Pento, the payroll automation startup, has raised around €12.7 million Series A funding to continue building the future of employee compensation. The funding will be used to expand its remote-first team around the globe, move into more countries, and continue building advanced features to simplify payroll. The round was led by US venture capital firm General Catalyst, […] The post Copenhagen-based Pento raises €12.7 million to expand its real-time, automated payroll software first appeared
Apicbase, an international hospitality technology scaleup, today announces it has raised €4 million in a Series A funding round led by Volta Ventures, along with existing investors Newion, AAA Fund and Business Angels. The Belgian SaaS company, founded in 2017, has developed a food and beverage management platform for hospitality and food businesses. The digitalization of the hospitality sector is booming, and […] The post Belgium-based hospitality scaleup Apicbase raises €4 million to exp
There is a single unifying constant in many startups around the world: too many software tools and applications. Think about it. Even if you’re a solopreneur, you probably have a multitude of different products to help run your company. Even with integrations, the more tools you add, the more time you end up wasting on […] The post Startup Founders: Manage your entire company in a single app (Sponsored) first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/05/startup-founders-man
Austrian edtech startup GoStudent expands its digital one-to-one tutoring service beyond Europe for the first time. After securing a Series B investment of €70 million at the end of March, GoStudent launched its platform in Russia in May, to be followed by Mexico and Canada this summer. Founded in 2016, GoStudent’s digital learning platform brings […] The post Austrian edtech startup GoStudent launching its digital tutoring service in Russia, Mexico and Canada first appeared on EU-Startups
Virtuo, the car-on-demand service helping drive the shift away from car ownership across Europe, has raised €50 million in a Series C funding round led by AXA Venture Partners. The round, which also saw participation from Bpifrance through their Large Venture funds, Alpha Intelligence Capital and H14 alongside existing investors Balderton Capital, Iris Capital and […] The post Paris-based Virtuo raises €78.7 million to scale its car-on-demand service first appeared on EU-Startups. https://
Instabox, a next-gen tech company transforming last-mile deliveries for e-commerce, is entering the Dutch market through the acquisition of Red je Pakketje, a Dutch market leader in same day deliveries. The acquisition gives Instabox a complete and frictionless last mile delivery solution, with home delivery, parcel locker delivery, label-free returns and flexibility to change destination […] The post Instabox, a locker delivery startup, enters the Netherlands with acquisition of Red je Pa
Today UK-based Cervest, the creator of one of the world’s first AI-powered Climate Intelligence (CI) platforms, has announced it has raised an approx. €24.6 million Series A round led by Draper Esprit. Current investors Astanor Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital (Chris Sacca), and Future Positive Capital also participated in the oversubscribed round, joined by new investors UNTITLED, the venture fund of Magnus Rausing, and TIME Ventures, the venture […] The post UK-based Cervest secures €
Today Irish startup &Open has announced raising around €5.9 million to make it easier for brands to send carefully curated gifts to customers to boost loyalty and engagement. The round was led by First Round Capital and LocalGlobe, along with participation from angel investors such as Andrew Robb (Farfetch), Des Traynor (Intercom) and Liam Casey […] The post Dublin-based &Open lands around €5.9 million to scale up its gifting platform in Europe and the US first appeared on EU-Startups. htt
Today White Star Capital, a global multi-stage tech venture capital investment platform, has announced the final closing of its approx. €40.9 million Digital Asset Fund (DAF), a specialised fund investing in crypto-networks and blockchain-enabled businesses at each layer of the tech stack. The fund exceeded its previously announced target by around €16.3 million and is backed by major institutional […] The post White Star Capital closes €40.9 million digital asset fund for crypto-networks
The 10 finalists of the Future Hamburg Award, Hamburg’s international startup award, have been announced! These European startups, hailing from the Nordics, Belgium, France and Germany, are creating smart solutions for the city of the future. Their business ideas range from AI-based software to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions, to new strategies for plastic […] The post Sustainable city solutions: Meet the 10 top startups shortlisted for the 2021 Future Hamburg Award (Sponsored