Personal Branding has been buzzing around the entrepreneurial world for some years now. For some founders, personal branding may come intuitively, naturally: They know how to position themselves in the spotlight, write about their experiences, share their learnings, reflect on mistakes, and celebrate successes. There are remarkable examples of entrepreneurs who have built their personal […]
In this episode of the EU-Startups Podcast we’re catching up with Dirk Hoerig, co-founder and CEO of commercetools. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Munich, commercetools is the leading composable commerce platform that enables companies to tailor and scale shopping experiences across markets dynamically. It equips some of the world’s largest businesses, including Audi, Danone, […]
SmartLoC, a pioneering startup focused on developing a cutting-edge, fully digital B2B payment solution based on the monitoring of shipments and specifically tailored for international trade, announced the successful closure of its seed round, raising a total of €1.8 million. The round is led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), one of the leading seed investors in […]
Quantica, an advanced additive manufacturing technology company based in Berlin, announced the increase of its Series A funding to a total of €19.7 million. The extension was led by a new investor, British private equity and VC firm West Hill Capital, as well as participation from a family owned company in the dental industry, Quantica […]
A few days ago, Airwallex sat down with Olivier Bisserier, former CFO at Booking.com. In that interview, Olivier spoke about scaling a business at speed, how we are thinking about work-life balance wrongly, and why modern CFOs must be tech-savvy and think like Olympians. His insights provide a valuable roadmap for navigating the challenges of […]
Slip, a platform redefining the role of receipts in retail, has raised a €2.9 million seed round led by Adjuvo and joined by Haatch Ventures, Unbundled VC, the Side by Side Partnership, and a range of angels including ASOS’ Executive Vice President of Customer & Marketing, Dan Elton, and former CIO at Frasers and former […]
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Sloyd, a Oslo-based pioneering 3D creation technology provider, has announced a €3 million seed funding round. Major global investors have participated in the funding round, including SPEEDRUN, a16z GAMES’ gaming accelerator, Antler, and Skyfall Ventures. Other investors include FreshFund, AceCap, Hartmann Capital and a number of high profile angel investors. The round included a strategic […]
Alinia AI, an alignment platform enabling companies’ safe and controlled deployment of generative AI, guided by their policies and business preferences, announces a successful €2.2 million pre-seed funding round. Speedinvest and Precursor led the round with participation from KFund and notable angels including Clem Délangue & Thom Wolf (Hugging Face Co-Founders), Tom Preston (GitHub Co-Founder), […]
In 2021, the European tech ecosystem was in rude health – smashing the $100 billion VC funding mark for the first time. Two years later, however, that number had halved with the annual State of European Tech report placing annual funding for 2023 at $45 million. The wider economic context can’t be ignored. 2023 again […]
Synthara, a Swiss semiconductor innovator, announced the successful closing of €10.5 million in funding through investments and European and Swiss grants to bring in-memory computing to the mass market. The round is led by Vsquared Ventures, with OTB Ventures, Hermann Hauser’s Onsight Ventures, Deep Tech Labs, along with existing investors such as High-Tech Gründerfonds, DeepIE, […]