This article showcases our top picks for the most innovative farming companies in The Netherlands. These startups, scale-ups and mature companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the farming industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow. We meticulously selected companies ranging from cutting-edge startups to established brands based on their…
“As investors, we have the incredible opportunity to influence positive change in the companies we work with”: Interview with Richard Anton, Co-founder & General Partner at Oxx
SaaS businesses in Europe have been getting a lot of attention from investors in recent years. Venture investment in the region’s SaaS companies is growing quickly. According to a 2019 Accel Euroscape report, from 2016 to 2019, it rose from $2 billion to $5 billion, growing much faster than in the US, which grew from…
Berlin-based Founderland selected to receive funding through Google.org’s Impact Challenge for Women and Girls
Berlin-based Founderland has just been named one of 34 selected organizations to receive funds from the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls. The $25 million philanthropy challenge was launched in March with a challenge to the global nonprofit community to submit their boldest and most innovative ideas to create a more equitable economic reality…
Finnish AR waveguide pioneer Dispelix scores €28.4 million for its solution enabling next-gen lightweight smart glasses and AR displays
Dispelix, the Espoo-based pioneer in extremely lightweight singlelayer waveguides and see-through displays for Augmented Reality(AR), today announced it has closed a €28.4 million Series B round led by Atlantic Bridge alongside new investors CCB Trust and Flashpoint. All existing investors including Lifeline Ventures, VTT Ventures, Finnish Industry Investment and 3M Ventures participated in this round,…
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Nov. 1-5)
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Dublin-based sports analytics company Kitman Labs secures €45 million for its AI solutions to increase athlete performance and health
Kitman Labs, the Dublin-based sports technology and analytics company setting a new industry standard for how elite sports organizations use data and operate, just announced the close of a €45 million investment round led by Guggenheim Investments (on behalf of certain of its managed accounts), a global asset investment and advisory firm with more than…
Scottish cyber startup Lupovis raises over €700k for their cyber security solution which makes the hunter the hunted
Lupovis, a cybersecurity spin-out from the University of Strathclyde, has secured a pre-seed investment of over €700k from a syndicate co-led by Techstart Ventures and Nauta Capital, and investment form the University of Strathclyde itself. Founded in June 2021 by Xavier Bellekens, Glasgow-based Lupovis has created a dynamic deception solution that leads cyber attackers and…
OQmented, a Germany pioneer in AR/VR Display and 3D Sensing Solutions, scores €8 million in funding
OQmented today announced that it extended its seed round and secured an additional €8 million from investors like IT-Farm, Leblon Capital, Deeptech-A, Vsquared Ventures (Vsquared), Salvia, and Baltic Business Angels. The Itzehoe-based deeptech startup has raised nearlabout €17.3 million since its 2018 spin-out from the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. OQmented is a deep tech startup…
Romanian waste management platform EcoTree raises €433k to start its internationalisation
EcoTree, a digital platform that provides businesses with an all-in-one cloud software solution for waste management, closes a new funding round and raises €433k, bringing its investment pool to €650k. This new funding round has been led by Sparking Capital, as lead investor, and SeedBlink, the crowdinvesting platform, both involved in the project since the…
Amsterdam-based Amberscript raises €8.65 million to make all audio and video accessible to everyone
Today, Amberscript, the AI speech recognition startup, announced that it has raised €8.65 million to further its mission of making all audio accessible. The Series A funding round was led by Endeit Capital, a leading German-Dutch growth capital firm founded by former executives of the media company Endemol, validating the potential for Amberscript’s technology in the…
London-based proptech startup Evo secures €1.18 million to bring more empowerment to renters
Described as Gen Z property management, Evo, founded in 2018, has successfully secured a €1.18 million investment round via the GroVentive investment platform, supported by Moscar Capital. The UK-based company was co-founded by Dean Shepherd and Mark Iandoli, and is chaired by former MP and Minister for Transport Steve Norris. Evo aims to improve connectivity…
French music promotion platform Groover raises €6 million to help independent artists boost their success
The Paris-based startup Groover today announced a €6 million funding round co-led by Partech and Bpifrance. This is in combination with the startup’s previous financing round in 2019, brings their total funding to €7.5 million. Founded in 2018 and launched in January 2019 by founders Romain Palmeiri, Dorian Perron and Rafael Cohen, Groover is on…
Milan-based AI startup Emotiva raises €610K to analyse people’s emotional responses in real-time
Emotiva, the Milan-based deeptech AI startup focusing on emotion recognition, closed a seed investment round of €610k led by business angels and LVenture Group. Emotiva was accelerated in 2020 by LVenture Group’s Acceleration Program LUISS EnLabs. The startup develops computer vision and machine learning algorithms to analyse people’s emotional responses in real-time, measuring facial micro-expressions…
Estonian edtech startup Mentornaut raises €200K to launch personalised education in Kenya
Mentornaut, a new online tutoring platform, has announced a €200K investment round, led by the Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN). The platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalised education, and counts Superangel, United Angels VC and a list of EdTech advocates like Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, and Clanbeat co-founder Kadri Tuisk among its investors….
Barcelona-based social commerce app Picker extends seed funding to a total of €3.4 million, helping people ‘buy better together’
Founded in 2018 by Daniel Ramos, Conan Moriarty, and Enric Gabarró, Picker offers a marketplace where users can share, discover, and buy their favourite products based on recommendations on the Picker community. Based 100% on recommendations between people, without sponsors, Picker’s ecosystem includes products recommended by creators, experts, and users. One year after raising an…
64 Top Robotics Startups and Companies in Germany
This article showcases our top picks for the best Robotics companies based in Germany. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Robotics industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow. We meticulously selected companies ranging from cutting-edge startups to established brands based on their outstanding performance in…
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (October 25-29)
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EIT Health InnoStars Awards winner Tully helps children manage their emotions (Sponsored)
The healthcare innovation that the international jury panel of the EIT Health InnoStars Awards has found the most promising in 2021 is Tully, an Emotion Management Smart Assistant. The Romanian startup shared the podium with Appercell from Hungary and Nanoker from Spain, who won the second and third prize respectively. The Grand Final, held on…