SoftBank Vision Fund, Speedinvest, and several VC partners have just announced a collective €7.7 million in committed capital to the nine startups that make up the European edition of the Emerge accelerator programme for underrepresented founders. These companies were selected among more than 600 applicants from 30 different countries and participated in an eight-week customised […] The post Emerge accelerator programme drives €7.7 million investment into European startups with underrepre
StartupGym, founded in Milan in 2021 by Enrico Pandian, Tarek Fahmy and Giuseppe Balzano, has just raised a € 1.5 million pre-seed round. The oversubscribed round was led by Rancilio Cube funded by Luca Rancilio, UTurn Investments guided by Gianpiero Peron and Luca Mongodi. Anya Capital also contributed through the investment holding led by Guglielmo […] The post Milan-based StartupGym raises €1.5 million to build European impact startups appeared first on EU-Startups.
Qonversion, headquartered in London, has just closed its latest funding round at €1.7 million. The funding is co-led by Visionaries Club and Flashpoint VC, alongside Blinkist founder Holger Seim and S16VC. The tech startup, founded in 2019, is on a mission to power the growth of mobile apps and fuel European and APAC expansion with […] The post London-based Qonversion raises €1.7 million for its subscription data platform for mobile apps appeared first on EU-Startups.
Today, fraud detection software is used to detect illegitimate and high-risk transactions made online. These tools continuously monitor user behaviour and calculate risk figures to identify potentially fraudulent purchases, transactions or access. The software is mostly used by the IT and compliance departments of e-commerce companies and digital banks, as well as other institutions, to […] The post “Truly build for scale from day one”: Interview with Krik Gunning, co-founder a
In the era of online shopping and booming ecommerce, it’s more important than ever to ensure that customers have a seamless and hassle-free shopping experience. In September 2021, Stripe launched a study in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Company to uncover insights around shopping behaviours, payment preferences, and the different factors that affect the checkout […] The post Stripe uncovers the most common checkout errors and how to prevent them (Sponsored) appeared first on EU-Startups.
The AI energy tech firm from Vienna, enspired, has just landed a funding boost of €7.5 million, adding to its mission to solve a key challenge in the energy transition – making power grids more flexible. The funding round, co-led by Emerald Technology Ventures and 360 Capital – two leading venture capital firms investing in […] The post Vienna-based enspired gets €7.5 million funding boost to enhance Europe’s grid flexibility and fight power blackout scenarios appeared first on EU-
The recent United Nations report on climate change confirms that ongoing processes in the world will inevitably force us to change our habits. Humanity will have to come to terms with increasing droughts, fires, floods, water scarcity and many other challenges that climate change will cause over time. However, not everything is as gloomy as […] The post Where GovTech startups are solving the global challenges of climate change (Sponsored) appeared first on EU-Startups.
Berlin-based live shopping startup LIVEBUY has just announced the closing of a €4.9 million seed funding round, led by RTP Global and is further supported by other business angels. Founded in 2020, LIVEBUY is on a mission is to bring the ‘teleshopping’ concept into the age of smartphones through creating live shopping experiences. The young […] The post Berlin-based live shopping startup LIVEBUY bags €4.9 million and makes plans to expand appeared first on EU-Startups.
Pleo, founded in Copenhagen in 2015, has just extended its Series C funding by €176 million. In doing so they nearly triple their valuation to over €4 billion and consolidate themselves as one of the market leaders of the European spend management market. The round is being regarded as one of the biggest ever Series […] The post Danish Unicorn Pleo picks up an additional €176 million and plans massive European expansion of its B2B Spend Management service appeared first on EU-Startups.
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Launched in 2020, London-based PetsApp has just secured €3.9 million in its latest funding round led by Point Nine Capital. The funding is also supported by Adjacent, GFC, Market One Capital, as well as angel investors including Todd & Rahul’s Angel Fund (Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra and Eventjoy founder Todd Goldberg), Carlos Gonzales Cadenas (Index), […] The post London-based PetsApp raises €3.9 million in mission to bring veterinary clinics to the 21st century appeared first on EU-Startu