Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – Norwegian learning platform company Kahoot has acquired Estonia’s language learning mobile game maker Drops for as much as $50 million. Kahoot is paying $31 million in cash, plus another $19 million if Drops performs well from 2020 to 2022. – Salesforce Ventures, the investing […]
Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – German-born Atai Life Sciences has landed $125 million in funding from investors including Peter Thiel. “Atai is developing a range of drugs for mental health treatment, including ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin — the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms,” Sifted reports. – Berlin-born HelloFresh announced […]
Happy Friday! This week, our research team tracked over 110 tech funding deals worth more than €2.1 billion, and 20+ M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and Turkey. As always, we are putting all of them together for you in a handy list sent in our Friday afternoon […]
Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – Global Fashion Group, the Europe-based, publicly-listed online fashion and lifestyle platform company, has raised approximately €120 million in gross proceeds by means of a placement of 16.5 million new shares at a price of €7.30 apiece. – Buying up Amazon FBA stores and scaling […]
Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – A British startup building electric vans and buses has announced plans to go public in New York through a deal with a so-called “blank cheque” company on the Nasdaq. Arrival said it reached a deal to merge with CIIG, one of the many SPACs […]
Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – This just in: Swiss semiconductor company Kandou has announced a $92.3 million Series C funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This brings the total amount of money secured by the startup to date at $132.8 million. Kandou is working on chip-to-chip link solutions, […]
Hello! Here is what happened today in European tech: Deals – In a somewhat unexpected twist, online pension provider PensionBee has announced its intention to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The fintech company’s floatation on the stock market could see its valuation reach more than £300 million. – Gorillas, a Berlin, Germany-based startup […]