| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.10.2024 | Стартап Qantev, специализирующийся на медицинском страховании и ИИ, привлек 30 миллионов евро | Медицинские страховые компании сталкиваются с растущим количеством заявок на страховые выплаты из-за увеличения числа хронических заболеваний и старения населения. Однако их текущие процессы обработки заявок не масштабируются должным образо... |
| 11.10.2024 | Qantev's €30 Million Boost: A Leap into the Future of Health Insurance Claims | In the bustling heart of Paris, a revolution is brewing in the health insurance sector. Qantev, an innovative player in the field, has secured €30 million in funding. This investment, led by Blossom Capital, marks a significant milestone fo... |
| 10.10.2024 | Qantev raises €30 million from Blossom Capital to continue building the world's most advanced AI-driven claims platform for health and life insurers | PARIS, Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Qantev – the most advanced AI-powered platform transforming how health and life insurers manage claims, reduce costs and improve services – has raised €30 million in a new funding round led by Blossom Ca... |
| 17.04.2024 | Finmid: Empowering SMBs Through Embedded Fintech Solutions | Berlin-based finmid, a rising star in the world of embedded fintech solutions, recently secured a whopping €35 million in early-stage equity funding to fuel its mission of revolutionizing how small and medium-sized businesses access financi... |
| 16.04.2024 | Germany’s finmid exits stealth mode with €35M funding from N26 founder, Blossom Capital, others | Read this article in:
Berlin-based finmid, a startup that helps B2B platforms provide customised financing support to their small and medium-sized customers, has exited stealth mode and raised €35M in early-stage equity funding.
Concurrentl... |
| 16.04.2024 | finmid raises €35M for embedded finance software | Berlin-based SaaS finmid has raised €35M in early-stage funding for its embedded finance solution for B2B platforms that serve small to medium businesses.
The funding has been raised from Blossom Capital, Earlybird VC and N26-founder Max Ta... |
| 27.07.2023 | UK’s AutogenAI bags €20M for generative AI platform to transform bid-writing process | Read this article in:
London-based AutogenAI, a company that offers natural language processing solutions to help companies write compelling draft bids, proposals and tenders in minutes, announced on Thursday that it has raised $22.3M (near... |
| 08.05.2023 | Dutch-based Instruqt raises €15M to help create demos, hands-on training for real product experience | The Netherlands-based Instruqt, a platform that helps companies drive product-led growth by removing barriers and creating a hands-on full-funnel product experience, announced on Thursday, May 4, that it has secured €15M in a Series A round... |
| 05.05.2023 | After bootstrapping for five years, Instruqt raises a €15M Series A from Blossom Capital | Netherlands-based Instruqt has a product allowing companies to more easily test how new software would run inside their organization. After bootstrapping its way to growth, it has now raised €15 million in a Series A round led entirely by B... |
| 14.02.2023 | On the journey to Series B, strategy is more important than metrics | Ophelia Brown Contributor
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| 05.10.2022 | Dublin’s no-code automation for security teams firm Tines brings in $55 million at "north of" $300 million valuation | Automation; a technology that sees its first recorded instance date back to 270 BC when Ctesibius described a float regulator for a water clock to keep an accurate eye on the hour at hand. A seemingly simple device, but one that took eons t... |
| 07.06.2022 | French AI platform Castor raises $23.5M in Series A to support US expansion | Paris-based Castor, which helps businesses make sense of their data stacks, has raised $23.5M in the form of Series A round. The funding led by Blossom Capital follows a $2.6M Seed round raised by the AI platform in November 2019.
The post-... |
| 07.06.2022 | Paris-based Castor casts a spell to improve data experience with $23.5 million | Companies are collecting a huge amount of data but struggling to efficiently scale its use. Very often, data analysts lack proper data discovery tools and create the same dashboards with each market they enter.
Enter Castor. The Paris-based... |
| 12.04.2022 | Equipped with €15 million, Zevoy plans to bring hassle-free expense management tech in Europe | Building the future of expense management for companies, Finnish fintech startup Zevoy has raised a €15 million funding. The Series A round was led by Blossom Capital with participation from European investors Maki.vc and Brightly Ventures.... |
| 24.02.2022 | German startup expands platform across Europe to help companies hire talent beyond borders | Hamburg-based global mobility platform Localyze is expanding operations to the U.K., Netherlands and Ireland to make it easier for companies to cut through the red tape and hire the best international talent.
With the Great Resignation show... |
| 18.01.2022 | The future of funding: Why more firms are writing checks to Black women | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
When Arian Simone was trying to open her own retail store, it didn’t take long for her to notice ... |
| 18.01.2022 | London-based VC Blossom Capital raises €378.9M fund; aims to invest in crypto startups | London-based Blossom Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in consumer, enterprise, internet, and startup sectors, announced on Tuesday that it has raised a $432M (approx €378.9M) fund to help visionary European fo... |
| 18.01.2022 | Blossom Capital closes $432M fund for Series A deals in Europe | European startups collectively raised a record $100 billion+ in funding in 2021, a sign of their swelling ranks, ambitions and stature. Now, a VC in London has closed a record round of funding to cater specifically to that opportunity. Blos... |
| 18.01.2022 | Blossom Capital pulls in $432M for Series A fund | Blossom Capital has raised $432 million for its third flagship fund. The vehicle will be used for Series A investments in sectors including consumer internet, cybersecurity, developer tools, fintech, marketplaces and SaaS. Up to a third of ... |
| 12.01.2022 | Omnichannel customer messaging platform Superchat raises $15.6M round led by Blossom | While last year’s WhatsApp outage is still sending shivers down the spine of its 2 billion users, the same is also true for the millions of businesses now using it to connect with their customers. As we now know, messaging across all platfo... |
| 09.12.2021 | Collective helps freelancers work together as a team | Meet Collective, a French startup that wants to redefine what it means to work as a freelancer in development, product design, digital marketing, data strategy and more. The company has built a platform so that multiple freelancers can team... |
| 10.11.2021 | Freshly Cosmetics cierra una ronda de €18,9M liderada por Blossom Capital | 10/11/2021
FRESHLY COSMETICS CIERRA UNA RONDA SERIE A DE €18,9 MILLONES LIDERADA POR BLOSSOM CAPITAL.
Freshly Cosmetics ha cerrado una ronda de €18,9 millones liderada por el fondo británico de capital riesgo (venture capital) Blossom Cap... |
| 27.09.2021 | Frontify Raises $50M in Series C Funding | |
| 09.07.2021 | Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital leads $12M funding in women-led relocation management SaaS startup, Localyze | Before Covid, almost two million people relocated for work within Europe each year and figures suggest that employee relocation is set to increase by 50% as we emerge from the pandemic.
On similar lines, Hamburg, Germany-based SaaS startup ... |
| 09.04.2021 | London-based YHANGRY raises $1.5 million to ensure no one is ever hangry | Serving the need to make the most out of social gatherings in a COVID world, YHANGRY has raised $1.5 million, making it possible to book a private chef in a matter of seconds.
The seed funding comes from angel investors including Eileen Bur... |
| 08.04.2021 | Dublin-based no-code security automation company Tines raises $26 million in Series B, now valued at $300 million | No-code security automation firm Tines has raised $26 million in a Series B funding round, with the 18 person company now valued at $300 million.
The round was led by Lee Fixel’s Addition and saw follow-on funding from Accel and Blossom Cap... |
| 01.04.2021 | 92% of VCs say they offer value beyond capital; founders reply, “mmm yeah no” | A new report published by Forward Partners and Landscape VC reveals that almost half (47%) of all founders consider value-add more important than a VC firm’s brand and portfolio.
Of the 500+ pre-seed, seed, and series A founders surveyed ac... |
| 05.03.2021 | London-based Dija guarantees groceries delivered in 10 minutes or less*, opens doors with a $20 million seed funding from Blossom Capital, Creandum, and Index Ventures. | Launching today, Dija promises Londoners in South Ken, Fulham and/or Hackney groceries delivered to their door in under 10 minutes. If not, three months of free deliveries. Guaranteed*.
*For the first month of operation, that is.
Blossom Ca... |
| 03.12.2020 | Former Criteo’s co-founder & Index Ventures’ investor raise €21.3M for their business forecasting platform Pigment | Paris-based startup Pigment – a startup that claims itself to be “Minecraft” of business planning software, has raised $25.9M (approx €21.3M) in its Series A round of funding led by a London-based VC firm Blossom Capital.
In addition, Pigme... |
| 02.10.2020 | Blossom Capital appoints Carmen Alfonso Rico as its newest partner | Blossom Capital, the early-stage venture capital firm founded by Ophelia Brown, has recruited its latest partner: Carmen Alfonso Rico has joined from Samaipata VC, where she led the U.K. office. Before that she was at Felix Capital and is a... |
| 30.04.2020 | How is coronavirus impacting the funding landscape for startups? | When the spread of the coronavirus was declared a ‘pandemic’ by the world health organisation a few weeks ago, at EU-Startups we saw a slowing down of funding news which lasted about two weeks.
However things have started to pick up again, ... |
| 20.04.2020 | Special Report: EU Lags Behind US In VC Gender Equality, Albeit With Signs Of Change | 47 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Last year, I spent five months in Silicon Valley and some time in New York interviewing anyone who was willing to talk to me in the VC industry. From Sand Hill Road to Market Street to Greenpoint, t... |
| 20.04.2020 | Special Report: EU Lags Behind US In VC Gender Equality, Albeit With Signs Of Change | 49 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Last year, I spent five months in Silicon Valley and some time in New York interviewing anyone who was willing to talk to me in the VC industry. From Sand Hill Road to Market Street to Greenpoint, t... |
| 07.04.2020 | Cultivate: Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital to invest €4.63M into 20 industry-defining startups from across Europe | The tech startup ecosystem in Europe is thriving and is home to some of the most ambitious, greatest, and most innovative founders in the world. These founders and their businesses need access to capital and experience to grow and scale. To... |
| 07.04.2020 | Blossom Capital’s ‘Cultivate’ is an angel program seeking to back European unicorn alumnus | Just a few months after closing a new $185 million fund to continue backing early-stage European startups, Blossom Capital, the VC firm founded by Ophelia Brown, is announcing a new angel investment program seeking to back European unicorn ... |
| 07.04.2020 | Blossom Capital launches angel investment and mentorship network for early-stage European startups | London-based Blossom Capital is launching an angel investment program, Cultivate, modeled after the early-stage funding networks in Silicon Valley.
Composed of up to 30 angels, each a founder or executive of a European unicorn, Cultivate’s ... |
| 07.04.2020 | Blossom Capital Launches £5M Angel Program | Ophelia Brown
Blossom Capital, a London, UK-based venture capital firm, is launching an angel program called Cultivate.
Formed in partnership with unicorn execs, Cultivate connects 30 angel investors including Des Traynor (Intercom), Guilla... |
| 07.04.2020 | Noi finanțări de câte 250.000 dolari pentru startup-uri europene, în 2020 | Startup-urile europene aflate în stadiu incipient de dezvoltare pot obține finanțări de câte 250.000 de dolari, printr-un nou fond de capital de risc, denumit Cultivate, lansat marți de firma de investiții Blossom Capital, cu participarea u... |
| 07.04.2020 | Blossom Capital launches €4.6 million angel programme to back 20 startups | London-based Blossom Capital, the record-breaking European venture capital firm led by premier investor Ophelia Brown, is today announcing Cultivate, an angel investment programme that will bring together Europe’s next-generation of ambitio... |
| 28.01.2020 | Frontify secures $22.3 million in its Series B round | Based in St. Gallen with offices in Frankfurt and New York, Frontify is a B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that helps businesses effectively manage their brands with a centralized online platform. The company employs more than 120 p... |
| 28.01.2020 | Frontify secures $22.3 million in its Series B round | |
| 23.01.2020 | Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital launches second €166.8 million fund to boost early-stage European tech startups | London-based Blossom Capital, the record-breaking European VC led by premier investor Ophelia Brown, launches its €166.8 million fund and gears up to partner with the top early-stage tech startups in Europe, aiming to be the lead investor i... |
| 22.01.2020 | London-based VC Blossom Capital aims to bridge Europe-US gap, announces second funding €167M | Launched by Ophelia Brown in 2016, Blossom concentrates on early-stage investments in consumer and enterprise, particularly focusing on finance, design, marketplaces, travel, developer-focused tools, infrastructure, and API-first companies.... |
| 22.01.2020 | Blossom Capital Launches $185M Second Early-Stage Fund | Blossom Capital, a London, UK-based venture capital firm, closed its $185m second fund.
LPs in the new vehicle, which brought the total funds raised to $270m, include institutional investors and high-profile tech entrepreneurs.
With the fun... |
| 22.01.2020 | Blossom Capital announces second fund of $185 million, less than a year after firm’s first fundraise | London’s Blossom Capital has announced its second fund, $185 million to invest in early-stage European tech companies. Less than a year after the firm’s first fundraise, the new fund brings the VC’s total to $270 million.
Launched by Opheli... |
| 21.01.2020 | Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital raises new $185M European early-stage fund | Blossom Capital, the early-stage VC firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown, is announcing a second fund, less than 12 months since fund one closed.
The new fund, which is described as “heavily oversubscribed,” ... |
| 24.10.2019 | Cybersecurity automation startup Tines scores $4.1M Series A led by Blossom Capital | Tines, a Dublin-based startup that lets companies automate aspects of their cybersecurity, has raised $4.1 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Blossom Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and Local... |
| 24.10.2019 | Dublin-based cybersecurity automation startup Tines raises €3.7M, plans to attract customers in US & EU | In the latest development, Dublin-based Tines, the cybersecurity automation company, has secured a $4.1 million (€3.7 million) Series A funding round to help it build its revolutionary security tools with the world’s leading companies.
The ... |
| 27.02.2019 | Women-Led VC Firm Blossom Capital Raises €75 Million | Blossom Capital, a London-based venture capital firm led by former Index Ventures principal Ophelia Brown, has raised €75 million. These funds were from leading institutional investors and prominent technology entrepreneurs like Robinhood c... |
| 26.02.2019 | Top startup news for today, Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Tuesday, February 26.
Hyperloop startup HTT unveils first images of its new test track in Toulouse, France. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) revea... |
| 26.02.2019 | London-based Blossom Capital raises $85M, claims to be fastest-ever fundraising from a female VC in Europe | Blossom Capital, co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe investor Ophelia Brown – one of Europe’s best-known female VCs — announces today that it has raised $85 million to unite the best of West Coast investing practice and operating... |
| 26.02.2019 | UK-based Blossom Capital raises $85 million to invest in early-stage startups across Europe | Blossom Capital, a London-headquartered VC fund launched by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe investor Ophelia Brown, has raised $85 million to invest in early-stage startups across Europe. The firm’s other partners are ex-Index Imran Ghory,... |
| 26.02.2019 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, February 26 | MO’ MONEY, MO’ PROBLEMS
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| 26.02.2019 | London-based female-led VC Blossom Capital raises €75 million to lead European Series A rounds | London-based Blossom Capital, the first fund from ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe investor Ophelia Brown – one of Europe’s best-known female venture capitalists — has raised €75 million. Blossom’s funds include leading institutional invest... |
| 26.02.2019 | Blossom Capital Launches $85M Early Stage Venture Capital Fund | Ophelia Brown
Blossom Capital, a London, UK-based early-stage venture capital firm, has launched an $85m fund.
LPs include institutional investors, as well as high-profile tech entrepreneurs such as:
– Vladimir Tenev, Robinhood co-founder,
... |
| 25.02.2019 | Blossom Capital raises $85M fund to do ‘high conviction’ Series A investing in Europe | Blossom Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown, is announcing that it has raised an $85 million fund to invest in European tech startups at the Series A stage.
LPs in the new fund, ... |
| 09.10.2018 | Brand management platform Frontify raises $8.3M led by Blossom Capital | Frontify, the Swiss startup that’s built a “brand management platform,” has raised a chunky $8.3 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Blossom Capital, the new London-based venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index and LocalGl... |
| 09.10.2018 | 8.3 Millionen US Dollar für Frontify | |
| 27.02.2018 | More details of Blossom Capital emerge, a new fund co-founded by ex-Index VC Ophelia Brown | It was well-known that ex-Index VC Ophelia Brown was ‘doing a fund of her own’ after she departed Robin and Saul Klein’s LocalGlobe in April, the London-based seed investment firm where she was a General Partner. However, it wasn’t until la... |
| - | Paris-based Castor casts a spell to improve data experience with $23.5 million | Companies are collecting a huge amount of data but struggling to efficiently scale its use. Very often, data analysts lack proper data discovery tools and create the same dashboards with each market they enter.
Enter Castor. The Paris-based... |
| - | 185 milioane dolari pentru startup-uri europene, într-un nou fond de investiții | Startup-urile europene vor putea obține finanțări de capital de risc pentru dezvoltare, printr-un nou fond de investiții, de 185 de milioane de dolari, lansat miercuri de firma Blossom Capital, cu sediul la Londra.
Acesta este al doilea fon... |
| - | Restoring financial freedom to migrant workers, Kadmos adds €29 million to its kitty | Betting big on the growing global cross-border B2C payment volume projected to reach $1.6 trillion by 2022, Berlin-based end-to-end salary payments platform for cross-border employers Kadmos has raised €29 million in Series A funding. The r... |
| - | German startup expands platform across Europe to help companies hire talent beyond borders | Hamburg-based global mobility platform Localyze is expanding operations to the U.K., Netherlands and Ireland to make it easier for companies to cut through the red tape and hire the best international talent.
With the Great Resignation show... |
| - | As the collective rises, Collective collects $8 million in seed round | Parisian SaaS marketplace for freelancer collectives, Collective has raised $8 million in a seed funding round. The eFounders startup is addressing the growing trend of freelancers banding together, and providing them with a dedicated infra... |
| - | Business planning and forecasting platform Pigment picks up $73 million | Promising to give the spreadsheet the reboot, Paris-based business planning and forecasting platform Pigment has raised $73 million in a Series B funding round. The new capital will be used to increase the headcount to meet client demand, a... |
| - | London-based YHANGRY raises $1.5 million to ensure no one is ever hangry | Serving the need to make the most out of social gatherings in a COVID world, YHANGRY has raised $1.5 million, making it possible to book a private chef in a matter of seconds.
The seed funding comes from angel investors including Eileen Bur... |
| - | Nou fond de 432 milioane dolari pentru startup-uri IT europene | Startup-urile europene de tehnologie vor putea obține noi finanțări de capital de risc printr-un fond de investiții de 432 de milioane de dolari, lansat marți la Londra.
Fund III, lansat de firma de investiții Blossom Capital, va finanța st... |
| - | Checkout.com brings in $1 billion, now at $40 billion valuation | London-based online payment solutions provider Checkout.com has hauled in a $1 billion in a Series D round that included investors Altimeter, Dragoneer, Franklin Templeton, GIC, Insight Partners, the Qatar Investment Authority, Tiger Global... |
| - | Dublin-based no-code security automation company Tines raises $26 million in Series B, now valued at $300 million | No-code security automation firm Tines has raised $26 million in a Series B funding round, with the 18 person company now valued at $300 million.
The round was led by Lee Fixel’s Addition and saw follow-on funding from Accel and Blossom Cap... |
| - | Equipped with €15 million, Zevoy plans to bring hassle-free expense management tech in Europe | Building the future of expense management for companies, Finnish fintech startup Zevoy has raised a €15 million funding. The Series A round was led by Blossom Capital with participation from European investors Maki.vc and Brightly Ventures.... |
| - | Frontify fronts $50 million in fresh funds | With software platform Frontify, brands might have 99 problems, but consistency ain’t one. The St. Gallen-based company has raised $50 million in new funds and helps brand managers and collaborators stay all, literally, on the same page and... |
