Leah Hodgson is a Senior VC Reporter at PitchBook. She specializes in covering a range of topics including technology, finance, and investment, with a particular focus on venture capital in Europe and abroad. Leah's insights and analyses have been featured in prominent outlets such as Morningstar Network SL, PitchBook Data, Morningstar, and Yahoo Finance.
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Leah Hodgson prominently covers investment and financial analysis within the technology sector, with a focus on venture capital, artificial intelligence, and European startups. She often cites data to support her articles.
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Harry Nelis, a London-based partner at Accel, which has backed European startups including Vinted and Celonis Stephen McCarthy/Getty Images
Junko Kimura/Getty Images More VC capital is finding its way into the construction industry as robotics help rewire an industry that has historically been slow to modernise.
NurPhoto/Getty Images German robotics startup Neura Robotics has announced its fifth acquisition in 16 months as it races to build a physical AI platform through acquisitions. The company announced today (Aug. 24) that it will take full ownership of Adlatus, a German maker of autonomous cleaning and sweeping robots for industry, logistics, healthcare and public spaces. Neura plans to add its own sensor and AI capabilities to Adlatus’s fleet, which it will then fold into its shared physical AI in
NurPhoto/Getty Images German robotics startup Neura Robotics has announced its fifth acquisition in 16 months as it races to build a physical AI platform through acquisitions.
VCG/Getty Images Space tech startup funding in Europe has inched past Asia for the first time as defense and sovereignty spending push funding to new levels.
By: Leah Hodgson
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The record VC round comes amid a strategic pivot for the French AI company. Mistral's co-founder and CEO Arthur Mensch
European startups are projected to raise 60% more in venture debt than last year.
George Pachantouris/Getty Images The UAE’s venture market bounced back in the first half of this year, reclaiming its position as MENA’s top funding hub from Saudi Arabia. Funding for startups in the UAE has already surpassed last year’s annual total, according to PitchBook’s H1 2026 MENA Private Capital Breakdown, with investment reaching $1.3 billion at the end of June. This marks a reversal from last year, when investment levels in the UAE were stagnant, while those in rival Saudi Arabia trip
Kevin Carter/Getty Images Climate tech VC fundraising has stalled this year, and what interest remains is increasingly focused on AI-related needs rather than environmental goals.
