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🎉 Wrapping up an incredible year at Silicon Canals! 🎉 2024 has been nothing short of extraordinary. This year we proudly celebrated 10 years of giving Europe's startups, scale-ups and innovators the visibility they deserve. 🚀 Thank you for being part of our journey - whether you've read, shared or partnered with us, you've played an important role in this milestone year. 🌟 Here's to making 2025 even more impactful together! #SiliconCanals #YearInReview #10YearsStrong #StartupEcosystem #Innovation

In 2024, the outlook for Lithuanian startups appears bright, with many securing funding. Let’s take a closer look at the top funding rounds from 2024 in Lithuania, and for those looking for job opportunities, several of these companies are actively hiring! https://lnkd.in/g24jhExt Ovoko \ RRR.LT (Justinas Baranovskis), Bourgeois Bohème Fintech (Hugo Gomez), Biomatter (Laurynas Karpus), Vixichain (Roy Mayer), FideumHQ (Anastasija Plotnikova, Darren Franceschini, Kelghe D'cruz (KD)), Unmanned Defense Systems, Saltz.app (Tomas Slimas, Andrius Šlimas), Ligence (Arnas Karužas), RedTrack.io, CyberUpgrade (Aurimas Bakas, Andrius Minkevičius)

Future Tech Ventures has invested €350K in IonIQs, a startup from Groningen that has developed a sustainable technology to efficiently filter lithium from wastewater. The announcement comes over two months after Future Tech Ventures made its debut with €20M proof-of-concept fund to back 50 Northern Netherlands startups. Read more about the deal here: https://lnkd.in/gKpzBrDR Jasper Zuidervaart Technology Portfolio Officer (Autonomous Systems), Kyra Weaver

Today, we are excited to bring you the list of #Amsterdam-based deep tech startups that have raised €1M or more in 2024. Check them out below! Also, 12 of them are hiring right now. https://lnkd.in/gp7BRpAS Cradle, Quatt, Monumental, Next Sense, CarbonX, Ore Energy, Confocal NL, Findest™, Brineworks, Avalor AI, Nicolab, Kepler Vision Technologies, Tur.ai - Power Your Business Processes with AI Automation, Ellogon.AI

Amstelveen-based GIGA Storage, an energy company that develops and deploys large-scale energy storage projects, announced the promotions of Kevin Dijkers to new CEO and Animesh Ranjan to Chief Investment Officer. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/gGXCiHwG Ruud Nijs, Athanasios (Thanasis) Zoulovits

Sweden-based Chromafora, an environmental technology company, has secured €22.5M in nondilutive financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Read more about the deal here: https://lnkd.in/gj7-7Esi Johan Seijmer, Thomas Östros

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In other news this week! In a world where innovations emerge daily, it’s easy to miss impactful updates that shape our future. As the week wraps up (Dec 16–20), take a moment to catch up on key stories you might have missed.  https://lnkd.in/gwcWR78f AONIC receives €152M funding Cassava Technologies secures €86.2M Akamis Bio gets €57.2M funding Keepit secures €48M funding Nuitée | Enabling all companies to build travel solutions secures €45M Lens secures €30M funding bit.bio secures €29M funding Everfield acquires ondeso tiun. secures $2.5M in pre-seed funding Lightbringer brings €4.2M funds Orqa secures €5.8M funding Corsmed secures funding to advance MRI software technology Fluid Wire Robotics secures €1.2M Cafler raises €3M for vehicle management Ray Browser bags funding for high-end, web-based gaming Visma Net Financials merges with Peple Little John secures €1.1M funding Engineered Arts restructured as a U.S. entity Loader secures €3.8M funding BVNK secures €48M funding Yeastup secures funding Hive Power secures €3.5M funding BetaGlue Therapeutics secures €6M investment from ENEA-Tech Bikmo secures funding from Puma Growth Partners Drifter secures funding for parking management Comand AI secures €8.5M funding Concinnity Genetics gets €3.6M funding ACUA Ocean secures capital Askel.ai raises €380K in pre-seed funding El-Monde secures pre-seed funding SmiLe company Dx4Life secures funding for IVF treatments Mindgard secures funding to secure organisations’ AI system Robin Capital closes first fund at €15M

Hamburg-based 1KOMMA5°, an energy solutions provider focused on solar power, energy storage, and e-mobility solutions, has secured €150M in a pre-IPO funding round. “The new funding will enable us to execute our mission and serve millions of homeowners to switch from fossil fuels towards cheaper and cleaner energy,” says Philipp Schröder, CEO and co-founder of 1KOMMA5°. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gbWDJyna Barbara Wittenberg, Jannik Schall

Delft-based GEHECO, a company that aims to enable carbon-neutral heating in buildings, has secured €350,000 in funding from UNIIQ - Finance for the Future. The Dutch company aims to drive sustainability and technological innovation by providing eco-friendly heating solutions. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/gU87Mj-2 Arjen van der Horst, Onno Bierhoff, Jasper Geselschap