The wire — 10 November 2026

Tuesday, 10 November — no qualifying rounds were confirmed for today's window. Three deals announced Monday 9 November that did not reach the previous edition are published today as standalone stories, each dated to their real announcement date. No single thread ties them: a German mRNA biotech, a German satellite startup, and a London remittance fintech — different sectors, stages, and investor bases, in a week that opens across a wide canvas.

SRTD Biotech raises €31.5M seed — Jülich, Germany. Co-led by Mérieux Equity Partners (via Mérieux Innovation 2), NRW.BANK (NRW.Venture EU Tech&Scale), and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, with Lilly Ventures, HTGF, and Anobis Asset. Founded in 2019 by Bernd Hoffmann and Heribert Bohlen, the company develops selectively expressed RNA (seRNA) — mRNA therapeutics engineered to remain dormant until they detect a specific RNA disease marker inside the target cell. The oversubscribed round funds preclinical programmes across four indications — oncology, autoimmune disease, and fibrosis — plus GLP toxicology studies and GMP production setup, with an IND filing as the near-term target. One of the larger European biotech seed rounds to close this autumn.

Marble Imaging closes €6M seed extension — Bremen, Germany. Second close led by Cherry Ventures, with HTGF reinvesting from the initial €5.3M seed (December 2025). Total seed equity is now €11.3M; combined with more than €10M in non-dilutive DLR and ESA grants, the company has over €21M in hand to build Germany's first commercial very-high-resolution (VHR) satellite constellation. First satellite "Morgana" (Marble Sat-1) is planned for a SpaceX launch in early 2027, targeting a 30-satellite fleet by 2030.

Seva Money raises $5M seed — London, United Kingdom. Co-led by Blockwall and Revent, with Seedcamp, Stride.VC, and Ada Ventures reinvesting from pre-seed. Angel participants include Husayn Kassai (Onfido founder), Benjamin Fernandes (Nala founder), and Michael Kent (Tandem Bank / Azimo co-founder). Founded by Ritu Soni (ex-WorldRemit, Paysafe), the company provides white-label wallets and cards to remittance recipients — bypassing the standard endpoint of a bank account or cash pickup — with stablecoin support. Live in India and Mexico; expanding to the Philippines, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ghana in the next 12 months.

Skipped this edition: Memora (Copenhagen, €1.7M seed, cemetery management SaaS — announcement date ambiguous between 9 and 10 November across sources; insufficient single-day corroboration); Crowd Threat (Newcastle, £1M — no stage disclosed, below threshold); no rounds confirmed for today's window.