CuspAI leads disclosed funding
Its $450M round represents 50% of the $904.3M disclosed across this edition. transformational AI company building a platform for next-generation materials to tackle global sustainability and clean energy challenges.
Jul 20 – 26, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
14 European funding rounds and $904.3M disclosed. CuspAI leads the edition; explore the companies, investors and stage breakdown.
Jul 20–Jul 26, 2026 · 14 announced rounds
14Funding rounds
$904.3MDisclosed capital · 14 rounds
$14.3MMedian disclosed round
01 / The takeaways
The funding announcements
Software: 5 rounds
Modo Energy, Ossprey, Passionfroot are among the companies in the most active sector by number of rounds in this edition.
9 early-stage rounds
Pre-seed, seed and Series A account for 9 of the 14 announcements. These rounds total $217.6M in disclosed funding.
02 / The full selection
All funding rounds
14 rounds · $904.3M disclosed · $14.3M median
| Company | Amount | Stage / sector | Lead investor | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustus Augustus is the update to the AI era: an autonomous clearing bank, purpose-built around programmable money and stablecoins. Always open. Made for machines. At the speed of compute. | $180M | Series B Fintech | — | |
| imagiLabs gadgets. | $4.5M | Seed Edtech | — | |
| Kausable The startup is developing causal "world models" trained on synthetic data that can adapt to new situations from only a handful of examples, targeting applications from robotics to healthcare. | €12M | Seed AI | — | |
| moa Technology Limited Discovery of a new generation of sustainable herbicides from both natural and synthetic chemistry. | £22.2M | Series C+ Cleantech | — | |
| Nernst Electric Nernst Electric is an Irish startup developing on-site oxygen generation for fish farms. | $2M | Seed Energy | — | |
| RABAM RABAM was established with the aim of digitizing automotive after-sales services. | $500K | Seed Software | — | |
| telli AI call automation platform. | $15M | Seed Software | — | |
| Yope mobile application that records real-time video of the user and their interaction with any content on their smartphone and the world around them. | $12.3M | Seed Media | — | |
| Modo Energy An energy data analytics startup. | $17M | Growth Software | — | |
| Ossprey Ossprey develops software supply chain security technology that detects malicious code in open-source software before it reaches production, helping organisations build and deploy software securely without disrupting development workflows. | $2.7M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Passionfroot Passionfroot provides tools for managing a creator business. | $15M | Series A Software | — | |
| Humanoid Humanoid is a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots. | $152M | Series A Robotics | — | |
| Omio Omio offers a multi-mode search tool that compares and combines rail, air, bus, and car for destinations. | $10M | Growth Travel | — | |
| CuspAI transformational AI company building a platform for next-generation materials to tackle global sustainability and clean energy challenges. | $450M | Series B Cleantech | — |
Augustus$180M
Augustus is the update to the AI era: an autonomous clearing bank, purpose-built around programmable money and stablecoins. Always open. Made for machines. At the speed of compute.
imagiLabs$4.5M
gadgets.
Kausable€12M
The startup is developing causal "world models" trained on synthetic data that can adapt to new situations from only a handful of examples, targeting applications from robotics to healthcare.
moa Technology Limited£22.2M
Discovery of a new generation of sustainable herbicides from both natural and synthetic chemistry.
Nernst Electric is an Irish startup developing on-site oxygen generation for fish farms.
RABAM$500K
RABAM was established with the aim of digitizing automotive after-sales services.
telli$15M
AI call automation platform.
Yope$12.3M
mobile application that records real-time video of the user and their interaction with any content on their smartphone and the world around them.
Modo Energy$17M
An energy data analytics startup.
Ossprey$2.7M
Ossprey develops software supply chain security technology that detects malicious code in open-source software before it reaches production, helping organisations build and deploy software securely without disrupting development workflows.
Passionfroot$15M
Passionfroot provides tools for managing a creator business.
Humanoid$152M
Humanoid is a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots.
Omio$10M
Omio offers a multi-mode search tool that compares and combines rail, air, bus, and car for destinations.
CuspAI$450M
transformational AI company building a platform for next-generation materials to tackle global sustainability and clean energy challenges.
03 / Further reading
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