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๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ - curated signals shaping Europe's venture ecosystem. ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐…๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” European venture funding hit $17.6B in Q1 2026, up nearly 30% YoY, marking a second consecutive quarter of growth. AI led the charge, surpassing 50% of total funding for the first time, while overall deal volume dropped sharply, especially at seed and early stages. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eTdeZCV2 ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐‹๐š๐›๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ โ‚ฌ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ-๐ ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก Swedish startup AlixLabs secured a โ‚ฌ15M Series A to advance its Atomic Layer Etching platform - a precision technology tackling increasing complexity in semiconductor manufacturing. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eA_WC28r ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐”๐Š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ โ‚ฌ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘๐Œ ๐’๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž The UK government is backing strategic AI startups through a ยฃ500M initiative designed more like a venture fund combining capital, compute, and state support. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eP5mzCek ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค | ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ? Siftedโ€™s latest episode explores the surge in Europeโ€™s robotics sector: whatโ€™s driving funding, how global competition is shaping up, and how close we are to real-world adoption. Tune in: https://lnkd.in/d6KuC22j ๐Ÿš€ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ | ๐…๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง Legal has long been a bottleneck in venture execution. Built on experience from 150+ deals, SeedBlink Legal combines AI-powered workflows with hands-on expertise, simplifying processes from term sheet to exit. Discover more: https://seedblink.legal/ ๐ŸŽฏ ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ | EU-Startups ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐š, ๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ– ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ SeedBlink joins one of Europeโ€™s leading startup gatherings. Our CEO, Andrei Dudoiu, will speak on how evolving funding models are reshaping venture dealmaking across Europe. Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/e8C_rydQ Stick around for whatโ€™s next ๐Ÿ’Ž Follow #SeedBlink #VentureCapital #Startups #AI #EuropeanStartups #PrivateMarkets #TechEcosystem

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