French-born venture capital firm Eurazeo has announced the first close of its second smart city fund, devoting €80 million to invest in the most promising energy, mobility proptech and logistics startups worldwide. Specifically the fund will look at startups assisting shifts such as work from home, shared mobility, electric mobility, food delivery and the renewable […]
Scalarr, a Ukraine and US-based ad fraud prevention startup, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round led by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Co-founded in 2016 by Inna Ushakova (CEO) and Yuriy Yashunin (CPO), Scalarr uses machine learning to analyse impressions, click, install, and post-install data to detect ad fraud and prevent […]
BusUp, a Barcelona-based corporate bus commuter management solution, has raised a $6 million Series A round to expand from Europe and Latin America into the US. The company says there’s a growing demand for employer-provided commuter benefits and mobility services. “Trends show that the return to the office scenario will be dominated by hybrid or […]
Solidatus, a London-based data lineage and metadata management company, is today announcing it has raised £14 million in Series A funding. AlbionVC led the round, which also includes HSBC Ventures and Citi, two of Solidatus’ enterprise clients. The platform helps clients effectively map, manage and monetise their data, and last year was big for business. […]
Libeo, a French fintech software that simplifies invoices and payments for SMEs, has closed a €20 million Series A round with the partners of DST Global, Serena, Breega and LocalGlobe. The company, which also raised €4 million last April, will use this new funding to further fuel the expansion of its B2B platform in Europe. […]
Flipdish, an Irish software that helps restaurants build branded websites and ordering apps, has raised €40 million from Tiger Global to continue expanding internationally. Flipdish says restaurant owners are increasingly bringing their online ordering in house to avoid relying on a food delivery marketplace like Delivery Hero or Just Eat Takeaway, which reduces painful commission […]
French startup Powder has closed $14 million in Series A funding to build “the ultimate companion app” for gaming, which lets players share short videos of the action. The round was led by Serena, including General Catalyst, Slow Ventures, Alven Capital, Bpifrance through its fund Digital Venture, Secocha Ventures, Turner Novak, and Kevin Hartz. Essentially […]
