Founded in 2021, Berlin-based green tech startup Ostrom has just raised a €4.4 million pre-seed round and will begin to scale its energy product portfolio and super app within Germany, Europe and beyond. The fresh funding is coming from 468 Capital, J12 Ventures, Global Founders Capital and Übermorgen Ventures, together with key angel investors, including […] The post Berlin-based Ostrom raises €4.4 million for its goal to make the switch to green energy easy and affordable appeared first
From the world-famous coffee shop culture of Vienna to the rich history that oozes out of cities such as Mozart’s home, Salzburg, Austria is, without doubt, a hub of inspiration and a place to get lost in fanciful dreams and ideas. The Alpine nation has historically been at the intersection of European activity and is […] The post 10 up-and-coming Austrian startups to watch in 2022 and beyond appeared first on EU-Startups.
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The French tech ecosystem has certainly had an exciting start to 2022 and Paris-based Qonto has just secured an additional €486 million, bringing another unicorn onto the French stage – the third to reach the milestone already this year. Qonto, the challenger neobank for SMEs and freelancers, has now reached a valuation of €4.4 billion […] The post Fintech startup Qonto joins French unicorn list after raising €486 million, with a €4.4 billion valuation appeared first on EU-Startups.
Munich-based Alasco has just raised €35 million for its cloud-based financial management platform for the real estate industry. The Series B funding was led by New-York based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners, with participation from global private equity platform Lightrock. Real estate, whilst a growing sector across Europe, currently faces two […] The post Munich-based Alasco brings home €35 million to digitalize real estate sector appeared first on EU-Star
Vienna-based GoStudent has just raised €300 million in a round led by new investor Prosus, with additional participation from Deutsche Telekom, SoftBank Vision Fund 2*, Tencent, Dragoneer, Left Lane Capital and Coatue. The fresh funding comes only seven months after GoStudent took the status as Europe’s first edtech unicorn in June 2021 for its one-to-one […] The post Austrian unicorn GoStudent raises €300 million to continue its mission to become a leading global education platform appea
One of Europe’s pioneering super-app’s, Bolt, has just announced its largest-ever funding round to further scale and accelerate the transition from owned cars to shared mobility in cities. The €628 million investment round was led by Sequoia Capital and Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC with participation from Whale Rock, Owl Rock (a division of […] The post Tallinn’s Bolt jets off with €628 million to accelerate the transition from owned cars to shared mobilit
Responsible, a startup with Belfast roots and founded in 2021, has just raised €5.8 million for its pioneering embedded finance platform for the fashion industry. The funding was led by Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and Techstart Ventures, participants include InPost founder Rafał Brzoska and Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. With the vision to make meaningful change […] The post Belfast-based Responsible raises €5.8 million to power a circular future for the fashion industry appeared firs
Berlin-based Denario has just closed a €1.3 million funding round led by 468 Capital with participation from Presight Capital and Mato Perić’s investment arm MPGI. With an aim to shake up the payments space in Europe, the young startup will now launch out of stealth mode with its B2B payments software that goes beyond traditional […] The post Berlin’s Denario secures €1.3 million to launch its cloud payment platform for European SMBs appeared first on EU-Startups.
Conxai has just raised €2.7 million to continue the development of one of the first no-code AI platforms for the AEC industry. The fresh funding for the Munich-based startup was co-led by Earlybird and Pi Labs. Other investors include A/O PropTech and Argonautic Ventures. Founded in 2020, Conxai, founded by CEO Sharique Husain and CTO […] The post Munich-based Conxai raises €2.7 million for its no-code AI platform tailored to the AEC industry appeared first on EU-Startups.
To help startups across Europe fuel and enhance their ecommerce checkout flows, Stripe launched a state of European checkouts report in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Company in September 2021. The data revealed that 9 out of 10 lost sales in Europe fail on the checkout page. In fact, 94% of the top 800 ecommerce […] The post Increase sales with a better payments experience: Stripe’s top tips (Sponsored) appeared first on EU-Startups.