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Seed to Series B • Israel, Europe, North America
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London, United Kingdom
€26.78M•Series A•Oct 30, 2026
London-based Easol provides experience businesses with one system for bookings, payments, marketing, customer support, and guest data. Its platform brings these operational and customer-facing functions together, giving operators a connected way to manage the experience journey. The company has raised €26.78 million in a Series A round. The financing includes €17.85 million in equity led by Y Combinator, alongside an €8.92 million debt facility from Viola Credit. Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, FMZ Ventures, Notion Capital, and Eight Roads also participated in the round. Easol was founded by Ben Simpson and Lisa Simpson, and operates from offices in London, New York, and Los Angeles. The funding supported the development and launch of Teammates, Easol’s agentic AI tools for sales, support, and operations. Built natively inside the platform, the tools extend Easol’s existing workflow across the functions experience businesses use to attract customers, answer requests, and run day-to-day operations.
Barneveld, Netherlands
€2M•Series Unknown•Oct 30, 2026
PaperFoam manufactures biodegradable packaging made from starch and natural fibres, offering an alternative to conventional plastic and paper products. The Barneveld, Netherlands-based company develops packaging solutions for customers seeking materials with a lower environmental impact. The company has secured a €2 million loan from Invest International. The financing will support go-to-market activity and product development as PaperFoam expands its manufacturing footprint and serves additional markets and clients. PaperFoam was founded in 1998 by Vertis Holding and is led by Willem Derkman. Its production facilities are located in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, the United States, and Malaysia. Nissha Co. Ltd. owns 30% of PaperFoam Holding b.v., while Sustainable Pioneers Holding b.v. owns the remaining 70%. The funding will help expand PaperFoam’s production facility in the Czech Republic and increase overall production capacity. It will also strengthen working capital for the company’s Malaysian and U.S. plants, giving those operations additional support as PaperFoam takes on new markets and clients.
San Francisco, United States
$7M•Series Unknown•Oct 30, 2026
San Francisco-based Mintive provides infrastructure that gives AI agents governed access to enterprise tools, systems, and data. Its platform helps IT and security teams manage agent identity, permissions, security, and observability as companies deploy more software-based coworkers. Mintive has raised $7 million in a round led by Cowboy Ventures, bringing its total funding to $11 million. Coatue, Operator Collective, Burst Capital, Maven Ventures, and Hustle Fund also participated, alongside individual investors including Frederic Kerrest, Michael Grinich, Scott Belsky, Jeff Dean, and Andrej Karpathy. The company says its platform now supports 2.5 million agent calls each day across more than 50 paying enterprise customers. That usage underscores the operational challenge of controlling what AI agents can access and do across business systems. Mintive was founded by Jiquan Ngiam, Vijay Vasudevan, Bo Zhi See, and Phillip Bensaid. It will use the funding to scale its infrastructure platform, expand agent identity and governance capabilities, strengthen security and observability, and develop coworker agents as enterprise adoption grows.
London, United Kingdom
€2.6M•Pre-seed•Oct 30, 2026
London-based Ares Intelligence is building an evidence-based platform to help businesses plan AI adoption. Its system uses AI-led employee interviews to gather workforce insights and turn them into prioritised roadmaps for applying AI across an organisation. The startup has raised €2.6 million in pre-seed funding, backed by Creandum and Lakestar, with participation from angels connected to Google DeepMind. The round gives Ares Intelligence early capital to develop its platform and grow its commercial reach. Founded in 2026 by Matt Falconer and Alfie Ranstead, the company is targeting enterprises that need a clearer view of where AI can deliver value and how adoption should progress. Its approach starts with employee input, linking internal perspectives to practical adoption planning rather than relying only on high-level strategy. Ares Intelligence will use the funding to expand its team and operations, strengthen product development, and attract more enterprise customers. It also plans to scale adoption of its AI-powered workforce intelligence platform across Europe and the United States.
San Francisco, United States
$55M•Series A•Oct 29, 2026
San Francisco-based Wabi is building an AI assistant for coordinating plans, managing everyday life, and creating shared experiences. Its product combines an AI agent with personalized mini-apps, multiplayer collaboration, and shared spaces, bringing individual and group activities into one environment. Founded by Eugenia Kuyda, the creator of Replika, Wabi has raised $55 million in Series A funding at a $1.25 billion valuation. The round was led by IVP, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Forerunner, the Amazon Alexa Fund, Tobi Lütke, Marc Benioff, Marissa Mayer, Dick Costolo, and Alex Pall. Wabi’s approach extends the role of a personal assistant beyond one-to-one interactions. Its shared spaces and collaborative features are intended to help people use AI while planning and participating in activities together, rather than treating the assistant as an individual utility בלבד. The new funding will support continued product development and expansion. Wabi also plans to direct capital toward go-to-market efforts and hiring as it develops the product and broadens its reach.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
€500K•Pre-seed•Oct 29, 2026
Amsterdam-based FLTRD has developed a foodtech app that helps shoppers identify ultra-processed supermarket products and discover healthier alternatives. Users scan products to view the company’s science-based PureScore, giving them a simpler way to compare everyday food choices. The startup has raised €500K in pre-seed funding led by 4impact capital. Jeroen Lubbers and several angel investors from the fast-moving consumer goods industry also participated in the round. FLTRD was founded by Anke Kuik and Laurens Janssen. FLTRD’s app covers more than 150,000 products across seven supermarkets and is used by more than 35,000 people in the Netherlands on iPhone and Android. Its product database and scoring system are intended to make information about food processing easier to access at the point of purchase. The company will use the funding for go-to-market activities and hiring, bringing in additional people to support growth. It also plans to expand into Belgium and license its PureScore technology to food producers and retailers, extending the platform beyond its consumer app.
Freiburg, Germany
€1.2M•Pre-seed•Oct 29, 2026
Freiburg, Germany-based VUSE XR develops software that helps industrial and life sciences companies create, manage, and deploy mixed reality training. Its VUSE XR Hub turns existing technical materials into interactive learning experiences for workplace use. The platform works with CAD models, engineering data, and other technical content, allowing companies to build training around the equipment and processes employees already need to understand. Customers include ZEISS, Witron, Hologic, and Badenova. VUSE XR has raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by IACD, with participation from individual business angels. The company was founded by Niclas Matthias and Dr. Paul Matthias. VUSE XR will use the capital to further develop the VUSE XR Hub, expand its AI-assisted content creation capabilities, and support commercial growth. The funding will also support go-to-market activity as the company develops its software for industrial and life sciences training applications.
Ghent, Belgium
$17M•Seed•Oct 29, 2026
Ghent-based Ravical is building an AI-powered platform for accounting and tax firms that turns internal expertise into shared processes. By standardising workflows, the startup helps firms capture how work is done and apply those practices across teams as they grow. The company has raised $17 million in seed funding led by MMC Ventures, with participation from Lakestar, Pitchdrive, and Shapers. The round brings Ravical’s total funding to $25 million. Ravical says more than 100 accounting firms across Europe use its platform. The startup was founded by Joris Van Der Gucht, Ken Bastiaensen, and Benjamin Vandermarliere. The new funding will support further product development, team expansion, and go-to-market growth in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Ravical also plans to enter additional European markets and expand into the US, while using the capital to grow its presence across the accounting and tax sector.
Dallas, United States
$4M•Seed•Oct 29, 2026
Dallas-based SpendRule is building an AI contract enforcement platform that links negotiated terms with invoices, transactions, and supporting evidence. The system helps organizations identify overpayments, recover money owed, and verify that commercial agreements deliver the value expected. The company has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Radical Investments, Mark Cuban’s investment firm, with participation from Zeal Capital Partners. The round brings SpendRule’s total funding to $6 million. Co-founded and co-led by Joseph Akintolayo and Chris Heckler, SpendRule initially built its platform for hospital purchased services, where health systems manage complex agreements across staffing, facilities, maintenance, security, and IT. The software checks charges against contract terms and shows the clause and calculation behind each discrepancy. SpendRule is used by OSF HealthCare, Kettering Health, MemorialCare, and MUSC Health, and currently covers $2.91 billion in annual contracted purchased services spend across 2,187 business relationships. The new capital will support deeper work with health systems, continued product and engineering development, go-to-market efforts, and hiring as the company brings its contract enforcement technology to more businesses.
The Hague, Netherlands
€34.13M•Series A•Oct 29, 2026
Braid provides the infrastructure for enterprises to offer branded mobile connectivity without becoming telecom operators. Its platform connects businesses to more than 600 carrier networks in over 200 countries, letting them embed SIM and eSIM services into products or launch branded storefronts. The Hague-based company has raised €34.13 million in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from KPN Ventures. Founded in 2023 as Next Communications, Braid said it is profitable and cash-flow positive, and now serves close to 90 enterprise customers, including brands in travel and financial services. Braid was founded by Jignesh Dave, Vishal Dave, and Mitesh Popat. Dave previously built and operated a mobile virtual network operator, experience that shaped the company’s API-based approach to simplifying carrier procurement and connectivity delivery for enterprise customers. The new funding will support international expansion, expansion of Braid’s carrier network, and further product and infrastructure development. The company operates across India, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and will use the capital to strengthen the systems behind its embedded connectivity offering as it grows its market presence.
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