Yearly Archives: 2021
Bucharest-based DRUID snaps up €2 million to expand its conversational tech internationally
The Romanian startup DRUID, a company specialized in developing intelligent virtual assistants (chatbots) for businesses, today announces a new funding round of around €2...
Paris-based Yzr raises €2 million from the founders of BlaBlacar and Criteo
French startup Yzr, which is on a mission to reduce time spent correcting an editing data, has just secured €2 million in seed funding,...
British insurtech startup Humn lands funding from Shell Ventures, as it goes international
British insurtech startup Humn has today announced an additional seven-figure investment from Shell Ventures and existing investor Marbruck Investments. This funding will accelerate Humn’s domestic...
Vilnius-based Biomatter Designs raises €500k to develop AI for generative protein design
Vilnius-born startup Biomatter Designs, a pioneer of technologies for generative protein design, has raised €500K in seed funding led by Practica Capital, accompanied by...
Munich-based Ryte lands €6.5 million to grow its website quality management software across Europe
The German company Ryte, a ‘Website Quality Management’ SaaS platform, has landed around €6.5 million from Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group.Â
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10 promising Lithuania-based startups to watch in 2021
In 2019 Vinted, an online used-clothing retailer, raised €128 million in a funding round that valued it at more than €1 billion, making it...
Weekly VC Overview: All 49 European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan 4-8, 2021)
Here comes the first edition of our weekly VC funding round overview for 2021. Every Friday we provide you, our CLUB members, with...
Marseille-based Volta Medical raises €23 million to treat cardiac arrhythmias
French healthtech startup Volta Medical, which is working on novel artificial intelligence algorithms to treat cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that it has successfully raised...
Next gen plastic startup Xampla lands €6.8 million to accelerate growth
British startup Xampla has today announced it has closed a €6.8 million seed finance round, led by the backers of Zoom, to accelerate the roll-out...
London-based Peptone nabs €2 million to help big pharma develop life-saving proteins
Peptone, a computational physics company that has built one of the world’s first protein engineering operating systems, has landed an approx. €2 million seed...
How to hire the best talent for your startup on a tight budget
What is one of the most important aspects of any startup? Some may say it is the business model, others may point out in...
Are you ready to receive investment for your startup? (Sponsored)
No matter the stage of your business, you’ve probably considered 3rd party investment. In fact, most startup founders face the challenge of fundraising at...
Copenhagen-based Too Good To Go lands €25.7 million to expand further in the US
Too Good to Go, the world’s largest B2C marketplace for surplus food, has landed an investment of €25.7 million, led by growth venture capital...
Slovenian startup Eligma raises €4 million to expand its crypto payment network Go Crypto
Slovenian startup Eligma has snapped up €4 million in a round led by Roger Ver through Bitcoin.com, with a valuation of around €50 million.
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French startup CorWave becomes first medtech company to receive funds from European Commission
French startup CorWave, which is specialised in the design and manufacturing of innovative cardiac assistance devices, has just raised €35 million. This round was...
French startup Pennylane raises €15 million to help businesses regain full control of their finances
French fintech Pennylane, which offers an online full-stack accounting service, has already completed a new round of financing with its historical investors, Global Founders...
A beginner’s guide to Google Analytics for startups
With limited resources on the one hand, and an abundance of things to do (no doubt you have a ‘wearing many hats’ team) on...
10 exceptionally promising German startups to watch in 2021
It's no secret that Germany has one of the most vital startup scenes in Europe; and according to our annual research on startup cities, Berlin...