For the second time in two years, I attended the Slush conference in Helsinki, easily one of the biggest and most important events in the Nordics and beyond. Here are some photographic memories.
At the Web Summit in Dublin last week, Tech.eu caught up with Stripe co-founder (and Irish-born) John Collison for a video interview, to talk about its plans to democratise digital payments – and for Europe.
London-based financial solutions provider Profile Software has acquired 100% of Euronext Centevo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, Euronext Centevo specialises in asset and fund management solutions and serves over 65 of the largest asset and fund managers and banks in the Nordics. 45 employees operate out of their offices in […]
Vivacity Labs, the London-based tech company using artificial intelligence to improve traffic insights and safety, has closed a £5 million Series A round led by Mobeus, with additional backing from Downing Ventures and London Co-Investment Fund. Vivacity Labs works with government, regional bodies and local councils to re-think and optimise the way traffic and transport […]
Happy Friday! This week, our research team tracked over 80 tech funding deals worth about €1.2 billion, and more than 25 M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories 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 roundup newsletter […]
Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities, a blank-check ‘SPAC’ company whose management team includes members of Rocket Internet’s leadership, plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange in a $250 million deal, according to a Form S-1 filing. – Israeli cybersecurity firm CYE has completed […]
Instabox, a Stockholm-based company providing last-mile deliveries for e-commerce brands, has closed a $90 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures to fuel continued expansion within and outside of the Nordics. Just last April, the company secured €36 million in financing at a €100 million valuation. The logistics company prides itself on its carbon-efficient […]