| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2026 | Arcos secures €5.5M to protect critical infrastructure from physical threats | 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. The round included High-Tec... |
| 16.09.2026 | Exein Secures $270M, Valued at $1.7B, Dominates Physical AI Cybersecurity Market | Exein closed a $270 million funding round. Its valuation now stands at $1.7 billion. This marks it as Europe’s premier cybersecurity scaleup. Exein specializes in securing Physical AI: robots, autonomous vehicles, and critical infrastructur... |
| 15.09.2026 | Exein Raises $270 Million To Build the Security Layer for Physical AI | AI is now wired into machines all around us. These machines can now make decisions on their own. This means people can get hurt if a hacker gets into one of the machines. For this reason, Exein raises $270 million to design a new kind of se... |
| 15.09.2026 | Exein raises $270M at $1.7B valuation, claims title of Europe’s most valuable cybersecurity scaleup | Exein, the Physical AI cybersecurity company, today announced $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation, making it Europe's most valuable cybersecurity startup.
Exein’s AI-powered technology spans more than two billion connect... |
| 15.09.2026 | Exein raises $270M at $1.7B valuation to secure robots, autonomous vehicles, and physical AI | Rome-based cybersecurity startup Exein has raised $270 million at a $1.7 billion valuation, betting that the next major cybersecurity battleground won’t live solely in data centers or laptops. It will be inside robots, autonomous vehicles, ... |
| 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 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... |
| 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 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... |
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| 09.06.2026 | Fonio.ai Secures $17M, Propels AI Customer Service into New Era | Fonio.ai secures a pivotal $17 million seed round. This investment values the AI customer communication innovator at $140 million. 20VC led the funding. The Vienna-based firm already automates over two million customer calls monthly. It ser... |
| 09.06.2026 | Isar Aerospace bekommt 270 Millionen – fonio.ai erhält 14,6 Millionen – DeepIP übernimmt PatentMaker | Im #DealMonitor für den 9. Juni 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-Arch... |
| 08.06.2026 | Creator Fund Raises $56M to Back Europe’s Innovators | Creator Fund has successfully raised $56 million (€48.8 million) to target Europe’s frontier technology pipeline at its absolute genesis, frequently backing university researchers, PhD candidates, and professors before they have even drafte... |
| 08.06.2026 | Creator Fund closes $56M to back Europe's scientific founders | Creator Fund, a UK-based pre-seed venture capital firm focused on scientific founders, has closed its first European fund at $56 million. The capital will support Creator Fund's strategy of identifying and backing researchers and PhD studen... |
| 16.02.2026 | INLEAP Photonics Raises Pre-Seed Funding To Advance Counter-Drone System | INLEAP Photonics, a German deep tech company developing ultra-fast laser beam steering systems, has emerged from stealth following the completion of a pre-seed funding round in summer 2025 to accelerate development of its laser-based counte... |
| 15.02.2026 | European Powerhouse Quantum Systems Secures €150M for Defense Autonomy | Quantum Systems secured €150 million from EIB, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, and KfW. This substantial European financing package propels its leadership in multi-domain defense technology, encompassing advanced air and ground autonomous syste... |
| 13.02.2026 | Quantum Systems continues its expansion amid rising European drone competition, secures €150 million financing package | Quantum Systems, the Munich-based powerhouse of unmanned systems, announced a new financing package of a total value of €150 million to support their continued growth and industrial scaling in Europe.
The financing was supported by the Euro... |
| 28.11.2025 | Future Energy Ventures Closes €205M Fund for Energy Innovation | Future Energy Ventures (FEV) secured €205M for energy tech. The fund targets digital solutions for energy transition. It aims to boost energy independence. FEV also launched a €30M fund for Italy. This solidifies FEV's position as a major E... |
| 27.11.2025 | Future Energy Ventures secures €205M to power the next wave of energy innovation | Future Energy Ventures (FEV), a global active venture capital advisor for digital and asset-light energy technologies focused on accelerating the global energy transition, today announced the closing of Future Energy Ventures Fund II with a... |
| 10.11.2025 | Forbion Bioeconomy Fund I Reaches €200 Million Hard Cap | Forbion announced that its Forbion BioEconomy Fund I has closed at its hard cap of €200 million, marking one of the most significant dedicated bioeconomy funds in Europe. The fund focuses on biotechnology-driven solutions that support plane... |
| 13.10.2025 | OpenAI, G42, and Microsoft Shape the Future of AI Nations at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 As the 45th edition of GITEX GLOBAL opens from October 13-17, 2025, at Dubai World Trade Centre, the world's most influen... | With global attention fixed on the emergence of AI nations, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has joined GITEX GLOBAL 2025, alongside Peng Xiao, Group CEO of G42, in a virtual discussion on the theme of moving "From Early Adoption to AI-Nativ... |
| 13.09.2025 | Claret Capital: Over €350 Million Raised For Fund IV | Claret Capital Partners has completed the second close of its fourth growth debt fund, raising more than €350 million and pushing its total assets under management past $1 billion. This milestone reinforces the firm’s leadership in supplyin... |
| 11.09.2025 | Claret Capital Secures €350M for Fund IV, Bolsters European Tech | Claret Capital Partners, a leading European growth debt fund manager, announced its Fund IV second close. The firm secured over €350 million. Total assets under management now exceed $1 billion. This capital targets high-growth European SME... |
| 10.09.2025 | London’s Claret Capital Partners announces second close of Fund IV at over €350 million to invest in tech and life sciences | British Claret Capital Partners, Europe’s largest independent growth debt fund manager, has announced the second close of its Fund IV, bringing total commitments to over €350 million and total assets under management to over €850 billion.
F... |
| 02.09.2025 | From capital to climate impact: 15 leading sustainability VCs in Europe | Europe’s venture capital landscape for sustainability is expanding rapidly, with ClimateTech emerging as one of the strongest investment areas. According to an OECD report, global CleanTech investment peaked at around €74 billion in 2021, a... |
| 11.08.2025 | paddy secures €1M Pre-Seed to lighten teachers’ workloads, gaining 12k users in just six months | German edtech startup paddy has raised €1 million in Pre-Seed funding, with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) as lead investor.
paddy has developed a unique AI platform that saves teachers time throughout their day, enabling them to provide per... |
| 13.02.2025 | 0100 Conference DACH 2025 The Leading PE & VC Event Comes to Vienna | Zero One Hundred welcomes LPs and all investment professionals, alongside service providers, to 0100 Conference DACH The event will take place on February 18-20h at Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen Top-tier investment thought leaders and key dec... |
| 22.11.2023 | Wachstumsfonds Deutschland Closes Fund of Funds, at EUR 1 Billion | Wachstumsfonds Deutschland, a venture capital (VC) fund of funds and key building block of the German Federal Government’s Future Fund, held the final closing at EUR 1 billion.
The fund, which aims to strengthen the European and German vent... |
| 22.11.2023 | Final closing of Wachstumsfonds Deutschland: EUR 1 billion to strengthen the European and German venture capital ecosystem | Venture capital (VC) fund of funds to be key building block of the German Federal Government’s Future Fund
Mobilising private capital for the VC asset class; boosting Europe and Germany as innovation locations
Target volume of EUR 1 billion... |
| 07.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toray’s $8bn foray into biomass tech, Paptic lands $25m, Israeli agrifoodtech heats up The Kitchen | This week, materials manufacturer Toray announced a mega-investment in cellulosic sugar and Finland’s Paptic secured funds to expand its sustainable materials portfolio. Meanwhile, Israeli agrifoodtech startups were all over the news this w... |
| 07.09.2023 | World Fund adds over €50M to climate kitty despite climatetech funding dip | Despite the climatetech funding dip that has emerged from Q1 2023 figures, Berlin-based climatetech VC World Fund has added another €50+ million to its kitty. The successful raise, amid the reports that the purse strings for climatetech dro... |
| 31.08.2022 | London-based Claret Capital wraps up €297 million fund to back life sciences startups | Debt funding has been on the rise in Europe’s tech ecosystem in recent times. Klarna and Revolut-backed GP Bullhound closed a £257 million fund last year.
And now, joining the ranks, London-based growth capital provider Claret Capital has w... |
| 14.06.2022 | HTGF rolls out €400 million to back early-stage startups in Germany | Bonn-based public-private venture capital investment firm High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has unveiled its fourth fund with over €400 million in commitments to fund early-stage startups in Germany. This remains the biggest fund unveiled by th... |
| 24.03.2022 | Public purpose technology: The state needs to move - but not too much | In order for public purpose technology (PPT) to achieve its full impact, there are a large variety of stakeholders that are needed to work together. While some would think the state is all that PPT is about, I made clear in my last piece in... |
| 22.04.2021 | 0100Conferences are Back With Their Next Seminal Event, This Time for The DACH Region | Who: 0100 Virtual DACH Conference When: May 3rd – 5th, 09:00 – 22:00 CET Where: Online event REGISTER HERE
0100Conferences, who we also covered back in February, are back with yet another massive event that promises to empower and revitali... |
| 20.04.2021 | There’s a new fund on the block: Meet Cusp Capital (and its €300 million opening) | For the past decade, Christian Winter, Jan Sessenhausen, Helmut Klawitter and Wilken Engelbracht been picking some winners. The quartet counts Zalando, Delivery Hero, and Klarna amongst its early investments. In total, the companies they’ve... |
| - | Nauta Capital calls it on its fifth fund, closes at €190 million | London’s Nauta Capital has announced the final close (no really, really, really closed this time) of its oversubscribed fifth fund at a hefty €190 million, €40 million over target. The firm traditionally focuses on Seed to Series A invest... |
| - | HTGF rolls out €400 million to back early-stage startups in Germany | Bonn-based public-private venture capital investment firm High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has unveiled its fourth fund with over €400 million in commitments to fund early-stage startups in Germany. This remains the biggest fund unveiled by th... |
| - | There’s a new fund on the block: Meet Cusp Capital (and its €300 million opening) | For the past decade, Christian Winter, Jan Sessenhausen, Helmut Klawitter and Wilken Engelbracht been picking some winners. The quartet counts Zalando, Delivery Hero, and Klarna amongst its early investments. In total, the companies they’ve... |
| - | Public purpose technology: The state needs to move - but not too much | In order for public purpose technology (PPT) to achieve its full impact, there are a large variety of stakeholders that are needed to work together. While some would think the state is all that PPT is about, I made clear in my last piece in... |
