$250M for food delivery giant Getir, new fund for dual-use tech, and parental support for founders

This week we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €1.8 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week’s top financials, we’ve also indexed the most important/industry-related news items you need to know about.

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💸 Notable and big funding rounds

🇹🇷 Food delivery giant Getir raises $250M and restructures into two businesses

🇨🇿 Food retailtech Rohlik secures $170M funding

🇨🇭SkyCell secures $116M for medical supply chain management

🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers

🇫🇷 Crossbeam acquires French company Reveal

🇫🇷 Softonic secures its SaaS market with leader

🇪🇪 Up Group acquires Stebby, an Estonian employee benefit platform

🚀 Interesting moves from investors

💰 DTCP closes $450M fund for Series B to D

🟣 Purple Ventures launches €40M fund for early-stage software startups

🪖Presto Ventures and Czechoslovak Group launch Presto Tech Horizons Fund targeting dual-use tech

🎮 MiddleGame Ventures launch third fintech fund with €52M

🧒 Balderton introduces parental support for founders

🗞️ In other (important) news

🇬🇧 Legaltech startup Orbital Witness offers world first “AI reliance” insurance for accuracy

🇪🇺 EU challenges Apple over App Store rules, with record fine

🇬🇧 Labour Party recognises fintech as one of “jewels in the UK PLC crown”, says fintech VC fund boss

📡 Recommended reads and listens

🇪🇪 Estonia: A dynamic hub for technology and entrepreneurship

⚕️From months to minutes: OASYS NOW streamlines patient recruitment for clinical trials

🇪🇺 Most European AI founders had “no exposure to AI 18 months before ChatGPT”, says European fintech boss

🔭 European tech startups to watch

🇫🇮 Valpas raises €4M seed for pesticide-free bed bug solution

🇫🇷 Aviation climate tech Estuaire raises €2.2M

🇳🇱 Investment metrics platform Bounce Watch’s pre-seed funding brings its valuation to €2.5 million

🇺🇦 Ability AI raises $1.1M for autonomous marketing AI agent

🇨🇭Calico Biosystems raises €156,000 for anti-cancer drug development