United Manufacturing Hub has secured €5 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its open-source platform designed to unify and standardise factory data.
United Manufacturing Hub has secured €5 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its open-source platform designed to unify and standardise factory data.
Vitrealab, a Vienna-based deeptech company developing photonic integrated circuits for augmented reality displays, has raised €9.4 million ($11 million) in a Series A financing round. The capital will be used to advance and industrialise the company’s Quantum Light Chip technology designed for next-generation AR glasses.
Biographica, a London-based agricultural biotechnology company, has secured £7 million in new funding to accelerate the global rollout of its AI-powered crop design platform.
ShanX Medtech, an Eindhoven-based MedTech company developing next-generation diagnostics for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, has secured €24 million in Seed financing to move its technology toward market launch.
Mobileye has agreed to acquire humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics in a transaction valued at $900 million, marking a major strategic expansion beyond automotive autonomy into physical AI and robotics.
Qualinx, a semiconductor company headquartered in Delft, has raised €20 million in new funding to accelerate the commercial rollout of its ultra low power connectivity technology. The latest round brings the company’s total capital raised to €40 million.
For the fourth consecutive year, Austria’s startup ecosystem has moved deeper into contraction. What initially looked like a cyclical correction after the pandemic-driven boom has now become a structural decline. In 2025, Austria reached a new low point—at a time when many European peers are already regaining momentum.
Filtrabit, a cleantech company headquartered in Oulu, has secured a €2 million funding commitment from Ajanta Innovations 2 Ky as part of its upcoming financing round.
