LightCode Photonics recently closed a pre-seed investment round of €425K, led by United Angels VC and Superangel. The round also included a list of early backers from renowned Estonian angel investors, such as Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, the country’s former CIO Taavi Kotka, Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi, and co-founder of Pipedrive Ragnar Sass. Founded in […] The post Estonia-based LightCode Photonics raises €425K to transform the autonomous vehicle industry first appeared on
Back Market, a premier refurbished marketplace dedicated to electronics, today announced a Series D investment round of €276 million led by General Atlantic with the support of Generation Investment Management, as well as existing investors Aglaé Ventures, Eurazeo, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and daphni. Back Market was one of the first refurbished electronics marketplaces in […] The post Paris-based Back Market raises €276 million to grow its premium refurbished electronics marketplace fi
Swedish open banking platform Tink continues its expansion across Europe with the acquisition of FinTecSystems, a leading German open banking infrastructure fintech, powering over 150 banks and fintechs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The acquisition will strengthen FinTecSystems’ already leading market position, with Tink further fuelling the company’s high growth and open banking capabilities in […] The post Stockholm-based Tink acquires German open banking startup FinTecSystems fir
Finary, a French fintech that offers online, real-time investment monitoring across multiple asset classes, today announces a €2.2 million seed round. The financing was led by Speedinvest with additional participation from Y Combinator, Kima Ventures and angel investors like Raphaël Vullierme (co-founder at Luko). Founded in 2020 by Mounir Laggoune and Julien Bla ncher, Finary […] The post Paris-based Finary raises €2.2 million to grow private wealth management tracker in Europe and US fir
Healios, an online therapy platform for children and young people with mental health and neurodiverse conditions, has raised €8.1 million to expand its platform and improve access to much-needed therapy programmes for families. The Series A round was led by InHealth Ventures with participation from existing investors AlbionVC. The fresh funds will now enable Healios […] The post UK-based Healios raises €8.1 million to expand its digital mental health services for children and young people
Wrisk today announced an approx. €5.3 million investment led by QBN Capital, with participation from investors Guinness Asset Management and Cell Rising Capital. Wrisk will be using the investment to grow its team and further scale its platform to support client demand. Wrisk (founded in 2016) aims to create flexible, frictionless and personalised insurance experiences. The startup partners […] The post London-based insurtech startup Wrisk lands €5.3 million to scale its platform first app
EstateGuru, a leading pan-European marketplace for short-term, property-backed loans today announces the successful closure of its funding round on UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Due to massive investor enthusiasm, the campaign closed 31 days ahead of schedule. The campaign launched in private mode for pre-registered investors on 5 May 2021 and gathered the initial minimum […] The post Tallinn-based EstateGuru closes Seedrs funding round at €1.3 million raised from 971 inves
GraphTech startup Palturai has raised €4 million in a Series A round, from FIV (Future Industry Ventures), VR Ventures and a number of other investors. Founded by a team of credit bureau professionals in 2014, Palturai provides visualization tools and business intelligence, using data exclusively from official sources. Partnering with industry leaders such as SAP and Salesforce, Palturai […] The post Frankfurt-based Palturai nabs €4 million to grow its network intelligence platform first
Bambuser today announced the acquisition of Relatable, a global marketing technology company, for approximately €19.7 million. The purchase will bring together significant core competencies and proprietary technologies for Live Video Shopping and creative influencer marketing campaigns, which will better enable brands and retailers to scale high-impact livestream shopping implementations and drive business results. Bambuser is a software […] The post Stockholm-based martech startup Relatab
Dating sites have a bright future ahead of them, especially with lifestyles and consumption patterns that are constantly evolving and digitalization that is increasingly present. The trend is to create events on multiple social networks, promote ‘slow dating’ with one swipe a day to prevent ‘swiping burnouts’, use hyperlocalisation to meet someone you recently came […] The post 10 European startup dating apps to find your partner after lockdown first appeared on EU-Startups. https://