Hey — welcome to the fifth edition of VC Angle Weekly Updates! As always, we're keeping tabs on what actually matters across the 🇪🇺 European tech. If something broke this week and it's worth your time, it's probably below. Scroll on for the deals, roles, reads, and events you'll want on your radar.
The European Investment Bank Group approved €100 billion in financing for 2025, with €70 billion for the TechEU program expected to crowd in private capital to generate €250 billion in total investments.
Kyivstar announced a partnership with Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop Ukraine's first national Large Language Model trained on Ukrainian-language data, scheduled for December 2025 launch.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden announced a strategic partnership with Mistral AI on June 17, making a commitment to position the country as a world leader in the sovereign data economy.
Mistral AI launched Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 in June 2025, featuring 24 billion parameters with improved instruction following accuracy and enhanced coding performance.
The UK government announced £250 million in clean aviation investment at Paris Airshow, targeting zero-emission flying technologies through partnerships with Airbus and Rolls-Royce.
The Swedish Armed Forces joined Telia and Ericsson's NorthStar 5G innovation program on June 17 to develop military-grade networks and "tactical 5G" for NATO operations.
🔥 Neural authentication startup Yneuro wins big at Luxembourg's Nexus 2050 tech event
French neurotechnology startup Yneuro and CEO Thomas D. Semah took home the Startup Prize, beating 140 competitors with their neural signature authentication technology. The win comes fresh off their big victory at Viva Technology.
The technology reads unique neural patterns to authenticate users – essentially turning your brain into your password (we tried it, it’s actually working!).
🇩🇪 Helsing raises €600 million for AI defense technology
German defense tech startup led by Spotify's Daniel Ek through Prima Materia more than doubles valuation to €12 billion in Series D round, bringing total funding to $1.36 billion.
🇫🇷 Pelico raises €34.7 million for GenAI supply chain orchestration
Paris-based manufacturing platform led by General Catalyst serves global clients like Airbus and Safran, achieving 300% year-over-year revenue growth.
🇮🇹 Jet HR raises €25 million for payroll automation platform
Milan-based HR platform led by Base10 Partners serves over 700 Italian SMEs, processing payroll for companies including HelloFresh and Octopus Energy.
🇱🇺 Tadaweb raises $20 million for OSINT intelligence platform
Luxembourg-based "Small Data" platform co-led by Arsenal Growth and Forgepoint Capital serves defense and cybersecurity organizations across Europe and US.
🇩🇪 Ostrom raises €20 million for digital green energy platform
Berlin-based digital energy provider secures Series B funding to accelerate Germany's smart energy transition with AI-powered grid optimization.
🇩🇪 Mercanis raises €17.3 million for AI-powered procurement
Berlin-based agentic AI procurement solution targets enterprise clients with autonomous purchasing and supplier management capabilities.
🇦🇹 World Venture Forum - 30 June – 5 July. See more
🇫🇷 Ethereum Community Conference - June 30 - July 3. See more
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