Yearly Archives: 2020
Berlin-based Wonder raises €9 million for its virtual meeting spaces that mimick real-life
Wonder, the startup revolutionising virtual space, today announces an approx. €9 million seed round led by EQT Ventures, with participation from existing investor BlueYard...
UK startup AGORA lands over €5 million and launches new social commerce platform for the beauty industry
AGORA is a London-based startup disrupting the beauty industry through social commerce. Launching out of stealth today, it has raised a seed round of...
Weekly VC Overview: The 70+ European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Nov 30-Dec 4, 2020)
Today we bring you the next edition of our weekly VC funding round overview. Every Friday we provide you, our CLUB members, with a complete overview of all...
Helsinki- and Berlin-based ultimate.ai raises €16.45 million for its AI-powered customer service automation platform
ultimate.ai, the Helsinki and Berlin-based company building the world's leading virtual customer service agent, has raised $20 million in Series A funding, led by...
“We’ll see doctors and AI blended to provide better healthcare”: Interview with Piotr Orzechowski, CEO of Infermedica
The COVID-19 pandemic brought telemedicine into a new light. With people locked down at home, it has become the 'new normal' way of accessing healthcare.
Now, telemedicine and monitoring...
“The biggest wins I had were always attributable to finding the right people”: Interview with Ning Li, founder of MADE.COM and Typology
Research shows that there are several psychological traits successful founders share and one of the most impactful is 'Entrepreneurial Alertness', which means the ability...
Paris-based Pigment raises €24.1 million to reboot the spreadsheet
French startup Pigment, a business forecasting platform, has raised over €24 million. The Series A round was led by Blossom Capital, with participation from...
Finnish startup ReceiptHero raises €2 million seed round to scale digital receipts into new markets
ReceiptHero, the Finnish fintech that has built an open ecosystem for banks and merchants to power itemised digital receipts, has raised €2 million in...
How upskilling and reskilling can drive your startup forward
We live in a time of transitions. Green and digital developments in Europe are reshaping many aspects of our lives, from the way we...
Tallinn-based Salv raises €1.5 million to expand its anti-money laundering pilot to several European countries
Estonian startup Salv has announced closing a funding round of €1.5 million, to expand its anti-money laundering pilot to other EU countries. The startup...
Facial recognition tech: risks, regulations and future startup opportunities in the EU
Facial recognition differs from the conventional camara surveillance, as it is not a mere passive recording, but rather it entails identification of an individual...
Valencia-based Jeff raises €17.4 million and confirms launch in the US
The Spanish startup Jeff has raised over €17 million in a Series B financing round, led by All Iron Ventures, Alma Mundi Ventures and...
Stockholm-based Voi Technology lands more than €132 million to boost its geographic and fleet expansion
Voi, one of Europe’s leading micro-mobility companies, has raised over €132 million in a new funding round led by The Raine Group, helping Voi...
London-based fintech startup Ziglu successfully raises €6.6 million on Seedrs to grow its personal money app
Ziglu, the personal money app, has successfully closed its crowdfunding campaign, having raised over €6.6 million from over 1250 investors.
Ziglu aimed to raise around...
London-based Koto raises €1.4 million to launch UK’s first ‘challenger lender’
Koto, one of the UK’s first ‘challenger lenders’ - a credit provider built on e-money - is launching officially in the UK today alongside...
London-based enterprise supplier risk and resilience platform Contingent raises €1.9 million seed round
Today Contingent, the AI-powered supplier risk and resilience platform, announces an approx. €1.9 million seed funding round led by Connect Ventures. The round also...
“We need brilliant early years education if we want the next generation of children to thrive”: Interview with tiney’s CEO and founder, Brett Wigdortz
Founder Brett Wigdortz is making the leap from the world of non-profits to the startup scene. After building Teach First, a charity with +3000...
Remote-first startup SuperNormal raises €1.6 million seed round to build a video collaboration tool for busy teams
Today SuperNormal, an AI-driven platform for business video recordings, announces an approx. €1.6 million seed round led by the EQT Ventures fund. Angel investors,...