French sharing economy startup extraordinaire BlaBlaCar just raised a massive $200 million in funding, valuing the company at $1.6 billion.
Vroom vroom vroom: BlaBlaCar raises $200 million in Series D funding at a $1.6 billion valuation
Spanish startup Packlink nabs $12.6 million to bolster its online parcel-shipping platform
Spanish startup Packlink, which operates an online parcel-shipping platform, has closed a financing round totalling $12.6 million.
A hidden European champion: PrestaShop has been enabling e-commerce since 2007
Tech.eu contributor Victoria Vzyatysheva shines a light on PrestaShop, a French e-commerce software company that enables the creation of online stores and has recently debuted a cloud version.
Tictail, Europe’s answer to Etsy and Shopify, secures $22 million in Series B funding
Sweden’s Tictail, the free-to-use DIY e-commerce platform, has nabbed a $22 million Series B round. Neil Murray interviewed CEO Carl Waldekranz to get the low-down on the funding round – and more.
Meet Fyndiq, the online bargain marketplace that has ‘outgrown eBay’ in Sweden
Following Fyndiq‘s recent launch into Germany, we caught up with the company’s co-founder and CMO Fredrik Norberg on its success in Sweden and what’s next for the online bargain marketplace.
Swedish Spotscale raises $1 million to further deploy drones to map buildings in 3D
After being part of the founding team behind C3 technologies, the 3D mapping company sold to Apple, Ludvig Emgard has founded Spotscale, this time using drones to map buildings in 3D.
Could QuizUp be the new Tinder? The French seem to think so, as it surges to #1 in France’s App store
Despite being available in France since last year, QuizUp suddenly shot up to #1 in the French App Store in the last couple of days. When the company behind the app looked at why, they discovered they might have a ready-made competitor to Tinder on their hands.