In April, spring’s hope blooms anew,
AI’s the talk, in every kitchen too.
Bear is coming, unicorns are few,
But let’s stay optimistic and pursue.

🇸🇰 Devs, a Slovakian AI PropTech startup that helps architects work more effectively, raised a 550k EUR pre-seed round from Czech Founders VC, Zero Gravity Capital, and Angel Bob Lesko (Angel in Airbnb, Twitter, or Uber). More here.

🇸🇰 Ineduco, a Slovakian streaming educational startup that to improve the quality of high-school studying, raised approx €510k pre-seed round from Zero Gravity Capital. More here.

🇬🇧 Unmanned Life, an eight-years-old startup from London, is the leading software platform for the seamless orchestration of autonomous robotics, raised €2,25M Seed round from TELUS Ventures with participation from 🇨🇿 Soulmates Ventures, Purple Ventures, Venionaire Capital, Alpere Capital and Motec Ventures. More here.

🇱🇹 Perfection42, a Vilnius, Lithuania-based AI imagery startup, raised €1.1 million in seed funding from CoInvest Capital, OCC, and Lithuanian Business Angel Network LitBAN syndicate, among others. More here.

🇫🇮 IPRally, a five-year-old Helsinki startup that claims to use AI to help users search and categorize patents more quickly and accurately than keyword-based engines, raised a $10.8 million Series A round led by Endeit Capital, with Join Capital, Spintop Ventures, and Icebreaker.vc also anteing up. The company has raised a total of $13.6 million. TechCrunch has more here.

🇫🇮 Norsepower, an 11-year-old Helsinki company that makes mechanical sails for large ships, raised a $30.4 million Series C round led by Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital, with The Finnish Climate Fund, OGCI Climate Investments, Nefco, Tesi, and Power Fund III also pitching in. The company has raised a total of $50.7 million. More here.

🇫🇮 Cardonaide, a Finnish startup that aims to produce concrete with a negative carbon footprint, raised a $1.9 million seed round from Lakan Betoni and Vantaa Energy. TechCrunch has more here.

🇳🇴 1X, a nine-year-old Oslo startup whose goal is to produce androids capable of human-like movements and behaviors, raised a $23.5 million Series A2 round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, with Tiger Global also contributing. More here.

🇳🇴 Two, a three-year-old Oslo startup that provides buy-now-pay-later invoice financing for SMBs, raised a $19.3 million Series A round co-led by Shine Capital and Antler, with Sequoia Capital, Day One Ventures, Alumni Ventures, LocalGlobe, The Visionaries Club, and Alliance VC also piling on. The company has raised a total of $22.3 million. Sifted has more here.

🇸🇪 Goals, a two-year-old Stockholm startup that is developing a soccer video game, raised a $20 million Series A round led by Seven Seven Six, with additional participation from Northzone, Moonfire, and Cassius. The company has raised a total of $39 million. Forbes has more here.

🇩🇰 Agreena, a five-year-old Copenhagen startup that helps farmers in Europe generate new revenue streams by selling verified soil carbon credits, raised a $50 million Series B round. HV Capital was the deal lead. The company has raised a total of $77.3 million. Reuters has more here.