Every Monday, a look back at what the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab startups made headlines with over the past week.
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SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER 2026 · 5–11 OCTOBER 2026
| STARTUP ACCELERATION PROGRAM · 7 startups |
| Proxima Fusion ● ACTIVE · 312 days left in the program |
| INDUSTRY Infrastructure, Energy & Materials · LAB Munich · REGION Central Europe |
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 | 💰 | Proxima Fusion raises €411M funding round
Mark Friedrich · 7 Oct MARKETING OPPORTUNITY → |  | 📰 | Proxima Fusion: Turning Stellar Energy into Earth‑bound Power
At Deep Tech Week London, Proxima Fusion showcased its quasi‑isodynamic stellarator plans to deliver clean, grid‑ready fusion energy, underscoring Europe's drive toward transformative industrial tech.
LinkedIn · Portillo Lara · 8 Oct |  | 📰 | Proxima Fusion: Europe's Most Funded Fusion Startup Powers Germany's Energy Future
Proxima Fusion, Europe's top‑funded fusion company, is building its Alpha demonstrator and scaling manufacturing to launch the first quasi‑isodynamic stellarator plants. The venture fuels Germany's tech exports and creates jobs.
LinkedIn · 5 Oct |  | 📰 | UK‑Germany Forge Industrial Tech Corridor: 20M € Quantum Fund, AI & Fusion Collaboration
UK and Germany launch a tech corridor under the Kensington Treaty, backed by Allianz, Bosch, RWE, and Siemens, linking tech firms with investors and a €20 M quantum research fund.
LinkedIn · 8 Oct MARKETING OPPORTUNITY → |  | 📰 | London's First DeepTech Week Highlights Fusion Power Breakthroughs and Cutting‑Edge Hardware Showcases
London hosts its inaugural DeepTech Week, spotlighting Proxima Fusion's fusion‑energy breakthrough and a hardware demo night, underscoring the city's push toward industrial innovation and clean energy.
LinkedIn · 6 Oct |  | 📰 | Tokamak vs Stellarator: Why I Switched, by Proxima's CEO
Tokamaks are just a special kind of stellarator. There’s another kind, called the QI stellarator, that’s intuitively better for commercial power plants. In 2022, I switched over from tokamaks to QI stellarators and in…
LinkedIn · Francesco Sciortino · 5 Oct |
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| dotLumen ● ACTIVE · 64 days left in the program |
| INDUSTRY High-Tech · Life Sciences & Healthcare · LAB Paris · REGION Southern Europe |
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| Pacify Medical ● ACTIVE · 251 days left in the program |
| INDUSTRY Life Sciences & Healthcare · LAB India · REGION India |
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| The Exploration Company ● ALUMNI |
| INDUSTRY Aerospace & Defense · LAB Munich · REGION Western Europe · Central Europe |
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 | 📰 | The Exploration Company to Test Lunar Hopper Demonstrator in 2027
The Exploration Company plans to test its ONEIROS lunar hopper demonstrator in the UAE next year. https://lnkd.in/e_HA_Nk4
LinkedIn · European Spaceflight · 8 Oct |  | 📰 | The Exploration Company considers Middle Eastern launch sites for heavy-lift rocket
The Exploration Company considers Middle Eastern launch sites for heavy-lift rocket The Exploration Company is considering spaceports in the Middle East for a large reusable launch vehicle it plans to develop....
LinkedIn · 5 Oct |  | 📰 | Presidential Visit Showcases Europe's Space Transport Leap
French and German presidents toured Exploration Company's Le Haillan site, witnessing Nyx reusable spacecraft and Storm propulsion tech, underscoring Europe's rapid ascent as a global space transport provider.
LinkedIn · The Exploration Company · 9 Oct MARKETING OPPORTUNITY → |  | 📰 | Unveiling 100 Women in Tech: Bridging Funding Gaps & Opening Doors
Sifted unveiled Europe's 100 Women in Tech, highlighting the 1% funding gap for female founders urging the ecosystem to move beyond 'deal flow' excuses. Hélène's space firm closed \\\$450M.
LinkedIn · 7 Oct MARKETING OPPORTUNITY → |  | 📰 | 5 Years, 600 Explorers, \\\$680M Raised: TEC's Space Revolution
In five years, The Exploration Company grew to 600 engineers, raised \\\$680 M, secured \\\$2 B in contracts, and advanced its Nyx modular reusable spacecraft for low‑Earth and lunar cargo.
LinkedIn · The Exploration Company · 6 Oct |  | 📰 | Welcoming Suzanne Wiegand to our board.
We're pleased to welcome Susanne Wiegand to the Board of The Exploration Company. Susanne brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across industrial technology, manufacturing and engineering businesses,…
LinkedIn · The Exploration Company · 5 Oct | | 📰 | Interface Capital: From Seed to Decacorn – Europe's Space Unicorn Surge
Interface Capital's first fund backed The Exploration Company, RobCo and Lovable, turning them into two unicorns and a decacorn. The firm aims to add more European space unicorns by 2027.
LinkedIn · 5 Oct MARKETING OPPORTUNITY → |  | 📰 | Munich Space Startup Secures \\\$450M, \\\$2B+ Contracts to Launch Reusable Cargo Rocket Nyx
Munich-based The Exploration Company raises \\\$450 M and secures \\\$2 B+ contracts to launch Nyx, a modular, reusable cargo vehicle for affordable transport between Earth, LEO, lunar orbit, and the Moon.
LinkedIn · 5 Oct MARKETING OPPORTUNITY → |  | 📰 | Susanne Wiegand wird Boardmitglied von The Exploration Company
K.Rothbart Boersen-Zeitung.De · 5 Oct |
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| Cellink ● ALUMNI |
| INDUSTRY Life Sciences & Healthcare · LAB Paris · REGION North America |
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| Flying Whales ● ALUMNI |
| LAB Paris |
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| Sparkcharge ● ALUMNI |
| INDUSTRY Industrial Equipment & Manufacturing · Transportation & Mobility · LAB Paris · REGION North America |
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| INCUBATOR COLLABORATION PROGRAM · 4 startups |
| Project-S ● ACTIVE · 151 days left in the program |
| INDUSTRY Aerospace & Defense · LAB Munich · REGION Central Europe |
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| Nunos ● ACTIVE · 173 days left in the program |
| INDUSTRY Consumer Packaged Goods · LAB Munich · REGION Central Europe |
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| Quantum Systems ● ALUMNI |
| INDUSTRY Aerospace & Defense · LAB Munich · REGION Central Europe |
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| LUCHROME ● ALUMNI |
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 | 🔬 | Print‑Powered Displays: Luchrome Turns Surfaces Into Screens
French startup Luchrome pioneers flexible, low‑power printed displays that integrate directly into surfaces, reducing material count and enabling seamless IoT, smart packaging, and compact visual interfaces for future products.
LinkedIn · Elektor International Media · 5 Oct |
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