Built through a partnership between Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark and Transformation Lighthouse, Hummelnest Accelerator in Graz believes in creating a startup hive where everyone with drive can thrive. It specialises in B2B connections and VC attractiveness, thanks to the support from Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark. Applications are now open! After successfully running 2 startup batches, it’s now time for […]
On track to scale into profitability in 2023, GreenTech startup tado° has just landed €43 million in new funding. The Munich-based team is helping consumers become more energy efficient with its smart thermostats and energy services and is reaching households across the continent. Whilst 2022 brought a number of challenges to European households, it laid […]
Europe’s answer to Canva and Adobe, Kittl has just raised about €10.8 million for its design platform. The Berlin-based team is now planning to extend its offering and help more creatives create the designs they want effortlessly. Founded in 2020 by Nicolas Heymann and Tobias Saul, Kittl’s design platform has been developed with creators in […]
On a mission to rethink work culture, recruitment and employee-employer alignment, Welcome to the Jungle has just raised €50 million as it plans global growth. The Paris-born company has established itself as a key player in employer branding and recruitment and is growing fast. The way we work is fundamentally changing. Now, employees are demanding […]
2023 is starting out to be a tough year for the tech industry with layoffs, valuation cuts and a funding slowdown continuing from last year. And the bloodbath of layoffs is not slowing down with tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Alphabet recently announcing massive layoffs affecting their global workforces, including here in Europe. On […]
On April 20-21 we’ll be hosting this year’s EU-Startups Summit in Barcelona! Our annual flagship event will gather over 2,000 founders, startup enthusiasts and investors for two exciting days of networking, inspiration and learning. And we can’t wait to welcome you there. In addition to a buzzing exhibition hall, great networking opportunities, and an exciting […]
London-based startup Emperia has just raised over €9 million to reimagine the ecommerce space. The young team is aiming to bring retail into the metaverse, giving merchants the tech to build virtual stores. Ecommerce has swiftly taken the world by storm. In a relatively short amount of time, shopping online has become the norm and […]
Building on the success of the Women’s Health Innovation Summit Europe 2022, the WHIS team is returning to Switzerland (27-28 April). The impact-driven Summit is on a mission to improve the access to and quality of healthcare for women across the globe, and it’s got an exciting agenda lined up this year! The FemTech market […]
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Based in Athens and London, BibeCoffee has just raised €2.1 million in fresh funding for its plug-and-play solution for the coffee industry. The startup is aiming to enhance coffee quality for consumers and brands alike and it’s growing fast. The coffee industry is worth an estimated $225 billion. It’s a massive market that benefits from […]
Sitting at the intersection between edtech and the metaverse, Gemba has just secured €16.5 million to scale its VR training experience tool. The London-based company is now planning to expand, pushing forward the Virtual Reality-as-a-Service market. When it comes to workplace training and learning, there has been a growing demand for something new, for a […]