Today British startup Thirdfort has secured around €1.7 in its latest funding round, backed by existing investors, and doubled via a convertible loan from the UK Government, as part of its Future Fund programme. The fresh funds will be used to further develop its Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) and Know Your Client (KYC) product, as well as support its continued […] The post British legaltech startup Thirdfort lands €1.7 million for its anti-money laundering & KYC app first appeared on EU-Star
Is Google powerful? Very powerful! If you ask any tech insider, they will tell you that Google knows more about you than your family, the government or your pastor. In terms of percentage of usage share of web browsers, Chrome is the clear winner, with Safari and Microsoft Edge trailing behind. Over 70% of search […] The post What would a breakup of Google mean for startups? first appeared on EU-Startups. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/04/what-would-a-breakup-of-google-mean-for-startups/
Berlin-based GRID esports has raised €8.3 million in a round backed by Alinea Capital, Bumble Ventures, Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder, Agileo Ventures, and NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster. The round brings the startup’s total raised to around €9.7 million, and will be designated to its continued US expansion, and the growth of its data platform. Founded in 2018, GRID is an […] The post Berlin-based GRID esports lands €8.3 million to continue US expansion first appeared on EU-Startups. h
Today UK-based global cloud communications company Infobip has signaled a strategic move to put developers front and centre of their company strategy with the acquisition of Shift Conference, also appointing its founder and CEO Ivan Burazin to the board as Chief Developer Experience Officer. Infobip is a global cloud communications platform that enables businesses to build connected […] The post London-based cloud communciations company Infobip acquires Croatia-based Shift first appeared o
HealthHero announces today that it has acquired the French company Qare, a pioneer in telehealth, backed by Europe’s leading healthtech venture builder Kamet Ventures. This acquisition cements HealthHero as one of the largest telehealth providers in Europe. With Qare as part of its business, it now covers 22 million lives and is on track to provide just under 3 […] The post HealthHero acquires Paris-based Qare to lead as Europe’s largest telehealth company first appeared on EU-Startu
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B2B manufacturing platform Geomiq has today announced an approx. €3.3 million seed round, with funding raised from a consortium of investors, including Samaipata, Sova VC, Fuel Ventures, Tekton Ventures, and Eka Ventures. Co-founded in 2017 by mechanical engineer Sam Al-Mukhtar and second-time marketplace entrepreneur William Hoyer Millar, Geomiq’s platform aims to connect the world’s best engineers […] The post UK-based B2B manufacturing platform Geomiq raises €3.3 million first appeared
If you are leading a Software as a service (SaaS) startup, you’ll already know that SaaS companies usually focus on delivering centrally located software, licensed on a subscription basis. Also sometimes referred to as ‘on-demand software’ or ‘Web-based/Web-hosted’ software. SaaS has been the largest and fastest-growing market segment since 2019, with Gartner reporting a 2021 […] The post 5 European VC firms focusing on SaaS startups that you should know first
Shypple, the global digital freight forwarding platform, has announced securing a Series A funding round of €7.1 million from Dutch Founders Fund, Newton Partners via the Imperial Innovation Venture Fund, BOM Brabant Ventures and InnovationQuarter. The funds will be used to further develop the platform, which is disrupting the €295 billion global traditional freight forwarding […] The post Rotterdam-based Shypple lands €7.1 million to grow its digital freight forwarding market first appear
Cogo, the shared mobility aggregator, raises €1 million from PreSeed Ventures and prominent business angels. Cogo is changing the booming rideshare market and aims to take it even further with new funding. Their goal? To solve transparency and infrastructure issues while unleashing the full possibilities of shared mobility. The shared mobility market has explodeld in […] The post Copenhagen-based Cogo, a new shared mobility aggregator, lands €1 million first appeared on EU-Startups. https: