Uncover Legal, a pioneer in AI applications for the legal sector, has attracted a significant investment from Dutchyard. This capital injection will support Uncover Legal’s ambitious growth plans and underscores its confidence in the future of AI within the legal sector. Uncover Legal has positioned itself as the most progressive AI application for streamlining and improving legal analysis and advice. Dutchyard, founded in 2018 by Dutch entrepreneur Iwert Dijkema, is an innovative investment platform offering exclusive access to unique opportunities in Stocks, Real Estate, Crypto and Venture Capital. Olym advised Uncover Legal on this investment.

Dutch SAP service provider Partners in Technology has been acquired by Expertum Group, a leading player in the European SAP market. This strategic move strengthens Expertum’s position in both the Dutch and international markets in the field of technical SAP consultancy. At the same time, it allows Partners in Technology to offer their clients a wider range of functional SAP services. We advised Expertum Group on this transaction.

ESquare Capital Partners, an entrepreneurial private equity investment platform specialised in technology, has invested in Smart Servant, specialised provider of Service and Cleaning Robotics focused on the hospitality and leisure sector. Smart Servant has quickly positioned itself as the leading specialist in service and cleaning robots for the hospitality and leisure sector committed to making service and cleaning robotics accessible and affordable for companies of all sizes. We advised Smart Servant on this investment.

Medal, a startup that is known for its video game clipping product, has raised $13 million at a valuation of $333 million from several investors, including Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Peak6 and Arcadia Investment Partners. The company also unveiled Highlight, a new cross-platform desktop app that acts as a contextual AI assistant for users. The app captures the content on your screen and lets you ask questions to a large language model (LLM) based on that context. We advised Medal in this equity financing round.

Aquabattery, a Dutch climate tech startup developing a saltwater long duration energy storage (LDES) solution, has closed a €6 million seed investment round. The round was led by EIT InnoEnergy and supported by InnovationQuarter, Invest-NL, Init Power, and a group of business angels. Aquabattery is developing a novel flow battery that can store clean electricity in table salt and water for 8 hours or longer. When charged, the battery converts saltwater into acid and base and reverses the process when discharged. The company is preparing to launch its fourth pilot battery in Delft later this autumn. Olym advised Invest-NL and InnovationQuarter on this investment.

Roundcube Holding, the parent company of CCS and Paston, has acquired Bugs Business. Bugs Business is a leading software partner specializing in providing modern front-office portals for customers and employees of insurers, distribution partners and stockbrokers. The strategic acquisition of Bugs Business, which will continue to operate as an independent organization, enables Roundcube Holding to expand its leadership in the insurtech sector with innovative solutions in the front-office domain. Olym advised Roundcube Holding on this acquisition.

PhotonVentures, the deep tech venture capital fund focused on startups and scale-ups developing solutions with photonic chips, has closed its second fundraising round of over €15 million, bringing the fund’s total to the targeted €75 million. The fund targets essential applications in data transmission, health diagnostics, and smart sensor systems, while also aligning with major global trends such as AI, AR, and VR. Private and strategic investors, together with the support of BOM (Brabant Development Agency), Oost NL, TNO, and the University of Twente, made this funding round possible. Olym advised Oost NL on this investment.

Methaplanet, an innovative scale-up focused on preparing and optimizing agricultural waste streams to enhance their utilization in biogas plants, has completed a €6M investment round led by ABP, with backing from EIT InnoEnergy and business angels. Methaplanet makes energy pellets from manure that contains a lot of straw, which can be used to produce biogas more efficiently. Olym advised lead investor ABP on this investment round.

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) has acquired Intrinsic ID, a leading provider of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) IP used in the design of system-on-chips (SoCs). Intrinsic ID is a spin-out of Royal Philips Electronics. We advised the company and its selling shareholders including Prime Ventures and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

Attractions management platform innovator Convious has received an additional $9 million of Series A funding to support its next development phase. This has been secured by venture capital and private equity firm Wille Finance, with the participation of Orbit Capital, and existing investors. The extension of the round brings the total value of the Series A to $20 million, in combination of equity and debt. We advised Wille Finance.