The weekly tape

One short note every Friday on what our raise watch saw in pre-seed AI, crypto and deep tech across Europe. Counted, named when public, and honest about quiet weeks.

Week 29 · 13 to 17 July 2026
This week in pre-seed AI, crypto and deep tech

Just over sixty announcements crossed the watch and exactly one cleared the bar, a Berlin pre-seed making the wafers for the power layer under AI. Two editions in, the tape runs at about one true early round a week.

Week 28 · 6 to 10 July 2026
This week in pre-seed AI, crypto and deep tech

About sixty announcements crossed the watch and exactly one cleared the bar, a Zurich photonics pre-seed built for AI data centers. Plus a pattern worth keeping: labels inflate and the tape runs late.