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European startups raise fresh funding across AI chips, legaltech and green ingredients

Five European early-stage companies disclosed new rounds this week, spanning AI infrastructure, IP enforcement, electric truck charging, cloud tooling and bioprocessing.

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Sep 15, 2026 3 min read 66

A wave of European startups disclosed new funding this week, with rounds ranging from pre-seed cheques to a Series A worth more than 200 million euros. The deals span AI hardware, legal technology, freight charging, developer cloud tooling and food ingredients.

EUCLYD raises over 200 million euros for AI infrastructure

Eindhoven-based semiconductor systems company EUCLYD secured a Series A of more than 200 million euros to develop what it describes as ultra-efficient infrastructure for foundation AI models. The round was co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund, and Innovation Industries, with additional backing from EIFO (Denmark's export and investment fund), imec.xpand, the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), and Quadri.

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Depotcharge raises 2.7 million euros for shared truck charging

Munich-based Depotcharge closed a 2.7 million euro pre-seed round to expand its shared charging infrastructure platform for electric road freight. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, with participation from xdeck Ventures, Kopa Ventures, Prequel Ventures and business angels from the logistics, e-mobility and energy sectors.

The company's platform lets logistics operators make unused depot charging capacity available to other fleets, managing access control, invoicing and payments while operators set their own prices and rules. Depotcharge has also partnered with the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL e.V.) to launch BGL Charge, a shared charging network for Germany's road freight sector.

Boxd raises 2 million dollars for AI coding agent cloud

Dutch startup Boxd raised 2 million dollars in a pre-seed round to build cloud computing infrastructure for developers and AI coding agents. The round was led by BlueYard Capital, with participation from OVNI Capital, Antler, S20 and Script Capital, plus business angels from General Intuition and other technology firms.

Founded by Michiel Voortman, Laurentiu Ciobanu and Hidde Kehrer, Boxd provides virtual machines for running code and tests, with snapshotting and live-forking features that it says can copy a running machine, including its memory and active connections, in under 100 milliseconds.

EnforceShield raises 1.7 million euros for automated IP enforcement

Lithuanian legaltech EnforceShield raised 1.7 million euros in seed funding to expand its platform for automating intellectual property enforcement. The round was led by Vendep Capital, with participation from FIRSTPICK VC.

Founded in 2024 by attorney Rytis Rudzinskas, EnforceShield offers a SaaS platform that detects and addresses online IP infringements such as counterfeit products, fake listings, cloned storefronts and phishing pages. The system uses AI agents and built-in legal logic to assess cases and carry out takedowns, following what the company calls a human-at-the-end model, in which lawyers and analysts review outcomes and handle complex cases.