Around 1750 BCE in Ur, a customer named Nanni complained in clay about the bad copper sold to him by the merchant Ea-nasir. It is the oldest known written customer complaint, and several others were found in Ea-nasir's house. The behaviour behind a one-star review, nearly four millennia early. Read more ›
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Dékuple Group, a European data marketing and communications company, has acquired a majority stake in Amsterdam’s creative agency Selmore and Rotterdam’s digital agency DotControl. The integration of two new entities into Dékuple’s multi-entrepreneur model supports its strategy to expand in Europe and broaden its expertise to serve international clients. The partnership aligns with Dékuple’s objective ... Read more Read more ›
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On Thursday, London-based Verdiva Bio Limited, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced its launch to focus on developing innovative therapies for obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders. The company also announced that it has secured $411M (approximately €398.4M) in an oversubscribed Series A funding round co-led by Forbion and General Atlantic. Other investors, including RA Capital Management, ... Read more Read more ›
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Brussels-based Smartfin, a venture and growth capital investor, on Thursday, announced that it has closed its third growth fund — Smartfin Capital III at €250M, bringing the total investment commitments to over €600M. This fund marks an important milestone for the firm, featuring initial participation from the European Investment Fund (EIF) through its ESCALAR program. ... Read more Read more ›
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Rotterdam-based FuelFWD, a startup focused on digital solutions for the renewable fuels sector, has completed a seed investment round led by Value Factory Ventures. The round also saw continued support from Docklab Ventures and the Port of Rotterdam, who are investing in FuelFWD for the second time. Johan van Heusden, CFO of Value Factory Ventures, ... Read more Read more ›
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On Friday, Leuven, Belgium-based Capricorn Partners, announced the first close of its Capricorn Health-tech Fund II at €51M to support innovative health technology startups. This fund invests in healthcare innovators across digital health and medtech, enhancing personalised and value-based healthcare throughout Europe. Out of the total, Amsterdam-based Invest-NL, a national financing and development institution, announced ... Read more Read more ›
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Ireland-based XOCEAN, a provider of ocean data for the offshore energy and civil hydrography sectors, has secured €115M in funding to support its global expansion. The funding round was structured in partnership with S2G Ventures and included contributions from S2G, Climate Investment, Morgan Stanley’s 1GT fund, and an affiliate of CC Industries. Dr. Francis O’Sullivan, ... Read more Read more ›
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On Thursday, Enschede, the Netherlands-based Bizzdesign, a global enterprise architecture software company, announced the acquisition of Alfabet from Software GmbH. Alfabet is a business transformation platform specialising in Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM). More than 350 customers in over 40 countries use the company’s products to plan and manage business and IT ... Read more Read more ›
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Norway’s Visma has acquired Utrecht-based software company Your Next Concepts, known for its products SQill, EduTasQ, and Academy Attendance. Visma BV acquired all activities of Your Next Concepts. Neither company has disclosed the financial details of the agreement. Your Next Concepts will join Visma Advitrae-Xedule, a division of Visma BV specialising in software solutions for ... Read more Read more ›
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On Wednesday, Delft-based Hypersoniq, an electrochemical sensor technology company, announced that it has secured €1.1M in seed funding round. The funding consortium includes Impact Investor VP Capital and the Thematic Technology Transfer funds of Smart Industries and Netherlands Enabling Water Technology (NEW). Fund utilisation The company will use the funding to advance the development and ... Read more Read more ›
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Limburg, Belgium-based Hyperfox, a startup that automates order processing with AI, announced that it has raised €3.2M in seed funding round.  Investors, including Volta Ventures, JK Invest, LRM, and Birdhouse Ventures, joined the funding round. The announcement comes a year after receiving an investment from Birdhouse Ventures and participating in the Birdhouse programme. Additionally, VLAIO ... Read more Read more ›
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Dublin-based Nomupay, an end-to-end payment platform for expansion into regions of high cross-border and e-commerce growth, announced that it has completed a third investment round of $37M (approximately €36M). The final $12M (approximately €11.6M) tranche of the September fundraiser was led by Amsterdam-based Endeit Capital, with Uneti Ventures (backed by early Adyen employees) participating. Existing ... Read more Read more ›
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Meta has announced changes to its content management and moderation policies, aiming to balance free expression and responsible enforcement on its platforms. The announcement comes as Donald J Trump is set to assume the presidency for the second time. Notably, Meta also donated around $1M last year to support Trump’s inauguration. Starting in the United ... Read more Read more ›
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Åstorp-based Qvantum, a Swedish heat-pump systems and technology company, has closed its €108M Series C funding round, which includes a €15M debt facility. The investors include Thomas von Koch, Partner and former CEO of EQT, who is investing through his private company, IMAS Foundation. IMAS Foundation is a sister organisation to the INGKA Foundation, which ... Read more Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Amsterdam-based Bird, a global communication platform, published its first-ever Shareholder letter for 2024. The announcement was made by Robert Vis, founder & CEO at Bird, through a LinkedIn post. “Reflecting on the past 3 years, I can only describe as excruciating pain. Not only in the sheer hard work it took but the ... Read more Read more ›
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Utrecht-based UnameIT, a provider of automotive software solutions, has secured new funding from Main Capital Partners (Main). The amount, however, remains undisclosed. This investment represents Main’s entry into the automotive software market. Main Capital Partners is a software investor managing private equity funds in the Benelux, DACH, Nordics, and the US, with €6B in assets ... Read more Read more ›
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Vienna-based SignPath, a software and SaaS services provider that ensures code integrity from development to distribution, has secured €5M in a Series A round of funding. TIN Capital, a cybersecurity investor from The Netherlands, invested in the Austrian startup. This is TIN Capital’s second investment from its European Cyber Tech Fund, a cybersecurity fund focused ... Read more Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Hückelhoven, Germany-based JTL-Software (JTL), a provider of e-commerce and multichannel software, announced that it has acquired Returnless, an Eindhoven-based company. Returnless: Optimises returns management Founded by Marijn Prijs and Chris Boer, Returnless develops solutions to optimise returns management. The platform helps online retailers make the returns process more efficient while gaining valuable data ... Read more Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Amsterdam-based Mews, a hospitality technology company, announced that it has acquired Auckland-based Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions. Richard Valtr, founder of Mews, adds, “This partnership represents a fantastic investment into the APAC and UK markets, where we continue seeing hospitality brands adopting cloud technologies to streamline operations and reimagine the guest experience. We’re excited ... Read more Read more ›
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Dutch electronics firm Philips has sold its chip development division to a Dutch investor consortium, including former VDL Nedcar CEO John van Soerland and Orange Mills Ventures founder Cees Meeuwis. The division will operate independently under the name XIVER. The former Philips unit will continue to play a significant role in the semiconductor and medtech ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based ThreatMark, a company specialised in behaviour-based fraud prevention, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $23M (approximately €22M) in a funding round. The round includes $15M (approximately €14.4M) from Octopus Ventures, and Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC). The company got the remaining $8M (approximately €7.6M) convertible note from Springtide Ventures Fund. This latest investment brings ... Read more Read more ›
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