Berlin-based social app Jodel has received €6 million from investors in Silicon Valley. The backers include Adam di Angelo, Facebook’s first CTO and founder of Quora, and the Floodgate Fund, with participation from the Global Founders Network, Rubylight, and Atlantic Internet.
Amsterdam’s EV-Box, a supplier of electric vehicle charge points, has been acquired by French electric utility company ENGIE. The announcement was made today at rEVolution 2017; no terms were disclosed. EV-Box supplies electric car charge points, along with management software, around the Netherlands and has expanded into 20 markets including Belgium, Scandinavia, Germany, the UK, […]
Swedish company Telia has purchased FältCom, a Umeå-based startup. FältCom has been active in the Nordic market for online public transport. It is the market leader in Scandinavia for mobile platforms on buses, and all speed cameras in Sweden are equipped with FältCom technology. The company has about 40 employees and had sales in 2016 of €8.8 million.
The German foodtech startup Nu3, an ecommerce platform specializing in superfood and dietary supplements, reports that it took in a high-seven figure sum from several investors. The investors are unknown, however previous investors in the company include Lake Star, Project A and Black River Ventures.
Anders Holch Povlsen, the sole owner of Danish online retailer Bestseller, has invested a double-digit million-euro sum in Miinto Group, a Danish platform that hosts 20,000 brands on one online platform.
On the latest episode of the weekly Tech.eu podcast, Roxanne and Robin talk about the Oculus Rift coming to Europe, health startups in the Nordics and more:
Global investment firm Investcorp has announced that it, together with portfolio company SecureLink, has acquired cybersecurity service provider Nebulas. Founded in 2001 in London and employing 50 staff, Nebulas provides a range of IT security products and services including managed security services and cyber threat intelligence to predominantly mid to large enterprises in the UK. […]