German startup StudySmarter has raised around €12.4 million in Series A funding to bring its award-winning educational app and learning platform globally. The round, which is the first step in StudySmarter’s plans to become the world’s central hub for learning, was led by global edtech-focused VC fund, Owl Ventures, with the notable B2C focused, New York-based, […] The post Munich-based StudySmarter raises €12.4 million to grow its intelligent lifelong learning platform first appeared on E
A new app called Few which helps connect health and fitness professionals to their customers has received €250K of funding from Malta Enterprise and other investors. Few allows users of its app to book virtual and in-person classes with more than 50 industry experts in Malta. The services on offer cover a range of fitness, […] The post Malta-based holistic health and fitness app Few raises €250K first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/05/malta-based-holistic-health-
The popular Swedish equestrian training app and collaboration platform Ridesum, with users in 80 countries, has raised €900K from private investors, Zenith Group and Hööks Hästsport. Hööks is Scandinavia’s leading equestrian company and their CEO Joachim Höök will also join the Board of Directors. The investment will be used to accelerate growth, expansion and continue […] The post Swedish equestrian training app and collaboration platform Ridesum nabs €900K first appeared on EU-Star
DanAds, a customizable and scalable self-serve ad tech infrastructure for publishers, has raised around €4 million in funding, led by Wellstreet. Other notable investors in this round include Hugo Stenbeck, Jonas Sjögren, Johan Andersson, and Alexander Hars. The round brings the total amount raised by the company to around €36.3 million so far. Founded in […] The post Stockholm-based martech startup DanAds bags €4 million to expand across Europe first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.e
Today Bolt, a leading European mobility platform, launches its car-sharing service, Bolt Drive. The new service allows customers to rent a car for short periods of time using the Bolt app. Bolt will invest €20 million in launching Bolt Drive in Europe this year, starting with a pilot in its home market, Estonia. Bolt is […] The post Tallinn-based Bolt launches its car-sharing service Bolt Drive first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/05/tallinn-based-bolt-launches-i
Only a year after its commercial launch, Fintecture, a next-gen payment infrastructure, has announced an approx. €6.2 million seed round to continue its development and consolidate its vision by dedicating a significantly large equity pool to its employees. The seed round was led by Target Global, joined by Samaipata, Société Générale, and a number of […] The post Paris-based Fintecture raises €6.2 million to facilitate payments and accelerate merchants’ growth across Europe first appeared
Rockstart, a global accelerator-VC, announces the closing of its AgriFood fund at €22 million with the participation of Vaekstfonden’s Green Future Fund, alongside new informal investors such as Joke Pronk and longtime Rockstart investors, Marcel Beemsterboer, Jasper de Rooij, Hans Maltha and, new investor global dairy cooperative Arla Foods. The fund’s close at €22+ million […] The post Rockstart, accelerator and VC, closes its AgriFood fund at €22 million first appeared on EU-Startups. h
Raising funding rounds the old-fashioned way takes way longer than it should do, involving time consuming and tedious processes, administration and negotiation. Whatsmore, it’s common for early-stage startups to need to raise rounds in just this way, right at the time when they lack the resources to get them through these processes. In response to […] The post How can early-stage startups be funded in a matter of weeks? (Sponsored) first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com
this year’s EU-Startups Summit has come to an end and we are pleased to report that it was a success! Having connected 1,500+ participants via our online platform, we saw record numbers of meetings and connections taking place and good engagement metrics during the talks. We were quite happy how smoothly it all went, as […] The post Meet Type Studio: The winner of the pitch competition at this year's EU-Startups Summit! first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/
Last year, for the first time in it’s history, the UK became a majority card-based society with payments made by credit, debit and charge cards accounting for 51% of the 40 billion payments made over the year. The main driving force behind this statistic? The coronavirus pandemic which has changed the financial services industry as […] The post "The traditional way of banking will be a rare event": Interview with Pomelo Pay's founder & CEO, Vincent Choi first appeared on EU-Startups.