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Last updated: September 23, 2026, 6:01 AM ET

Private Equity

Mutares has divested Dutch maternity and baby retailer Prénatal Netherlands to CEO Jochem van Bueren, offloading a business with more than 65 years of heritage as the Munich-based turnaround specialist reshapes its portfolio.

Venture Capital

Connect Ventures raised $55M in the first close of its fifth fund, targeting deeptech founders across Europe. In a separate deal, VSquared and East X led a £10M seed round for a rare materials startup, underscoring continued appetite for hard-science bets.

Founder Moves

Two founders behind one of Europe's largest fintech exits have launched a bootstrapped AI compliance startup following the Tink deal, betting that capital efficiency can substitute for venture backing.

Strategy Shift

Qdrant is pivoting beyond vector search into physical AI, repositioning its infrastructure stack to capture demand from robotics and embodied-intelligence workloads.