The Berlin-based startup ahead, which set out to help you master your emotions, has today emerged from stealth mode and announced a €1.12 million pre-seed funding round for its emotional intelligence training app. The launch of ahead is backed by lead investor Speedinvest, with participation from prominent US and European business angels – including TinyVC’s Philipp Moehring;…
Swedish SaaS scale-up Funnel raises €57.1 million additional funding – ahead of IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm
SaaS scale-up Funnel, a leading European Data Platform for Marketing, has closed a Pre-IPO investment of €57.1 million of primary capital to fund the continued rapid expansion of the business. The funding round has been led by The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) and Stena Sessan, with participation from existing investors, including Balderton Capital,…
London-based Vegan food delivery startup Planty secures €770k to fuel its growth
The London-based Vegan food delivery startup Planty has recently raised €770,000 from existing investor Veg Capital as well as Kale United, prominent angel investors and through crowdfunding. We already reported about their first €180K in seed funding in September of 2020. Founded in 2019, Planty is a social venture – launched by Alexander Sheehan-Dare, Joseph…
Dublin-based carbon footprint tracking startup CarbonSpace raises €900k seed funding to expand across the EU and the US
The Dublin-based startup CarbonSpace just closed a €900k seed round which has been led by The Yield Lab Europe with Rockstart, the global accelerator-VC, as co-investor. CarbonSpace was founded in 2020 and plans to use the funding to scale its business in the EU and the US with focus on food and forestry supply chains….
Urban sustainability technology fund 2150 aims to invest €268 million to reshape the urban environment
2150, the Urban Sustainability Technology Fund, today announced the final close of its oversubscribed flagship fund at €268 million. The fresh capital comes from new investors including Credit Suisse, the Norwegian sovereign climate investment company Nysnø, as well as the BMW Foundation and Woven Capital, the investment arm of Toyota’s Woven Planet Group. This final…
Munich-based HR startup Personio raises €233.4 million additional funding at €5.45 billion valuation
Personio, Europe’s leading HR software company for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced People Workflow Automation, a new category of software. SMEs will now be able to transform manual and fragmented people processes into automated workflows that span across the entire organization and all its applications, removing painful delays and helping to realize opportunities. Tied…
Earlybird UNI-X Fund of €75 million to help more European pre-seed and very early-seed innovations succeed
Earlybird’s new UNI-X Fund of €75 million aims to support promising, cutting-edge ideas in Europe succeed commercially. The new fund targets attractive pre-seed and early-seed investments and especially spin-offs from tech academia. The Earlybird UNI-X Fund will financially support and accompany super early startups to enable the build-up of entrepreneurial teams, development of their business…
Lisbon-based AI startup YData secures €2.33 million to fast-track expansion across Europe and the US
YData, the Lisbon-based startup that created the first data preparation platform to accelerate the development of AI solutions, has successfully closed a Seed funding round worth €2.33 million to fast-track its expansion across Europe and North America. The funding round was led by Flying Fish Partners, a US fund that specializes in AI and whose…
Berlin-based Green Fusion secures €225K pre-seed funding for its cloud-based energy management solution
The Berlin-based energy management startup Green Fusion just secured €225K in pre-seed funding and is now expanding its team to focus on the further development of its existing product. The fresh capital is coming from High Rise Ventures, a Berlin-based investor with a focus on proptechech. In addition, Vireo Ventures, an investor network of industry…
The 5 invisible lies that are holding you back in life and business (Sponsored)
As I coach leaders and changemakers from different industries, I have found certain lies (or beliefs & ideas) that hold people back. I call them invisible as they are often held as “truth” or “the way things are” by people. In my own life, I can see all five of these lies playing a part and…
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (October 4-8)
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89 Top Sustainability Startups and Companies in The Netherlands (2021)
This article showcases our top picks for the best sustainability companies in the Netherlands. These startups and scale-ups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the sustainability 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…
Bucharest-based edtech startup Kinderpedia secures €1.8 million to accelerate growth
The Romanian edtech startup Kinderpedia just closed a funding round of €1.8 million, led by Early Game Ventures. Founded in 2015, Kinderpedia offers a complete digital communication and management solution for schools and kindergartens. Existing investors, RocaX, Growceanu, and several business angels also participated in the round. Kinderpedia, which is headquartered in Bucharest, is an…
AWS AI Challenge: Vestbee and Amazon Web Services support AI startups from EMEA (Sponsored)
Vestbee, the biggest online matchmaking platform in Central & Eastern Europe that connects European startups and scaleups with global VC funds, accelerators, business angels and corporates, has just launched the second edition of AWS AI Challenge together with Amazon Web Services – a Strategic Partner of the platform. This time, the spotlight will be put…
Liverpool-based LandTech raises €49.4 million for the international expansion of its proptech platform for development site sourcing
LandTech, the UK’s leading proptech platform for development site sourcing and assessing, today announced a €49.4 million Series A funding round led by US-based investment firm Updata Partners, followed by Flashpoint Secondary Fund with additional commits from existing investors JLL Spark and Pi Labs. LandTech is an innovative proptech platform, co-founded by former town planner…
Berlin-based FinMarie receives €1.4 million to expand its digital finance platform for women
Berlin-based fintech startup FinMarie has just received early-stage funding of €1.4 million. This first round of external funding has been led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Berlin-based wallstreet:online AG. FinMarie was founded by Karolina Decker in 2018 after a long executive career in international banks and, as one of the first financial providers of…
Madrid-based Troop secures €6.92 million to make corporate meeting and event planning easy and transparent
The Madrid- and Johannesburg-based startup Troop recently closed a €6.92 million Series A funding round with Conexo Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Epic Ventures, All Iron, Plug and Play, and several other investors. Founded in 2017 by co-CEOs Dennis Vilovic and Leonard Cremer, Troop makes it easy for anyone to organize meetings. Vilovic and Cremer, who…
Paris-based design and deco startup Plum raises €5 million in seed funding to expand across Europe
Plum, the design and deco startup aiming at developing a high-end fully catered interior design services platform, announced today that it has raised €5 million in seed funding led by firstminute Capital, with contributions from Partech, and several business angels, including Luke Sherwin, co-founder of Casper and Block Renovation, and Adrien Montfort, co-founder of Sorare….