Since 2018, EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) has been supporting numerous impactful agrifood entrepreneurs and startups. Through their work, they have noticed that many teams struggle to commercialize their innovative agrifood technologies because the founders lack entrepreneurial skills and competencies. That is why in 2021 EIT Food launched a new programme – […] The post Find a co-founder for your agrifood startup: Last chance to apply for EIT Food’s TeamU
On the 28th-30th of April, we’re hosting the 7th edition of the EU-Startups Summit – this year as an online event. This 3-day event will give you the chance to (virtually) connect and network with over 1,500 participants, learn from many expert speakers, listen to educational talks with internationally successful founders, and bite your nails through our exciting […] The post Ayaz Quraishi, of Shareworks by Morgan Stanley, will speak at the EU-Startups Summit! first appeared on EU-Startups
Are you a fintech startup? Then you might be interested to learn about the Budstart programme and the opportunities it could offer your team. Budstart is a flagship programme from AB InBev’s global innovation team BeerGarage. Its aim? To solve complex business problems through co-innovation/plug & play implementation model, partnering with the best-in-class startups from […] The post Calling fintechs to join the launch day of AB InBev BudStart Accelerator 2021! (Sponsored) first appeared o
VideoCV, a startup dedicated to revolutionizing recruitment by providing simple, transparent, and personality-based hiring solutions has raised €410K in the pre-seed investment round. Zenith Family Office, EstBAN, and several other international business angels and investors joined the round that will give VideoCV enough resources to enter other European countries’ HR sectors and establish an extensive […] The post Estonian startup VideoCV lands €410K for its video recruitment platform first
You probably know by now that on the 28th – 30th of April, we’re hosting the 7th edition of the EU-Startups Summit (online). Even though this year’s event will be online, we haven’t let that stop us from making it pretty awesome, with a host of pleasantly surprising networking opportunities and many expert speakers joining […] The post Boom! Here comes the agenda for the EU-Startups Summit (28-30 April) first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/04/boom-here-come
The entrepreneurial journey is not easy. One needs to achieve many milestones: from a competent team, and unique value proposition, to targeting a specific market need and raising funding that is crucial for all of the above. EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) offers comprehensive support for agrifood innovators and startups at different […] The post Last chance to validate your agritech innovation! Apply for EIT Food’s Test Farms programme! (Sponsored) first appear
Today Mindgram, a European science-based platform and mobile app for complete mental wellness, has raised €1.9 million in a pre-seed round led by Market One Capital, with funding also coming from Canadian investor Pamoja Capital. This is one of the largest pre-seed investments for a Polish-founded company. Based in Poland, Mindgram was founded by a […] The post Poland-based Mindgram lands €1.9 million pre-seed funding to improve employee wellbeing across Europe first appeared on EU-Startup
The Startup Executive Academy (SEA) is an international Go-to-Market programme for founders and executives of early-stage technology startups that has been taking place annually since 2017 in the Castle of Urstein – Salzburg, Austria. The aim of the academy is to enable startups to accelerate their business by providing highly relevant and practical input that […] The post Accelerate your startup and apply now for the Startup Executive Academy 2021! (Sponsored) first appeared on EU-Startup
Icebreaker.vc has completed the final closing of their second fund at €100 million, and also raised a separate €20 million Opportunity Fund that will be used to continue investing in their Fund 1 portfolio companies. The teams backed in Icebreaker’s first fund over 2017-2019 have so far turned €6 million of initial investment tickets into […] The post Icebreaker.vc raises additional €120 million to continue supporting founders first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021
Payhawk, a platform for payments and expense management, has raised over €16.5 million. The Series A round is led by the US-based fund QED Investors, which has a strong track record of investing in 18 fintech unicorns, including Klarna and Nubank. Existing investor Earlybird Digital East, who led the startup’s seed round in March 2020, […] The post London-based Payhawk lands €16.5 million to simplify expense, payments & invoice management first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu