| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.08.2026 | Swiss startups secure European funds |
AMiquam, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Gland (VD), develops wireless sensors that inspect metal parts layer by layer as they are printed, using eddy-current testing to flag defects during the build rather than after it. The company ... |
| 24.07.2026 | MoleSense and Impli selcted for SPRIND Challenge on Continuous Hormone Monitoring |
Hormones control nearly every process in the human body – from metabolism and immune function to cognition and reproduction. Yet how we measure them is static. Women are particularly affected. Their hormonal systems show the greatest varia... |
| 20.07.2026 | Swiss Startup Aionic Labs selected for funding initiative by Germany's federal agency SPRIN-D |
Aionic Labs has been selected by the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIN-D) for the "Next Frontier AI" funding initiative. The goal is to build a European frontier AI lab that develops new foundational AI models and... |
| 08.07.2026 | Proxima Fusion Secures €411M: A Giant Leap for Europe's Fusion Energy Ambition | Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based stellarator company, has secured a landmark €411 million ($468 million) funding round. This values the firm at €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion). Strategic investors Google and RWE participated, alongside numerous v... |
| 08.07.2026 | Proxima Fusion Raises €411 Million At €2.4 Billion Valuation | Proxima Fusion announced a €411 million ($468 million) financing round. The round brings the company’s valuation to €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) and establishes Proxima Fusion as the best-funded fusion company in Europe.
The round was led by... |
| 07.07.2026 | Proxima Fusion Secures €411M From Google, RWE To Build Europe’s Commercial Fusion Champion | Europe has just recorded a major leap forward in the global clean energy race. Munich-based nuclear fusion startup Proxima Fusion secures €411m in a financing round on Tuesday. This new capital pushes the company steps closer to its grand m... |
| 07.07.2026 | Proxima Fusion Raises €411M, at €2.4 Billion Valuation | Proxima Fusion, a Munich, Germany-based stellarator company developing commercial fusion power plants, raised €411M ($468M) in funding, at €2.4 Billion ($2.7 Billion) valuation.
The round was led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures, with RW... |
| 07.07.2026 | Proxima Fusion erhält 411 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 07. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 03.07.2026 | VSORA Raises Further Funding Round | VSORA, a Meudon-La-Forêt, France-based developer of high-performance artificial intelligence inference processors, raised a funding round of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by Ardian (via Ardian Semiconductor), alongside Otium, XAnge,... |
| 05.06.2026 | 10 millionenschwere Investments, die Lust auf mehr machen | Unser Investmentrückblick auf den Mai 2026: Auch im vergangenen Monat konnten einige Startups, Scaleups und Grownups wieder üppige Millionenbeträge einsammeln. Manche dieser Unternehmen kennt in der Startup-Szene quasi jeder, andere wiederu... |
| 30.05.2026 | +++ Focuses Energy +++ REPS +++ allO +++ +++ Planted +++ Code Gaia +++ Carbonfact +++ Vaayu +++ Aware +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker-Wochenrückblick liefern wir einen schnellen Überblick darüber, was in der deutschsprachigen Startup-Szene zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! #STARTUPLAND
STARTUPLAND: Founders. VCs. Visionaries
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| 29.05.2026 | Zürcher Drohnen-Startup gewinnt Ex-Armeechef als Investor |
Das 2024 gegründete Startup Avientus entwickelt vollelektrische Transportdrohnen mit einer neuen, patentierten Technologie für den Transport von Frachtgütern wie Paketen, Lebensmitteln, medizinischen Hilfsgütern oder Ersatzteilen. Im Zentr... |
| 28.05.2026 | DeepTech stirbt nicht am Forschungsgeist, sondern an der Finanzierungslücke | Wenn über das europäische Finanzierungsproblem bei Startups gesprochen wird, geht es meist um die späten Phasen: zu wenig Growth Capital, zu wenige große Runden, zu wenige Börsengänge. Die Diagnose ist nicht falsch, aber sie greift zu kurz.... |
| 28.05.2026 | Focused Energy: $240 Million Raised For Laser Fusion Development | Focused Energy, a laser fusion company focused on developing clean fusion energy systems, announced it has raised $240 million in Series A financing. The company said the round is the largest fully secured Series A financing in the global f... |
| 05.05.2026 | +++ Venture Capital +++ SPRIND +++ Next Frontier AI +++ Founders‘ Stories +++ Reel +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 5. Mai). #STARTUPLAND
STARTUPLAND: Founders. VCs. Visionaries
+++ Am 10. März 2027 findet im Rhein... |
| 30.04.2026 | SPRIND launches €125M Next Frontier AI challenge to back new AI paradigms in Europe | SPRIND has launched the Next Frontier AI challenge, inviting up to ten teams from across Europe to develop new approaches that expand current paradigms in artificial intelligence.
The selected teams will receive seed funding from SPRIND tot... |
| 24.11.2025 | Swiss startups across industries in the global spotlight |
Last Week, a delegation of startups participated in SLUSH, one of the largest European startup conferences, held in Helsinki, Finland. One of the highlights was the pitching competition Global Deep Tech Battle, powered by Swisstech and Dee... |
| 28.10.2025 | AmphiStar secures €2.5M SPRIND funding to speed circular biosurfactants | Belgian biosurfactants developer AmphiStar has been awarded €2.5 million in funding by SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, to accelerate continuous manufacturing of its microbial biosurfactants.
This is AmphiStar’s t... |
| 19.09.2025 | €14 million to make the fastest-to-produce battery in the world a reality |
The financing consists of approx. €8 million in non-dilutive grants and around €6.4 million in investment. This exceptionally high level of funding at such an early stage of a technology company signals the strategic relevance of Unbound P... |
| 06.08.2025 | 8 aufstrebende Startups, die einen Blick wert sind | Auch in den vergangenen Wochen sammelten wieder etliche Startups, Scaleups und Grownups zweistellige oder gar dreistellige Millionensummen ein. Gleichzeitig gelingt es aber auch vielen jüngeren Firmen erste mittlere siebenstellige Summen ei... |
| 26.07.2025 | Europe's Tech Surge: Funding Fuels AR, AI, Space, and Logistics Innovation | European tech innovators secure significant capital. Gixel raises €5M for advanced AR/AI eyewear displays, poised to revolutionize wearables. Droidrun attracts €2.1M to empower AI agents on smartphones, bridging a critical mobile gap. Starf... |
| 26.07.2025 | +++ Makersite +++ Buena +++ 4screen +++ Checkout Charlie +++ Tendara +++ Rail-Flow +++ Auxxo +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker-Wochenrückblick liefern wir einen schnellen Überblick darüber, was in der deutschsprachigen Startup-Szene zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! #STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zwe... |
| 25.07.2025 | Chronic underfunding of open source software poses strategic risk to Europe’s digital sovereignty | Open source software is an open digital infrastructure powering our digital economy, yet, unlike roads or bridges, it remains chronically underfunded.
Chronic under-investment in open source technologies creates systemic risks, exposing Eur... |
| 24.07.2025 | Gixel bekommt 5 Millionen – Droidrun erhält 2,1 Millionen – Rail-Flow und Simply Deliver fusionieren | Im #DealMonitor für den 24. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 23.07.2025 | Gixel raises €5M to deliver breakthrough optical displays for AI and AR glasses | Gixel, a German deeptech startup, has raised €5 million in a seed round to deliver breakthrough optical displays for AI and AR glasses.
As AI’s vision and voice technologies advance, global tech giants are racing to bring AI and AR eyewear ... |
| 09.07.2025 | Belgian BioTech developer AmphiStar secures €12.5 million for clean biosurfactants | Gent-based biosurfactants developer AmphiStar has secured €12.5 million in funding following the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) latest evaluation round, in order to speed up the production of sustainable microbial biosurfactants, upcyc... |
| 01.04.2025 | The Future of Innovation: Insights from Europe’s Leading Entrepreneurs | In the heart of Europe, innovation is blooming. Two remarkable stories illustrate this vibrant landscape: Michael Cassau’s ambitious venture with SKROL and Marvel Fusion’s groundbreaking strides in nuclear fusion. Both narratives reflect a ... |
| 28.03.2025 | Marvel Fusion bags additional €50 million for nuclear fusion and prototype facility | Marvel Fusion, a Munich fusion energy company, announced the extension of its Series B funding round by €50 million, bringing the total round to €113 million and placing Marvel Fusion as the “best-funded European fusion company“.
The extens... |
| 27.03.2025 | Marvel Fusion secures €50M Series B extension for fusion energy development | Fusion energy company Marvel Fusion today announced the extension of its Series B funding round by €50 million, bringing the total round to €113 million. The extension includes new investments from EQT Ventures, Siemens Energy Ventures, and... |
| 07.02.2025 | Lighting the way: Pixel Photonics raises €1 million for multi-mode single photon detection | Munster-based DeepTech startup Pixel Photonics announced additional funding of €1 million to further develop its waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (WI-SNSPDs) for multi-mode detection.
The funding came in... |
| 21.10.2024 | AmphiStar's biotech platform recognised with €2M SPRIN-D grant | Belgian biotech startup AmphiStar Amphistar, a pioneer in sustainable surfactant products, has received a €2 million non-dilutive grant from SPRIN-D (Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation). This brings the total funding the Belgian innov... |
| 11.10.2024 | NSF and Germany's Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation join forces to accelerate innovations | The transatlantic partnership aims to propel innovative technology translation, lay the foundation for new industries and positively impact people's lives in the U.S. and Europe
The U.S. National Science Foundation, through its Directorate ... |
| 11.10.2024 | Applications open for competition of innovative solutions in the field of deepfakes | The SPRIND Funke Deepfake Detection and Prevention was launched in collaboration with the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) to counter the growing threat posed by deepfake technologies. The competition will support the devel... |
| 30.04.2024 | MyriaMeat Unveils 100% Muscle Cultivated Pork Fillet | German biotech startup MyriaMeat announces that it has successfully developed a cultivated pork fillet made entirely from pig cells, without the use of scaffolds for cell support or added plant protein blends for shape.
The cultivated pork ... |
| 21.12.2023 | 3 Millionen Euro Fördergelder für ETH Spin-off Unbound Potential | |
| 01.12.2023 | Germany’s MyriaMeat Emerges from Stealth: Cultivating Stem Cell-Derived Muscle Tissue with Medical Tech | Biotech startup MyriaMeat, founded by researchers from the University of Göttingen, has come out of stealth mode, claiming it can cultivate 100% “real meat” from stem cells.
The startup, with headquarters in Munich and Göttingen, was founde... |
| 11.10.2023 | Martinsried-based Insempra wins 1.5 million euros in SPRIND competition with circular biomanufacturing concept | Insempra, a Martinsried-based biology-powered company enabling businesses to make superior products with nature, has been elected for €1.5 million in funding from The Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, SPRIND, in their 2023 circular ... |
| 21.07.2023 | Unbound Potential off to a good start | |
