The metrics playbook: 25 metrics every startup founder should know

Running a startup involves juggling numerous priorities, but it is essential not to overlook the significance of monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics. These metrics provide valuable insights into a startup’s performance and enable owners and investors to take an objective and data-driven approach. In this article, we will delve into a diverse range […]

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Lisbon-based Cargofive raises €1.8 million to turbocharge the digital transformation of freight forwarders

The freight forwarding industry forms the backbone of global trade and the world economy, underpinning the transportation of goods we consume daily across the globe. Yet, despite its immense scale, a significant portion of the process involved in moving cargo from point A to point B remains offline.  Freight forwarders rely on antiquated procedures to […]

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Berlin-based Payrails raises €13.5 million in Seed extension to scale payment operating system across industries

The digital payments market generated €1.4 trillion in revenues in 2021 and is projected to reach €3.1 trillion by 2031. And while payments continue to be a fragmented area for platforms, marketplaces and any large, fast-growing companies that conduct business across markets or with multiple parties in payment flows, the only option for them was […]

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Interview with Mikael Johnsson, Co-founder and general partner of Oxx

We had the pleasure to interview Mikael Johnsson, Co-Founder and General Partner of Oxx, a specialist venture capital firm focused on investing in business-to-business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) companies from Europe and Israel. Mikael has been actively involved in the venture capital industry for over two decades, mentoring over 100 tech companies and […]

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Meet Agrodox, the winner of this year’s Pitch Night in Vienna!

On June 2nd we headed to Vienna to host an exciting evening of pitching and networking – as a side event of the community-driven ViennaUP Festival! The ViennaUP Festival, one of the stand-out events in the European startup scene, unites a vibrant blend of investors, visionaries, trailblazers, and influential thinkers from around the globe. This […]

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London-based IQ Capital raises €374 million to invest in transformative deeptech startups across UK and Europe

Even though IQ Capital has defined deep tech investing in the UK since its foundation in Cambridge in 2007, they are not stopping there. The leading London-based deep tech venture capital firm announced the final close of its fourth Venture Fund at €187 million (Fund IV), taking its assets under management to more than €934 […]

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London-based Isomer Capital follows on hybrid fund-of-funds strategy with an early first close of new €250 million vehicle

Isomer Capital, an independent private investment firm focused exclusively on European venture capital (VC), has announced the first close of its new €250 million Isomer Capital III (IC III), with one-third of its target subscribed by an early group of returning investors.  The fund’s first close was held four months earlier than originally planned, leveraging […]

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Fresh out of Y Combinator, Paris-based Escape raises €3.6 million in Seed to secure APIs at every development stage

There is today a major cybersecurity issue: securing APIs before production and along the development process, 91% of these programming interfaces used for web applications are vulnerable to hackers. This situation arises because APIs are constantly updated by developers in the cloud, and security teams cannot keep pace with their assessments, often missing flaws that […]

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Trondheim-based drone logistics company Aviant raises €1 million to launch home delivery service in remote areas

According to Fortune Business Insights, the drone delivery market is set to grow from US$998M in 2020 to US$31bn in 2028, with an annual growth rate of 24,4%. More than 2,000 drone deliveries are made in the world each day, ranging from emergency supplies in remote areas to urban food delivery. Is in this scenario […]

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Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (May 29 – June 02)

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