The Leipzig-based foodtech startup the nu company, who are the creators of the vegan and sugar-reduced chocolate bar line nucao and the organic protein brand numove, has successfully completed its first financing round of €14 million. Notable Series A investors include lead investor DLF Venture, as well as Five Seasons Ventures and DX Ventures. The […] The post German foodtech startup the nu company raises €14 million, including from Formula 1 world champion appeared first on EU-Startups.
You may know Munich for its famous Oktoberfest beer festival, Baroque and Renaissance cathedrals, and connection to beautiful nearby lakes. In this case, we’re interested in Munich as a startup and tech hub, which is known for its strong VC support, international corporations, top talent and innovative community. The city made it to spot number […] The post 10 promising Munich-based startups to watch in 2021 appeared first on EU-Startups.
In 2021, global and European venture capital investments reached all-time highs. It seems the market is exploding and so are startup valuations. In the last few years, sectors like FinTech, Enterprise Software, Mobility & Transportation, Health and Energy received increasing attention from investors. Some of those deals can be considered under the umbrella of Smart […] The post What do VC investors want to see from smart city startups? appeared first on EU-Startups.
TISSIUM, a medtech company working on tissue reconstruction, has announced it has closed a Series C round of financing, raising €50 million from new and existing international investors. Cathay Health, affiliated to global investment firm Cathay Capital, led new investors and joined other institutional and individual backers while existing shareholders were led by Sofinnova Partners, […] The post Paris-based TISSIUM raises €50 million to revolutionize the field of tissue reconstruction ap
A new dating app BARE has just completed a successful Seedrs campaign, crowdfunding around €456K. Public demand for a new type of ‘judgment-free’ dating community has backed the app, which empowers some users to reveal as much or as little to matches as they want. BARE’s safe and inclusive platform has achieved 172% of its […] The post London-based BARE Dating snaps up €456K in oversubscribed Seedrs crowdfunding campaign appeared first on EU-Startups.
Coinpanion has landed €1.8 million seed funding from renowned investors in Germany and Austria. Founded in 2019, Coinpanion enables everyone, without any prior cryptocurrency experience, to benefit automatically from the cryptocurrency market, and is already managing several million euros in cryptocurrency investments for its customers. The lead investor in the seed round is the German […] The post Vienna-based Coinpanion secures €1.8 million for its digital crypto manager appeared first
Paris is well-known for its charming cafés, monuments such as The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Panthéon, and the Sacré Coeur, and spacious boulevards, but alongside these cultural and gastronomic highlights lies a buzzing tech and entrepreneurial scene. The startup scene is growing fast in Paris and France in general, and the country’s leading figures […] The post 10 Paris-based startups to have your eye on in 2021 and beyond appeared first on EU-Startups.
As early-stage investors we spend a lot of time reading pitch decks. In fact, if you don’t like reading, you should probably consider a different line of work. What often strikes us: even though founders share tremendous amounts of data with us – from product data to TAMs, SAMs and SOMs to various KPIs – […] The post How to make VC investors fall in love at first sight: Why you need a ‘strategic narrative’ appeared first on EU-Startups.
One of the many upcoming global trends of this turbulent year is urban self-storage and decentralized ‘micro-logistics’ hubs, such as parcel collection lockers. As the Coronavirus pandemic drove a “work from home” boom, millions of people looked to storage solutions to increase space in their living, and e-commerce, delivery and logistics companies looked for ways […] The post “There is a need for inner-city spaces where businesses and customers can interact w
Sastrify, a virtual Software-as-a-Service procurement service which helps digital-first companies to optimize their SaaS tools, has raised an approx. €5.9 million round of funding from HV Capital and the unicorn founders of FlixMobility, Personio and SumUp. This new financing follows an approx. €1.1 million pre-seed round in late 2020. With an ever increasing number of […] The post Cologne-based Sastrify nabs €5.9 million to help companies optimize their SaaS tools appeared first on EU-Sta