Monthly Archives: July, 2019

Barcelona-based proptech startup Housfy expands into Portugal

Barcelona-based Housfy is a home sales platform founded in 2017. Since launch, Housfy has sold more than 2,000 homes, and owns 5% of the...

Barcelona-based sexual wellness app Emjoy raises €1 million seed round from Nauta Capital

Barcelona-based Emjoy is a wellbeing app that empowers women to change their relationship with sex by providing scientifically-backed and research-centric audio content. Just launched...

Berlin-based cryptocurrency bank Bitwala raises €13 million Series A

Berlin-based Bitwala offers a crypto-friendly banking solution. Founded in 2015, the team has just raised €13 million in Series A funding. Bitwala is currently the only European...

Belgian electric bike startup Cowboy partners with Qover to provide its riders with insurance

Belgian startup Cowboy develops innovative electric bikes to improve urban mobility sustainably and efficiently. Founded in 2017, Cowboy's bikes are lightweight with integrated features including...

Sydney-founded Splend moves to London to bring eco-friendly, affordable cars to ride-share drivers

Being an on-demand driver is a stressful job. Founded in Sydney, Splend aims to making life easier for ride-share drivers, providing them with eco-friendly, affordable cars...

Amsterdam-based Harver raises €13.5 million for its recruitment platform for companies hiring at scale

Amsterdam-based Harver provides pre-employment assessment software for companies hiring at scale. The startup allows employers to intelligently evaluate and automate all aspects of candidate selection, while fighting...

Techstars raises €38 million to accelerate more startups across the globe

Global accelerator Techstars has raised an investment of €38 million led by SVB Financial Group, the holding company of Silicon Valley Bank, with additional participation...

London-based CyberSmart raises €1.4 million to help SMEs have greater control over their cybersecurity

London-based CyberSmart's mission is to strengthen the cybersecurity of SMEs, which tends to be weaker than that of their corporate counterparts. Its platform and...

Ghent-based agtech startup AgroSavfe raises €35 million Series C to develop biocontrols for crop protection

Ghent-based agro-biotech company AgroSavfe is responding to the challenge for the food and agricultural sector to improve production and efficiency sustainably by developing alternatives to pesticides. Founded...

10 Amsterdam-based startups to look out for in 2019 and beyond

Finding the right hotel has never been easier with Booking.com, and no one even remembers how we sent files before WeTransfer. What these two...

Cambridge-based PredictImmune raises €11 million Series B to expand its pipeline of prognostic tests for chronic disorders

Cambridge-based PredictImmune is developing prognostic tests to guide treatment options and improving patient outcomes for immune-mediated diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease, and lupus. Founded...

Why and How to Build a Startup – Chapter 3: Happiness

Editor’s Note: The following is the 3rd chapter of the book “The New Prince“, a collection of essays on the counterintuitive lessons Marco Trombetti, founder of Translated...

Avail Technologies, a recruitment startup for drivers, moves ahead with €385k

Manchester-based Avail Technologies wants to revolutionize the transportation industry by finding a better way to match drivers and shippers. Founded in 2017, the startup has just...

Rotterdam-based personalized travel booking engine Vakanties.nl raises €5 million

Rotterdam-based travel tech startup Vakanties.nl uses machine learning to bundle listings and personalize options on its booking engine for accommodations, rental cars, and flights. Founded in...

Malmö-based smart home alarm startup Minut raises €7.2 million in Series A funding

Malmö-based Minut produces a wireless smart home alarm that monitors your home without the use of invasive cameras. The startup instead uses motion-detection, temperature...

Belfast-based medical 3D printing startup axial3D has raised €2.7 million

3D printed models are now being used more and more by surgeons globally to prepare for operations. Belfast-based axial3D is a medical 3D printing...

London-based edtech startup Cypher raises €277k to expand its coding camps for kids

London-based edtech startup Cypher offers creatively themed coding camps for children aged 5 to 14 with the aim of inspiring children to learn the skills needed...

10 European startups that are disrupting the media

Technology advancements and new consumer behaviours and expectations have completely reshaped the media landscape. From your go-to source for news to adding VR to...

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