Lithuanian beauty technology startup Watalook has raised around €825K in a pre-seed round co-led by Startup Wise Guys, Crosspring, Launchpad Capital, and angel investors. Today’s US beauty services market is worth billions and employs 700K+ beauty professionals. The startup signals that now around 70% of these people work as independent contractors, compared to only 20% […] The post Vilnius-based Watalook lands €852K to help independent beauticians manage clients & bookings appeared
For episode 18 of the EU-Startups Podcast we interviewed serial entrepreneur and investor Lukasz Gadowski. Lukasz is kind of a living legend of the German and European startup ecosystem and co-founded big success stories like Delivery Hero and helped building many other European tech companies. Delivery Hero, today is a publicly traded company and has […] The post EU-Startups Podcast / Episode 18: Interview with serial entrepreneur and investor Lukasz Gadowski appeared first on EU-Startups
Stockholm-based fintech company Invoier, which has built and established a marketplace for fair and transparent trading of invoices, has secured a €4.1 million equity funding by EU’s innovation organization, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. According to the startup, European SMEs are forced to pay up to 60% for working capital, which is negatively impacting […] The post Stockholm-based Invoier secures €4.1 million from the European Innovation Council Fund appeared first on EU-St
British medical cannabis company Grow announced today that it has acquired a major medical cannabis production facility in Spain – a move which transforms Grow into an integrated cannabis production, R&D, and distribution company. This transaction will enable the firm to deliver further on its mission of providing the broadest portfolio of quality cannabis medicines […] The post UK’s Grow Group, medical cannabis startup, acquires Spain’s Sanoid, major cannabis producer appeared
The digital investment platform Bitpanda just raised additional funding of more than €223 million – at an impressive €3.48 billion valuation. The fast-growing fintech company will use the proceeds to strengthen its team and design the organisation for scale, while doubling down on state-of-the-art technology, international expansion and growth. Signed just 4 months after gaining […] The post Vienna’s fintech unicorn Bitpanda now valued at €3.48 billion after raising more than €
In the beginning of this year, we introduced you to 10 super promising Netherlands-based startups to watch in 2021. Since Amsterdam is already highly popular as a startup city, today we decided to have a closer look at Utrecht, which recently also made it into our annual ranking of Europe’s biggest startup hubs. From medieval […] The post 10 Utrecht-based startups to follow in 2021 and beyond appeared first on EU-Startups.
https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/08/10-utrecht-based-startups-to-
Berlin- and Munich- based Seatti.co has raised €500K in pre-seed funding from Amsterdam venture capital firm Peak (formerly Peak Capital), Berlin-based Hasso Plattner Institute Seed Fund and super angel Dr. Ralph Mueller. The pandemic has substantially changed the way we work, and the question is no longer whether working from home will prevail – but […] The post German startup Seatti.co raises €500K to help teams manage hybrid offices appeared first on EU-Startups.
SOLASTA Bio, a Glasgow University spin-out, has nabbed seed funding of around €1.5 million to support the development of its nature-inspired pesticides, which are some of the first of their kind. SOLASTA Bio was founded in 2020, after four years of research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the European Commission, […] The post Scottish startup SOLASTA Bio nabs €1.5 million to create nature-inspired pesticides appeared first on EU-Startups.
Beckley Psytech, a British startup addressing neurological and psychiatric disorders through the novel application of psychedelic medicines, today announced it has successfully completed an oversubscribed Series B financing, raising around €49 million from venture capital investors to fund its promising research programmes. Founded in 2019, Beckley Psytech will use the proceeds to complete the ongoing […] The post Oxford-based Beckley Psytech lands €49 million to develop psychedelic medic
Vienna is known as the “City of Music”, recognized for its great quality of life, and beautiful architecture, but more interesting for us today, the Austrian capital is also one of Europe’s biggest startup hubs. After introducing you to 10 amazing Austrian startups to watch in 2021 earlier this year, today we’re taking a closer […] The post 10 super promising Vienna-based startups to watch in 2021 and beyond appeared first on EU-Startups.