In other news this week: Utrecht’s Happybase bags €650K, Themis secures €8.7M to combat financial crime, SNIPR Biome gets €20M from EIB and more
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And existing startups/scale-ups find ways to rise to new heights.We at Silicon Canals strive to provide our audience with the most up-to-date news, uncovering the latest funding rounds, acquisitions, and innovative developments in the tech industry.This week (from 9 to 13 December) has been eventful across various sectors, including energy and biotech.So, this week, weve rounded up some of the stories that slipped through our radar.Based out of Barcelona, HEMAV aims to make agriculture more sustainable through AI technology to help agriculturalists predict harvests, optimise resource use, and grow more food with fewer inputs. Refute also received angel investment from experienced tech investors Charlie Songhurst, Carlos Espinal, James Chappell, and Alastair Paterson.Embeddable bags 6M from OpenOcean and othersEmbeddable enables developers and product teams to create tailored in-app analytics experiences. The platforms unique methodology, grounded in positive psychology and design thinking, fosters meaningful conversations about growth while providing organisations with actionable insights to retain and nurture talent effectively. (Read more)Themis is a digital financial crime platform that leverages AI technology to help businesses automate and streamline their due diligence on clients, suppliers, 3rd parties, and investments. (Read more)ION-X specialises in space propulsion and a spin-off from CNRS and the startup studio Technofounders, secured 13M in funding to launch the industrialisation of its ion thruster for small satellites and accelerate its development in France and internationally.