The last of the taxi roof lights are flickering out, and their once-buzzing dispatchers’ radios are falling silent. Across Europe and beyond, long-standing legacy taxi operations face a formidable challenger: ride-hailing applications like Bolt and Uber are sweeping through every market, in every jurisdiction, gobbling up riders and drivers alike. Contrary to what you might ... Read more ›
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Voltfang, a leading innovator in green energy storage solutions, announced the successful closing of its Series A financing round, raising €8 million, plus €800k in secured grants. The round was oversubscribed and led by Dutch deeptech venture capital firm FORWARD.One, with significant participation from Interzero. Existing investors in Voltfang, including PT1, AENU, Helen Ventures, Daphni, Aurum ... Read more ›
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Voovo, an AI-powered flashcard app designed to revolutionize how students and educators engage with learning content, announced that it has secured €500k in a successful pre-seed funding round. The round was led by global startup accelerator Techstars, alongside strategic investors STRT Ventures, Peter Csillag , and Obuda Uni Venture Capital as the largest investor. Founded ... Read more ›
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KomboAI, a company specialized in Artificial Intelligence solutions for the commercial sector, has closed its first round of investment, reaching €700,000, which has been led by Demium Capital, and supported by Encomenda and Eoniq. The business angels Daniel Visa, Charles Simonetti, Roger Sindreu, and Jared Gil, among others, also participated in this pre-seed round, in ... Read more ›
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Paris-based Kurma Partners, an asset manager focused on improving human health, announced that it has raised €140 million, successfully completing the first closing of Biofund IV. Kurma aims to have raised a total of €250 million in its newest and largest venture capital investment fund to date by the final closing in 2025. Biofund IV ... Read more ›
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In this episode, we sit down with Steve Chen, Co-founder and former CTO of YouTube, to explore his journey in building one of the most influential platforms in the world. Steve reflects on the key lessons learned from scaling YouTube, the pivotal decision to sell the company to Google for $1.65 billion, and his personal ... Read more ›
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Rennes-based RIVRS, specializing in the creation of UGC video games, announced its first round of funding of €4 million. Exclusively led by Pléiade Venture, this financing should enable it to multiply the creation of games on Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft and other platforms, as well as prepare its international expansion. Founded in 2021 in Rennes by ... Read more ›
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Dessia Technologies, a startup specializing in developing a software platform to automate engineering processes through AI, announced a €3 million funding round. Led by Matterwave Ventures, Supernova Invest, and the Orano Venture Fund, this funding will enable Dessia to accelerate its international expansion and reinforce its technical and commercial teams. Its Mission? Transform industrial engineering ... Read more ›
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AdTech Holding, the Cyprus-based international hub focused on creating startup ecosystems and delivering innovative AdTech and MarTech solutions, is excited to announce the HackTech 2024, the third annual and largest open hackathon in Cyprus, to be held on the 23rd and 24th of November in Limassol. With registration now open, HackTech invites talented developers, product ... Read more ›
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Submer, a company enabling next generation cooling and automation for data & energy-intense environments, announcd a successful investment round of €50.2 million led by M&G, a leading investment company with £346.1 billion assets under management as of June of 2024. The investment comes from its £5 billion purpose-led Catalyst strategy, with Barclays Bank Ireland PLC ... Read more ›
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Vienna’s startup ecosystem is evolving rapidly, driven by the intersection of cutting-edge technology, policy, and investment. Innovation Pulse: Europe’s Power Network is an upcoming event that invites EU-funded startups, investors, policymakers, and researchers to explore the future of the European startup ecosystem. Taking place on 29 November at WeXelerate in Vienna, this free event offers ... Read more ›
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Ameba, an AI-driven platform helping companies manage and unlock growth from their complex supply chains, has today announced a €6.4 million seed round led by Hedosophia. Leading European early-stage investor Visionaries Club reinvested, having led Ameba’s pre-seed round, and Anamcara also participated. Ameba’s world-class team of supply chain, AI, quant and deep-tech experts is led ... Read more ›
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fynk, a startup that simplifies and democratizes access to AI-powered solutions that deliver significant time and cost savings, announced it has raised a €3.1 million funding round. Lead investors 3VC and 10x Founders, along with existing backers, are backing fynk based on its strong early traction and product-market fit. The additional investment comes only four ... Read more ›
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Plumery, a digital banking experience platform for true customer-centric banking, announced it has secured €3 million in additional funding from early-stage investor DN Capital and Fontes managed by leading global VC firm QED Investors. The latest round brings Plumery’s total funding to date to €7 million and is in preparation for a larger Series A ... Read more ›
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Formality, the platform dedicated to intelligent contract management for clients and suppliers, has announced that it has raised €8 million. This first round was carried out with VC funds Partech and Serena, two major players in supporting high-potential tech startups. The round was completed with €2.4 million in funding from BPI, the Bank of Public ... Read more ›
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DinMo, a European Data Activation company helping mid-market companies leverage their customer data without extensive technical resources, announced €5 million in additional funding to launch and grow its Composable Customer Data Platform (CDP) offering. This new investment will fuel the company’s evolution from a data activation tool to a full-fledged, AI-powered composable CDP while continuing ... Read more ›
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Based between California, Israel and Austria, xtype, a leading software company for multi-instance management on the ServiceNow platform, announced it had raised a €19 million Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from ServiceNow Ventures and existing investors including Columbia Capital and Inner Loop Capital. This milestone marks a significant leap ... Read more ›
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Lithuanian startup Sort A Brick, a service for sorting customers’ old LEGO® bricks into new sets, has secured an investment of €1.15 million. The financial support comes from the Baltic-focused VC fund Firstpick, nine business angels, and the founders’ initial investment of €200k. Sort A Brick offers a service that cleans, sorts, and repackages customers’ ... Read more ›
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Tired of spending hours on tedious admin and accounting tasks? You’re not alone. Many businesses struggle to keep up with the endless paperwork, data entry, and manual processes that slow down operations. The good news is that there’s a way to break free from these time-consuming tasks. With the right tools, you can automate and ... Read more ›
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Hradec Kralove-based startup PARTORY, specialising in industrial B2B solutions, announced an investment of €1.25 million from the newly established Jet Ventures fund, part of the investment company Jet Investment. This investment follows the company’s prior successes, having raised €3.4 million since its inception. In the December funding round, PARTORY secured investments from Movens (PL), Speedup ... Read more ›
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