Malmö-based startup Mediatool, provider of omnichannel marketing software, has raised €2.5 million in a round led by Newion, together with J12 Ventures, Almi Invest and existing investor Twig Ventures. The Swedish startup says its SaaS tool helps bring together traditional and digital media, aiding collaboration between advertisers and agencies, so that the whole marketing workflow […]
Hello! ere is what happened today in European tech: Deals – Still processing it: Nvidia will buy UK-based chip designer Arm from SoftBank for as much as $40 billion, the companies said this morning, in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape. – Na Zdrowie! Polish e-commerce giant Allegro has filed for an […]
After 20 years of bootstrapping, Danish data protection company Keepit has raised $30 million from growth investor One Peak to continue expanding across Europe and throughout the US. The round is the single largest SaaS investment in a bootstrapped company in the Nordics, according to Crunchbase. The startup has built a Backup-as-a-Service software that specialises […]
Estonian insurtech startup Cachet, which has thus far offered financial services to gig workers on ride-hailing platforms, secured €1.1 million in seed funding to expand to other sectors of the sharing economy and into new markets. Led by Icebreaker.vc, the round included previous investors like Techstars, Barclays and Lemonade Stand, plus some angel investors. Cachet’s […]
Norway-born SaaS company Visma, which offers a suite of accounting, payroll, HR and other business software products to more than one million SME customers across the Nordic, Benelux and Baltic regions, has received investments from existing and new investors valuing the business at $12.2 billion. London-based software investor Hg, which led the original delisting of […]
Swappie, a Helsinki-based refurbished electronics marketplace, has raised a $40 million Series B round from TESI, as well as existing investors Lifeline Ventures, Reaktor Ventures, and Inventure, all of which participated in Swappie’s $5.6 million Series A in 2019. Founded in 2016 by Sami Marttinen and Jiri Heinonen (CMO), Swappie refurbishes smartphones and sells directly […]
Bob W, a Helsinki-based hospitality startup, has raised €4 million in a seed round led by byFounders and joined by real estate investors NREP and Estonian firm Kaamos. Additional investors include Baltic VCs Superangel and United Angels, and other angels from Germany and the Nordics. The Finnish startup offers an accommodation hybrid between hotels and […]