For all the splendor that is Italia, it often flies below the European tech radar. Perhaps the focus of Italian VC hasn’t been quite as present as in other countries? Maybe they just haven’t gotten enough press? Either way, CDP Venture Capital, the venture arm of the Italian investment bank CDP (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti) […]
E-commercin’ ain’t easy. Especially when you’re just starting off and have very little to offer as a personal guarantee (read: debt funding) when trying to find some backing. To help bridge the divide, Berlin-based fintech Myos has developed a system to employs AI to evaluate risk assessment based not on the founders, but rather, on […]
Norway’s Memory, the makers behind the ever-so-popular automatic time tracking app Timely, has raised $14 million in its effort to position Timely as the de facto choice within the time tracking and virtual work management market. The startup also reports that a portion of this funding will be used to support the development and launch […]
Hailing from Turin, crypto exchange Young Platform has raised €3.5 million in a new funding round. Before you jump to, “another crypto exchange?” Young Platform is targeting, you might have guessed, a younger generation of investors and is placing heavy emphasis on not only simplifying access to the world of cryptocurrencies but more importantly education, […]
The Berlin-based fintech aimed at helping startups and SMB’s better manage their cash, Airbank, has closed a €2.5 million seed round that saw backing from Accel scout Luca Ascani, and Sequoia scout Marc McCabe. Founded in January of this year by Chris Zemina (former Principal with Speedinvest’s fintech fund) and Patrick de Castro Neuhaus, Airbank […]
There’s one thing for sure, a global pandemic woke the entire world up to just how viruses are transmitted. I for one spent years walking around conferences with gloves on and antibac in my back pocket, while others looked on in disbelief. Seeking to spare me the gloves and the gel, Dublin-based startup Kastus has […]
Belgian telecoms provider Destiny is marching forward with its goal of becoming the leading European cloud communications solutions for SMEs, announcing its acquisitions of Swedish firms Telepo and Soluno. Telepo has been on the scene since 2003, and provides enterprise-grade unified communications solutions to businesses and service providers, one of whom is/was Destiny. The two […]