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Every story from the Sesamers desk — funding rounds, data, interviews and opinion across European tech.
Scarlet raises $50M Series B to certify AI medical devices
A London notified body founded by ex-Babylon engineers just raised $50M from Headline to clear the queue between AI medical devices and the patients waiting on them.
Stéphane Paillard · October 12, 2026 
OllyGarden raises $4M seed to clean up telemetry data
Stéphane Paillard 
Pick the LP first, then the 2027 conference
Ben Costantini 
SpectaCell raises €6M seed for cell therapy analytics
Stéphane Paillard 
Klarent raises €7.13M seed to test the code AI writes
Stéphane Paillard 
TrueLayer raises $27M led by CDP Venture Capital for its Italy push
Italy's sovereign venture arm just led a $27M round into a London fintech founded by two Italians. TrueLayer counts 30M+ pay by bank users across 22 countries.
Sava raises $36M Series B to retire the fingerstick
London's Sava landed a $36M Series B and a distribution deal in one move: lead investor Ascensia will sell its glucose microsensor across Europe once the CE mark lands.
Yazen raises €50M to scale digital obesity care across Europe
Lund-based Yazen raised €50M led by Verdane to scale medical weight management across Europe - 50,000 patients in active treatment and revenue that nearly doubled to €29.4M in 2025.
Konsileo raises £5M to grow broking without acquisitions
Konsileo has closed a £5 million round led by its own long-term shareholders. The bet: brokers with autonomy and proper software beat the acquisition maths rolling up UK commercial insurance.
VoltR raises €22M to industrialise second life lithium batteries
Angers-based VoltR has secured €22M from Bpifrance's SPI 2 fund, Decathlon PULSE and Première Usine grants to double its factory and take second life lithium batteries to industrial scale.