Cazoo, the UK platform for online car sales, has raised £100 million in a round led by DMG Ventures alongside other investors including General Catalyst, CNP (Groupe Frère), Mubadala Capital, Octopus Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures and Stride.VC. Cazoo owns and fully reconditions all its cars before offering them for sale on the marketplace, then delivering […]
German startup jumingo, a digital mail order marketplace, has raised around €1 million from German angel investors, led by Tim Schumacher (TS Ventures) with continued support from previous investors Ryan Hood and Arno Nonnen. Jumingo digitises shipping services, connecting e-commerce shops, marketplaces and management tools to one network of shipping providers. The company reports that […]
THIS, a UK company developing plant-based meat alternatives, has raised £4.7 million in a seed plus round from Backed, a London-based fund, along with Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Seedcamp and Manta Ray Ventures. The food startup claims its plant-based chicken and bacon are the most realistic on the market, a “breakthrough in terms of […]
Mainframe, a pan-Nordic gaming studio, has raised a €7.6 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with support from Riot Games, marking both firms’ first investments in the Nordics. Maki.vc, Play Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures, and Crowberry Capital, who participated in the studio’s seed round last fall, also joined for the Series A. […]
Quantum Machines, the Israeli creator of hardware and software that control quantum computers, has raised $17.5 million in funding, led by Harel Insurance Investments and tech entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz. Existing investors TLV Partners and Battery Ventures also participated in the round. Earlier this year the Tel Aviv-based startup launched its Quantum Orchestration Platform, a set […]
Latvian P2P lending platform TWINO is launching a new investment opportunity for its users in the form of TWINO Ventures, a collection of secured loans to new markets that can diversify investors’ portfolios. In a press release, the company cites “rapidly growing interest for new high-yield investment opportunities across different asset classes” as the reason […]
Apsiyon, an Istanbul-based property management software, has raised $5 million in a round led by Earlybird VC’s Digital East Fund with participation from angel investor Jak Baruh. The company plans to use the funds for international expansion, regional acquisitions, and fuel for becoming an all-around marketplace of lifestyle services for residents. Founded in 2012, the […]
