Berlin’s academic community virtual conference and publishing platform Morressier has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures and Redalpine. Morressier notes that the funding will be used to propel growth as well as launch new community and analytics features. “Morressier […]
Microsoft is bolstering its Azure hybrid container platform capabilities with the purchase of Berlin-based startup Kinvolk, the company behind Flatcar Container Linux, an alternative to CoreOS Container Linux designed for container workloads. Founded in 2015, Kinvolk will henceforth contribute to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Arc, “and future projects that will expand Azure’s hybrid container […]
Berlin-based Upvest has secured an additional €4 million in funding via a Series A extension. The investment arrives via ABN AMRO Ventures and adds on to the existing €12 million raise led by Earlybird Ventures and saw participation from HV Capital, Partech, and Notion Capital. The company has now raised a total of €20 million. […]
PropTech1 Ventures, the Berlin-based VC fund specifically targeting innovations with the real estate sector, has announced that their Fund I is now at 66% capacity with further closings planned by year’s end at the latest. A source familiar with the matter puts the maximum volume of the fund at €50 million, thus PropTech 1 Ventures’ […]
For the past decade, Christian Winter, Jan Sessenhausen, Helmut Klawitter and Wilken Engelbracht been picking some winners. The quartet counts Zalando, Delivery Hero, and Klarna amongst its early investments. In total, the companies they’ve chosen to stand behind now have a combined valuation north of €80 billion. That’s a lot of good bets. To this […]
Berlin’s online language learning school Lingoda has raised €57 million in a round led by Summit Partners and saw participation from existing investor Conny Boersch, founder of Mountain Partners, an early investor in Lingoda. As part of the deal, Summit Partners’ managing director Matthias Allgaier will join the Lingoda board of directors. The capital is […]
Seven Senders, the Berlin-based delivery platform for parcel shipping has closed a Series C funding round to the tune of €32 million. Led by Digital+ Partners, btov also participated in the round. The new capital is expected to be used towards the further technical expansion of the product offering as well as international expansion. The […]
