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Spanish delivery startup Glovo raises €115 million Series C
Barcelona-based delivery startup Glovo has raised €115 million in a Series C funding round from Idinvest and AmRest. The startup is now valued at over €300 million. Glovo's app allows customers to order any item, which is then purchased and delivered by couriers in an hour or less. Through Glovo's geolocating system, customers can also … → Read More
UK Archives
Product search platform Tailored.to raises $900,000 seed round London-based Tailored.to, an online shopping platform, has raised $900,000 in a seed funding round. The investment comes from Amadeus Capital and Ascension Ventures, as well as several angel investors. UK-based bio-engineering firm Oxford Genetics raises £7.5 million UK-based Oxford Genetics, a startup specialising in bio-engineering… → Read More
medtech Archives
Israeli prescription checker MedAware raises $8 million Series A Israeli MedAware has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The investment came from BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Gefen Capital, OurCrowd, and Yingcheng City Fubon Technology Co. The company has raised $12 million to date. Diet planning app makers The Mealplanner secures €1 million in seed funding Finnish healthtech startup… → Read More
health Archives
Digital supply chain company Virtualstock raises $6 million from Notion Capital Virtualstock, a digital supply chain startup from the UK, has announced a funding round of $6 million from Notion Capital. Reading-based Virtualstock focuses on retail and health, developing technologies for automating and optimising supply chain operations and how to leverage machine learning to assess large data… → Read More
healthtech Archives
Diet planning app makers The Mealplanner secures €1 million in seed funding Finnish healthtech startup The Mealplanner, the developers of the FoodToDo app, has raised additional funding that brings its seed round to €1 million, from VCs and government funds. It recently landed €400,000 from TEKES, a Finnish public funding agency under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, and €300,000 from… → Read More
machine learning Archives
Israeli prescription checker MedAware raises $8 million Series A Israeli MedAware has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The investment came from BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Gefen Capital, OurCrowd, and Yingcheng City Fubon Technology Co. The company has raised $12 million to date. IoT data analytics platform Sentiance raises €8 million Belgium’s Sentiance has raised €8 million in a… → Read More
Insurtech Archives
German dental insurtech startup Dentolo raises a €3 million seed round Berlin-based Dentolo, a dental insurance platform, has completed a seed funding round of €3 million. Investors in the round include Yabeo Capital, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Atlantic Labs, and several angel investors. Ottonova raises €10 million to bring digital insurance to Generation Y Munich-based insurtech startup… → Read More
London fintech startup Curve raises $10 million in Series A funding
Curve, a London-based fintech startup, raised $10 million in a Series A financing round. The investors included Santander InnoVentures, Investec, Connect Ventures, Speedinvest, Oxford Capital, Breega Capital, Samos Investments, as well as several business angels. → Read More
UK fintech firm Revolut raises $66 million in Series B financing round
Revolut, a fintech firm based in London, raised $66 million in a Series B funding round led by Index Ventures with the participation of Balderton Capital and Ribbit Capital. → Read More
French fintech startup Shine completes a €2.8 million financing round
Shine, a company that provides an administrative and financial management platform for freelance workers, raised €2.8 million from Daphni, Kima Ventures, and several business angels in a recent financing round. → Read More
Swedish DJ app Pacemaker raises $1 million
Pacemaker, a Swedish company that has developed an app for DJs, raised $8.5 million from investors such as Spintop Ventures, Solang Invest, and Victor & Victor in a recent financing round. → Read More
UK based Tide raises $14 million in financing round led by Anthemis and Creandum
Tide, a UK-based fintech company that provides mobile banking solutions for small and medium business customers, raised $14 million in a Series A fundraising round. The round was led by Anthemis and Creandum. → Read More
Swedish food waste saving startup Karma raises at least €3 million
Karma, a social enterprise dedicated to reducing food waste in the cafe and restaurant industry, has reportedly raised between €3-4 million in a new investment round. → Read More
Swiss job recruitment platform Hosco raises €6.4 million Series A
Swiss Hosco, a job recruitment platform for the hospitality sector, has raised €6.44 million in Series A funding. The investment was raised from Athos Capital, along with other funds, including existing investors and several business angels. → Read More
French microprocessor developer Kalray raises $26 million
French Kalray, a developer microprocessors, has raised a round of $26 million. The funding comes from new investors Safran and Pengpai, and existing investors ACE Management, CEA Investissement, EUREKAP! Héléa Financière and INOCAP Gestion. The company has raised over $65 million to date. → Read More
Daimler's Mytaxi acquires Romanian competitor Clever Taxi
The Daimler subsidiary Mytaxi continues to expand internationally and is now buying its Romanian competitor Clever Taxi. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Mytaxi also acquired its Greek rival Taxibeat in February, after merging with the UK taxi startup Hailo last summer. The taxi-hailing scale-up is already active in 10 countries and claims over 10 million downloads since its launch in… → Read More
Ottonova raises €10 million to bring digital insurance to Generation Y
Munich-based insurtech startup Ottonova has raised €10 million from Debeka, Germany's largest private health insurance provider. In return Debeka is receiving slightly more than 10 percent of the shares in the startup. The capital comes just after the startup raised €15 million in March from several investors, including Vorwerk Ventures and Tengelmann Ventures. → Read More
startup Archives
Spanish electronic signature company Signaturit raises €2.8 million Spanish Signaturit, which provides secure and legally valid electronic signatures, has raised €2.8 million in its second funding round. The investment comes from Banco Sabadell, Nero Ventures, and Faraday Venture Partners, along with other investors. The startup is one of the only two Spanish companies to receive funds from the… → Read More
Spanish electronic signature company Signaturit raises €2.8 million
Spanish Signaturit, which provides secure and legally valid electronic signatures, has raised €2.8 million in its second funding round. The investment comes from Banco Sabadell, Nero Ventures, and Faraday Venture Partners, along with other investors. The startup is one of the only two Spanish companies to receive funds from the European Horizonte2020 program for innovative, high potential… → Read More
Social Media Archives
German marketing platform for small businesses, RankingCoach, raises €5 million German RankingCoach, a marketing app for small businesses, raised €5 million from United Internet, a German internet services company. United Internet now has a 29.93% stake in the startup. The company plans to use the investment to expand its services and grow internationally. → Read More