Berlin's Lyceum Secures €10.3M for Sovereign AI Cloud

Berlin-based cloud infrastructure startup Lyceum has secured €10.3 million in pre-seed funding just months after its founding, demonstrating strong investor confidence in Europe's push for digital sovereignty. The round was led by redalpine with participation from 10x Founders.

According to information from tech.eu, Lyceum aims to provide developers and companies with lightning-fast and cost-effective access to computing power through its sovereign cloud platform. Headquartered in Berlin and Zurich, the startup operates data centers across Europe and offers a software platform that simplifies infrastructure complexity.

The company addresses a critical gap in European computing capacity by developing one-click GPU deployment, automated hardware selection, and transparent upfront pricing. Unlike traditional high-performance computing solutions, Lyceum's platform makes demanding workloads radically easier to run and scale.

"At Lyceum, our vision is to build the first user-centric GPU cloud, making compute accessible to everyone," said Magnus Grünewald, co-founder and CEO. "Europe is lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of compute capacity, and we'll do whatever it takes to change that."

The platform enforces EU data residency, security-by-design principles, and transparent energy sourcing, enabling startups, enterprises, and public bodies to run AI training and large-scale simulations without relying on extra-territorial cloud monopolies.

Sebastian Becker from redalpine praised the team's execution speed, calling Lyceum "the sovereign European answer to AI compute." The funding will expand engineering and commercial teams while rolling out renewable-powered data center clusters in Denmark, France, and other European locations.

With sustainability and transparency at its core, Lyceum positions itself as Europe's answer to US cloud giants, targeting startups, research institutions, and enterprises seeking sovereign computing solutions.