byznys v pár letech znásobit.”

A Czech business news article covers a Money Maker podcast in which Dusan Senkypl and Jan Cerny, among the most active AI users in Czech business, discuss the risks of the technology. It evidences Czech business-media attention to AI downsides rather than any single operational problem.

“Dušan Šenkypl a Jan Černý patří k nejvášnivějším uživatelům AI v tuzemském byznysu.”

Verify that the expected person is in control before key actions.

“Verify that the expected person is in control before key actions.”

Munich-based Arcos runs a platform and its own control centre that combine signals from connected sensors to detect, assess, escalate and document physical security incidents at homes, commercial sites and critical infrastructure such as substations and railway stations. It raised a €5.5M seed round in September 2026 led by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital.

“German security technology company Arcos has raised €5.5 million in seed funding to expand its platform for monitoring and responding to security incidents across critical infrastructure and other physical sites.”

A CzechCrunch article argues that stricter AI rules requested by AI companies may raise safety but also make market entry costlier for new competitors. It notes the risk of deepening European dependence on American models.

“Přísnější pravidla pro AI mohou zvýšit bezpečnost, ale také prodražit vstup nové konkurenci a posílit závislost Evropy na amerických modelech.”

The infrastructure to run coding agents for your team

“The infrastructure to run coding agents for your team”

Energy Superintelligence, AI that runs energy operations.

“Energy Superintelligence, AI that runs energy operations.”

A factory for small and specialized video reasoning models

“A factory for small and specialized video reasoning models”

syte, a German proptech founded in 2021, raised a EUR 9 million Series A on 17 September 2026 for a platform that combines land and property data with AI to tell developers, banks and brokers what can be built on a parcel, which planning rules apply and whether the project pays. It covers more than 62 million German parcels, has more than 200 customers and plans to expand into other European markets.

“Founded in 2021, syte has developed a platform that combines land and real estate data with proprietary AI-powered analytics to help developers, banks and brokers assess development opportunities.”

AI for the industries that power America.

“AI for the industries that power America.”

Autonomous accounting platform for global companies

“Autonomous accounting platform for global companies”

Integral, a Berlin company founded in 2024, raised an EUR 18 million Series A on 16 September 2026 to run accounting, tax and payroll for small and medium-sized businesses as a service: AI agents reconcile invoices and bank lines, post entries and prepare payroll and tax filings, and licensed professionals at an affiliated tax firm review and sign off. It says its agents now prepare bookkeeping end-to-end for more than half of its clients and that its professionals have doubled the number of clients each can serve this year.

“Rather than providing software for accounting and tax professionals, the group combines AI agents with licensed professionals to deliver accounting, tax and payroll services directly to SMEs.”

Iusful sells small and medium firms a continuous, AI-assisted legal service on a subscription rather than per emergency, aiming to flag problems before they escalate. It raised a EUR 2M pre-seed in September 2026 led by United Ventures and Italian Founders Fund and plans 30+ hires.

“The startup operates a continuous, AI-enhanced legal support platform designed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises.”

Hickory offers agentic compliance and BSA for banks and fintechs

“Hickory offers agentic compliance and BSA for banks and fintechs”

Lark - Specialized agents for wholesale distributors

“Lark - Specialized agents for wholesale distributors”

Expert-led data and RL platform for AI labs

“Expert-led data and RL platform for AI labs”

AcademyAI assesses employees against a six-axis AI-capability framework — critical thinking, judgement, prompting, judging AI output, practical skills — and then delivers five-minute, role-specific training for the gaps, with dashboards for managers. It raised a GBP 1.65M pre-seed in September 2026 from Nexus Family Office and Panthera Family Office.

“AcademyAI has raised pre-seed funding to develop its platform for assessing employees’ AI skills and delivering personalised, role-specific training to help organisations improve AI adoption.”

Vilnius-based EnforceShield sells a SaaS platform that detects online infringements of a brand's intellectual property — counterfeit listings, unauthorised sellers, cloned storefronts, impersonation and phishing pages — then analyses each case and executes the takedown, with lawyers reviewing outcomes rather than processing routine cases. It raised a EUR 1.7M seed round in September 2026 led by Vendep Capital.

“EnforceShield currently serves more than 20 enterprise customers and says its platform removes an average of more than 33,500 IP violations per month across its e-commerce customer base.”

DeskAmigo is a marketplace where cafés, restaurants, hotels, gyms and studios list the space they are not using at quiet times and remote workers book it by the half or full day, with the venue setting its own prices and availability. It raised EUR 350,000 pre-seed in September 2026 after interviewing around 250 Portuguese café and restaurant owners.

“DeskAmigo is a marketplace for short-term workspace bookings, connecting remote professionals with businesses that have underused space available at different times of the day.”

A personal or team assistant that works while you sleep

“A personal or team assistant that works while you sleep”

The AI-Native Benefits Brokerage

“The AI-Native Benefits Brokerage”

Persistent sandboxes for agents like hermes, openclaw, claude code

“Persistent sandboxes for agents like hermes, openclaw, claude code”

Continuous optimization for AI agents

“Continuous optimization for AI agents”

Super fast, unblockable browser infra for agents

“Super fast, unblockable browser infra for agents”

The generalist robot deployment company.

“The generalist robot deployment company.”

Microgrids in a box built anywhere in days

“Microgrids in a box built anywhere in days”

A live watermark inside AI voice that survives phone calls

“A live watermark inside AI voice that survives phone calls”

Fundcraft raised €12M to expand its digital fund operations platform across Europe, targeting institutional private equity and buyout strategies. It evidences demand for digitised fund administration.

“Fundcraft raises €12M to scale digital fund operations across Europe — The funding will be used to accelerate Fundcraft’s European expansion and strengthen its capabilities for institutional private equity and Buyout strategies.”

Swedish energytech Rebaba raised $4.6M to scale production of second-life battery storage and expand its CircularHub network across Europe. It evidences investment in battery reuse for energy storage.

“Swedish energytech Rebaba raises $4.6M to scale second-life battery storage — Rebaba will use the funding to scale production, expand its CircularHub network across Europe, fulfill new commercial agreements, and grow its team.”

Cursor for GTM

“Cursor for GTM”

A Czech tech-press interview with DYPE founder Marián Tomko argues that accounting firms can no longer bill for a completed task, still less for the time spent on it, because the market now demands machine speed together with human accountability. It evidences pressure on the pricing model of Czech accounting services.

“Končí doba, kdy si účetní firmy mohly účtovat peníze za splněný úkol.”

A Czech tech-press piece reports that Matěj Weinert's DIGIpromo rents and sells LED panels and is assembling an advertising network modelled on Zásilkovna. It evidences activity in digital out-of-home advertising aimed beyond large budgets and large brands.

“Digitální reklama už není řešením jen pro velké rozpočty a velké značky, říká Matěj Weinert.”

Mistral secured €3B at a €21B valuation, described as a record European tech round, to fund frontier AI research and compute capacity. It evidences large-scale investment in European AI infrastructure.

“Mistral secures €3B at €21B valuation in record European tech round — The funding will support Mistral’s frontier AI research and expand its compute and infrastructure capacity.”

sci2sci raised €1.2M to grow its engineering team and customer base for AI infrastructure aimed at biopharma and other regulated industries. It evidences demand for compliant AI tooling in regulated sectors.

“sci2sci raises €1.2M to build trustworthy AI infrastructure for regulated industries — The funding will help sci2sci expand its engineering team, accelerate product deployment, and grow its customer base across biopharma and other regulated industries.”

French firm Tellia raised $5M to scale its agentic voice AI suite for agriculture across the US and Europe. It evidences investor interest in AI tools for farming.

“French firm Tellia lands $5M to bring voice AI to agriculture — The funding will be used to scale Tellia’s agentic AI suite and expand its operations across the US and Europe.”

Cato secured €6M to develop its AI-powered public tender platform and expand commercial operations. It evidences investor backing for software that helps firms work with public procurement.

“Cato secures €6M to scale its AI-powered public tender platform — Cato will use the funding to further develop its platform and expand commercial operations.”

Claret Capital Partners raised a €575M fund providing growth lending to European companies, aimed at scaling with limited equity dilution. It evidences capital available for non-dilutive growth financing in Europe.

“Claret Capital Partners raises €575M fund to back European growth companies — Claret provides growth lending designed to help companies scale while limiting equity dilution. The capital can be used for international expansion, strategic acquisitions, and product development.”

Swedish company Fluencify raised $4.3 million to expand into the US, hire engineers in Stockholm, grow its creator network and further develop its platform. It evidences investor funding for AI-powered creator marketing in the Nordics.

“Swedish firm Fluencify raises $4.3M to scale AI-powered creator marketing — Fluencify will use the funding to expand into the US, hire engineers in Stockholm, grow its creator network, and further develop its platform.”

AI Claims Investigator for Insurance

“AI Claims Investigator for Insurance”

Cologne benchmarking company founded 2003 through which more than 800 water and wastewater operators have run comparison projects, including a three-stage energy check for treatment plants modelled on the DWA-A 216 energy-audit standard and the Bavarian state benchmarking it operates. It is the recurring-service shape of the four-yearly plant energy assessment the Czech draft imposes on 200-plus plants.

“Inzwischen haben mit der aquabench GmbH über 800 Betriebe Projekte durchgeführt”

Kirkel software house founded 1987 with more than 1,200 municipal and utility customers that, since 2010, has flown and mapped the sealed surfaces of more than 40 municipalities for the gesplittete Abwassergebühr — the German split of the sewer charge into a wastewater part and a rainwater part billed per square metre of roof and paving — and delivers the result to the billing system. Its service runs from aerial survey and cadastre matching through owner questionnaires and a hotline to the fee calculation.

“Bereits seit dem Jahr 2010 haben wir in mehr als 40 Kommunen unterstützend die gesplittete Abwassergebühr mit eingeführt bzw. über eine komplette Neuerfassung der versiegelten Flächen die Überarbeitung der zuvor bereits ein erstes Mal durchgeführten Versiegelungskartierung umgesetzt.”

Seelze photogrammetry firm founded 1994 that captures and updates sealed-surface cadastres from its own aerial surveys as the basis for the split sewer charge, and has applied its update procedure to Hamburg and Frankfurt as well as smaller towns. It also handles the statute, owner self-disclosure forms, property assignment to customer data and the fee calculation.

“Das Update-Verfahren wurde bereits für die Großstädte Hamburg und Frankfurt angewendet.”

UK AI governance startup AI Score raised $5.4M in seed funding for product development and business expansion. It evidences investor demand for AI governance tooling.

“UK AI governance startup AI Score raises $5.4M in seed funding — The fresh capital will support product development and business expansion.”

Fast inference for voice

“Fast inference for voice”

Amgros procures almost all medicines used in Danish public hospitals on behalf of the five regions that own both it and the hospitals, running national tenders instead of letting each hospital tender separately. It reports nearly 10 billion DKK of procurement savings in 2024 and also buys hearing aids for public hearing clinics.

“In 2024, we obtained cost savings amounting to nearly DKK 10 bn.”

Intrakoop, a healthcare purchasing cooperative founded in 1959 and used by around 550 Dutch care organisations across more than 7,000 locations, runs a medicines benchmark in which member pharmacies report volumes and prices so members can see whether they are overpaying, and has extended that tool from care homes to hospitals. It is the product shape the Czech market lacks outside the closed ministry database.

“Zo'n 550 zorgorganisaties met ruim 7.000 locaties maken gebruik van onze diensten”

UK EV charging startup Rightcharge raised £500k to fund European expansion, product development and customer acquisition. It evidences investor interest in EV charging services.

“UK EV charging startup Rightcharge raises £500k for European expansion — The funding will support Rightcharge’s European expansion, product development, and customer acquisition.”

Polish biotech Science4Beauty raised €1.6M to scale sales and production of its conotoxin-based skincare and fund R&D. It evidences investment in biotech-derived cosmetics in Central Europe.

“Polish biotech Science4Beauty lands €1.6M to scale conotoxin-based skincare platform — The funding will help Science4Beauty scale sales and production and accelerate R&D into new bioactive molecules and delivery systems.”

Automate on-call at agent-scale.

“Automate on-call at agent-scale.”

Holifya raised EUR 2m to scale its AI-powered obesity care and GLP-1 treatment platform and to expand clinical operations across Italy. It evidences private funding flowing into digital obesity care tied to GLP-1 prescribing.

“Holifya raises €2M to scale AI-powered obesity care and GLP-1 treatment in Italy — The aim of the round is to scale Holifya’s AI-powered obesity care platform and expand its clinical operations across Italy.”

HyImpulse secured over EUR 50m to scale its European launch operations. The funding is intended to accelerate commercialisation of its SR75 suborbital rocket and SL1 orbital launch vehicle.

“HyImpulse secures over €50M to scale European launch operations — The funding will accelerate the commercialization of HyImpulse’s SR75 suborbital rocket and SL1 orbital launch vehicle.”

iPremom raised EUR 15m to predict pregnancy complications earlier using molecular diagnostics. The round funds clinical validation and commercial rollout of its MaiRa platform and regulatory approvals in the EU and US.

“iPremom lands €15M to predict pregnancy complications earlier with molecular diagnostics — The round aims to support iPremom’s clinical validation and commercial rollout of its MaiRa platform, as well as secure regulatory approvals in the EU and US.”

Ki 13 raised $5M to build an industrial pilot plant for its biomass electrolysis technology for synthetic fuels. It evidences investment in lower-cost synthetic fuel production.

“Ki 13 raises $5M to scale biomass electrolysis for affordable synthetic fuels — The funding will be used to build an industrial pilot plant and scale Ki 13’s biomass electrolysis technology toward commercial deployment.”

Motion raised $2M to move five existing humanoid robot pilots into production and grow its fleet, initially in the Benelux region. It evidences early industrial adoption of humanoid robots.

“Motion raises $2M to bring humanoid robots to European factories — The funding will be used to move Motion’s five existing pilots into full production, expand its team, and grow its humanoid robot fleet, initially across the Benelux region.”

Prevalent AI raised USD 22m to scale its AI-powered enterprise data platform. The funding is to support global expansion, growth in the US, and extension of the platform into broader enterprise risk use cases.

“Prevalent AI raises $22M to scale AI-powered enterprise data platform — The funding will support global expansion, US growth, and the expansion of Prevalent AI’s platform into broader enterprise risk use cases.”

A Czech media report states that a new tariff on small parcels imported from outside the EU has ended the era of cheap resold goods from China. According to SPLY, this now favors companies that manufacture their own products in Asia rather than reselling others' goods.

“Nové clo na drobné zásilky ze zemí mimo unii mění model postavený na přeprodeji levného zboží z Číny.”

Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund II closed at EUR 33.3m and launched a pan-European founder matchmaking platform. It invests only in early-stage European teams with at least one female founder holding a minimum of 20 percent of the founder shares.

“Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund II closes at €33.3M, launches pan-European founder matchmaking platform — The fund focuses exclusively on teams with at least one female founder holding a minimum of 20% of the founder shares, targeting early-stage companies across Europe.”

Biotope invested EUR 700k across EveryCarbon and Wren Bioscience, which work on sustainable materials and dairy testing. The stated aim is to help both companies turn their biotech into scalable, commercially viable products.

“Biotope invests €700k in EveryCarbon and Wren Bioscience to advance sustainable materials and dairy testing — The investment aims to help both companies translate their biotech technologies into scalable, commercially viable products.”

INLEAP Photonics raised EUR 20m to scale laser-based drone defence in Europe. The company says it will use the funding to scale series production and develop its laser technology further.

“INLEAP Photonics raises €20M to scale laser-based drone defense in Europe — The company will use the funding to scale series production and further develop its laser technology.”

xorlab raised EUR 5m to expand its sovereign email security platform across Europe. It evidences European demand for email security offered on sovereignty terms.

“xorlab raises €5M to expand its sovereign email security platform across Europe — The company will use the funding to expand across Europe and further develop its sovereign email security platform.”

S-Transistors raised a €2.6M round to develop superconducting-transistor quantum computing prototypes. The funds will set up a cryogenic laboratory, establish a pilot manufacturing line, and expand the team.

“S-Transistors secures €2.6M to scale quantum computing with superconducting transistors — The fresh capital will be used to develop product prototypes, set up a cryogenic laboratory, establish a pilot manufacturing line, and expand the team.”

AI order entry for food distributors: emails and texts to ERP

“AI order entry for food distributors: emails and texts to ERP”

The best cloud VMs for billions of agents

“The best cloud VMs for billions of agents”

The managed cloud for AI agents.

“The managed cloud for AI agents.”

French startup Lupin Dental raised a €15M Series A round to accelerate development and adoption of its robotic dental technology. The company plans to expand partnerships with academic and medical institutions.

“French dental robotics startup Lupin Dental raises €15M Series A round — The firm plans to accelerate the development and adoption of its robotic dental technology and expand partnerships with academic and medical institutions.”

Deterministic Virtual Machines

“Deterministic Virtual Machines”

ColibriTD raised a €4M round to advance R&D on its H-DES quantum simulation technology and expand its hardware and quantum research team. The funding evidences investor interest in quantum-powered industrial simulation tools.

“ColibriTD secures €4M to scale quantum-powered simulation across industry — The round will be used to advance R&D on H-DES, hire quantum researchers and engineers, and expand hardware.”

REGENT raised $240M to scale manufacturing of its Seaglider vehicles and accelerate certification. The round will help the company meet growing defense and commercial demand.

“REGENT secures $240M to scale seaglider manufacturing — The aim of the round is to scale Seaglider manufacturing, accelerate certification, and fulfill growing defense and commercial demand.”

Certain Energy raised £10M to fund its first grid-connected, megawatt-hour-scale long-duration energy storage system and expand its UK facility. The round signals investor demand for long-duration storage technology to support grid capacity.

“Certain Energy lands £10M for long-duration energy storage — The funding will support Certain Energy’s first grid-connected MWh-scale system and expand its UK facility.”

Itoflow raised a $2.5M round to build AI-powered portfolio management software for investment firms. The funds will expand its engineering and quantitative research teams and support product, commercial, and regulatory work.

“Itoflow secures $2.5M to bring AI-powered portfolio management to investment firms — The funding will be used to expand Itoflow’s engineering and quantitative research teams, accelerate product development, and support its commercial and regulatory efforts.”

Helps build social skills through daily practice

“Helps build social skills through daily practice”

Commercial insurance for small businesses

“Commercial insurance for small businesses”

Predictive maintenance for power infrastructure.

“Predictive maintenance for power infrastructure.”

BOOKR Kids raised a €6.1M funding round to scale its AI-powered literacy platform for children. The company plans to use the capital to expand into Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.

“BOOKR Kids secures €6.1M to scale AI-powered literacy platform — The plan is to use the new funding to expand globally across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.”

Dutch fintech firm Neno raised €6.6M to scale its AI-native financial services across Europe. The funding will support technology development, the launch of Neno Labs, team growth, and entry into new European markets in 2027.

“Dutch fintech firm Neno lands €6.6M to scale AI-native financial services across Europe — The funding will support Neno’s technology development, the launch of Neno Labs, team expansion, and its planned entry into new European markets in 2027.”

Volve raised $3M to scale its AI-powered construction tendering platform across Europe. The company is expanding its European presence and hiring for commercial and engineering roles.

“Volve raises $3M to scale AI-powered construction tendering across Europe — Volve is now expanding its presence across Europe and hiring for commercial and engineering roles.”

A quarter of Czechs, and about half of young Czechs, consult AI about mental health issues, drawn by anonymity and easy access, as the US moves toward restricting AI use for such topics. The article frames how to reconcile AI with mental health care.

“Psychické problémy konzultuje s AI už čtvrtina Čechů, mezi mladými dokonce půlka.”

UK energytech firm Boldr raised $5M to expand its technology, accelerate product development, and grow its contractor and distribution network across North America. The round is in the energy sector.

“UK's energytech firm Boldr secures $5M to build a distributed energy network — The funding will be used to expand Boldr’s technology, accelerate product development, and grow its contractor and distribution network across North America.”

Swedish firm GigaScan raised €2.1M to support team expansion, production scale-up, technology development, and the transition to repeatable mass deliveries. The round is in the b2b sector.

“Swedish firm GigaScan raises €2.1M to scale 3D optical inspection technology — The funding will support GigaScan’s team expansion, production scale-up, technology development, and transition toward repeatable mass deliveries.”

Israeli startup Kazimi raised €2.2M to scale its technology and expand its presence in the global mobile advertising market, targeting bot activity in mobile marketing. The round is in the b2b sector.

“Kazimi secures €2.2M to tackle bot activity in mobile marketing — The funding will be used to scale Kazimi’s technology and expand its presence in the global mobile advertising market.”

On-device AI that knows your entire life and does your work overnight.

“On-device AI that knows your entire life and does your work overnight.”

Solinide Photonics raised €4M to commercialise photonic chips for AI data centres. The funding supports technology readiness, manufacturing readiness in Europe, and market adoption.

“Solinide Photonics lands €4M to commercialise photonic chips for AI data centres — The funding will support technology readiness, commercialisation, manufacturing readiness in Europe, and market adoption.”

AI-native OS for insurance brokers

“AI-native OS for insurance brokers”

CzechCrunch interviews founder Jan Čislinský about growing his app for identifying unknown phone numbers from a pre-dawn side project into his main occupation, partly aided by AI tooling. It evidences continued Czech solo-founder app activity around nuisance calls.

“Zakladatel aplikace Zvednout to?”

Czech tech media report a first positive phase-three study of a personalised mRNA tumour vaccine, produced individually over six weeks to match a patient's tumour mutations, with a related share price rising sharply. It evidences movement of individualised mRNA oncology therapy toward clinical validation.

“První úspěšná studie třetí fáze pro mRNA vakcínu proti nádorům.”

French startup Artwod raised €1.1M to enhance its platform, expand its creator community, improve personalized learning and feedback, and launch a creator marketplace. The funding targets artists seeking structured skill development.

“Artwod raises €1.1M to help artists improve through practice and community feedback — The funding will help Artwod enhance its platform, expand its creator community, improve personalized learning and feedback, and launch a creator marketplace.”

US startup Callosum raised a $100M seed round to scale its heterogeneous AI infrastructure platform, expand compute partnerships, and improve the speed, performance and cost efficiency of AI workloads. The round is in the b2b sector.

“Callosum raises $100M seed round to build heterogeneous AI infrastructure — The funding will be used to scale Callosum’s heterogeneous AI platform, expand compute partnerships, and improve the speed, performance, and cost efficiency of AI workloads.”

Israeli startup Guideless raised €1M to accelerate product development, grow its team, and expand into the UK, European and US markets. The round is in the b2b sector.

“Guideless lands €1M to build an AI-powered operational memory layer for companies — The funding will be used to accelerate product development, grow the team, and expand Guideless into the UK, Europe, and US markets.”

Danish startup Velatir raised €5M to accelerate its European expansion. The funding will help it compete for talent and scale its AI infrastructure platform to meet customer demand.

“Danish AI startup Velatir raises €5M to accelerate European expansion — The funding will be used to accelerate Velatir’s European expansion, compete for top talent, and keep up with growing customer demand as it scales its AI infrastructure platform.”

Czech tech coverage reports OpenAI introducing a protected mode for younger users that detects attempts to get ready-made homework answers and steers them toward learning instead. It evidences a shift in how AI vendors are addressing school use of chatbots.

“Éra rychlého generování odpovědí na úkoly bere za své.”

CzechCrunch reviews the Google Pixel 11 as a strong Android phone but with few changes for existing recent-generation owners. It evidences slowing year-on-year differentiation in flagship smartphones as covered in the Czech market.

“Google Pixel 11 je vynikající telefon, který nelze nedoporučit.”

German startup Aisel raised €1.7M to expand its clinical and engineering team and support entry into the UK market, building tools aimed at psychiatry's capacity crisis beyond AI transcription scribes. The round falls in the health sector.

“Aisel raises €1.7M to tackle psychiatry’s capacity crisis beyond AI scribes — The funding will be used to expand Aisel’s clinical and engineering team and support its entry into the UK market.”

German startup Computomics raised €6.3M to scale commercial deployment of its climate-smart plant breeding platform and expand it across more breeding programs worldwide. The round is in the environment sector.

“Computomics raises €6.3M to scale climate-smart plant breeding — The funding will be used to scale the commercial deployment of Computomics’ climate-smart plant breeding platform and expand it across more breeding programs worldwide.”

UK edtech firm Medly AI raised $8M to expand its AI-powered tutoring platform. The company plans to grow its UK student community and enter the US and Italian markets.

“UK edtech firm Medly AI lands $8M to expand AI-powered tutoring — The fresh capital will be used to expand Medly’s student community in the UK and enter additional international markets including the US and Italy.”

Oceanloop raised €38.5M to scale its land-based aquaculture technology and build new Giant Grouper farms in Kiel and Gran Canaria. The funding supports broader European and international expansion.

“Oceanloop secures €38.5M to scale sustainable aquaculture across Europe — The fresh capital will be used to scale Oceanloop’s land-based aquaculture technology, build new Giant Grouper farms in Kiel and Gran Canaria, and support the company’s broader European and international expansion.”

This is a roundup article listing the 15 largest CEE startup funding rounds of 2026, including deal sizes, investors, and countries. It also covers the leading companies involved and key venture capital trends in the region.

“The 15 largest CEE startup funding rounds in 2026 — Explore the largest CEE startup funding rounds of 2026, including deal sizes, investors, countries, leading companies, and key venture capital trends.”

Clinically Integrated Group for Mental Health

“Clinically Integrated Group for Mental Health”

Turning infrastructure demand into action

“Turning infrastructure demand into action”

US firm Gallos raised $50M to back and build next-generation security, defense and resilience technology companies, and to further develop its investment platform. The round is in the fintech sector.

“Gallos raises $50M to back next-generation security and resilience startups — The funding will be used to back and build the next generation of security, defense, and resilience technology companies and further develop Gallos’ investment platform.”

Gravis Robotics secured $200M from SoftBank to fund international expansion, hiring, and wider commercial deployment of its autonomous heavy machinery technology. The round targets the housing sector, and the company is based in the US.

“Gravis Robotics secures $200M from SoftBank to scale autonomous construction — The funding will support Gravis Robotics’ international expansion, hiring, and the wider commercial deployment of its autonomous heavy machinery technology.”