Founded in 2021, EVERYTHING is a UK fintech startup that’s on a mission to build the next social finance experience for Gen Z and young millennials. The company has just raised €2 million in the process from a group of high profile angel investors and entrepreneurs, including Sujay Tyle (Merama co-founder & CEO), Frontier Car…
Deliverect gets a special €130 million delivery and becomes a new European unicorn
The grocery and restaurant delivery market in Europe is on fire, and it’s now just received another special delivery by way of a new Belgian unicorn. Deliverect has just announced they’ve secured over €130 million for its global platform that simplifies and streamlines online ordering. The funding, which is led by Coatue Management LLC and…
CapitalT Co-founder Janneke Niessen will speak at our EU-Startups Summit on May 12-13 in Barcelona
On May 12-13, 2022, we’ll be hosting the 8th edition of our annual EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona! The exclusive 2-day in-person event is bringing you the opportunity to connect and network with more than 1,500 attendees from all over Europe, learn from around 70 expert speakers, and, listen to educational and inspiring talks with internationally successful…
Valencia’s ClimateTrade raises €7 million for its blockchain-enabled climate marketplace
ClimateTrade, a pioneering blockchain-enabled climate marketplace has just raised €7 million and is now looking to raise another €13 million in a US-focused round. The oversubscribed round was provided by Spanish VC firm Conexo Ventures, US power and technology fund ClearSky, blockchain investors Borderless Capital and Algorand, SIX FinTech Ventures, the VC arm of Swiss…
10 climate tech startups protecting our planet in 2022
In the last quarter of 2021, climate action again took centre stage when the world met in October at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The consensus was that climate action aiming at halving the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to reach net-zero is arguably one of humankind’s greatest innovation challenges….
Montpellier-based SeqOne Genomics gets €20 million boost to make genetic testing more accessible
Providing an end-to-end genomic analysis platform, SeqOne Genomics has just landed €20 million in its mission to bring genomic analysis to everyone. The round was led by Omnes, Merieux Equity Partners, together with the Software Club and existing investors Elaia and IRDI Capital Investissement. The Montpellier-based healthtech company are focusing on the development of state-of-the-art…
Eleven Ventures announces €60 million fund to enable South Eastern European founders to go global
Bulgarian VC firm Eleven Ventures has today announced its Eleven Fund III which will bring €60 million investment to South-Eastern Europe. Established in 2012 by Daniel Tomov and Ivaylo Simov, who were later joined by Bulgarian tech entrepreneur Vassil Terziev, as an early-stage VC firm, focusing on the SEE region. Eleven Ventures supports tech companies…
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jan. 17-21)
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“As soon as I understood that my personal barrier as a female founder was confidence, I stopped getting in my own way” : Interview with Daisy Hill, Co-Founder & COO of Zzish
Global edtech companies are now worth €298 billion, a 3.8x increase since 2016 and global education and training expenditure is set to hit $10 trillion by 2030, while so far less than 4% of training and education has been digitized. In Europe, investment in edtech is growing faster than in any other mature market and…
TravelPerk founder and CEO Avi Meir will speak at our EU-Startups Summit on May 12-13 in Barcelona
On May 12-13, 2022, we’ll be hosting the 8th edition of our annual EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona! At this exclusive 2-day in-person event you will have the chance to connect and network with more than 1,500 attendees from all over Europe, learn from around 70 expert speakers, listen to educational talks with internationally successful founders, and…
Irish cleantech company Exergyn raises €30 million to roll out its sustainable thermal management tech
Dublin-based Exergyn has just raised €30 million for its novel and sustainable thermal management technology. This latest funding for the pioneering cleantech startup was led by Mercuria and Lacerta Partners with participation from McWin. Founded in 2012, Exergyn is on a mission to combat climate change through unique solid-state shape memory alloy technology that removes…
Swedish startup Univid scores €800k to disrupt the digital event market
Founded in Stockholm by Erik Skogetun and Jonathan Rintala, Univid has secured €800k for its interactive and user-friendly digital event platform. The company has obtained backing from a number of well-known investors, including venture capital firms Spintop Ventures, JNE Invest, and Quinary, as well as angel investors with solid experience in the industry. Univid was…
Berlin-based Lendis bags €80 million to scale up its operating system for hybrid work
Today, Lendis has just announced an €80 million Series A funding round for its SaaS solution that helps companies to set up and manage their employees’ equipment and software in the hybrid working world. Circularity Capital and Keen Venture Partners led the round, supported by coparion, HGDF and KPN Ventures. Existing investors HV Capital, DN…
Berlin-based EMnify raises €50 million to expand cellular connectivity in the IoT stack
With its cloud-based platform for cellular connectivity in the IoT stack EMnify has just secured a €50 million investment from One Peak. Founded in 2014, the Berlin-based company is a leading cloud building block for cellular communications in the IoT (Internet of Things) stack, connecting millions of IoT devices globally – from electric vehicles and…
DutchFounders launches €62 million fund to back founders building the next wave of European marketplaces
Closing its second fund, DutchFounders is making more than €62 million available for early-stage marketplaces and so-called marketplace enablers to fuel a growing European sector. Based in Amsterdam, DutchFounders specialise in companies and marketplace with strong network effects. Since launching in 2018, the fund has helped boost 16 companies and has almost €100 million assets…
Tilda and Fe/male Switch team up to empower more women to launch their startups
Global website builder Tilda and Dutch startup Fe/male Switch have teamed up to empower and mentor future female tech leaders and help them build profitable businesses through a pioneering role-playing game. Tilda, founded in 2014, is an intuitive no-code website builder that enables people globally to create professional and easy-to-manage websites, online stores, and landing pages…
Vienna’s PlanRadar raises €60 million in its mission to digitise the global construction and real estate industry
Leading European digital field management platform, PlanRadar, has just secured over €60 million in one of Austria’s largest-ever B2B Series B funding rounds. The funding was led by Insight Partners and Quadrille Capital with participation from existing investor Cavalry Ventures. Additional participants included returning investors Headline, Berliner Volksbank Ventures, and aws Gründerfonds, along with new…
Paris-founded Wandercraft secures €40 million to accelerate delivery of its personal self-balanced exoskeleton
Pioneering healthtech startup, Wandercraft, has just announced €40 million of new funding to continue advancing dynamic robotics and exoskeleton technology. The series C round was led by the US fund Quadrant Management, joined by existing investor Bpifrance and new participants MACSF, Malakoff Humanis, AG2R La Mondiale, Mutuelles Impact and Sofiouest. Other existing investors Xange, Eurazeo,…