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German startup Adjust that specialises in mobile advertising measurement and analytics has landed a $227 million mega-round led by Eurazeo Growth, Highland Europe, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, and Sofina. The capital injection comes some four years after the company’s previous funding round, which was a modest $17 million. Adjust is a SaaS business that […]
US-based private equity group KKR has announced an offer to buy the stakes in the German publisher Axel Springer from minority shareholders at €63 per share. The offer represents a 40 percent premium on the price of Axel Springer’s shares as of May 29, when the news about the negotiations between the parties first broke. […]
Bern-based health data analysis startup RetinAI has landed CHF 2.3 million in a funding round led by btov Partners, with participation of Swiss-based investor network investiere and a consortium of private investors. The startup plans to use the money to hire more people and accelerate certification of its solutions. Founded in 2016, RatinAI has developed […]
The UK’s Crane Venture Partners, an early-stage VC that focuses on data-driven enterprise startups, has closed its first $90 million institutional fund, Crane I. Crane’s founders, Scott Sage and Krishna Visvanathan, have previously invested as a team in companies like Icera, H2O.ai, Netronome, Onfido, and Trustpilot. The firm’s partner Andy Leaver brings 20 years experience […]
Ÿnsect, a French foodtech startup that recently raised $125 million, has won another €20 million in backing from the European Commission for a protein plant project. Dubbed FARMYNG, the new project is based in Amiens, France, and will produce the Tenebrio Molitor insects on an industrial scale. These insects can be used as a protein […]
Dutch chatbot startup Maxwell has secured €400,000 in funding from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and River Venture Partners. Maxwell has developed a messenger marketing platform for Shopify-based online stores that includes several steps, from cart reminder and checkout to review and activation of the customer. It works on Facebook Messenger, and the startup plans […]
Jelbi, a multimodal transportation app powered by Lithuanian startup Trafi, goes live in Berlin today, almost four months after the initial announcement. The pilot version of the app, which is there to become a one-stop shop for all things transportation in Berlin, includes integrations with BVG (public transport), DB (German railways), Nextbike (bike sharing), Emmy […]