Spanish startup Genially, an interactive content creation platform, has raised around €17 million with its latest round of funding. The Series B round was led by the US venture capital firms 645 Ventures and Owl Ventures, and joined by the European venture capitalists DN Capital and Brighteye Ventures, as well as successful entrepreneurs like s16VC and Kahoot…
“Our goal is to showcase what femtech can accomplish and that it is worth investing in”: Interview with Flo’s (the period tracker app) CEO and co-founder, Dmitry Gurski
This month British startup Flo, an app for period and cycle tracking, announced a €42.2 Series B funding round, bringing its total capital raised to approx. €54.8 million and the company valuation to around €675 million. You might find it surprising to learn that over 1 billion menstrual cycles have been tracked within the app,…
Zurich-based Locatee raises €7.1 million to help businesses adapt to new office environments
Locatee, a leading workplace analytics solution, has raised an approx. €7.1 million growth financing round. Led by SmartFin, the round includes new investors such as Zürcher Kantonalbank, Swiss Immo Lab, and Verve Ventures, as well as existing investors FYRFLY Venture Partners and Tomahawk Ventures. Founded in 2013, Locatee’s workspace analytics software uses data from a…
Fundraising Etiquette: A Guide for Founders – Part 1, Preparation
If you are the founder of a technology company, fundraising will be an activity of critical importance for the success of your firm – whether you like it or not. Some founders are natural talents in conveying a fundraising story and creating investor interest. Others convince with a strikingly good team, model, product or traction….
Open Call from IntellIoT boosts European deeptech startups and SMEs with up to €150K (Sponsored)
IntellIoT is a Pan-European project focusing on developing an IoT framework that is being tested in agriculture, healthcare, and manufacturing. Building upon enabling technologies such as 5G, cybersecurity, distributed ledgers, augmented/virtual reality, and tactile internet, the IntellIoT framework allows the creation of IoT environments that execute autonomous applications. With the intention of building an active…
“We do not think femtech is niche”: Interview with Pollie’s co-founders Jane Sagui and Sabrina Mason
Around 30% of women have a complex chronic condition like a hormone imbalance or autoimmune condition, and yet patient experiences across the board are being relayed as nothing short of “abysmal”. Founded in 2020 by Jane Sagui and Sabrina Mason, femtech startup Pollie aims to change this. Their overall vision? To improve the health journey…
Travel Startups: Join the pitch competition of the FutureTravel Summit on November 24th (Online)
This year we are co-hosting the first edition of the FutureTravel Summit which will take place online on November 24th. The virtual event will gather prominent leaders and innovators of the travel industry – incl. many travel startups, investors and travel industry professionals. We’ll have inspiring keynote speakers and panel discussions, but most importantly: An…
France-based fantasy football platform Sorare raises €579.7 million Series B funding
Sorare, a fantasy football platform, today announces that it has raised around €579.7 million in Series B financing led by Softbank, with participation from Atomico, Bessemer Ventures, D1 Capital, Eurazeo, IVP and Liontree; and existing investors Benchmark, Accel and Headline. The investment, one of Europe’s biggest ever Series B rounds, gives Sorare a new valuation…
Stockholm-based Lunch.Co raises €500k to establish its peer-to-peer lunch app across Nordic offices
Today Lunch.Co, a food marketplace platform, has announced landing €500k pre-seed funding. The round was led by VEQ, a Swedish venture capital investment company, with Antler and Rockstart as co-investors. The startup plans to use the funding to provide new and exciting ‘Food at Work’ experiences in leading companies in the Nordic region, as they…
7 practical ways to implement sustainability initiatives in your startup
Boasting green credentials was once considered a competitive differentiator, but in today’s landscape, all businesses are expected to show a commitment to sustainability. Prospective employees, customers, and clients are all rightly invested in sustainability efforts, and they make their employment and purchasing decisions accordingly. In my position as the Head of Portfolio for one of…
Lithuanian startup Kernolab lands €855K for its Banking-as-a-Service solution
Kernolab, the Lithuanian fintech startup that provides agile and highly flexible Banking-as-a-Service, has closed a $1 million pre-seed round (around €855K) led by Lighthouse Ventures. Joining the round was Startup Wise Guys, which has also previously invested in the company earlier this year. The funds will be used to scale the team with an emphasis…
Italian startup Screevo secures €510K for its voice control digital assistant for Industry 4.0
Rome-based Screevo, a hands-free voice assistant for Industry 4.0, has announced raising a seed funding round of approx. €510K to expand its operations both nationally within Italy, and internationally in the United States and beyond. In this round, approx. €430K comes from a co-investment agreement with US fund Boost VC, on top of LVenture Group’s…
“If you want to lead and make an impact, you have to be your true authentic self”: Interview with Yvonne Bajela, Founding Member and Principal at Impact X Capital
Yvonne Bajela is a Founding Member and Principal at Impact X Capital, a UK-based venture capital fund which invests in companies led by underrepresented entrepreneurs. To date, Yvonne has invested over $200 million (over €170 million) in various startups across Europe, Middle East and Africa. You might recognise Yvonne from Forbes Under 30 Europe: Meet…
Italy-based EpiCura lands €5 million for its digital health platform
EpiCura, one of the first digital health platforms in Italy that brings health and social care services to the user’s home via phone and video consultations and long-term elderly care, has closed its third capital raise. With this €5 million funding round, EpiCura has achieved a total funding of approximately €8million. Founded in 2017, Epicura…
Weekly VC Overview: All European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (September 13-17)
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Heidelberg-based paretos raises €3.5 million to further improve its AI-powered platform for business forecasts
The Heidelberg-based tech startup paretos just raised €3.5 million to make analysis processes for companies as easily accessible and integrable as an email program. The fresh capital was injected mainly by B2B tech investor LEA Ventures. paretos was founded in mid-2020 by Fabian Rang and Thorsten Heilig with the mission to provide data science to…
Paris-based SHARELOCK raises €4 million to unlock the potential of its shared locks network
Just about a year after its start, SHARELOCK just closed a €4 million seed round, welcoming the investors Breega, as well as the Banque des Territoires (CDC). Founded in 2020, the founders Nicolas Louvet and Alexandre Molla have identified one main obstacle to the large-scale adoption of soft mobility: parking. SHARELOCK’s ambition is to address…
10 European startups with the potential to disrupt the sports industry
The sports-tech industry in Europe is experiencing quite exciting times! All kinds of organisations are embracing technology for higher community engagement, innovative events, and experiences, and even improved players’ performance, to name a few of the potential use cases of tech in the sports industry. With digitization accelerating at a fast pace, trends such as…