Riga-based startup Longenesis announces a late seed round of around €1 million, backed by a group of business angels led by Rustam Gilfanov. The round was also joined by Ilya Suharenko, a private investor and one of the Managing Partners of LongeVC, bringing in 17 years of experience in traditional banking. Longines is co-founded by Insilico […] The post Latvian startup Longenesis nabs €1 million to speed up the digitization of biomedical research appeared first on EU-Startups.
Translated, an Italy and US-based company that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence to support professional translators, announces that private investment house Ardian has invested around €21 million ($25 million) via its Ardian Growth fund, leading an approx. €25.2 million ($30 million) investment round. Translated is an end-to-end translation platform that combines its renowned proprietary […] The post Italy and US-based Translated nabs €25.2 million to boost its end-to-end trans
Thymia has raised a €920K pre-seed round to scale its platform to spot and monitor depression. Kodori AG and Calm/Storm co-led this round, which was also joined by Form Ventures and included backing from Entrepreneur First. Founded in 2020, Thymia’s technology removes the subjectivity from mental health assessments. Instead of answering questionnaires, patients play specially […] The post British startup Thymia raises €920K for its video game tool to spot depression appeared first on
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has been a catalyst for digitisation. We’ve witnessed the rise of fintech, the explosion of edtech and the vast spread of ‘fit-tech’ to keep us moving during the quarantine. But what about the global insurance industry? Historically, the insurance industry has been slow to innovate. And, for many of us, […] The post “The insurance industry is still in its infancy with regards to digitisation”: Interview with Getsafe’s
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at about 2,000 European early-stage startups that are working on innovations in the FinTech space. During our sourcing and reviewing process we exclusively focused on startups which were founded between 2018 and 2021. As part of our research, which was led by our summer […] The post Top 50: Europe’s hottest FinTech startups in 2021 appeared first on EU-Startups.
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No one wants to launch a product that will fail. And unfortunately, building the wrong product and realising there is no market demand for it something that startups commonly fail on. When you have an idea to build out something new, prototyping during the early stages of product development is a fundamental step you should […] The post 5 ways to test your ideas when launching a new product or service appeared first on EU-Startups.
Spectrum.Life has announced the completion of a fundraise of €3 million with Act Venture Capital. Spectrum.Life supports 1,250+ entities in looking after the mental health and wellbeing needs of over 750,000 individuals, and their families. Founded in 2018, Spectrum.Life is a digital platform, combining best in class mental health support and wellbeing coaching, within their […] The post Dublin-based Spectrum.Life nabs €3 million to fuel rapid growth of its mental health and wellbeing plat
Today Amsterdam-based VC Peak Capital officially enters the German market and launches its fourth fund, this time of €66 million, for 30 marketplace, platform and SaaS companies, primarily in Germany, Benelux and the Nordics. Unlike other international investors active in Germany, who mainly focus on scaleups and later stage investments, the leading Amsterdam-VC Peak is […] The post Peak Capital launches €66 million fund for marketplace, platform and SaaS companies appeared first on EU-Sta
Content marketing has become one of the digital era’s most effective techniques. Blogging, as one of its main protagonists, has taken a leading role in helping businesses market their product and services without being too salesy. According to DemandMetric, 70% of people would rather learn about a company through articles rather than advertisements. Moreover, businesses […] The post Why is blogging important for your startup’s growth strategy? appeared first on EU-Startups.
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Today Wonderflow, an AI-driven customer feedback data startup, has announced raising €16.5 million growth funding led by Toronto-based Klass Capital. Existing investors, including Italian venture capital firm P101, ITALIA 500 (Azimut Group) and renowned Dutch top manager Jan Bennink, also participated in the round. Today, most enterprises that generate a large amount of unsolicited customer […] The post Amsterdam-based Wonderflow secures €16.5 million to help companies learn from customer