A new startup in the e-scooter space, Berlin-based Flash, has raised a gigantic Series A funding round of €55 million led by Target Global, the Financial Times reports. The startup was founded by Lukasz Gadowski, the co-founder of Delivery Hero, together with Uber and McKinsey alumni. Unlike many other e-scooter companies, including the US-founded industry pioneers […]
The EU Horizon 2020 programme has a broad remit to help support European startups and scale-ups. Now, their mission takes flight with SpaceUp, a comprehensive event series to assist the next generation of European companies in the space sector. To do this, SpaceUp is planning six Space Academies around Europe to connect European space tech startups with the […]
As corporates all over the world are en masse starting to look at startups to further their own innovation ambitions by investing and/or acquiring in external talent and initiatives, we’re also beginning to see interesting collaborations between traditional VCs and big companies. Case in point: French VC firm Iris Capital is today announcing that it […]
American rapper, actor and producer Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (perhaps better known as Snoop Dogg) has invested in Swedish fintech scale-up Klarna. Slightly different type of new minority shareholder than, say, H&M or Visa, but interestingly Snoop will also become part of Klarna’s marketing push. “I’ve been doing business in Europe for years with fashion […]
Amsterdam-based international tax software provider TaxModel has landed a Series A round of “around €1 million” from Newion Investments. Founded in 2005, TaxModel automates international direct tax workflows, including “transfer pricing, tax provisioning, forecasting, and supporting tools,” it stated in a press release. The startup claims to have over 80 customers, including major law firms, tax […]
In today’s Tech.eu Podcast, Natalie Novick, Andrii Degeler, and Robin Wauters talk about TransferWise opening an office in Brussels, funding rounds for Horizn and N26, the acquisition of data Artisans by Alibaba Group, and much more. The episode also features a pre-recorded interview with Jeff Lynn, co-founder and executive chairman at Seedrs, an equity crowdfunding platform that’s been pretty successful in Europe.
Tel Aviv-based startup SeeTree has come out of stealth mode with an $11.5 million Series A funding round led by Hanaco Ventures, with participation from existing investors, including Canaan Partners Israel, Uri Levine, iAngel, and Mindset. This round brings the total amount raised by the company to $15 million. SeeTree has developed what it calls […]