According to EU-Startups, Zurich-based physical AI startup Enact Intelligence stepped out of stealth mode on October 22, announcing a €26.68 million (approximately $30 million) Pre-Seed funding round, making it one of the largest Pre-Seed financings in Europe to date. This round received investment from redalpine, Notion Capital, and firstminute capital. Angel investors included Mistral founder Arthur Mensch, AMI Labs founder and former Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, and Path Robotics founder Andrew Lonsberry. Enact was founded in March 2026, with Founder and CEO Manuel Yves Galliker previously serving as the head of the software team for 1X's humanoid robot NEO and working at the robotics laboratory Physical Intelligence.
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According to Sifted, Zurich-based robotics startup Enact Intelligence has announced the closing of a $30 million pre-seed funding round backed by investors including Redalpine, Notion Capital, and Firstminute Capital, making it the largest pre-seed round ever in Switzerland. Yann LeCun and Mistral co-founder Arthur Mensch also participated in the round. The company was co-founded by former employees from 1X and Physical Intelligence, and is dedicated to solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in the robotics field.
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OpenTrade has announced the completion of a $17 million strategic funding round, led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z crypto, AlbionVC, CMCC Global, and others. The project primarily provides institutional-grade on-chain and real-world asset-backed lending and stablecoin yield products. OpenTrade plans to use the funds to expand its permissioned and permissionless infrastructure, including the Curation+ vault curation framework, and to grow its asset management, trading, and engineering teams. OpenTrade processed over $250 million in transaction volume in 2025 and currently has a total value locked exceeding $200 million.
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