- Vestbee’s Winter Pitch 2025 set out to connect 100 early-stage startups with top European investors
- Top 10 finalists pitched live online, showcasing their innovations across deep-tech, AI, fintech, and healthtech
- Participants gained access to investor matchmaking, global exposure, and partner discounts from leading companies
- The initiative strengthens Europe’s startup ecosystem, fostering innovation, collaboration, and scalable growth opportunities
On December 11th, Vestbee—Europe’s leading platform connecting startups, investors, and corporates—concluded its 2025 Winter Pitch for early-stage startups across Europe. Powered by HubSpot, this was Vestbee’s yet another pan-European initiative connecting startups with hundreds of top venture capital funds and business angels and providing a unique platform to secure funding and scale their ventures.
Traditionally, Vestbee’s Winter Pitch offered founders the chance to gain tailored investor introductions, showcase their ideas to a global audience, and boost visibility. Targeting high-potential sector-agnostic startups from Pre-Seed to Series A, the program selected 100 companies for personalized investor matchmaking and exposure to Vestbee’s extensive VC network. The program culminated in an online Winter Pitch Event where the top 10 most promising participants, selected by the jury, took the stage and pitched before top investors.
ITKeyMedia spotlights the 10 finalists:
apheros
The Swiss deep‑tech startup develops high‑surface‑area metal foams that improve liquid and two‑phase cooling for high‑performance computing, AI systems, and data centers, boosting heat transfer and energy efficiency. Their patented materials optimize fluid flow to reduce energy costs and environmental impact, addressing one of digital infrastructure’s toughest challenges. Founded as an ETH Zurich spin‑off, apheros has gained traction with early funding and recognition for its engineering innovation.
Aproco
The Polish AI automation startup accelerates business efficiency by automating tasks like document processing, invoice management, data anonymisation, and transcription. Their system analyses company workflows and integrates custom AI solutions into existing processes to cut errors and free up human time. Designed for enterprise scale, Aproco helps teams reduce repetitive work and unlock productivity gains.
Boldr
The London‑based climate tech company creates connected home energy hardware and software, including smart heaters, thermostats, and a unified energy management app. Their platform unifies HVAC systems, batteries, EV chargers, and solar panels to automate efficient energy use and enable homes to contribute capacity back to the grid. Boldr’s approach supports smarter, greener energy consumption at both household and grid levels.
Evermuse
The New York‑based AI platform turns customer conversations into actionable product insights by ingesting calls and messages and analysing sentiment and needs. It extracts evidence‑based recommendations and helps product teams prioritise features based on real user feedback. By transforming unstructured dialogue into strategic inputs, Evermuse gives product leaders a data‑driven roadmap tool.
Floatech
The Spanish materials startup boosts lithium‑ion battery performance with patented high‑capacity silicon anodes that replace traditional graphite. Their technology tackles silicon’s expansion challenges to deliver durable, higher‑energy batteries for electric vehicles and other power‑hungry applications. Floatech’s innovation could significantly enhance energy density and accelerate EV adoption.
Fortyx Security
The London‑based cybersecurity firm builds AI‑powered tools to stop email data loss and detect insider threats before they happen. The platform uses behavioural baselines and context‑aware AI to catch misdirected messages and leaks, evolving beyond static filters. By reimagining email protection for an AI era, Fortyx Security helps organisations lock down their most vulnerable communication channel.
Northscope
The Vienna fintech startup presents an AI‑driven finance platform that automates month‑end close, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis using ERP and data warehouse inputs. Their agentic AI analyses financial data and produces insights without manual effort. Northscope helps finance teams accelerate routine operations and elevate strategic planning.
Resquant
The Polish deep‑tech company builds hardware for post‑quantum cryptography, including IP cores, FPGA accelerators, and system‑on‑chip designs. Their solutions prepare connected systems — from IoT devices to military networks — for the era when quantum computers could break conventional encryption. By embedding quantum‑resistant cryptography, Resquant is future‑proofing digital security.
Ruby Care
The Berlin‑based healthtech startup offers an AI‑augmented oncology support platform that creates personalised care plans for cancer patients. It connects users with qualified specialists across nutrition, mental health, rehab, and treatment navigation, tailoring recommendations to individual journeys. Ruby Care’s holistic approach aims to improve outcomes and patient quality of life alongside medical treatment.
The Eterny
The Prague and Dublin‑linked fintech builds a secure digital vault for managing personal and family wealth, including financial documents, contracts, insurance, and investment accounts. Their platform organises critical records, tracks updates, optimises terms, and provides controlled access to trusted contacts. With bank‑grade security and proactive visibility, The Eterny simplifies complex wealth and estate planning.
Participants were additionally rewarded with exclusive discounts and offers from partners including Hotjar, HubSpot, Notion, OCHK, OVHCloud, Slack, Stripe, and Zendesk, equipping them with essential tools for growth and international expansion.
Without a doubt, Vestbee’s Winter Pitch continues to play a significant role in Europe’s startup ecosystem by bridging the gap between innovative early-stage ventures and leading investors. The program’s tailored mentorship, global exposure, and access to critical resources empower startups to scale efficiently and attract strategic funding. Initiatives like this strengthen Europe’s entrepreneurial landscape, fostering innovation, collaboration, and sustainable growth across diverse industries.
Kostiantyn is a freelance writer from Crimea but based in Lviv. He loves writing about IT and high tech because those topics are always upbeat and he’s an inherent optimist!
