London-based VC Dawn Capital has successfully raised Dawn IV, a $400 million fund dedicated to early-stage B2B software investments, from existing and 14 new blue-chip investors. This brings the firm’s total assets under management to over $1 billion, after closing its $125 million Opportunities Fund for later-stage startups just last year. According to a press […]
Good afternoon Europe! Now that summer is over and people have returned to their (home) offices in droves, we figured we might try out a new format to continue keeping you abreast of everything that is going on in European tech. We already have newsletters and weekly roundups and podcasts for that, but from now […]
Barcelona-based Wallbox, an energy management company that manufactures smart charging solutions for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, today announced the acquisition of Electromaps and the latter’s platform for accessing free and paid-for electric charging points across southern Europe. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Electromaps was founded (also in Barcelona) back in 2009 […]
Dutch gaming company Gameye has raised $2.4 million in a round led by Lakestar, with support from other investors such as Volta Ventures. The fresh capital will help the team develop its technology, which allows developers to scale multiplayer games without sacrificing performance. Essentially, Gameye aggregates the world’s gaming infrastructure and makes that computing power […]
Blockpit, an Austrian compliance expert and developer of software solutions for digital assets, has acquired its biggest competitor, the German startup CryptoTax. Both regtech companies provide tax software for cryptocurrencies. Despite similar offerings and operating in the same market, the two organisations “have different focuses and strengths,” says Florian Wimmer, founder and CEO of Blockpit. […]
Estonian startup Mercuryo.io has raised €2.5 million in seed funding with hopes of becoming the Stripe for cryptocurrency payments. The investment was led by Berlin-based Target Global and will fuel an ambition plan to scale across Europe, Africa and Latin America. In addition to offering a multicurrency crypto wallet for everyday consumers, the company has […]
Finnish VC firm Superhero Capital has announced the first close of its second fund at €30 million. The fund, which remains open for new investors until the end of the year, will make seed investments in Finland and the Baltics and aims to invest in 25 startups over the next four years. Selected startups must […]