https://thebatchroom.comOne email every Thursday, under 5 minutes to read, on the startups coming out of accelerators and incubators. You see them while they are still in the program, before the round gets announced.enhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-seeds-all-labelled-seedhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-seeds-all-labelled-seedSat, 14 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTSix seeds. All labelled seed. Six rounds reported between 13 and 26 October 2026. Every source we read labels the round seed. FLÆ Robotics gives only "more than €1M". ▪ Ubitium:…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/hax-sosv-usd-250k-first-investment-usd-100k-of-it-in-kindhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/hax-sosv-usd-250k-first-investment-usd-100k-of-it-in-kindSat, 14 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMTSOSV HAX's first investment is $250,000, and $100,000 of it is in-kind support, not cash. Applications are rolling on 14 November 2026: SOSV HAX says it admits 2 to 3 teams a…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/estatemin-eur-1m-pre-seed-for-estate-law-softwarehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/estatemin-eur-1m-pre-seed-for-estate-law-softwareSat, 14 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTEstateMin's CEO, Isabella Hughes, is a law graduate and former international boxer who worked as a legal executive retyping client information into legal documents. On 21 October…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-rounds-one-day-21-octhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-rounds-one-day-21-octSat, 14 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMTFour rounds. One day. Four rounds reported by Tech.eu on 21 October 2026, each with a named lead. ▪ Opply: $7.5M led by Chalfen Ventures, with five other investors named in the…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/seedcamp-usd-350k-to-1-25m-first-cheque-no-deadlinehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/seedcamp-usd-350k-to-1-25m-first-cheque-no-deadlineSat, 14 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTSeedcamp says its first cheque is usually between $350,000 and $1.25 million. It publishes no deadline: founders pitch through a form, and Seedcamp says it aims to finish its…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/sonexos-chf-5m-pre-series-a-for-plasma-noise-controlhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/sonexos-chf-5m-pre-series-a-for-plasma-noise-controlSat, 14 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTSonexos says it can absorb low-frequency noise with a thin plasma layer and no moving parts. On 21 October 2026 the Lausanne company announced CHF 5 million in a pre-Series A…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-uk-deals-innovate-uk-in-every-onehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-uk-deals-innovate-uk-in-every-oneSat, 14 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTFive UK deals. Innovate UK is in every one. Five UK funding announcements reported between 13 and 21 October 2026. Each source names Innovate UK as grant giver, funder or…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/eit-food-venture-studio-founders-eoi-at-most-three-reachhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/eit-food-venture-studio-founders-eoi-at-most-three-reachSat, 14 Nov 2026 08:30:00 GMTEIT Food expects at most three people to get as far as applying for the €30,000 grant in its Venture Studio Founders pathway, and at least the first four months pay nothing.…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/adsilico-gbp-10m-series-a-for-virtual-patientshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/adsilico-gbp-10m-series-a-for-virtual-patientsSat, 14 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTClinical trials for heart valves and stents typically enrol a few hundred patients, which makes it hard to represent the range of people who will receive the device, according to…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-turkish-rounds-two-give-an-amounthttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-turkish-rounds-two-give-an-amountFri, 13 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTFour Turkish rounds. Two give an amount. Four rounds by companies with a base in Istanbul, reported between 12 October and 3 November 2026 by the Turkish outlets Webrazzi and…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/antler-nordics-200k-upfront-of-a-500k-standard-dealhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/antler-nordics-200k-upfront-of-a-500k-standard-dealFri, 13 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMTAntler's standard Nordic deal is €500,000, but only €200,000 arrives when it invests: €100,000 for 8.5% equity and €100,000 on an uncapped convertible note with an MFN clause. Up…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/cellbox-solutions-eur-5m-series-a-final-closehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/cellbox-solutions-eur-5m-series-a-final-closeFri, 13 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTA paper co-authored by staff of Cellbox Solutions and researchers at the Fraunhofer IZI in Leipzig, dated January 2026 and published on the company's site, reports that shipping…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-series-a-rounds-four-different-leadshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-series-a-rounds-four-different-leadsFri, 13 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMTFour Series A rounds. Four different leads. Four rounds labelled Series A, reported between 13 October and 2 November 2026. Each has a different named lead. Amounts are as…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/y-combinator-500k-for-7-percent-plus-an-mfn-safe-winter-2027https://thebatchroom.com/posts/y-combinator-500k-for-7-percent-plus-an-mfn-safe-winter-2027Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTFor $500,000, Y Combinator takes a fixed 7% of a company and then a second, open-ended share. $125,000 of the cheque converts into the 7%. The other $375,000 goes in on an…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/intuitivo-eur-1-35m-seed-for-digital-assessmenthttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/intuitivo-eur-1-35m-seed-for-digital-assessmentFri, 13 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTFull-time lower secondary teachers in Portugal report spending 6.9 hours a week marking and correcting student work, against an OECD average of 4.6, according to the OECD's TALIS…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-corporate-backers-one-exact-figurehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-corporate-backers-one-exact-figureFri, 13 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTFive corporate backers. One exact figure. Five deals reported between 14 and 27 October 2026, each with a corporate investor or corporate venture arm named. ▪ Skeleton…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/innovate-uk-investor-partnerships-battery-innovationhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/innovate-uk-investor-partnerships-battery-innovationFri, 13 Nov 2026 08:30:00 GMTA £1 million battery research project at a micro or small company can get up to £700,000 from Innovate UK, but the project cannot start until an approved investor's investment of…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/coherence-quantum-eur-2-78m-seed-for-cryogenic-quantumhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/coherence-quantum-eur-2-78m-seed-for-cryogenic-quantumFri, 13 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTCoherence Quantum says its team has spent more than two years on cryogenic signalling and control hardware, through several prototype generations tested in dilution refrigerators…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-swedish-rounds-none-above-usd-3-3mhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-swedish-rounds-none-above-usd-3-3mThu, 12 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTFour Swedish rounds. None above USD 3.3M. Four rounds from Swedish companies, reported between 14 and 29 October 2026. Amounts are in the currency each source uses. The largest is…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/emerge-americas-global-startup-accelerator-showcase-pay-usdhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/emerge-americas-global-startup-accelerator-showcase-pay-usdThu, 12 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMTStartups selected for the eMerge Americas Global Startup Accelerator + Showcase pay USD 650 each, and the finale advertises "$300K+". Applications close on 22 November 2026. What…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/muray-eur-7-1m-with-more-public-than-private-moneyhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/muray-eur-7-1m-with-more-public-than-private-moneyThu, 12 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTMuRay Tech says it has raised €7.1 million, and the public part is the larger: €3.6 million in public funding against a €3.5 million private round, according to the company and…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-founders-four-starting-pointshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-founders-four-starting-pointsThu, 12 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMTFour founders. Four starting points. Four rounds reported between 21 October and 9 November 2026, each tied to a founder the source describes: a 19-year-old, a former minister, a…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/slush-100-eur-500k-equity-free-after-eur-1m-investmentshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/slush-100-eur-500k-equity-free-after-eur-1m-investmentsThu, 12 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTThe 2026 Slush 100 winner will get €500,000 with 0% equity. From 2022 to 2025 the prize was €1 million as an investment from "top VCs", per the Slush newsroom. The finals are part…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/ganiga-eur-2-5m-of-which-eur-1m-via-smart-and-start-italiahttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/ganiga-eur-2-5m-of-which-eur-1m-via-smart-and-start-italiaThu, 12 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTGaniga reports €2.5 million in total funding, but only €1.5 million of it is an equity round. The other €1 million comes through Smart&Start Italia, an incentive managed by…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-debt-deals-no-equity-roundhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-debt-deals-no-equity-roundThu, 12 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTFive debt deals. No equity round. Five financings reported between 13 and 30 October 2026. In each, the source describes the money as a loan, venture debt, or a credit or lending…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/eit-food-proof-of-concept-co-financing-instrument-thehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/eit-food-proof-of-concept-co-financing-instrument-theThu, 12 Nov 2026 08:30:00 GMTIn the EIT Food Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument, the corporate client has to pay EIT Food a fee of 60% of the startup's project budget. The startup receives a lump-sum…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/siloton-gbp-8-4m-innovate-uk-contracthttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/siloton-gbp-8-4m-innovate-uk-contractThu, 12 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTSiloton has an £8.4 million (€9.98 million) contract from Innovate UK for a handheld eye scanner. EU-Startups lists two earlier funding announcements for the Bristol company:…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-pre-seeds-eur-850k-to-usd-30mhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/five-pre-seeds-eur-850k-to-usd-30mWed, 11 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTFive pre-seeds. €850K to $30M. Five rounds that the sources call pre-seed, reported between 15 and 29 October 2026. Amounts are as reported, in euros and dollars. ▪ Enact: $30M,…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/innovate-uk-efficient-structured-and-controllable-aihttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/innovate-uk-efficient-structured-and-controllable-aiWed, 11 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT"Our experience from similar competitions suggests that you could have 4% chance of success." That sentence is on the Innovate UK page for Efficient, Structured and Controllable…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/photon-bridge-eur-10m-for-multi-laser-sources-for-ai-datahttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/photon-bridge-eur-10m-for-multi-laser-sources-for-ai-dataWed, 11 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTPhoton Bridge, a photonics company in Eindhoven, cites an Omdia forecast that more than 20 million data-centre AI accelerators will ship a year by 2028. It says the laser supply…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/back-office-five-rounds-one-jobhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/back-office-five-rounds-one-jobWed, 11 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMTFive rounds. One job: the back office. Five rounds reported between 15 and 29 October 2026 for companies that use AI on accounting, tax, sales-admin or financial-control work.…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/eit-urban-mobility-financial-support-to-startups-eur-14mhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/eit-urban-mobility-financial-support-to-startups-eur-14mWed, 11 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTEIT Urban Mobility has an indicative EUR 14 million of EIT funding for its startup call across 2026 to 2028, and caps each company at EUR 2.5 million. The last 2026 cut-off closes…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/jenz-eur-540k-pre-seed-and-nok-1m-grant-after-a-hackathonhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/jenz-eur-540k-pre-seed-and-nok-1m-grant-after-a-hackathonWed, 11 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTJenz won the Norway AI Hackathon in June. On 21 October 2026, four months later, the Oslo company announced a €540,000 pre-seed round and a NOK 1 million (about €92,000) startup…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-skane-winners-skapa-innovation-prizehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-skane-winners-skapa-innovation-prizeWed, 11 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTFour Skåne winners. Next stop: the national competition. Four entrepreneurs from Skåne were named regional winners of the SKAPA Prize, according to an Oresund Startups article of…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/sxsw-pitch-2027-usd-225-to-apply-no-prize-statedhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/sxsw-pitch-2027-usd-225-to-apply-no-prize-statedWed, 11 Nov 2026 08:30:00 GMTSXSW Pitch charges every applicant a non-refundable USD 225, and its page states no prize. Applications for the March 2027 edition close on 13 November or on 11 November,…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/quantrolox-eur-12m-series-a-for-software-that-tunes-quantumhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/quantrolox-eur-12m-series-a-for-software-that-tunes-quantumWed, 11 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTAccording to the company, its machine learning tuned quantum devices in under 70 minutes, outperforming the best human benchmark. On 22 October 2026 QuantrolOx, a spinout of the…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-rounds-25m-to-300mhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-rounds-25m-to-300mTue, 10 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTFour rounds. $25M to $300M. Four of the larger rounds reported between 4 and 9 November. Three name a stage: Series A, Series C and Series D. Titan OS names none. ▪ Onodrim…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/hello-tomorrow-200k-prize-not-guaranteedhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/hello-tomorrow-200k-prize-not-guaranteedTue, 10 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMTThe Hello Tomorrow Challenge advertises a €200,000 equity investment as its Grand Prize. Its Terms and Conditions do not promise one. Applications close on 30 November at 23:59…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/marble-imaging-6m-seed-extensionhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/marble-imaging-6m-seed-extensionTue, 10 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTMarble Imaging, based in Bremen, says it is building Germany's first commercial constellation of very-high-resolution Earth observation satellites. On 9 November 2026 it announced…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-early-rounds-155k-to-3-6mhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-early-rounds-155k-to-3-6mTue, 10 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMTFour early rounds. €155K to $3.6M. Four early-stage rounds reported between 3 and 9 November. Three are labelled pre-seed. The source for Memora gives no stage. ▪ Darwin: $3.6M…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/techstars-london-220k-for-5-percenthttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/techstars-london-220k-for-5-percentTue, 10 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTFor $220,000, Techstars takes at least 5% of a company in common stock, plus whatever a $200,000 uncapped MFN SAFE later converts into. Applications for the Techstars London…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/osstec-cementless-partial-kneehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/osstec-cementless-partial-kneeTue, 10 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTAccording to Imperial College London, OSSTEC, a startup from the university, has closed an $8 million (£6 million) investment round. The money is meant to help it complete US…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-deals-each-has-a-public-backerhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-deals-each-has-a-public-backerTue, 10 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTFour deals. Each has a public backer. Four deals reported on 5 and 6 November. In each, a named backer is a government or a state-backed institution. ▪ T-Therapeutics Ltd,…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/eic-accelerator-38-of-87https://thebatchroom.com/posts/eic-accelerator-38-of-87Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:30:00 GMTThe EIC - European Innovation Council Accelerator chose 38 companies from 87 that reached the interview stage in its latest published round. The EIC - European Innovation Council…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/calogena-eu-grant-first-commercial-smrhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/calogena-eu-grant-first-commercial-smrTue, 10 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTCalogena, a subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé founded in 2021, is developing a small modular reactor (SMR) to supply district heating networks. In a press release dated 2 November 2026,…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/aquahacking-four-water-teams-52500-in-prizeshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/aquahacking-four-water-teams-52500-in-prizesMon, 09 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMTFour water teams. $52,500 in prizes. The AquaHacking Challenge for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, run by AquaAction, held its finale on 5 November in Detroit. Twelve teams…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/google-for-startups-south-africa-r1m-15-of-1057https://thebatchroom.com/posts/google-for-startups-south-africa-r1m-15-of-1057Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMTGoogle for Startups picked 15 South African-led startups from 1,057 applications for its 2026 accelerator, which offers up to R1 million in equity-free funding. On 5 October,…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/concretene-biogas-into-graphenehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/concretene-biogas-into-grapheneMon, 09 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMTConcretene is developing a way to make graphene from wastewater biogas for use in a concrete additive. The company, based in Manchester, announced in late October that it has…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/cork-to-kitakyushu-spin-outs-off-the-usual-maphttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/cork-to-kitakyushu-spin-outs-off-the-usual-mapMon, 09 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMTCork to Kitakyushu. Spin-outs off the usual map. Four university spin-outs from four countries: India, Ireland, South Korea and Japan. Three announced investor money between 30…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/start-up-chile-clp-15-75m-zero-equityhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/start-up-chile-clp-15-75m-zero-equityMon, 09 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTStart-Up Chile by Corfo, the public accelerator of Corfo, offers CLP 15 million to CLP 75 million per startup with no equity taken, depending on the track. The BIG13 call closes…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/machenta-one-demo-new-taskhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/machenta-one-demo-new-taskMon, 09 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTAccording to Imperial College London, AI-powered robots are typically trained by humans demonstrating individual tasks many times, often over days. Machenta, a spin-out of the…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-rounds-two-keep-the-number-backhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-rounds-two-keep-the-number-backMon, 09 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTSix rounds. Two keep the number back. Six European rounds from the first week of November, five in the UK and one in Sweden. Four name an amount. Nayara gives none, and Potential…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/bethnal-green-ventures-60k-for-7-percenthttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/bethnal-green-ventures-60k-for-7-percentMon, 09 Nov 2026 08:30:00 GMTA London VC will invest £60,000 in 10 to 15 startups at a time, and take 7% for it. Fewer than one in 20 applicants get in. Bethnal Green Ventures says on its apply page that its…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/bioliberty-stroke-rehab-goes-homehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/bioliberty-stroke-rehab-goes-homeMon, 09 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTRecovering a hand after a stroke does not stop when a patient leaves the rehabilitation facility. That is the case Bioliberty is now raising money on: its robotic therapy was…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-spin-outs-six-roundshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/four-spin-outs-six-roundsSun, 08 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTFour spin-outs. Six rounds. Six European rounds from the first week of November. Four of them come out of university labs. ▪ Alethio Therapeutics, UK: $90M (£67M) oversubscribed…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/first-ventures-3-teams-chf-271k-no-equityhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/first-ventures-3-teams-chf-271k-no-equitySun, 08 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTThree student teams just got CHF 271,440 from a Swiss foundation, and it took no equity. On 5 November, Startupticker.ch reported the new projects funded by First Ventures, the…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/mucolife-copd-drug-learns-to-scalehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/mucolife-copd-drug-learns-to-scaleSun, 08 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTSEK 1 million, about €91,000, is a small number in biotech. It pays for a step that decides whether a drug stays a lab result: making it in a form that can be repeated. The…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/unglamorous-problems-funded-this-weekhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/unglamorous-problems-funded-this-weekSat, 07 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTUnglamorous problems. Funded this week. Five European rounds from the first week of November, all aimed at problems most people never think about. ▪ Vensum Power, Espoo: €9M…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/disney-accelerator-3-of-5-unicorns-cheque-secrethttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/disney-accelerator-3-of-5-unicorns-cheque-secretSat, 07 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTFive startups got into the 2026 Disney Accelerator. Three of them are valued at $2 billion or more. Disney still has not said what it paid. The program held its Demo Day on 3…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/graphenergytech-no-silver-needed-aramco-back-inhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/graphenergytech-no-silver-needed-aramco-back-inSat, 07 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTUp to £3 million is what one company is raising to take gold and silver out of electrodes. The replacement is a black paste made of graphene. The company is GraphEnergyTech, a…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/bankrupt-in-march-funded-in-novemberhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/bankrupt-in-march-funded-in-novemberFri, 06 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTOne of this week's rounds went to a company declared bankrupt in March. Another is a seed round that buys other companies. ▪ Hardt Hyperloop, Rotterdam: a multi-million-euro…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/masschallenge-switzerland-1961-applied-no-equityhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/masschallenge-switzerland-1961-applied-no-equityFri, 06 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMT1,961 startups applied. 189 got in. The accelerator took equity from none of them. MassChallenge Switzerland handed out its 2026 awards last week at Beaulieu in Lausanne, in front…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/jawbuddy-jaw-pain-app-goes-on-trialhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/jawbuddy-jaw-pain-app-goes-on-trialFri, 06 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMT130 patients start a randomised trial in December. What they are testing is a phone app for jaw pain. The app is JawBuddy, from a team based at SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator in…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-rounds-this-week-surgeons-paid-for-onehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-rounds-this-week-surgeons-paid-for-oneThu, 05 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTSix European startups announced rounds this week. One of them was funded by more than 15 surgeons. ▪ Gallium Defense, Paris: a €7.1M seed led by Keen Venture Partners and 360…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/station-f-future-40-picked-by-peoplehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/station-f-future-40-picked-by-peopleThu, 05 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTThirty of the 40 startups on this list have a founder who has done it before. Fifteen have a founder who already sold a company. The list is Future 40, published every November…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/amrax-hospital-scanned-by-phonehttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/amrax-hospital-scanned-by-phoneThu, 05 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTA 60,000 square metre hospital in southern Germany has been mapped with smartphones, while it kept running. That job comes from Metaroom by Amrax, a company from Puch bei Hallein…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-startups-five-cheques-not-from-a-vchttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-startups-five-cheques-not-from-a-vcWed, 04 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTSix European startups got backing in the past two weeks. Five of them have money from someone other than a VC. ▪ Quint Computing, Erlangen: €9.1M led by Vsquared Ventures, which…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/gostudent-builders-75-percent-no-salaryhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/gostudent-builders-75-percent-no-salaryWed, 04 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTA Vienna unicorn is offering founders 75% of a company. There is no salary, and from year three it can buy the majority. GoStudent, the tutoring company led by Felix Ohswald and…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/tumbleweed-vienna-startup-selling-zero-gravityhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/tumbleweed-vienna-startup-selling-zero-gravityWed, 04 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTMore than a third of this startup's 25 employees just put their own money into its seed round. Tumbleweed, a Vienna space company, announced €6.9M on 3 November. Pact led, joined…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-programs-closing-in-novemberhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-programs-closing-in-novemberTue, 03 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTSix application deadlines close in November. The biggest pays up to €9.6M per team. Another costs nothing and takes no equity. ▪ 9 Nov, 12:00 CET: SPRIND - Bundesagentur für…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/entrepreneurs-first-investing-before-there-is-a-companyhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/entrepreneurs-first-investing-before-there-is-a-companyTue, 03 Nov 2026 11:30:07 GMTMost investors wait for a company. Entrepreneurs First signs people before they have a cofounder or even an idea. Entrepreneurs First was founded in London in 2011 by Matt…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/dilt-analytics-tu-graz-spin-off-diagnoses-building-systemshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/dilt-analytics-tu-graz-spin-off-diagnoses-building-systemsTue, 03 Nov 2026 07:00:09 GMTLarge buildings can run their heating and cooling wrong for years without tripping a single alarm. A TU Graz spin-off just closed a seven-figure round to find those faults. DiLT…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-swiss-startups-three-programs-one-weekhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/six-swiss-startups-three-programs-one-weekMon, 02 Nov 2026 16:30:00 GMTSix Swiss startups got backing from three programs in the last week of October. ▪ CHD, Epalinges: CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick for MONI2 by CHD, remote monitoring of high-risk…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/exist-germany-pays-founders-to-leave-the-labhttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/exist-germany-pays-founders-to-leave-the-labMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTGermany will pay a researcher up to €3,000 a month to turn their work into a company. exist - from science to business is the start-up program of the Federal Ministry for Economic…https://thebatchroom.com/posts/lupa-ex-prismus-reads-science-for-companieshttps://thebatchroom.com/posts/lupa-ex-prismus-reads-science-for-companiesMon, 02 Nov 2026 07:00:10 GMTThirty Swiss deep-tech companies already pay for a tool that reads science for them. 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