This week we tracked more than 35 tech funding deals worth over €404 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. If email is more your thing, you can always subscribe to our newsletter and receive a more robust version of this round-up delivered to your inbox. Either way, let's get you up to speed. ? Notable and big funding rounds ??Fresh £125M for GoFibre to expand connectivity in rural Scotland ?? Investment app Midas lands $80M Series B, the country’s biggest fintech deal ?? Stark raises $62M for weaponised drone systems, backed by Sequoia and Peter Thiel ?? Loft Dynamics raises $24M Series B to redefine pilot training with VR simulators ??‍?? Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers ??  Starling Bank snaps up UK accounting startup Ember ?? Advent to acquire Swiss chipmaker U-Blox in $1.3B deal ?? US quantum computing firm Strangeworks expands European presence with Quantagonia acquisition ?? Visma strengthens foothold in DACH with AI-driven acquisitions of milia.io and Taxy.io ? Interesting moves from investors ? Clean Growth Fund raises one-third of £150M fund target ? Norrsken Evolve launches €57M fund to back "impact tech" ?? Spintop Ventures strengthens Nordic expansion with new Danish office and Principal ?️ In other (important) news ? N26 co-founder Valentin Stalf exits CEO role following investor row ?? Brex aims to crack EU market with partnership-led approach ?Digital bank targeting Turkish diaspora to launch in UK ? Monzo mirrors Revolut and Klarna with plan to launch mobile service ? Recommended reads and listens ?? Doncaster is the UK's AI hub you've never heard of ? Why most AI drug discovery startups struggle — and how Turbine plans to beat the odds ☀️ Cyprus: A rising Mediterranean hub for tech and innovation ? Inside Nemo: the six-week sprint that turned inclusive banking research into a working fintech prototype ? European tech startups to watch ?? Seabound receives £1.1M grant from UK Government ?? Meshed raises £950,000 for AI insurance broker for SMEs ?? WePositive.Energy secures €350,000 to tackle grid congestion with AI ?? RedMimicry secures Seed funding to scale cyberattack emulation platform ?? Lignufy secures €40,000 investment to digitize timber trade in Europe