Deep Tech startup ecosystem
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Astroteq.ai
Developing an AI-based multichannel earthquake forecasting system providing predictions at 14-day, 5-day, 3-day and 1-day horizons with magnitude and location estimates. Founded in 2019; completed ESA BIC Poland and raised over €640k.
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Atlantic Bridge
Atlantic Bridge is a Dublin- and London-headquartered growth-equity firm founded in 2004 by Brian Long, Elaine Coughlan, Gerry Maguire and Peter McManamon. It manages over €1.2bn across eight funds, including flagship growth vehicles (Atlantic Bridge III at €140M, AB IV at $317M), two China-Ireland Technology Growth Capital funds, and two University Bridge Funds (€65M + €80M) seeding deep-tech spinouts from Irish universities. Its defining 'Bridge Model' accelerates the internationalisation of European technology companies via the partners' US networks. The firm invests at expansion and growth stage — typically €10–20M cheques — across AI, next-generation semiconductors, cybersecurity, enterprise software, quantum computing and digital health. It has recorded 50+ exits worth over $7bn, including Movidius (Intel), Decawave (Qorvo), NUVIA (Qualcomm, $1.4bn) and the Nasdaq listing of Navitas Semiconductor. Active holdings include SambaNova, Vectra AI, Equal1 and Cambridge Mechatronics. The team is led by co-founders Brian Long and Elaine Coughlan with Managing Partner Kevin Dillon.
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Atlas Aerospace
Atlas Aerospace is a Riga-based UAV manufacturer founded in 2015 by Ivan Tolchinsky that produces lightweight reconnaissance drones for military and civilian use. Its flagship drone weighs under 2 kg, is man-portable, and carries a camera for real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Atlas is a NATO supplier and has delivered over 200 drones to Ukrainian armed forces for battlefield reconnaissance. Beyond defence, the company's systems are used by Norwegian mountain-rescue teams and firefighting services worldwide. Atlas is a member of MilTech Latvia, the national defence industry cluster.
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Atmonia
Atmonia is developing a breakthrough electro-catalytic process for synthesising ammonia directly from air, water and renewable electricity at ambient temperature and pressure — with zero carbon emissions. Its precious-metal-free catalyst technology, protected by multiple patents, could disrupt the conventional Haber-Bosch process that accounts for roughly 2% of global CO2 emissions. Founded in 2016, the company has raised $3M in equity alongside $10M in non-dilutive funding from sources including the Icelandic Research Fund, Technology Development Fund and Horizon Europe. Atmonia collaborates with Fujitsu on AI-accelerated catalyst development and leads the EU-funded VERGE project.
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Atrandi Biosciences
Develops Semi-Permeable Capsule and droplet microfluidics partitioning technology enabling multi-step, multi-omic single-cell analysis workflows for research and high-throughput screening.
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Axelera AI
Axelera AI is a semiconductor and software company headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, founded in July 2021. It develops AI acceleration hardware and software for inference workloads, spanning edge devices and edge servers. Its flagship Metis AI Processing Unit and next-generation Europa AIPU are paired with the Voyager SDK for model deployment, built on the company's proprietary digital in-memory computing and RISC-V dataflow architecture. The company targets sectors including security, manufacturing, retail, and healthcare, positioning its products as high-performance, power-efficient alternatives to GPUs. In March 2025 it was awarded a EuroHPC grant of up to 61.6 million euro for the DARE project.
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Azerbaijan Innovation Center (AIM)
The Azerbaijan Innovation Center (AIM) is a 1,250 m² urban innovation hub on Atatürk Avenue, Baku, managed by the Innovation and Digital Development Agency (IDDA). Opened in October 2024, it provides 18 dedicated desks, development programs, networking events, and investor roadshow access for resident startups. IDDA reports supporting 750+ startups cumulatively across its programs, with ecosystem assets under management of approximately $15.6 million.
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BADideas.fund
BADideas.fund is a Riga-based early-stage syndicate and pre-seed/seed fund whose 200+ members are operators and founders from CEE unicorns including Wise, Veriff, Printify, and Bolt. The fund is backed by Latvian development bank Altum under the EU ERDF-supported programme, with a total fund size of €20.67 million, active from 2024 to 2029. It focuses on globally ambitious founders from Latvia and the broader CEE region.
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Baku International Innovation Trade Show 2026
A large-scale international innovation trade show at Baku Expo Center, targeting 25,000+ visitors and 350+ exhibitors from 20+ countries. Useful for founders with a product to showcase and those seeking regional distribution or investment connections.
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Bek Ventures
Bek Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders with roots in Europe, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey. Founded in 2013 as the Earlybird Digital East Fund and rebranded to Bek Ventures in late 2024, the firm manages roughly $600 million across its funds, including a $250 million Fund III closed in 2024. Led by managing partner Cem Sertoglu and with offices in Istanbul, London, and New York, the Turkish-founded team has generated billions of dollars in returns over the past decade and is associated with one of the greatest venture investments in European history. Bek Ventures backs technical founders building global category leaders, with around half of its portfolio companies operating from the United States.
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BEYOND Expo 2026
Southeastern Europe's leading tech and innovation exhibition at Metropolitan Expo Athens, themed 'AI: Digital to Physical' for 2026, with focus on AI, cybersecurity, smart cities, ESG applications, digital governance and startups; targeting ~30,000 attendees.
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Big Data Conference Europe 2026
10th edition with 60+ talks and hands-on workshops on Big Data, ML, Generative AI, Quantum Computing, Ethical AI, and DataOps. Workshops kick off Nov 24, main conference Nov 25-27 at Multikino, ~700 attendees from 35+ countries.
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Big Pi Ventures
Big Pi Ventures was founded in 2018 by Marco Veremis, Alex Eleftheriadis, and Aristos Doxiadis, all seasoned entrepreneurs with exits to Splunk, Meta/Facebook, and global PE. The firm manages approximately €250M in AUM across an early-stage fund (Big Pi II, €50M, 2023) and a growth fund (€130M first close, targeting €200M). It follows a tech-first investment thesis focused on AI, deep tech, biotech, and IP-heavy companies built by founders with a Greek nexus — whether based in Greece or part of the global diaspora. Notable portfolio companies include TileDB, Numan, and Accusonus (acquired by Meta).
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Biomatter
Synthetic biology company using generative AI to design novel proteins and enzymes from scratch, creating custom biomolecules for industrial, pharmaceutical and biotech applications.
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BIOSPAIN 2026
One of Europe's largest biotech partnering events, in its 13th edition and run by industry association AseBio, known for its high volume of one-to-one investor and company meetings. Essential for biotech and life-sciences founders raising capital or seeking pharma and research partners.
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Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs is a German AI research lab focused on generative visual intelligence, describing itself as a frontier lab for models that understand, reason, and act in the world. It is best known for the FLUX family of image generation models, offered via a playground, an API, and open-weights releases on platforms like Hugging Face and GitHub. The FLUX models have been widely adopted across open-source and enterprise platforms. In December 2025 the company raised a $300M Series B at a $3.25B post-money valuation, co-led by Salesforce Ventures and AMP, with participation from a16z, NVIDIA and others.
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Black Pearls VC
Black Pearls VC was a Gdansk-based early-stage venture capital firm that invested in deep-tech and B2B software startups across the Baltic and Central and Eastern European region. It concluded its active investment period at the end of 2023, and its team has continued supporting founders under a new identity, Balnord.
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Bloomineral
Creates carbon-negative materials using biomineralisation — permanently storing CO2 as a limestone filler derived from cement-industry waste. Founded in 2024 at the LSCE in Paris-Saclay, targeting industrial decarbonisation.
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BpiFrance Inno Génération 2026
BIG (Bpifrance Inno Génération) 2026, billed as Europe's largest business gathering, takes place on Thursday 8 October 2026 at the Accor Arena in Paris under the theme 'place au culot' (audacity). Organized by Bpifrance, France's public investment bank, it brings tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, SME and corporate leaders, researchers and investors together for hundreds of conferences, masterclasses, expert clinics and networking, free to attend.
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Brave1 Defense Tech Valley 2026
Ukraine's flagship defense-tech summit, organised by the Brave1 cluster with the Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Digital Transformation. 5,000+ participants; 2025 edition closed $100M in deals. 2026 focus is global scaling and joint US/EU production.
