Holidu, a leading technology scaleup in the holiday rental industry, today announced that it has secured €37 million, in capital. Last year we interviewed Johannes Siebers, co-founder of Holidu, about their fast-growing traveltech company and his predictions for the industry post-COVID. This Series D funding round was led by 83North, with participation from existing investors Prime Ventures, EQT […] The post German traveltech company Holidu raises €37 million to continue expansion first ap
The global early-stage venture capital firm Antler has closed its first Nordic fund. Following strong interest, Antler’s Nordic fund was oversubscribed, closing at around €30 million, including participation from Draper Esprit, Kistefos, the Danish state fund Vækstfonden, and the Norwegian state fund Investinor. Antler, which launched in 2017 in Singapore, invests in exceptional people building […] The post VC firm Antler closes €30 million fund for Nordic startups first appeared on EU-Sta
Birdie, the startup reinventing elderly care at home, today announces that it has raised around €9.5 million led by international venture capital firm Index Ventures and with participation from Kamet Ventures. The investment will be used to scale the business and invest in product innovation. Across the world, there is a social care crisis. The traditional care system […] The post British startup Birdie raises €9.5 million to reinvent care for older people first appeared on EU-Startups. ht
Mobile microlearning platform MobieTrain has raised €4 million in a series-A funding round. The funding round was spearheaded by the British-Belgian Force Over Mass Capital. Two previous investors, investment fund LRM and Concentra, Family Office of the Baert Family, also took part in the round. The new funding will allow MobieTrain to further develop its […] The post Belgian startup MobieTrain raises €4 million for its mobile microlearning platform first appeared on EU-Startups. https://w
Today Vinted, Europe’s largest online C2C platform dedicated to second-hand fashion with more than 45 million members globally, has raised €250 million of new investment in a Series F funding round. Last year we interviewed Vinted’s co-founder Milda Mitkute on our podacast. The scaleup’s fresh funds, which have given the company a pre-money valuation of €3.5 billion, […] The post Lithuanian unicorn Vinted raises €250 million on its mission to make second-hand fashion first choi
Qnami announced today the closing of an approx. €3.6 million Series A financing round led by Venture Capital funds Runa Capital and SIT Capital, further supported by Seed Round investors Quantonation, Verve Ventures, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gründerfond. The funds will support extension of Qnami’s patented quantum microscope technology into applications enabling […] The post Swiss startup Qnami raises €3.6 million to scale up quantum technology first appeared on EU-Startups.
Polish startup ProperGate has raised €1 million in its seed funding round. The company, whose software digitalises construction site logistics, plans to use the investment to expand its team and increase its pace of development. Investors involved in the round include leading international investment funds SMOK Ventures (a Polish-American investor) and Realty Corporation Limited (from […] The post Warsaw-based ProperGate raises €1 million to digitalise construction site logistics first app
Kitch, a Lisbon-based tech startup whose mission is to help restaurants go digital without letting go of their independence, is announcing today the closing of its seed round of financing, having raised €3.25 million. The round is being led by Atlantic Food Labs, with the participation of Market One Capital and the company’s initial investors, […] The post Lisbon-based Kitch raises €3.25 million to support restaurants in the digital transition first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-
Tariq Rauf is the founder and CEO of the UK startup Qatalog. Founded in 2019, Qatalog is a work hub that brings together all the SaaS bricks of modern work, including Teams, Slack, Google Drive, Zoom, Confluence, Jira, Notion, Asana and others. It organises and contextualises these tools around a company’s relevant people, teams and […] The post "From Zoom fatigue, to after-hours pings on Slack, the typical work experience is fuelling burnout": Interview with Qatalog's founder and CE
Live the World, an Antwerp-based startup that is creating a digital slow travel guide, has announced the closure of its pre-seed funding round, raising €300K from undisclosed angel investors. Live the World launched in December 2020. Entrepreneurs Joris Vanherp and Zoë Vets joined forces in their mission to create a fun and easy-to-use travel planning […] The post Antwerp-based traveltech startup Live the World lands €300K in pre-seed funding first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-s