#Portuguese DefenceTech scale-up @TEKEVER has today announced that they have secured €13 million from #EIFO as part of their #SeriesD raise of €520 million at a €5.7 billion valuation 🇵🇹 🦄
Norway's AutoStore has announced an agreement to acquire Logiqs, a Maasdijk-based provider of #roaming#pallet Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), for up to €30 million. 🇳🇴 🇳🇱 🤖 📦
#Quantum investment is surging, but public funding is playing a smaller role in financing startups. ⚛️ 💶
According to @McKinsey’s 2026 Quantum Technology Monitor, investment in quantum technology startups reached €11.15 billion in 2025, 6.3 times more than a year earlier. Yet just 3% came from public sources, down from roughly one-third in 2024.
In this article, Marie Lepske, General Partner at Constructor Capital, argues that the distinction matters: government funding can build the wider quantum ecosystem through #research, #infrastructure and training, while startups need capital that reaches their balance sheets.
Europe’s quantum ecosystem needs both, but one does not automatically provide the other.
#Swiss company @CandiSolar, a #cleanenergy startup distributing solar solutions, announced a €44 million financing partnership to build solar installations paired with #BESS across key business hubs in #India 🇨🇭☀️