Yearly Archives: 2021
Portuguese startups in 2021: a tale of sailors and reinvention
Portugal has now seen 7 startups achieve unicorn status - Farfetch in 2015, OutSystems and Talkdesk in 2018, and Feedzai, Remote, Sword Health, Anchorage...
Searching for co-creators 30 years ago and now: Lithuania’s approach to government digital transformation (Sponsored)
Thirty years ago, Lithuania announced a new vision: ‘Lithaunia 2000’. Pioneering the trends of co-creation, ‘Lithuania 2000’ invited the worlds largest tech companies to...
Berlin-based MedKitDoc picks up €7 million to improve the access to medical care for all
Founded in Berlin in 2020, MedKitDoc has just raised €7 million to improve access to medical care, especially with elderly and chronically ill patients...
The plant-based revolution: 10 European vegan meat alternative brands to check out
A few years ago, veganism was seen as just a passing trend, a fad, the centre of memes. Today, veganism is no longer a...
Estonian fintech startup Raison app reaches €10 million valuation with its late venture investment marketplace
Raison app, the late venture investment marketplace from Estonia, has secured an additional €795k in seed funding with a €10 million valuation led by...
Elche-based PLD Space closes €25 million and looks to rocket-launch further expansion
Spanish space tech company, PLD Space, has just closed a Series B funding of €25 million. Founded in 2011, PLD Space has been pioneering...
Ten series for budding entrepreneurs to watch over the holidays
It's the most wonderful time of the year - and a great time to tuck into a new series!
There's an abundance of streaming services...
Making online shopping more sustainable and efficient, London’s Purple Dot raises €3.5 million
Pioneering ecommerce waitlist and pre-order platform, Purple Dot, has just raised €3.5 million for its mission to revolutionize how we buy and sell online....
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Dec. 20-23)
It's time for a new edition of our weekly VC funding overview for our CLUB members. Below you'll find this week's overview of...
Building Lithuania‘s AI ecosystem – lessons learned from boosting a local AI community (Sponsored)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a cornerstone of modern economies. While big nations such as the USA and China are in a race to...
Danish medtech startup Hedia raises €3 million and plans European expansion
Medtech startup from Copenhagen, Hedia, has just raised an additional €3 million for its technology to manage diabetes. The company is backed by Novo-heirs,...
Beam me up Scotty: 5 European startups having a meaningful impact on the future of space tech
With European tech funding reaching more than €100 billion in 2021, according to the European Tech Report 2021, Europe seems to be on the...
Oslo-based Campanyon reels in €1.5 million for its travel platform for nature-lovers
With the vision to make nature and sustainable travel more accessible, Oslo-based Campanyon has just closed €1.5 million - one year after its first...
Female-founded audvice raises €1.9 million to bring the audio boom to companies
Based in Salzburg, audvice has just closed its first VC financing round with Cusp Capital, CapitalT and TinyVC raising €1.9 million. The female-founded tech...
Estonian Ridango acquires Slovenian-based LIT Transport as the European transport mobility market booms
Estonian tech company Ridango has just announced it has acquired a 100% stake in LIT Transport, a Slovenian based firm providing IT solutions for...
Amsterdam-founded Dealroom secures €6 million for its startup research platform
At the end of what’s been an immense year for European tech startups, Dealroom has just raised €6 million in Series A funding for...
Norwegian edtech startup Vignita raises over €660k and plans international expansion
Vignita, founded in Oppaker, Norway in 2017, has just raised over €660k in an oversubscribed funding round.
Eleven investors participated in this round, including Link...
London’s Brytlyt raises €4.4 million for its data analytics and visualisation technology
Founded in 2013, Brytlyt, a pioneering provider of real-time data analytics and visualisation technology, has just raised a €4.4 million funding extension from AlbionVC...