Venture Capital

Venture Capital (VC) News

• Brainjo, a German VR therapy startup, closed a €2 million seed investment led by High-Tech Gründerfonds EU Startups

• Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion Energy sought a $500M investment at a $35B valuation led by OpenAI Financial Times

• London-based synthetic fuel producer Rivan raised £25 million in a round led by IQ Capital EU Startups

• Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old self-teaching AI startup, raised $500M at a $4B pre-money valuation led by GV Deal Room

• Swiss advanced manufacturing fermentation startup Planetary secured almost €17 million for its Series A led by Radikal Capital EU Startups

• Loop, a supply-chain AI startup, raised a $95M Series C led by Valor Equity Partners Techcrunch

• Germany's Logicc, which develops a GDPR-compliant AI platform for businesses to access LLMs, raised €2.5 million from investors including 10x Founders, Redstone and MS&AD EU Startups

• Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is in talks to raise over $300M at ‌a $10B valuation The Information

• Creao AI, a 'super agent' AI startup, raised a $10M round led by Prosperity7 Ventures Business Wire

• Eigen, an AI startup building a 'mutual friend' platform, raised a $15M seed round led by Benchmark Venture Burn