Harvey and Mistral dominate last week's funding rounds with about €3.5 billion between them

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Last week's funding was, by value, mostly two companies, which raised about €3.5 billion between them. Mistral AI, the French start-up, took €3 billion, the largest round ever for a European tech company, led by Samsung Electronics with the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund and existing investor PSG Equity. Harvey, which brings AI to legal work, raised $550 million (about €472 million), co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

In Spain, hydrogen refuelling operator HVR Energy closed a €20 million Series A led by Sandton, which committed €15 million, with Barents Re putting in €3 million and project sponsor Langur €2 million. HeyDiga, which uses AI to handle conversations between businesses and their customers, raised a €5.5 million seed round led by 6DC, with Kfund, Italian Founders Fund and Decelera, plus earlier backers Juan Urdiales and Felipe Navío, the founders of Job&Talent.

Blee, an AI marketing-compliance platform, raised a $20 million (€17 million) Series A led by Fin Capital and SMBC Atlas Beyond Ventures. Connecta Therapeutics took €3.1 million in a round led by Clave Capital for clinical work on its CTH120 molecule for Fragile X syndrome, and Dimenso raised €600,000 led by Draper B1.