Enterprise AI Startups Draw Fresh Capital Across US and Europe

A wave of funding rounds spanning the US and Europe backs startups applying AI to enterprise software, hospital operations, trade compliance and more.

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Sep 17, 2026 3 min read 304

A series of recently disclosed funding rounds shows continued investor interest in startups applying artificial intelligence to enterprise and industry-specific work, with deals spanning the United States and Europe.

Enterprise software and services

Hang Ten Systems raised an additional $53 million in seed funding in a round led by Xora, a Temasek-backed fund, with participation from Mayfield and Aramco Ventures. The financing brings the company's total to $85 million. According to Ventureburn, its two seed rounds closed just five weeks apart, during which the company signed several multi-million-dollar enterprise contracts. Hang Ten provides advisory, transformation and applied-AI services to large enterprises, combining agentic code generation, reusable AI skills and domain expertise to build and operate enterprise software across functions including software development, finance and human resources.

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Physical AI and healthcare

Reykjavík-based Treble raised approximately €15 million ($18 million) in a Series A-2 round led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from KOMPAS VC, Frumtak Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund. The financing brings its total funding to €36 million. Founded in early 2020 by Dr. Finnur Pind and Jesper Pedersen, Treble runs a cloud-based platform that simulates how sound behaves in real-world spaces to generate synthetic audio datasets and digital twins of rooms, vehicles and devices.

Barcelona-based Health Force raised €4.2 million in seed funding led by LUMO Labs, with participation from Step Venture, Next Tier Ventures, Target Global and Calm/Storm. Founded in Vienna in 2022 by Fadi Haddad and Dr. Juan Suárez, the company builds enterprise-grade AI agents to automate administrative work in hospitals across Europe.

Construction, biomaterials and gaming

Austin-based Scaffold secured a $15 million seed round led by Navitas Capital, backed by industry participants including D.R. Horton, Pulte Homes, Builders FirstSource and housing analyst Ivy Zelman. Founded in 2024, its software integrates with existing homebuilder systems to maintain a single record across 29 of the top 30 US homebuilders. The platform has been deployed across more than 200,000 homes in 30 states.

London-based biomaterials startup Eterna secured a £3 million ($4 million) seed round jointly led by Hoxton Ventures alongside The Venture Collective. Founded in 2024 as a spinout from King's College London, the company is developing a patented material derived from keratin found in human hair and sheep's wool that it says can regrow damaged tooth enamel. Co-founder Sherif Elsharkawy said the capital will accelerate the move from lab proof of concept to commercialisation.

In gaming, publishing house 1312 Interactive secured $1 million in a seed funding round, according to GamesIndustry.biz.