Wayve leads disclosed funding
Its $1.2B round represents 68% of the $1.8B disclosed across this edition. Wayve uses end-to-end deep learning to develop artificial intelligence capable of complex driving.
Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
31 European funding rounds and $1.8B disclosed. Wayve leads the edition; explore the companies, investors and stage breakdown.
Feb 23–Mar 1, 2026 · 31 announced rounds
31Funding rounds
$1.8BDisclosed capital · 31 rounds
$9.5MMedian disclosed round
01 / The takeaways
The funding announcements
Software: 10 rounds
Ark Climate, BeyondMath, Celebratix are among the companies in the most active sector by number of rounds in this edition.
25 early-stage rounds
Pre-seed, seed and Series A account for 25 of the 31 announcements. These rounds total $296.3M in disclosed funding.
02 / The full selection
All funding rounds
31 rounds · $1.8B disclosed · $9.5M median
| Company | Amount | Stage / sector | Lead investor | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patientdesk.ai Proven in dental scheduling, now expanding to insurance, payments, and care coordination. Already live across 35+ locations with 3 major chains while building. | $1M | Pre-seed Healthtech | — | |
| Straion Straion, the rules layer built to turn the current chaos of AI coding into governed, production-grade engineering. | €1.1M | Seed Software | — | |
| Verley Verley develops precision fermentation technology for dairy production. | €32M | Series A Foodtech | — | |
| VoiceLine VoiceLine helps professionals by bringing voice collaboration to high performing teams. | €10M | Series A Software | — | |
| Cernel Aarhus-based startup developing an AI-driven platform for the intelligent management of e-commerce data. | €4M | Seed AI | — | |
| Dytto Ghent-based startup building an AI assistant for accounting and bookkeeping firms. | €1.5M | Pre-seed AI | — |
Proven in dental scheduling, now expanding to insurance, payments, and care coordination. Already live across 35+ locations with 3 major chains while building.
Straion€1.1M
Straion, the rules layer built to turn the current chaos of AI coding into governed, production-grade engineering.
Verley€32M
Verley develops precision fermentation technology for dairy production.
VoiceLine€10M
VoiceLine helps professionals by bringing voice collaboration to high performing teams.
Cernel€4M
Aarhus-based startup developing an AI-driven platform for the intelligent management of e-commerce data.
Dytto€1.5M
Ghent-based startup building an AI assistant for accounting and bookkeeping firms.
03 / Further reading
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