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Hungry for money: Delivery Hero raises additional €40m
Another round of funding – €40m ($49m) from Kite Ventures, Kreos Capital and other existing investors - has pushed Delivery Hero‘s total raised capital to €80m. This makes the 21-month-old online food delivery company one of the “best financed” European Internet startups … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Germany-Startups
Tagged Berlin, Delivery Hero, food delivery, funding round, Kite Ventures, Lieferheld
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Rocket Internet just sold its Fashion For Home-shares
Fashion for Home, a leading European online shop for designer furniture, has completed a new funding round led by Acton Capital Partners. The existing investor Holtzbrinck Ventures also participated in this recent financing round. The total value of the funding … Continue reading
Posted in Germany-Startups
Tagged Acton Capital Partners, Berlin, Fashion for Home, funding round, furniture, Rocket internet, Samwer brothers
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Westwing secures $50m in a round led by Summit Partners
The high-end shopping club Westwing has just closed a record funding round of $50 million, which was led by the US based investor Summit Partners. Existing investors like Investment AB Kinnevik, Rocket Internet, Access Industries and Holtzbrinck Ventures also participated in … Continue reading
Posted in Germany-Startups
Tagged flash sale, funding round, furniture, Munich, shopping club, Summit Partners, Westwing
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Another box: Wummelkiste raises $1m in funding
The “subscription-based-box-thing”-hype continues. It started with beauty samples (Birchbox) for women and nowadays there are boxes for men, couples (erotic stuff), young moms (etc.). Wummelkiste, which launched earlier this year, is a subscription-based delivery service for kids’ activities. The Berlin based … Continue reading
Posted in Germany-Startups
Tagged Berlin, Blumberg Capital, financing round, funding round, subscriptions, Team Europe, toys, Wummelkiste
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UX design: UXPin secures €161k Innovation Nest
The Kraków based seed investor Innovation Nest has just signed an investment agreement with UXPin. The Polish startup UXPin creates tools for User Experience professionals aimed at supporting their work in the area of prototyping and product development. UXPin offers paper … Continue reading
Posted in Poland-Startups
Tagged funding round, Innovation Nest, Krakow, user experience, UXPin
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Songkick secures $10m in a round led by Sequoia Capital
Songkick, a London based startup which helps music lovers to follow artists, watch their live gigs online and book tickets, has raised a $10 million in a series B round of financing led by Sequoia Capital. This is the first … Continue reading
Posted in UK-Startups
Tagged funding round, London, music platform, Sequoia, Series B, Songkick
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Index Ventures invests in Square competitor iZettle
A source close to Index Ventures has just informed TechCrunch, that the investment company is going to lead a €10m financing round for iZettle. The Stockholm based Square competitor was founded in 2010 and launched its service in Sweden earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden Startups
Tagged funding round, Index Ventures, iZettle, mobile payment, payments platform, stockholm
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Wikio Group becomes ebuzzing and raises $25m
Wikio, the leading Social Media Group in Europe, is taking the name of its thriving Social Media Advertising platform: ebuzzing. “ebuzzing is our most important business unit. It is booming thanks to the Social Video Advertising wave, and already generates … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, France-Startups, Luxembourg-Startups
Tagged Ebuzzing, funding round, Paris, Pierre Chappaz, rebranding, social media, Wikio, Wikio Group
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