5U AI is building AI-powered digital workers for freight forwarding operations, with new funding supporting product development, team expansion and growth across the European logistics market.
Startup Funding News
New startup rounds, lead investors and the businesses behind the funding.
71 rounds · $162.6M disclosed · $1.8M median
| Company | Amount | Stage / sector | Lead investor | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5U AI 5U AI is building AI-powered digital workers for freight forwarding operations, with new funding supporting product development, team expansion and growth across the European logistics market. | $3.2M | Pre-seed Transportation | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| SuperPlane SuperPlane is building an open-source, AI-first control plane that enables engineers and agents to collaborate safely on production infrastructure workflows. | $2.6M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Wakeline Deeptech startup developing continuously adaptive AI systems. | €2.1M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Ideasets The company combines artificial intelligence, data science, and predictive systems in a single production model. | $1.3M | Pre-seed AI | — | |
| Kyrok Kyrok's platform is designed as an application layer that sits on top of existing ERP systems, eliminating the need for costly system migrations. | €3.1M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Mafer AI Barcelona-based startup building an AI operating system for R&D teams in formulation industries. | €2M | Pre-seed AI | — | |
| Stellar Alpina Zurich-based SpaceTech startup developing compact rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) to make movement between orbits faster, smaller, and more efficient. | €3.8M | Pre-seed Space | — | |
| Handshaik An AI-native platform that aims to transform the deal origination sector. | £1.7M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Publicit Publicit is developing an advertising infrastructure designed to improve access to digital and omnichannel advertising for small and medium-sized businesses. | €700K | Pre-seed Marketing | — | |
| Avrea modern Continuous Integration (CI) platform built for the agentic AI era of software development. | $4.7M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Voxmind voice biometrics and deepfake detection startup. | £546.5K | Pre-seed AI | — | |
| AVIAN Zurich-based industrial AI company building 24/7 thermal monitoring for the world’s most fire-prone facilities. | $2.6M | Pre-seed Hardware | — | |
| ALP Bio AG to accelerate their platform which combines human immune organoid biology with generative AI to help antibody developers identify, understand, and reduce immunogenicity risk earlier in drug development. | €1.9M | Pre-seed Healthtech | — | |
| auryx auryx is on a mission to create the world’s best foundation model for turning sound into health insights. | $2M | Pre-seed Healthtech | — | |
| ManaMind ManaMind is developing autonomous AI agents designed to replace repetitive manual quality assurance (QA) processes in game development. | $1.5M | Pre-seed Gaming | — | |
| Mosaic SoC microcontroller architecture designed to eliminate critical memory bottlenecks in real-time data processing. | $3.8M | Pre-seed Semiconductors | — | |
| Spiral Hydrogen Spiral Hydrogen is developing a rotating, bubble-free electrolyser designed to improve the efficiency of green hydrogen production. | €3.4M | Pre-seed Deeptech | — | |
| Always Friday Italian AI-native platform for corporate event planning. | €1.1M | Pre-seed Consumer | — | |
| Cnuic The company based in Edinburgh has developed a working prototype of a completely new type of photolithography device, which makes use of the properties of light, enabling rapid, reconfigurable production of photonic chips with enhanced 3D control, something that was previously impossible. | €3M | Pre-seed Hardware | — | |
| Tapaya Prague-based payments infrastructure startup. | €1M | Pre-seed Fintech | — | |
| Metaktik Espoo-based company is developing ultra-lightweight, flexible antennas that can be seamlessly integrated into drones, satellites, and ground systems—enhancing communication, radar capability, and stealth by conforming to the shape of the platform. | €1M | Pre-seed Deeptech | — | |
| Riplo a London-based company developing an agentic operating system for consulting. | £2.3M | Pre-seed Software | — | |
| Test of Things Finnish IoT cybersecurity company. | €1.2M | Pre-seed Cybersecurity | — | |
| deeplify German industrial AI startup. | €2M | Pre-seed AI | — |
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.
SuperPlane is building an open-source, AI-first control plane that enables engineers and agents to collaborate safely on production infrastructure workflows.
Deeptech startup developing continuously adaptive AI systems.
The company combines artificial intelligence, data science, and predictive systems in a single production model.
Kyrok's platform is designed as an application layer that sits on top of existing ERP systems, eliminating the need for costly system migrations.
Barcelona-based startup building an AI operating system for R&D teams in formulation industries.
Zurich-based SpaceTech startup developing compact rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) to make movement between orbits faster, smaller, and more efficient.
An AI-native platform that aims to transform the deal origination sector.
Publicit is developing an advertising infrastructure designed to improve access to digital and omnichannel advertising for small and medium-sized businesses.
modern Continuous Integration (CI) platform built for the agentic AI era of software development.
voice biometrics and deepfake detection startup.
Zurich-based industrial AI company building 24/7 thermal monitoring for the world’s most fire-prone facilities.
to accelerate their platform which combines human immune organoid biology with generative AI to help antibody developers identify, understand, and reduce immunogenicity risk earlier in drug development.
auryx is on a mission to create the world’s best foundation model for turning sound into health insights.
ManaMind is developing autonomous AI agents designed to replace repetitive manual quality assurance (QA) processes in game development.
microcontroller architecture designed to eliminate critical memory bottlenecks in real-time data processing.
Spiral Hydrogen is developing a rotating, bubble-free electrolyser designed to improve the efficiency of green hydrogen production.
Italian AI-native platform for corporate event planning.
The company based in Edinburgh has developed a working prototype of a completely new type of photolithography device, which makes use of the properties of light, enabling rapid, reconfigurable production of photonic chips with enhanced 3D control, something that was previously impossible.
Prague-based payments infrastructure startup.
Espoo-based company is developing ultra-lightweight, flexible antennas that can be seamlessly integrated into drones, satellites, and ground systems—enhancing communication, radar capability, and stealth by conforming to the shape of the platform.
a London-based company developing an agentic operating system for consulting.
Finnish IoT cybersecurity company.
German industrial AI startup.
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Active investors
| Investor | Rounds | Led | Recent investments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01General Catalyst | 13 | 1 | DwellyNeko Health |
| 02Balderton Capital | 12 | 1 | SpottThe Exploration Company |
| 03Y Combinator | 12 | 0 | SpottConveo |
| 04British Business Bank | 11 | 0 | Certain EnergyAlchemab Therapeutics |