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Hackuity's $19m Round Carries a 243,860-Share Ratchet
Hackuity's $19m round includes a €7m cash tranche, a bond conversion and a ratchet ceiling that could add 243,860 shares to the capital structure.
Chift's €10.5m Series A Arrived After a Return to Profit
Chift's €10.5m Series A followed a 2025 return to profit, a positive gross-margin swing and a larger team, while ownership terms remain undisclosed.
Kaiko's $110m Round Arrived With a €35.5m Share-Funded Roll-Up
Kaiko's $110m strategic round arrived beside €35.5m of share-funded acquisitions, issuing 553,134 shares while investor allocations remain undisclosed.
Ontinue Sale Follows Quorum's £93.8m Topco Equity and £27m Debt
EQT is selling Ontinue to Quorum, while filings show a 2024 sponsor control transfer, £93.8m of topco equity and £27m of secured debt behind the platform.
Depotcharge's €2.7m Pre-Seed Still Leaves Evolve Energy 50/50
Depotcharge announced a €2.7m pre-seed, but Evolve Energy's latest register still shows founder vehicles owning 50% each with no investor allotment visible.
Open Cosmos' Founder Held About 41% Before Its €300m Round
Open Cosmos' €300m round sits above a register where founder Rafael Jorda held about 41% of stated capital and preferred shares ranked ahead of ordinary.
Claret's €575m Fund IV Close Sits Beside a £4.46m Profit Jump
Claret's €575m close expanded lending capacity, while UK filings show £4.46m manager profit, £1.31m ordinary dividends and a €6.7m commitment.
Campagnolo Opens Its First Outside Stake While the Family Keeps Control
Campagnolo announced that SPAC SA will acquire a minority stake while the family keeps control; price, size and primary funding effect remain undisclosed.
Limetax’s €36m Roll-Up Sits Beside a Regulated Auditor Parent and a Separate HQ
Limetax announced €36m for a tax-firm roll-up. German filings show a €25,000 regulated auditor owning a separate €25,000 HQ entity; the borrower remains unidentified.
Olenbee’s €7m Round Follows €2.82m of Priced Equity and Share-Convertible Debt
Olenbee announced a €7m round after French filings recorded €2.82m of priced share issues and €475k of obligations converted into 22,568 shares, without naming holders.
CVC DIF Takes firstcolo Majority as Frankfurt Power Becomes the Asset
CVC DIF agreed to buy a significant firstcolo majority from CUBE, keeping founders in place while a 24 MW FRA7 build anchors the next growth phase.
Cloover's $100m Facility Tests Whether Financing Capacity Can Become a Virtual Power Plant
Cloover says a $100m facility lifts financing capacity above $1.3bn as it scales a virtual power plant, but the debt is not a new equity round.
BIOWEG's €30m Series A Mixes Rabo Equity With a €10.3m Grant
BIOWEG’s €30m Series A combines Rabo equity with €10.3m of NRW-linked grant funding, while its register shows Rabo Ventures B.V. at 5.16% in new shares.
Arlequin's €28m Series A Follows a 31% Seed Issuance With Ratchet Protection
Arlequin's €28m Series A follows a 31% seed issuance with ratchet protection and a 279,500-BSPCE capacity, while price and new stakes remain undisclosed.
Fundcraft's €12m Growth Financing Sat Beside a €1.24m Internal Capital Conversion
Fundcraft announced €12m of group growth financing while its French AIFM converted €1.24m of shareholder debt into capital without a cash remittance.
Ethris's €30m EIB Debt Followed a 2.7% Gates Equity Step
Ethris secured €30m of EIB venture debt after a 2,723-share Gates Foundation capital increase diluted existing holders by about 2.7% in the latest July list.
Adaptyv's $40m Series A Sits Above a Parent-Owned Swiss Lab
Adaptyv announced a $40m Series A, while its Swiss Sàrl record shows a US-parent-owned launch and no public post-round investor split or dilution map.
CloudNC’s $20m announcement sits beside a voting preferred-share filing
CloudNC announced $20m, while its latest SH01 records 44.9m voting Series B shares with priority economics, no named allottees and no direct currency match.
FRYTE’s €3.5m seed leaves founders at 52.74%
FRYTE’s €3.5m seed sits beside a 43.89% share issue: founders fell from 94% to 52.74%, while 4impact and Rethink hold 21.88%. The legal list does not price the round.
Allogenetics’ €3.8m Round Sits Beside NBank’s 5.78% to 17.32% Shift
Allogenetics’ €3.8m Pre-Series A coincided with NBank Capital rising from 5.78% to 17.32% and the founder falling to 23.05%. The register shows dilution, not price.
The Exploration Company’s $450m Series C Is Not Yet Visible in Its German Parent Register
The Exploration Company announced a $450m Series C, but its latest German parent shareholder list still shows €194,197 of capital and no new round entry.
Ground A's €9.1m pre-seed leaves each founder at 22.75%
Ground A's €9.1m pre-seed created 31.75% of new shares, leaving each founder vehicle at 22.75% and Vsquared Ventures III at 14.17% in the latest register.
Atira's $17.5m raise leaves a 58.54% founder block visible
Atira's $17.5m funding headline maps to 16.92% across three Accel funds, while founder vehicles retain 58.54% of the latest visible register today.
r3leaf's 50% Founder Block Moved Before Its Insolvency
r3leaf's shareholder list records a 50% founder block assignment before insolvency, while the public sale process leaves the recipient and price undisclosed.
IFX Technologies Rebuilt Intelligent Fluids' Ownership Perimeter
IFX Technologies emerged from intelligent fluids' restructuring with a €30,096 capital base and a new 33.33% Heing SPV stake, not the old investor map.
HyImpulse's €50m Round Lands on a 76.43% Holding Block
HyImpulse's €50m financing meets a register where HylImpulse Holding and Schwarz Holding held 76.43% before the round, leaving post-round control unresolved.
Deskcenter’s Software Survived in Mosaic IT After the Rescue Failed
Mosaic IT bought Deskcenter’s software, code, brands and domains after investor financing failed, while 41 jobs disappeared and creditor recovery stayed undisclosed.
Mustard Seed's €150m First Close Is Already a Deployment Vehicle
Mustard Seed + Partners says nearly €150m is closed and €55m is deployed, but public records still leave LP commitments and fund control unallocated.
E2D's €500m Defence-Fund Target Has a Luxembourg Vehicle, Not a Public LP Ledger
E2D’s €500m defence-fund target now has a Luxembourg vehicle, an IQ EQ AIFM and a July first close, but LP commitments and allocation control remain undisclosed.
Phantasma’s €2.6m Round Makes Factory Access Visible Before Control
Phantasma Labs says Jet supplied €2.1m of a €2.6m round, while its last shareholder list shows founder transfers and a 37.72% outside block.
Skylance’s €500k NRW.BANK Round Turns Debt Into a Control Question
NRW.BANK is putting €500,000 into Skylance through debt conversion and fresh capital, while the last known register remains founder-owned 50/25/25.
Aibly's IP Sale Follows a £467,430 Share-Funding Cycle
Aibly's liquidators are selling its AI compliance IP after £467,430 of cash-paid allotments, a satisfied bank charge and £120,234 of net liabilities.
Pollmann's Restructuring Is Concentrated in Three Austrian Entities
Pollmann put three Austrian entities into restructuring while foreign subsidiaries and Maxxom continue, making it an entity-ring-fenced reset for the auto supplier.
Foundever's Debt Rescue Gave Participating Lenders 40% of Equity
Foundever cut nearly $900m of debt, while S&P says participating lenders received 40% of equity and existing owners invested $225m as maturities moved to 2030 and 2031.
Octave's €10m Series A Followed Years of SPDG Governance
Octave's €10m Series A followed years of SPDG board representation and a new Quintin Tech director, so the round was not a blank governance slate.
WAD Capital's €130m Fund Separates Search From Acquisition
WAD Capital's €130m debut fund has two dated Belgian vehicles: Seed Fund I for search and Invest Fund I for acquisitions, with EIF anchoring its first close.
Uplift Ventures’ €100m Fund Is A Layered Jungheinrich Platform
Uplift Ventures’ €100m fund sits inside a Jungheinrich-backed platform with separate GP, management and partner vehicles, not one undifferentiated pool.
Ore Energy Paired a $43m Round With a 1 GWh Deployment Agreement
Ore Energy paired a $43m Series A with a 1 GWh Budget Thuis agreement, moving iron-air storage from pilot evidence toward factory-scale delivery.
INLEAP’s €20m Funding Headline Was Cumulative; Founders Held 80% in the 2025 List
INLEAP says it has raised about €20m since founding, while its latest filed shareholder list shows founder holding companies with 80% and outside holders with 20%.
Advanced Electric Machines’ £16m Funding Is a Parent-Level Equity and Debt Stack
AEM's £16m funding headline combines parent-level preferred equity with government-backed debt secured over the operating company's IP, receivables and assets.
HyImpulse's €50m Series A Turns Rocket Sovereignty Into a Public-Private Risk Bet
HyImpulse's €50m Series A extension pairs public and private capital with a €350m order book, but filings do not yet show who bears the new equity risk.
Nscale's $3bn AI Debt Sits on a New Holding-Company Security Stack
Nscale's $3bn AI-data-centre facilities follow a holding-company roll-up, a $3.695bn premium reset and GLAS charges over parent and Arkon equity.
ENGO's €5.1m Round Added Nearly Half Its Voting Shares
ENGO's €5.1m round nearly doubled its voting base, with 641,254 new ordinary shares placing investors close to parity with the MICROOLED spin-out founders.
xorlab's €5m Series A+ Follows A Staged Swiss Capital Programme
xorlab's €5m Series A+ followed a 43.4% 2021 and 20.0% 2026 issued-capital rise, while Swiss filings do not identify investors or dilution yet.
Auxxo's €33.3m Fund Close Shows Why LP Count Is Not Capital Control
Auxxo's €33.3m Female Catalyst Fund II closed after staged LP entries, but Berlin filings show nominal Haftsumme is not a map of capital or control.
Lowell's Recapitalisation Offers Creditors the New Parent as Orlando Takes DACH
Lowell's 2026 reset offers creditors conditional new-parent equity while Orlando buys its DACH platform, linking debt relief to a cross-border carve-out.
Nexeon's £100m Round Added Capital Around an Existing KDB Stake
Nexeon's £100m investment round added capital around an existing KDB preference stake, while staged allotments leave the latest recipients unnamed in filings.
EQT Bought Coller's Manager and Carry Rights, Not Its Fund Assets
EQT's $3.2bn Coller deal buys management and GP entities plus carry rights, while Companies House shows the UK operating manager rather than fund assets.
Pixelgen's SEK150m Series B Puts a 26.7% Cheque Behind New Board Seats
Pixelgen's SEK150m Series B includes Flat Capital's SEK40m cheque and two new directors, but Swedish public records do not yet show the post-round ownership split.
ColibriTD's €4m Seed Builds on an Earlybird-Heavy 2023 Share Issue
ColibriTD's €4m seed follows a 2023 issue where Earlybird Uni-X took 6,293 of 6,714 shares, while founders held 80.4% before the new round closed.
Breedr's $27m Series B Did Not Add Shares to Its UK Operating Company
Breedr announced a $27m Series B, but BREEDR LIMITED's latest UK filed accounts show unchanged capital, £32.6k cash and £2.5m net liabilities.
Seqens's Lender-to-Owner Reset Exposes a €930m Acquisition Debt Stack
Seqens says senior lenders will become shareholders, while filings show Sirona BidCo carried €930m of term debt, €29k cash and a €62m dividend.
Boldr's $5m Pre-Series A Meets a Dormant 100-Share UK Company
Boldr announced a $5m pre-Series A, but BOLDR LTD's latest UK accounts remain dormant with 100 ordinary shares, leaving the funded entity unresolved.
Ponda's £1.422m Crowd Round Added Preference Capital, Not a Governance Bloc
Ponda's £1.422m Republic round added 249 investors to SALTYCO's Series Seed class, but filings and custodian terms do not document a retail governance bloc.
Revier’s €6m Seed Left Legacy Holders With 57.6% While New Investors Built a 29.9% Block
Revier’s €6m seed financing left a 57.6% legacy share block in place, while KHAN II and Revier Invest held 29.9% of the latest 43,428-share register.
MAASH's €12.15m Package Is a Governed Industrial Restart, Not Just a Startup Round
MAASH's €12.15m package combines €5.85m equity, €4.3m public support and a €2m loan, with new board representation before mycoprotein scale-up.
Stability AI's $76m Round Leaves Its UK Operator Reliant on the Parent
Stability AI's $76m strategic round follows a parent-level control shift, while 2024 accounts show a loss-making UK operator owing its parent $69.71m.
Lupin Dental's €15m Round Turned Old Claims Into Equity at a 28% Lower Issue Price
Lupin Dental’s €15m round issued 19.75% new shares, settled €3.37m of claims by setoff, priced them 28% below prior issues and created a Strategic Committee.
BOOKR's €6.1m Series A Is a Mixed Transaction, Not Just New Growth Capital
BOOKR says its €6.1m Series A combines primary funding, secondary share purchases and converted instruments, so the headline is not all new cash.
Enpulsion's Lift Me Off Deal Exposes A Funding-Dependent Handover
Enpulsion's Lift Me Off deal coincided with a founder exit, buyer-side appointment and accounts warning that funding and sale completion still mattered.
Oakley's Graphwise Majority Deal Was a Merged-Group Sale, Not a Vienna Startup Exit
Oakley bought a majority of Graphwise after Ontotext absorbed Vienna's Semantic Web Company, putting the merged group, not one startup, at the deal's centre.
Certain Energy's £10m Series A Ended Ceres' Registered Control of RFC Power
Certain Energy's £10m Series A reset RFC Power's register: Ceres moved below the PSC threshold as British Business Investments entered the ownership record.
Deutsche Telekom Agreed to Buy Both Halves of Poland's Fiberhost Split
Deutsche Telekom agreed to buy Fiberhost's open-access network and INEA's retail business, reunited after a 2021 split under one Polish holding chain.
Sonnen's Sale Put 98.33% Of Its Holding Company Into YUMA
Shell sold sonnen to TIVEN, but filings show a new YUMA vehicle held 98.33% of sonnen Holding weeks before the completion statement went public.
Oshen's $5m Round Began Before the Announcement
Oshen's founders held 94.5% before its $5m round, while June resolutions authorised a potential 24.3% share envelope and ratified earlier ASAs.
Valerio's €30m Etherna Deal Is a Capital Reset, Not Just a Platform Buy
Valerio pairs a €30m Etherna acquisition with a €40.25m PIPE, funding a loss-making RNA platform and integration of its Belgian manufacturing base.
RunwayVC's €40m Fund II Sits Behind A NOK30,000 Fund Vehicle
RunwayVC's €40m Fund II is registered as a NOK30,000 alternative-investment vehicle, while a separate five-person manager carries the governance layer.
Polarise Turned A €0.5bn Equity Deal Into A Debt Question
Polarise moved from a proposed SWI majority investment at a €0.5bn valuation to debt financing, shifting the control question to creditor protections.
Flip's €22m Round Left A 10.8% Nominal Equity Signal
Flip's €22m financing followed a €6,115 legal-capital increase, revealing a 10.8% nominal equity signal without exposing investor-level economics.
DORMA-Glas's Asset Deal Was Prepared Before The Rescue Headline
DG Glas's €25,000 successor vehicle and shareholder filings predated DORMA-Glas's rescue announcement, separating operating continuity from creditor recovery.
Gallos' New £35m Round Follows a Filing That Made Lansdowne Its Largest Holder
Gallos' open £35m round follows a filed £9.99m issue that lifted Lansdowne to 29.0% and diluted each founder below the PSC threshold without an evidenced sale.
Callosum's $100m Seed Put 24.1% of the Holdco Into a New Preferred Class
Callosum's $100m seed maps to a filed £57.20m Series Seed 2 issue for 24.1% of its holdco, while Atomico and Plural-linked directors joined the board.
Amber's €7m Series A Put 99.19% of New Shares With Two Institutions
Amber's €7m Series A created 11,113 shares: Ventech and NRW.BANK took 99.19%, lifting their combined holding to 36.09% and diluting three founder vehicles.
Oceanloop's €38.5m Headline Is Mostly a 2024 EIB Facility
Oceanloop's €38.5m financing headline is 83% debt tied to a 2024 EIB facility, while €6.5m equity enters a 22-position roll-up with dilution unresolved.
Tekever's £220m Corvus Award Is 2.92 Times Its 2024 Turnover
The Army's £220m Corvus award is 2.92 times Tekever's 2024 turnover, while the £400m ceiling makes execution risk a private-company issue for suppliers.
SoftBank's $200m Gravis Round Created A 12.63% Series A Class
Gravis's $200m SoftBank round created a Series A class equal to 12.63% of nominal shares and added two board members, not a takeover.
BauWatch's Reported €1bn Sale Sits On A Fully Controlled Haniel Chain
BauWatch's reported €1bn sale follows a four-level Haniel ownership chain, with a domination agreement placing operating control above the share register.
q.beyond Bought 51% of GITG. Its Top Executives Took Two Supervisory Seats
q.beyond bought 51% of GITG and left its operating board intact, but a next-day filing put its top executives in two of three supervisory seats.
OLIX's $312m Round Diluted The Founder Stake Behind The £946m Headline
OLIX's $312m Series B diluted James Dacombe from 38.6% to about 34.1%, while 110,203 growth shares make part of the stake hurdle-dependent.
The Reported $5.4bn ebm-papst Sale Still Runs Through Three Equal Family Legs
Before Madison Air agreed to buy ebm-papst for a reported $5.4bn, the German register still showed three equal family vehicles after a 2025 legal-form reset.
Saputo’s £988m UK Dairy Sale Followed A £21.1m Cash Extraction
Before Lactalis agreed to buy Saputo’s UK dairy business for £988m, filings show a £21.1m parent repayment, £42.7m restructuring and a cleared charge.
Life Couriers Sale Put A Maltese Vehicle At 64% Before Exit
Life Couriers' JLL sale followed a 64.26% indirect Actrax position across three German holding legs, while manager Dieter Kraft held a direct 1.98% stake.
Skye's Redx 'Acquisition' Leaves Legacy Skye Holders With 5.38%
Skye's proposed Redx merger would leave legacy Skye holders with 5.38%, while Redx holders and new financiers control 94.62% and Redx leads the board.
Omilia's $67m Series B Sits Above A Cyprus Holding Company
Omilia raised $67m for global expansion, but the financing sits above a Cyprus parent while the visible Greek operating company reports only local accounts.
VIA Equity's €350m Fund VI Was Authorized Before Its Final Close
VIA Equity's €350m Fund VI was active in Sweden's register seven months before its close, while public disclosures stop short of naming LP commitments.
Plend's £50m Headline Is A Secured Refinancing, Not £50m In Cash
Plend has £20m committed, not £50m in cash. Filings show a first charge over the whole business, a surviving Fair4All lien and junior capital.
Freqcon's €1.7m Rescue Left The PE-Backed Company Behind
Amper paid €1.7m for Freqcon's operating assets, moving jobs into a €25,000 vehicle while the former PE-backed company stayed in insolvency.
Metal Morph's £700k Round Followed A 12-Day Founder Control Reset
Metal Morph raised £700,000 after its 50/50 founder structure changed 12 days after incorporation, leaving one active registered controller in the public record.
Kinematic Trees' £585k Round Coincided With A Board-Control Reset
Kinematic Trees issued 185,714 ordinary shares for £584,999.10, about 15.7% post-money, as a founder's registered majority-board right disappeared.
Agon's $30m Launch Round Used Four Seed Classes And Rewrote Control
Agon's $30m launch round became £23.02m of filed cash across four Seed classes, while founder and investor board rights moved into the articles.
Athora's German Strategy Reversed From A €19bn Expansion To A €3.5bn Sale
Athora agreed to sell its €3.5bn German platform after abandoning a €19bn AXA expansion, reversing a strategy that would have added 900,000 policies.
Hometrack Paid A £29.3m Dividend Before The Providence Sale
Hometrack paid a £29.3m group dividend before Providence's deal, equal to 4.94 times annual profit as reported earnings fell 43% and net assets fell £20.9m.
Harvey Nichols’ Accounts Put Administration Inside The Sale Process
Harvey Nichols was sold from administration after its accounts disclosed administration-contingent bids and a £46.8m swing from net assets to liabilities.
WestBridge Is Buying Beckett After Pre-Tax Profit Roughly Doubled
WestBridge is buying Beckett after filings showed £13.1m of turnover and pre-tax profit roughly doubled across Foresight's acquisition-led build-up.
Mindgard’s $30m Round Followed A Founder Threshold Drop And A US Subsidiary Pledge
Mindgard raised a $30m Series A after its founder fell below the UK PSC threshold and First Citizens took security over its entire US subsidiary.
Resurgens Took Majority Control Of Qarma As Founders Kept 25–40%
Resurgens took majority control of Qarma through two new vehicles while three continuing shareholder vehicles retained a combined registered band of 25–40%.
Vista's Quantios Deal Crosses £92m Of On-Demand Group Liabilities
Vista's Quantios deal crosses £92m of on-demand group payables and registered Jersey-share security created 69 days before the sale announcement.
Cytix's $7m Series A Reset Its Registered Control
Cytix's $7m Series A ended both founders' significant-control status, added Northern Gritstone to the board and followed a £1m convertible bridge.
Entravel's $7.5m Round Funds A Working-Capital Engine
Entravel raised $7.5m after audited accounts showed $548,714 cash, $2.44m of current liabilities, parent support and heavy crypto settlement flows in 2025.
Model ML's UK Company Owed £1.02m To Its Group Before HSBC Invested
Model ML's UK company owed £1.02m to its group and had one parent-owned £1 share before later rounds took the startup's funding above $100m.
Sudolabs' Buyer Vehicle Took 100% Of The Operating Company
Sudolabs' buyer vehicle took 100% of its Slovak operating company, while its former 35/35/30 parent was renamed and the founders stayed managers.
Edgify's New Class Can Turn 16% Of Equity Into 36.5% Of Votes
Edgify's authorised Seed Prime class can represent 16.1% of equity but 36.5% of votes, while Rank and Mangrove receive specific governance rights.
Cycles Lapierre Had €108m Due Within A Year After Its €60m Rescue
Cycles Lapierre reported €108.2m due within one year and €45.7m of negative equity after a €60m rescue, exposing its dependence on Accell funding.
Cambridge Aerospace's $300m Series C Includes A $37m Old-Holder Block
Cambridge Aerospace moved 158,087 founder and early-holder shares into Series C, a block carrying about $37.2m at the filed class reference price.
Public Capital Anchors InsectBiotech's €7.2m Round, But Its Form Is Undisclosed
Public-backed Impacto Andalucía supplies 52.8% of InsectBiotech's €7.2m financing, while the register leaves ownership and repayment terms undisclosed.
Bridgepoint Put £2m Into Eckoh Before Its Quality Xperience Acquisition
Bridgepoint moved £2 million through Eagle UK Bidco into Eckoh three weeks before its undisclosed-price acquisition of Quality Xperience was announced.
Automata France Entered Liquidation With €48.7m Of Customer-Product Liabilities
Automata France entered liquidation after reporting €48.7 million of customer-product liabilities against €13.9 million of cash and crypto in 2024.
FNZ Built A €3bn Custody Bank Before Reported Sale Talks
FNZ Bank's reported €400 million-plus sale follows a custody carve-in that produced €3.0 billion of assets and €250.1 million of book equity.
iwoca Funded £14.5m Of Shareholder Liquidity Before A Possible Sale
Before a possible £1 billion sale, iwoca funded about £14.5 million of shareholder purchases while Series D ranked first in the visible exit waterfall.
10x Banking's £40m Arrived After A Convertible Note Matured
10x Banking raised £40 million after a £25 million convertible note matured, leaving the old note, a 15% warrant and founder control terms unresolved.
Naked Energy's £8.875m Round Followed A Funding Warning
Great British Energy invested £7.5 million after Naked Energy disclosed unfinished funding, while a 2x Series B preference protected incumbent capital.
Chargepoly's €23m Round Followed Capital Loss At Its Stations Unit
Chargepoly raised €23 million after its wholly owned stations vehicle fell below half its capital, shifting existing deployment risk to new investors.
Apollo's easyJet Deal Puts A 1.5x Floor Below A Sub-50% Stake
easyJet's proposed private structure caps Apollo below 50% of ordinary shares but adds a 14% to 17% preference, a 1.5x floor and consent rights.
FuVeX's Public Investor Secured A Discount Before Its €3m Round
Before FuVeX announced a €3 million round, Navarra's public investor had secured a €500,000 convertible with a 20% or 30% round discount schedule.
Neuraspace Secured €15.6m With €14.39m Of State Funding Undisbursed
Neuraspace secured €15.6 million while Portugal's register showed €14.39 million of awarded project funding still undisbursed, exposing a liquidity timing gap.
Wordsmith's $114m Funding Sits Above A £1 UK Subsidiary
Wordsmith AI has announced $114 million of funding above a one-share UK subsidiary, while Ross McNairn's latest register state preserves founder control rights.
The Public Investors Behind White Star Capital Fund IV
White Star Capital's $250 million Fund IV spans France, Quebec and Guernsey, with Aéroports de Paris and La Caisse named as investors in public filings.
Volta's $300m Raise Had A 30.5x Nominal Share-Price Ladder
Volta's $300m raise hid a 30.5x nominal price ladder from $58 Seed shares to $1,769.91 Series A stock, plus preferred rights and $2m of debt set-off.
Spain Puts €1.019bn Behind An AI Gigafactory With A Private Majority
Spain's AI gigafactory company is 51.01% privately held while €719m enters through SETT and another €300m supports EuroHPC infrastructure outside its cap table.
Frank Hummel and Vestas Were SOWITEC's Last Visible Owners
The latest visible SOWITEC owner list showed Frank Hummel at 74.91% and Vestas' vehicle at 25.09% when four core group companies entered insolvency.
Headline Bought Porsche's cylib Stake Before the EU Scale-Up Selection
Headline bought Porsche's full 5.83% cylib stake four months before the EIC selected cylib for a conditional equity anchor of its next major round.
9fin Authorised 139,527 Shares for Its Employee Secondary
9fin authorised 139,527 existing shares for its employee secondary, implying £7.45m at the Series C price before conversion into preferred stock.
Highland Europe's €1.1bn Fund Has 95 Beneficial Owners
Highland Europe's €1.1bn Fund VI has 95 beneficial owners, with 81% non-US ownership and only 6% attributed to funds of funds in its official filing.
Qureight's $20m Round Sat Above Preferred Equity and HSBC Security
Qureight's $20m Series B followed a £2m senior C1 issue and four HSBC security filings, placing lenders and preferred capital ahead of older equity.
iwoca's £250m Facility Sits Behind an Orphan Issuer
iwoca's £250m facility is built around two new companies: an issuer whose formal control and insolvency decisions sit outside the operating company.
PadelCity's €20m Deal Followed A 5.64% Insider Transfer
PadelCity's €20m deal mixed €12m of fresh capital with €8m of secondary shares after a Schadeberg family vehicle bought 5.64% from key insiders.
Dwelly's $170m Round Mixed Founder Liquidity With Secured Debt
Dwelly's filings show £44.3m of new Series B cash, 19,406 founder shares sold to EQT and General Catalyst, and Trinity secured across the business.
Friendsurance's Founder Raised His Stake Before The Cover Genius Exit
Before Cover Genius bought Friendsurance, founder Tim Kunde increased his stake from 8.03% to 11.11%, while Hevella entered the exit with 54.03%.
Nuggit's £5m Creator Fund Buys A Slice Of Future YouTube Revenue
Nuggit advances cash against future YouTube income, while filings show how creator revenue rights can become licence assets financed with long-term debt.
Inforcer Doubled Its Implied Valuation As Old Shares Entered Series C
Inforcer's filed Series C nearly doubled its implied value in nine months, while one-third of the preferred class came from existing ordinary shares.
Nalvin Entered Liquidation 48 Days Before Lovable Acquired Its Team
Version Lens Sweden entered liquidation 48 days before Lovable acquired the Nalvin team, separating the talent deal from the venture-backed company.
CuspAI's Founders Held 32.61% Before The $450m Series B
CuspAI's founders held 32.61% before its $450m Series B, while UK sovereign capital entered a company whose post-round ownership is not yet public.
Perceptual Robotics' Senior D Class Now Holds 69% Of Shares
Perceptual Robotics paired about £2.1m of preferred equity with public support, while its senior D class now represents 69% of issued shares.
ZuriQ's $25.5m Seed Created A 28.6% Preferred Block
ZuriQ's $25.5m seed closed legally in May, creating a 28.6% preferred block and adding a Quantonation-linked director before its July reveal.
ecoLocked's Lead Investors Doubled Their Stakes Before Insolvency Proceedings
Matterwave and Climentum doubled their ecoLocked share counts in a 2025 issue, concentrating investor exposure before preliminary insolvency proceedings.
Wexler's Founders Held 54%, But £4.66m Ranked First
Legora bought a Wexler that was 54% founder-owned on its last visible share count, but £4.66m of seed preference ranked ahead of ordinary shares.
Greyparrot's Series B Shifts A Sub-£120m Sale Shortfall To Founders
Greyparrot's filed terms protect Series B as if a founder-led sale valued the company at £120m, with any shortfall deducted from founder proceeds.
Modo Energy Put Its Brands Behind $17m Of Venture Debt
Modo Energy called CIBC's $17m package growth funding. UK charges show fixed and floating security over its business and two core trademarks.
Risk Ledger's £24m Round Put Axiom Ahead Of Its Founder
UK filings show Axiom became Risk Ledger's largest individual shareholder as £18.5m of cash allotments trailed the announced £24m Series B headline.
VMG Took 50% Of Voodin As Its €48m EU Project Began
German shareholder lists show VMG Green took 50% of Voodin as related VMG companies joined the consortium running a €48.18m EU-backed blade factory.
Ominimo's Polish Expansion Lost PLN 415,000 In 2025
Ominimo says Hungary has been profitable since launch, while its first Polish accounts show a PLN 415,000 loss, negative equity and liabilities above assets.
Spain Put Its Monitoring Director On Multiverse's Board
Spain committed up to €166.2m to Multiverse Computing across two rounds and placed a SETT monitoring director on its board before the €500m raise.
Nuclear Turbines Founders Held 57.6% Before £15m Reveal
Nuclear Turbines announced £15m, while its latest register shows founders at 57.6%, IQ Capital at 15.4% and about £6.2m of cash equity filed.
QUICKBLOCK's £940k Funding Was Also A Recapitalisation
QUICKBLOCK raised £940,000 after reporting £534,213 of net liabilities. Filings map £638,571 to equity, leaving about £301,429 as implied grants.
Ossprey's Pre-Seed Closed Seven Months Before Announcement
Ossprey's $2.65m pre-seed announcement followed a December share issue that gave investors 25.4% and preference rights while founders retained 68.5%.
Rail Europe's Parent Had Negative Equity Before Omio Deal
Rail Europe's parent reported negative equity and its operating company lost €6.27m before Omio's proposed acquisition, putting price and debt at the centre.
Street Group's Founders Held 92.8% Before Hg's £200m Deal
Street Group's founders held 92.8% before Hg's deal valued the company above £200m, mapping to more than £185m of paper value at 12.5 times 2025 revenue.
TidalSense's £14.2m Financing Put 71% First In Line
TidalSense's visible £10.31m equity put 70.9% of issued shares in the class paid first, while £3.89m of the £14.2m headline remains unmapped.
Moa Technology's £22.2m Round Put £44.4m First In Line
Moa Technology's £22.2m Series C created 46.4% of its issued shares and a roughly £44.4m first claim after accounts warned the round was essential.
Bruker Bought Noscendo's Software, Not The Venture-Backed Company
After nearly €40m of venture funding, Noscendo entered insolvency. Bruker acquired DISQVER, patents and selected staff while the laboratory closed.
Salesforce Raised Its SPREAD Stake Through A Founder Secondary
German shareholder lists show Salesforce acquired 612 existing SPREAD shares from two founder vehicles, raising its stake from 5.5% to 6.7% without new capital.
Lightning Reach's Sale Replaced Founder Control And Flattened Its Share Stack
UK filings show Lightning Reach's founder lost control on 1 July as a buyer took at least 75% of rights and converted 256,163 shares into one ordinary class.
Humanoid's $152m Round Recapitalises A Business With £50.5m Of Founder Loans
Humanoid raised $152m after ending 2025 with £43.5m of net liabilities and £50.5m in founder loans, while its founder appeared to retain 53% of ordinary shares.
Mistral's Koyeb Acquisition Split A €27.8m Exit Between Cash And Shares
A French contribution report values Koyeb at about €27.8m and shows 36% of its shares rolled into Mistral, splitting liquidity from future upside.
PaperShell's €40m EU Grant Leaves A €43m Financing Test
PaperShell's signed 2025 annual report links an €83m factory and €40m EU grant to a planned IPO, while private capital must still fund roughly half.
FINN's €140m Round Shows The Financing Stack Behind A Mobility Unicorn
FINN's 2025 shareholder lists show a 17.2% wider share base, Planet First's 18.8% block and a new Picus vehicle before the €140m Series D round.
Neura Became Huayan's Largest Customer After A €10m Exit
German and Chinese filings trace Neura Robotics from Huayan-linked ownership to a €10m exit and later identify Neura as Huayan's largest customer.