Pan-European Swiss venture capital firm Giano Capital announced the launch of a €50 million later-stage fund to invest in best-in-class companies in the European tech and digital space. Driven by the mission to bring liquidity to the secondary market, the Geneva-headquartered firm is starting out to build the first European single-asset late-stage secondary fund. According […]
With the early-stage tech sector experiencing high levels of uncertainty around funding, AlbionVC, with support from Google Cloud, has created the aVC index to inform founders whether fundraising market conditions are improving or deteriorating. The report is created through an anonymous survey of 40 investors, actively deploying capital into the European ecosystem at seed, Series […]
Friday is here with a new edition of our weekly VC funding overview for our CLUB members. Below you’ll find this week’s overview of all the (equity) funding activities we tracked from across Europe. Funding rounds in France Paris-based Defacto secured €167 million to provide short term financing for small and medium companies through an […]
Editor’s Note: This article was contributed by guest writer Dr Owain Rhys Hughes, CEO and Founder of Cinapsis. In the operating room, as a surgeon, every decision carries high stakes. It’s a pressured role that demands meticulous attention to detail, but the rewarding impact you can make is immense. When I pivoted my career and turned […]
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ID Finance Spain, a leading alternative lending fintech, recently announced robust financial results for the first half of 2023, demonstrating sustained growth and financial strength. The company reported first-half revenue of €59 million, while net income reached €4.4 million, following an 8% increase in its net portfolio which hit a new record of €51 million. […]
Hive Power, a leading provider of solutions for energy optimization, closed a new funding round totaling €500k, including strong support from Techstars, Péter Ilyés (former CEO of E.ON Italy), TiVentures, and Magility Ventures. Founded in Switzerland in 2017, Hive Power boasts a team of researchers and scientists with expertise in smart grids from SUPSI (the […]
EG 427, a biotechnology company leading the development of pinpoint DNA medicine solutions, announced the final closing of a Series A financing. EG 427 raised an additional €5 million in the final closing from a combination of existing investors and new family office investors, bringing the total raised in the Series A round to €18 […]
Secure Code Warrior, a leading agile learning platform for developer-driven security leaders, announced it closed its Series C funding round, led by Paladin Capital Group. At €45 million, this marks the largest investment since the company’s inception, bringing its total funding to date to over €90 million. The new funding will accelerate Secure Code Warrior’s […]
In this episode of the EU-Startups Podcast we catch up with David Nothacker founder and CEO of Sennder. David Nothacker serves as the Co-founder and CEO of Sennder, the leading digital freight-forwarder platform in Europe. With an MBA from INSEAD, David co-founded Sennder at the end of his studies. Under his leadership, Sennder has connected […]
hepster, a leading European embedded insurtech, has received €10 million in a Series B financing round from existing and new investors with Element Ventures, Seventure Partners, and Claret Capital Partners (Fund III1). According to the company, the new capital consists of equity and debt. Despite a challenging fundraising environment, thanks to its continuous growth and […]