Famly, founded in 2013, has just closed a €15.9 million investment led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), SGE will be joining existing investors, including the founders of Zendesk and Just Eat’s ex-CEO. The Copenhagen-based Famly gives parents a social feed to get photos and updates about their child’s day while helping childcare centres with managing…
Dutch Medal.tv raises €53 million to develop community platform for gamers
Founded in 2018, Medal.tv is on a mission to bring together gamers to share experiences and forge strong communities of like-minded people. The Naarden-based startup has just pulled in €53 million to support its vision. The young company, which we reckoned was one to keep an eye on back in 2020, has received this funding…
Luxembourg-based IBISA raises €1.5 million for its climate insurtech platform
IBISA, the Luxembourg-based climate insurtech startup, has just raised a €1.5 million seed round led by specialist incubator + venture fund Insurtech Gateway, alongside other strategic co-investors including Rockstart’s AgriFood fund. With the climate crisis accelerating and the increasing need for sustainable solutions to protect against and mitigate the consequences of climate damage, IBISA’s solution…
Frankfurt-based Grovy raises €3 million for its quick grocery delivery service that puts sustainability and work culture first
Quick commerce startup Grovy has just closed a €3 million financing round led by Lighthouse Ventures. This sustainability-minded company first caught our attention last year. Founded in Frankfurt in 2020, Grovy is a daily delivery grocery retailer that is on a mission to become a market leader through taking pioneering approaches – namely focusing on…
European micro-mobility leader TIER glides into Italy as it acquires Wind Mobility Italy
The micro-mobility market is hotting up. Berlin-based TIER, one of the leader’s in the European micro-mobility market, has just announced its acquisition of Wind Mobility Italy, with e-scooters now available in Bari and Palermo. This news comes just one month after the mobility innovators acquired nextbike. This year the company also expanded across Europe, including…
French carbon management platform Sweep raises €19 million to help enterprises build the path to net zero
Montpellier-based Sweep has just raised €19 million in Series A funding for its pioneering carbon management platform. Balderton Capital led the round with participation from New Wave, La Famiglia and 2050. This round of funding brings the company’s total funding to €23.9 million, less than a year since launch. With anxiety-inducing climate warnings continuously emerging,…
Valencia-based QueryLayer raises €2 million to empower good data brands with no-code privacy workflow platform
The no-code privacy operations platform, QueryLayer, has just raised €2 million in a seed round led by Nauta Capital. Founded in Valencia in 2020, the startup is a truly pan-European venture with two expatriates as co-founders – Pádraig O’Leary and Krzysztof Szypillo. Over the past year, the team has developed the platform for digital enterprises,…
British musictech startup Audoo picks up €8.4 million in mission to ensure artists get fairer pay
London-based Audoo has just picked up an additional €8.4 million of new investment, taking the business’ total investment to over €16 million in its 3-year lifespan. Founded in 2018 by Ryan Edwards, Audoo has a star-studded and industry-leading board, including Alexi Cory-Smith, Ex-President Repertoire & Marketing at BMG, Rick Riccobono a former vice-president at BMI…
See you at the EU-Startups Summit 2022 – on May 12-13 in beautiful Barcelona!
With the year coming to an end, we are excited to announce that next year’s EU-Startups Summit will be held on May 12-13 in sunny Barcelona. In 2022, the EU-Startups Summit will gather over 1,500 in-person attendees (and 500+ tuning in online) to showcase a selection of Europe’s hottest startups and to learn from some…
GO Sharing scoots to Italy through Zig Zag Sharing and continues expansion
GO Sharing, the Dutch e-mobility giant, has taken a majority stake in the moped sharing platform Zig Zag Sharing and will now become active in Italy, starting in Milan, Rome, Turin and Florence. In what’s been an exciting year for the e-mobility startup, GO Sharing are ending the year with a bang as this investment…
Copenhagen-based Passendo raises €2.3 million to boost email ad revenues
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Passendo, has just secured a €2.3 million boost. The pre-Series A funding was led by Newion and FirstPartyCapital. Passendo was founded in 2016 by Andreas Jürgensen and Anders Rasmussen with an aim to power the commercial potential of email advertising. Recognising that traditional ad servers arent fully optimal in email, the founders…
London-based HURR bags €4.7 million to take fashion rental to the mass market
Female-founded fashion rental marketplace from London, HURR, has just bagged €4.7 million, empowering women to extend the lifespan of their wardrobes. The funding round was led by Octopus Ventures, which has previously backed other circular economy leaders (including Depop and OLIO), with participation from D4 Ventures and Ascension. On a mission to redefine fashion ownership,…
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Dec. 6-10)
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Emerge accelerator programme drives €7.7 million investment into European startups with underrepresented founders
SoftBank Vision Fund, Speedinvest, and several VC partners have just announced a collective €7.7 million in committed capital to the nine startups that make up the European edition of the Emerge accelerator programme for underrepresented founders. These companies were selected among more than 600 applicants from 30 different countries and participated in an eight-week customised…
Milan-based StartupGym raises €1.5 million to build European impact startups
StartupGym, founded in Milan in 2021 by Enrico Pandian, Tarek Fahmy and Giuseppe Balzano, has just raised a € 1.5 million pre-seed round. The oversubscribed round was led by Rancilio Cube funded by Luca Rancilio, UTurn Investments guided by Gianpiero Peron and Luca Mongodi. Anya Capital also contributed through the investment holding led by Guglielmo…
London-based Qonversion raises €1.7 million for its subscription data platform for mobile apps
Qonversion, headquartered in London, has just closed its latest funding round at €1.7 million. The funding is co-led by Visionaries Club and Flashpoint VC, alongside Blinkist founder Holger Seim and S16VC. The tech startup, founded in 2019, is on a mission to power the growth of mobile apps and fuel European and APAC expansion with…
“Truly build for scale from day one”: Interview with Krik Gunning, co-founder and CEO of Fourthline
Today, fraud detection software is used to detect illegitimate and high-risk transactions made online. These tools continuously monitor user behaviour and calculate risk figures to identify potentially fraudulent purchases, transactions or access. The software is mostly used by the IT and compliance departments of e-commerce companies and digital banks, as well as other institutions, to…
Stripe uncovers the most common checkout errors and how to prevent them (Sponsored)
In the era of online shopping and booming ecommerce, it’s more important than ever to ensure that customers have a seamless and hassle-free shopping experience. In September 2021, Stripe launched a study in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Company to uncover insights around shopping behaviours, payment preferences, and the different factors that affect the checkout…