Verda raises $189M Series B, becomes Europe's newest AI-cloud unicorn
Emergence Capital leads the round at a $1B+ valuation as the Finnish neocloud plots up to $10B in raises by 2027.
What to know
- Verda raised $189M in an oversubscribed Series B led by Emergence Capital, becoming Europe's newest unicorn with a valuation over $1 billion.
- Total funding to date now exceeds $450 million across equity and debt; the company plans to raise up to $1.5 billion in 2026 and up to $10 billion in 2027.
- Verda builds a full-stack AI cloud — its own data centers, hardware, platform, and AI research lab — serving customers like Aleph Alpha, Magnific, and Epsilon Health.
- Funds are earmarked for multiplying compute capacity, expanding inference products, and continuing international growth beyond current offices in Helsinki, London, Taipei, and San Francisco.
Ruben Bryon Founder and CEO of VerdaJoe Floyd General Partner, Emergence CapitalOla Tørudbakken Angel investor (Meta)Mark Saroufim Angel investor (Core Auto, GPUMODE)
How it unfolded 3 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts
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Verda outlines plans to multiply compute capacity
Tech.eu reported Verda will use the funding to accelerate product development across its AI cloud stack, invest in inference, multiply compute capacity over the next year, and continue international expansion after recently opening London and San Francisco offices.
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> AWS / Azure et al, who are also available in the EUBecause US-in-EU is fake-EU.CLOUD act, PATRIOT act etc. etc. US headquarters doesn't escape the arm of US law.Remember a long time ago there was a famous case where Microsoft fought the US DoJ when they came looking for somebody's data in Azure Ireland ?That was then. Now is now. Do you honestly…
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I'd love to give someone at Verda a demo of https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/ to show them how they could actually do fast provisioning and automation. Seeing Ansible+Kubernetes+K* stuff in their jobs offering does not inspire confidence that they're innovating in building their core infra. You can't out-compete AWS or even the smaller clouds…
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Well I mean Verda is significantly cheaper than the hyperscalars for the exact same device so that’s one thing.Maybe one argument could be there’s very little value added services required over the raw compute in this new world, and they’re structurally setup to capitalise on that whereas hyperscalars are not.
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Bloomberg details $1B+ valuation and future raise targets
Bloomberg reported the round values Verda at over $1 billion and that the company aims to raise up to $1.5 billion in equity and debt in 2026 and as much as $10 billion in 2027.
“There's a window right now to build one of the defining compute companies of this generation, and to do so from Europe. It won't be open for long.”
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4 more headlines
- Verda raises $189M for the GPU cloud investors once called too capital intensive RuntimeWire · 1d ago
- Verda Raises $189M in New Funding FinSMEs · 1d ago
- Verda raises $189M to advance its AI cloud and expand compute capacity Tech.eu · 1d ago
- Finnish neocloud startup Verda raised $189M led by Emergence at a $1B+ valuation and aims to raise up to $1.5B in equity and debt in 2026 and up to $10B in 2027 Bloomberg · 1d ago
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Verda raises $189M Series B, becomes European unicorn
Verda announced $189 million in fresh financing led by Emergence Capital, with participation from MUFG Innovation Partners, Supermicro, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance, Lifeline Ventures, 6 Degrees Capital, byFounders, Tesi, and angel investors including Ola Tørudbakken and Mark Saroufim. The company said this makes it Europe's newest unicorn and brings total funding to over $450 million.
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Verda hits $165M annualized revenue run rate — Ahead of the funding announcement, Verda reached a $165 million annualized revenue run rate in July 2026, part of the growth context cited alongside the raise.
What people are saying 7 voices from 1 site · best of 10 · verbatim
- Sep 22
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If only I was in Helsinki. This would be an interesting time to work in this area.
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Gongratulations to the team! Their solutions not only allow the data to actually stay in the EU, but are otherwise competetive as well!
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Cloud Act: The CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act) is a U.S. federal law passed in 2018 that allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S.-based tech and cloud companies to hand over customer data, even if that data is stored on servers located outside the United States
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There are several regulated industries that need to have their computing done in the EU without ties to US companies. Sovereignty is currently a big political topic.
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Sincere congrats to the Verda team :-)Can someone please help me understand what their competitive advantage is, versus the likes of AWS / Azure et al, who are also available in the EU.I love a good underdog story, but I'm not understanding the economics of it.
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AI cloud? I guess 189 mil will buy nvidia GPUs to host inference for Chinese models for Europeans? Is that what this is?
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Verda is great! The only thing bad about Verda is that it's sold out fairly often :-) So the $189M will hopefully help with that.