Daily News - 12 September 2025
About this episode
12 September 2025 episode dedicated to 5 fresh European headlines: MELP (LT) raises €1.25M to expand in UK with its employee engagement platform; BRAINR (PT) closes €11M seed to digitalize food factories; TrustNXT (DE) gets €1.6M pre-seed to protect images and videos from AI manipulation; Mevaldi (NL) funds scalability of bio-based building blocks for polymers and polyurethanes; Visma acquires Alavie (IT), strengthening regtech offering for AML compliance. News not covered in previous day's episode. In this episode the main theme is Startup Financing. Central thesis: Five European startups raise significant funds. What specifically do we discuss? The segment of European startups is experiencing growth with various companies raising funds to expand operations and innovate in their respective sectors. European Perspective: Europe is becoming a tech innovation and digitalization hub, with growing interest in engagement solutions and compliance. Strategic Implications: Expansion and innovation in tech and compliance sector. Key Players: MELP, BRAINR, TrustNXT, Mevaldi, Visma.
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Startups mentioned
TrustNXT
Visual data protection solution that prevents fraud at the source using cryptographic trust labels to verify image and video authenticity.
Visma
Visma is a Norwegian software group founded in 1996 in Oslo, specialized in management solutions for businesses and public administration. It offers accounting, ERP, HR management and fintech systems. Through numerous acquisitions across Europe, it has become one of the largest software companies in Northern Europe, with revenue in the billions and hundreds of thousands of clients.
BRAINR
BRAINR developed a cloud-based manufacturing execution system (MES) that replaces manual processes, paper records and spreadsheets in food factories with real-time operational integration, traceability and error reduction.
Why they matter
Espansione e innovazione nel settore tecnologico e della compliance.