Hey — welcome to the fourth edition of VC Angle. As always, we're keeping tabs on what actually matters across 🇪🇺 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.
Quick Takeaways
Munich unicorn factory expands
Paris overtakes Londonas Europe's top tech hub
Multiverse Computing raises $215M
Nvidia's European AI tourpromoted "sovereign AI" infrastructure
CDTM, the Munich program behind nine unicorns including Trade Republic and Monzo, is expanding to new European markets after launching in Valencia in 2023.
The BRYCK Startup Alliance announced its advisory board featuring investors from Headline, Project A, and High-Tech Gründerfonds to establish a leading European deeptech center.
The Global Tech Ecosystem Index ranked Paris 4th globally and London 6th, with Cambridge showing the highest tech talent concentration in Europe at €162B enterprise value.
CEO Jensen Huang toured London, Paris, and Berlin promoting "sovereign AI" infrastructure, with UK announcing £1.35B in AI funding and France calling it "our fight for sovereignty."
The fully online incubation program offers €5,000 Growth Package Prizes and up to €15,000 additional support for early-stage tech founders across EU27 countries.
French AI startup H Company named Gautier Cloix, former CEO France at Palantir, as CEO to scale commercial operations with major enterprise customers across Europe.
Spawn.co CEO makes a controversial prediction. Does he have a point though?
Jacob argues the $100M IDE business built a perfect sail for a race that's about to end when AI writes entire codebases.
Have they optimized for a development cycle that AI will eliminate?
Counterarguments say Cursor is perfectly positioned to provide the best interface and testing environments when the moment comes, & more.
Series B Spanish quantum-inspired AI startup reduces LLM size by up to 95% without performance loss.
🇩🇪 Proxima Fusion raises €130M for Europe's largest private fusion investment Munich-based stellarator company spun out of Max Planck Institute targets first commercial fusion power plant.
🇫🇷 Wandercraft brings in $75M for AI-powered robotics acceleration
French exoskeleton company used in 100+ rehabilitation centers secures Renault partnership for humanoid robot production.
🇩🇪 Payrails raises $32M Series A to boost payment performance
Berlin payment operating system processes over 1 million daily operations across 30 markets.
🇩🇪 Knowunity raises €27M to bring AI tutor to students globally
Berlin edtech platform founded by 17-year-olds now serves 20 million users across 15 countries.
🇳🇱 Tebi raises €30M for hospitality financial operating system
Amsterdam startup secured funding led by Alphabet's CapitalG for hospitality financial OS.
Notice how every other startup now needs 'AI-powered' in the pitch deck?
🇫🇷 Swen Capital Partners raises €160M first close Paris-based ocean sustainability investment firm closes first round of its SWEN Blue Ocean 2 fund.
🇫🇷 Yaday launches €100M fund targeting B2B AI scaleups Family office founded by Romain Afflelou targets early-growth startups across Europe, US, and Middle East.
🇺🇸 Constant Contact acquires 🇬🇷 Moosend Waltham-based digital marketing platform acquired Athens email marketing company from Sitecore.
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🇱🇺 VoxxedDays Luxembourg — June 19 & 20. See more.
🇩🇪 19th Silicon Saxony Day Dresden — June 17. See more.
🇳🇱 devopsday in Amsterdam Copenhagen — June 18 to 20. See more.
🇬🇧 AI World Congress London — June 18 & 19. See more.
🇩🇪 IT Security Summit Berlin — June 16 to 19. See more.
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