Drone startup Uforce raises $700m backed by Valor Equity Partners, UK National Wealth Fund

Italy’s Poste targets a €600M co-investment fund for data centres

Poste Italiane has launched a co-investment fund targeting €600M ($665M) for digital infrastructure projects, including data centres, according to the company’s third-quarter earnings presentation on Thursday.

Griffin raises $20M to add cards and stablecoins to its banking platform

Griffin, the UK bank that lets fintechs and platforms embed accounts and payments into their own products, has raised a $20M Series B led by Octagon Partners. The round values the London-based company at over $100M and will fund its expansion into card issuing and stablecoin services.

Munich’s SE3 raises $30M to give Europe’s drones spatial intelligence

SE3, the Munich startup building spatial intelligence software for autonomous systems, has raised a $30M Series A led by Accel, with Keen, Lakestar, and Seedcamp participating. The round comes just five months after the company emerged from stealth with a €5.5M seed.

Lithuania’s Biomatter raises $18M for AI enzyme design

Vilnius-based Biomatter has raised $18M in a Series A round to scale its AI enzyme design platform. Astanor led the oversubscribed round. Existing investors UVC Partners, Inventure and Metaplanet also took part.

SoftBank leads $500m round for Agile Robots

SoftBank leads $500M round valuing Agile Robots at $8.5B

Agile Robots has raised $500 million in a funding round led by SoftBank, valuing the Munich-based robotics company at $8.5 billion. The company announced the investment in a statement Bloomberg reported, bringing total funding to around $2 billion.

Accel leads $30m Series A for spatial AI defence startup SE3

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