Ogury, the London-based digital marketing engine driven by customer consent, has raised $50 million to fuel expansion across Europe, the US, and APAC. Idinvest Partners and various banks participated in the round. Founded in 2014, the UK Adtech startup set out to make mobile marketing something that is “understood, trusted, and valued by users and […]
MeetFrank, the new-age global recruitment platform, has raised €1.5 million, led by Karma.vc, ENERN, Change Ventures, and Hummingbird. Headquartered in Tallinn with an office in Helsinki, the startup has developed a recruitment platform that is part machine learning, part chatbot. The app anonymously matches companies with top talent based on data such as salary expectations, […]
Salv, an Estonian anti-money laundering (AML) startup, raised $2 million seed round led by Fly Ventures, along with Passion Capital and Seedcamp. Angel investors joining the round include Twilio CTO Ott Kaukver, N26 co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal, and former national CIO for Estonia, Taavi Kotka. The startup was founded by Taavi Tamkivi (CEO), Jeff McClelland (COO) […]
This week, Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler discussed Picnic’s mega-round and a fresh court ruling in its favour, why would anyone call a company October, the Apostrophe Protection Society, the world of big toothbrushes, and much more. The featured conversation of the week is a conversation with Raphaël Meyer, CEO & Co-founder at Lancey.
3D Hubs, the online manufacturing platform, is entering the French market with the support from Tony Fadell, the iPod inventor, Nest founder, and head of Future Shape investment firm. Originally out of Amsterdam, 3D Hubs will open new offices in Paris. Earlier this year, the company raised an 18 million Series C round led by […]
GitGuardian, the Paris-based cybersecurity startup specialising in finding company “secrets” in online code, has raised $12 million in Series A funding, led by Balderton Capital. Scott Chacon, co-founder of GitHub, and Solomon Hykes, founder of Docker also participated in the round. Founded in 2017, GitGuardian’s real-time monitoring platform helps enterprise teams manage data leaks to […]
Aito, a Helsinki-based AI startup, has raised €1.6 million from B2B software investor henQ. The Finnish AI company has developed its own “Predicitive Database,” which combines machine learning and database into a single platform, with the goal of making AI accessible and effective for companies of any budget. Unique from other machine-learning tools (ML) on […]