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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 31.10.2023 | Wirepas | wirepas.com | $56.58M | Finland, M... |
| 03.02.2022 | Snapshift | snapshift.co | $45M | - |
| 25.08.2021 | Plentific | plentific.com | $136.64M | United Kin... |
| 28.09.2020 | NewVoiceMe... | newvoicemedia.com | $140.82M | United Kin... |
| 26.08.2020 | Supermetri... | supermetrics.com | $51.54M | Finland, M... |
| 22.08.2020 | Apex Moon | cobalt.com | - | - |
| 22.08.2020 | Cobalt | cobalt.io | $35.5M | United Sta... |
| 16.07.2020 | Meditopia | meditopia.com | $15M | Germany, B... |
| 08.07.2020 | Farewill | farewill.com | $36.25M | United Kin... |
| 21.06.2019 | Wolt | wolt.com | $824.22M | Finland, M... |
| 10.04.2018 | Bitmovin | bitmovin.com | $112.32M | United Sta... |
| 19.09.2017 | Smartly.io | smartly.io | $220M | Finland, M... |
| 21.06.2016 | JUNIQE | juniqe.com | $21.49M | Germany, B... |
| 19.06.2016 | Condeco | condecosoftware.com | $30M | United Kin... |
| 04.03.2016 | Oro CRM | orocrm.com | $12M | - |
| 21.10.2015 | Adjust | adjust.com | $251.6M | Germany, B... |
| - | EGYM | Nor... | egym.com | $599.7M | United Sta... |
| - | ShopFully | corporate.shopfully.com | $11.2M | United Sta... |
| - | Zwift | zwift.com | $597M | South Kore... |
| - | Alkemics | alkemics.com | $46.89M | France, Il... |
| - | JobTeaser ... | jobteaser.com | $131.17M | France, Il... |
| - | Spartoo | spartoo.com | $32.45M | - |
| - | MATCHESFAS... | matchesfashion.com | $51.26M | United Kin... |
| - | Talentsoft | talentsoft.com | $105.23M | France, Il... |
| - | Outfittery | outfittery.com | $60.18M | - |
| - | ContentSqu... | contentsquare.com | $2.17B | United Sta... |
| - | Wooga | wooga.com | $39.7M | Germany, B... |
| - | Intersec G... | intersec.com | $30M | France, Il... |
| - | Domino Dat... | dominodatalab.com | $320.5M | United Sta... |
| - | Malwarebyt... | malwarebytes.com | $180M | Ireland, C... |
| - | FINANZCHEC... | finanzcheck.de | $37.61M | Germany, H... |
| - | Incopro | incoproip.com | $21M | United Kin... |
| - | GetYourGui... | getyourguide.com | $1.64B | Ukraine, O... |
| - | WeTransfer | wetransfer.com | $63.86M | Netherland... |
| - | Camunda | camunda.com | $128.46M | Germany, B... |
| - | Nexthink | nexthink.com | $325.16M | Switzerlan... |
| - | AMCS Group | amcsgroup.com | $84.34M | Ireland |
| - | Jampp | jampp.com | $7M | United Kin... |
| - | Brandwatch | brandwatch.com | $55M | Germany, B... |
| - | Modulr | modulrfinance.com | $181.38M | - |
| - | StarLeaf | starleaf.com | $40M | United Kin... |
| - | MyOptique ... | myoptique.com | - | United Kin... |
| - | LoveCrafts... | lovecrafts.com | $92.86M | United Kin... |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.10.2020 | Food delivery company Wolt receives backing from Delivery Hero’s founder | For a long time, Germany was the most hotly contested food delivery market in Europe. Lieferando, Pizza.de, Lieferheld, lieferservice.de, Deliveroo and Foodora all battled it out to win the right to deliver Germans dinner. And then, they ... |
| 18.09.2020 | Wolt voted Europe’s hottest startup in Tech5’s 2020 competition | It’s official – Wolt, the Helsinki-based technology company that’s known for its food delivery platform, has clinched the title of 2020’s “most promising startup” from all of Europe in the 7th edition of the Tech5 startup competition. TIER ... |
| 25.08.2020 | Supermetrics’ raises €40 million for its leading martech tool; plans major product and industry expansion across existing global markets | Designed by marketers for marketers, Supermetrics is an out-of-the-box tool that consolidates reams of data from multiple sources into their analytics and reporting tools Using Supermetrics, marketers can draw actionable insights from co... |
| 20.08.2020 | - | Cobalt is a digital platform that connects companies with penetration testers (‘pentesters’) – human testers who find vulnerabilities in software so they can be fixed The penetration testing market is expected to reach $4.5 billion by 2025... |
| 20.08.2020 | Cobalt.io raises $29 million to expand its Pentest as a Service platform and transform software security testing | Cobalt is a digital platform that connects companies with penetration testers (‘pentesters’) – human testers who find vulnerabilities in software so they can be fixed The penetration testing market is expected to reach $4.5 billion by 2025... |
| 16.07.2020 | Meditopia raises $15m to bring personalised mindfulness to billions of people | One in four of us will be affected by mental and neurological disorders in our lifetimes, with the UN warning we’re in the midst of a mental health crisis Meditation and mindfulness apps are one of the fastest-growing services in this sect... |
| 08.07.2020 | Farewill raises £20 million in a round led by Highland Europe to continue its transformation of the archaic, dysfunctional system | Since its launch in 2015, Farewill has grown to become the largest will writer in the UK, responsible for 1 in 10 wills, and has expanded its remit to probate and funerals Farewill has the UK death industry’s highest rating on Trustpilot, ... |
| 29.06.2020 | Get Ready for a Virtual Tour de France | A version of the biggest race on the cycling calendar is about to be held on stationary bikes. The real thing will come in August—pandemic allowing. https://bloom.bg/3g8lW7v ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 11.06.2020 | Can Gyms Come Back From COVID-19 By Using New Technology? | COVID-19 has a tremendous impact on many businesses, but the fitness and exercise industry has been hit particularly hard. https://bit.ly/2MKHJWp ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 11.06.2020 | Domino Data Lab Announces New ML Model Monitoring Product, $43M in New Funding, and Innovations to its Enterprise Data Science Management Platform | San Francisco, June 10, 2020 - Domino Data Lab, provider of the industry-leading enterprise data science management platform trusted by 20% of the Fortune 100, today debuted its new Domino Model Monitor product (“DMM”), a new $43M funding... |
| 11.06.2020 | Alkemics the supplier-retailer collaboration platform raises €21M as online grocery sales soar | Investment will assist European grocers and FMCG suppliers to respond to the necessary digitization of commerce during and after covid-19 crisis Alkemics to launch in Scandinavia, Germany and Benelux Highland Europe leads latest fundraisi... |
| 04.06.2020 | We are delighted about the latest Spot news! NetApp to acquire Spot! | NetApp to acquire Spot (formerly Spotinst) to gain cloud infrastructure management tools https://tcrn.ch/3eMyqRv ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 19.05.2020 | Contentsquare completes $190 Million in a Series D round, accelerating innovation in digital experience analytics | NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 19, 2020) – Contentsquare, the global leader in experience analytics, announced today a $190 million Series D funding round, bringing total funding to date to $310 million. This round is led by BlackRock’s Private Equi... |
| 13.05.2020 | Modulr raises £18.9m (€22m) in growth funding to develop its payments platform, invest in new products and expand into Europe | Digital payments scale-up Modulr has raised £18.9m (€22m) in funding to develop its platform and expand into new product areas and markets In under 4 years, Modulr has grown to process more than £25 billion worth of payments through its pa... |
| 03.04.2020 | The Spot to Make Your Cloud Run Right | Today is a significant milestone in our history, for both the company as well as for our customers and partners. Why do I say that? https://spot.io/blog/the-spot-to-make-your-cloud-run-right/ ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Cont... |
| 17.03.2020 | Marianne Vikkula of Wolt has been named #1 on the Forbes 30-under-30 list of technology influencers in Europe | Since Vikkula Marianne joined food delivery company Wolt in 2018 to lead its expansion efforts, the company has tripled the number of countries… http://bit.ly/2IVf52W ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 10.01.2020 | Huel's focus on talent and managing cost has helped this startup find customers, and investors | Huel is a food-powder startup that has raised £20 million and built its team to 100 people in five years, even as customers continue to adjust to the concept of the core product. http://bit.ly/2Nsx9nN ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Stateme... |
| 18.12.2019 | Providence Equity Invests $223 Million in Finnish Social Ad-Tech Firm | Providence Equity Partners LLC is taking a majority stake in social video advertising technology provider Smartly.io Solutions Oy as the private-equity firm bets that brands will spend more marketing dollars on Facebook and other social pla... |
| 06.12.2019 | Global Merchants Adopt OroCommerce, the Leading Platform for B2B ECommerce | WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Oro, Inc., the business applications company behind OroCommerce, the No. 1 B2B digital commerce platform, today announced the signing of a range of suppliers and distributors with revenue... |
| 29.11.2019 | Slush 2019: Founding CEOs of Wolt and Smartly.io Reflect on the First Years of Expansion | This year at Slush, our Founder and CEO Kristo Ovaska got on the Founder Stage with Miki Kuusi, the founding CEO of Wolt, to reflect on the first years of expansion of their companies. http://bit.ly/33qYiMJ ©2019 Highland Europe | L... |
| 26.09.2019 | ZWIFT and UCI agree terms to host first UCI cycling esports world championship | New discipline of cycling looks to create a sustainable future for the sport. Zwift, the global online training and racing platform for athletes, and the World’s Cycling Governing Body, the UCI, have agreed terms to host the first ever U... |
| 11.09.2019 | Online graduate recruiter JobTeaser raises £45 million to transform how young people find work | JobTeaser, the European leader for recruitment and career guidance among students and graduates, has raised £45 million in capital to help it expand its careers service to hundreds of thousands more students across the UK and Europe. The f... |
| 19.08.2019 | HPE Growth backs WeTransfer in €35M secondary funding round | WeTransfer, the Amsterdam-headquartered company that is best know for its file-sharing service, is disclosing a €35 million secondary funding round. https://tcrn.ch/2HdJo4l ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 01.07.2019 | Contentsquare Acquires Clicktale to Create the Definitive Global Leader in Experience Analytics | NEW YORK, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Contentsquare, a leading digital experience insights platform trusted by brands like AccorHotels, Sephora and Walmart, announced today it has acquired Israel-based experience analytics company Clicktal... |
| 19.06.2019 | Wolt Announces $160 Million in Funding to Fuel International Growth | > The Helsinki based food delivery service operates in 15 countries and 50 cities > The company will use its new funding to continue investing in growth, expansion and hiring across operational countries > Targets to grow headcou... |
| 17.06.2019 | Berlin startup Adjust raises $227 million in bet on mobile ad growth | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Adjust, a Berlin startup specializing in audience measurement and fraud prevention in mobile advertising, said on Wednesday it had raised $227 million to invest in expanding its platform and growing in new markets. ht... |
| 03.06.2019 | Bespoke fashion start-ups join forces for European expansion | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Berlin-based personalized fashion start-ups Outfittery and Modomoto are merging in an effort to accelerate growth in Europe, where they compete with online-only retailer Zalando’s own bespoke clothing business. https:... |
| 21.05.2019 | Helsinki Born Kristo Ovaska Built Smartly.IO For A Facebook-Driven Ad World | A series of interviews with innovators operating at the intersection of consumer behavior and business transformation: Kristo Ovaska, Co-Founder, Smartly.io http://bit.ly/30AMpDF ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 16.05.2019 | GetYourGuide picks up $484M, passes 25M tickets sold through its tourism activity app | As we swing into the summer tourist season, a company poised to capitalise on that has raised a huge round of funding. GetYourGuide — a Berlin startup that has built a popular marketplace for people to discover and book sightseeing tours, t... |
| 28.03.2019 | A WeTransfer Story | watch video here: http://bit.ly/2uvRLRR ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 28.03.2019 | eGym at IHRSA | watch video here: https://vimeo.com/323264151 ©2019 Highland Europe | Legal Statement | Contact Us |
| 28.02.2019 | Smartly.io launches Creative Studio service and receives Facebook Creative Platform Badge for automation technology | Creative automation and design services help brands create thousands of creatives to drive ROI across Facebook and Instagram NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest advertising platform Smartly.io has rece... |
| 06.02.2019 | Sir George Buckley Joins eGym as Chairman | Former CEO of 3M and Brunswick joins fast-growing global fitness technology business eGym as its Chairman eGym’s cloud-based technology for fitness and health equipment is used by 10,000 gyms and health facilities in Europe and the US MUN... |
| 28.01.2019 | Featurespace raises £25 million to drive international growth | Featurespace, a leading provider of Adaptive Behavioural Analytics for fraud detection and risk management, has raised £25 million ($32.3 million) from a funding round led by Insight Venture Partners, a New York-based global private equity ... |
| 28.01.2019 | Contentsquare Raised $60 Million Series C Round Led by Eurazeo, Bringing Total Venture Capital Funding to $120 Million Since 2016 | Funding Marks Latest Milestone for Digital Experience Insights Platform as Company Accelerates Growth in AI and Predictive Analytics New York, New York – January 28, 2019 -- Contentsquare, a fully-automated SaaS digital experience insights... |
| 11.01.2019 | Talentsoft Completes $50 Million Funding Round to Accelerate Growth | Future unicorn confirms its position as the European leader in HR Tech. Talentsoft, the European leader in learning and human capital management software, today announced that it has closed a funding round of $50 million. Francisco Partner... |
| 19.12.2018 | ZWIFT secures $120 million series B investment | Global online training platform to use funding to invest in esports and further the growth of new running discipline (Long Beach, December 19 2018) - Zwift, a multiplayer online training and racing platform for cyclists and runners, toda... |
| 13.12.2018 | Nexthink Raises $85 Million to Help Companies Improve the Digital Employee Experience | Led by Index Ventures, Investment Will Support Company’s Rapid Growth and Fuel Global Expansion; Index Ventures’ Neil Rimer to Join Board LAUSANNE, Switzerland – December 11, 2018 – Nexthink®, the leader in digital employee experience ma... |
| 06.12.2018 | Workflow Automation Innovator Camunda Secures €25 Million in Series A Funding | High-growth open source software company will use funding to further expand in US, Europe and Asia First outside funding after being profitable since inception Enterprise customers include more than 200 leading blue-chip banks, mobile ope... |
| 05.10.2018 | Market leader Huel raises £20 million from Highland Europe as the innovative company dubbed ‘The Future of Food’ continues to disrupt the food scene | Huel, a market leader of nutritionally complete powdered food has raised £20 million ($ 26 million) in funding from growth equity investor, Highland Europe, who have over €1 billion of capital under management and have previously backed lea... |
| 28.09.2018 | StarLeaf Recognized by Gartner in Its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions | SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Gartner Magic Quadrants are a culmination of research in a specific market, giving a wide-angle view of how well technology providers execute against their vision. “We believe that StarLeaf’s inclusion in ... |
| 26.09.2018 | Creative Video Company Jellysmack Secures $14 million in Series A Financing to Further Fuel Explosive Growth | Investment Round Led by Highland Europe Comes as Company Surpasses More Than 2.5 Billion Monthly Views on Video Programming across Social Platforms in Just Over Two Years Formerly Known as Keli Network, Jellysmack’s Rebranding is Designed ... |
| 26.09.2018 | Two Highland Europe companies make the FT Future 100 UK list | We all love a list - especially when we are on it. So we were delighted to find two (33% of our UK portfolio) Highland Europe portfolio companies - NewVoiceMedia and LoveCrafts - have made the FT’s inaugural Future 100 UK list of 100 fast-g... |
| 25.09.2018 | Entering the USA market | The recent announcement of NewVoiceMedia Ltd (NVM) being acquired by Vonage for $350m in cash has prompted me to reflect on the last 5 years of working with this great company and great team. When we invested in January 2013, NVM was a cle... |
| 20.09.2018 | Vonage Announces Agreement to Acquire NewVoiceMedia, an Industry-Leading Cloud Contact Center Provider | Sep 20, 2018 - Advances Vonage's strategy to provide an integrated, cloud communications platform - Strengthens Vonage's presence with mid-market and enterprise customers- Positions Vonage at scale in the high-growth, global cloud contac... |
| 07.09.2018 | NewVoiceMedia wins 2018 communications solutions products of the year award | SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact center and inside sales solutions, today announced that the NVM Platform has won a TMC Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award. TMC is a ... |
| 28.08.2018 | Spotinst raises $35M for AI cloud computing workload managment platform | Spotinst helps businesses save 80% on their cloud spend by using AI to predict availability and ensure the most cost effective compute resources are used to run workloads. Customers range from large enterprises including Sony and Ticketmas... |
| 21.08.2018 | WeTransfer acquires award-winning creative apps Paper and Paste | The acquisition brings together two like-minded teams serving creatives worldwide August 21, 2018 –WeTransfer today announced the acquisition of popular applications Paper (an immersive sketching app) and Paste (a presentation tool for fas... |
| 17.08.2018 | Threads raises $20m from C Ventures and Highland Europe to create the best luxury shopping experience in the world | Threads is pioneering chat commerce with its personal shopping service for millennials that uses social media, messaging and proprietary data-led tech to serve its global customer base Chat commerce is changing the nature of e-commerce, ... |
| 18.07.2018 | Scout24 AG acquires Finanzcheck.de, one of the leading consumer finance platforms in Germany | - Great fit with Scout24’s Consumer Services vertical and highly complementary to Scout24’s market network strategy - Enabling Scout24 and FINANZCHECK.de to jointly connect the dots along the car and home buyer consumer journey - FINANZCH... |
| 27.06.2018 | Highland Europe’s new €463m fund to back Europe’s most exceptional growth-stage companies | ● Highland Europe’s third fund raised in 12 weeks ● Liquidity events total €2.4bn including MatchesFashion.com & SocialPoint ● Investments spread equally between France, Germany, UK & rest of Europe London and Geneva, 27th June... |
| 18.05.2018 | Integrity, diversity and playing as a team: what we learned from Highland Europe’s leadership conference | “Everyone makes mistakes - it’s how you recover from them that counts. And as a leader, make sure you don’t overreact to mistakes.” You didn’t have to be a golfer to appreciate Paul McGinley’s honesty and authority on the subject of leaders... |
| 18.05.2018 | INCOPRO raises $21m from Highland Europe to scale its online brand & IP protection platform | · INCOPRO growing 100%+ year-on-year · Clients include Reckitt Benckiser, NBC Universal & Harley-Davidson London, 18th May 2018 – INCOPRO, the pioneer in online brand and intellectual property protection, announces today that it has r... |
| 26.03.2018 | Jean Tardy-Joubert joins Highland Europe as Advisory Partner | Highland Europe is delighted to announce that Jean Tardy-Joubert, senior advisor, founder and head of the European practice of Qatalyst Partners since 2009, the technology focused investment bank, has joined the team as an Advisory Partner.... |
| 08.01.2018 | When should ambitious businesses spend their cash? (by Stan Laurent) | Cash burn can become crack cocaine for startups. Unfortunately, too many startups blow up because they spend the cash they have raised before they manage to build a sustainable business, rather than after. Here at Highland Europe we think ... |
| 13.11.2017 | Former PhotoBox CEO Stan Laurent joins Highland Europe as Partner | Stan Laurent becomes Partner at Highland Europe, one of Europe’s only growth capital firms. Laurent will bring his decade of experience at PhotoBox to identify and then help fast-growing internet companies achieve global scale. Highland E... |
| 13.11.2017 | Why I'm excited to join Highland Europe (by Stan Laurent, our new Partner) | A new career as Partner at Highland Europe When I left PhotoBox over a year ago I took lots of advice and made several resolutions. The first one was to take my time before signing up for a new role. The second one was to recharge - both p... |
| 30.10.2017 | Eight things we learned from the Highland Chief Finance Officer roundtable | Highland Europe invited Chief Finance Officers from its portfolio companies and some others along for a day of discussion and inspiration in October. The companies represented were Outfittery, WeTransfer, Brandwatch, NextThink, Starleaf, Co... |
| 05.10.2017 | Featurespace: the story behind our investment | Featurespace: the story behind our investment By Laurence Garrett, co-founder & Partner of Highland Europe I first met Martina King at a dinner in Cambridge when she had just joined Featurespace as CEO. I remember being struck by Mart... |
| 04.10.2017 | Featurespace raises £16.5 million to drive international growth | Featurespace, the leading machine learning company for fraud prevention, has raised £16.5 million ($21.6 million) from a funding round led by Highland Europe, the venture capital firm that invests in growth businesses. Worldpay Group plc, ... |
| 19.09.2017 | Smartly.io Closes $20 Million Investment in Secondary Funding Round | NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartly.io, a Facebook advertising creative, optimization and automation tool that recently surpassed $1 billion in annual ad spend on its platform, today announced a $20 million investment by Highla... |
| 19.09.2017 | Technology advisor Gajan Rajanathan joins Highland Europe | London, 19 September 2017: Highland Europe is delighted to announce that tech advisor and investor Gajan Rajanathan will join the team in September. In the last 18 months, Gajan has advised on some of the UK’s biggest tech deals including ... |
| 29.05.2017 | Revealed: Founders pose the biggest risk to businesses scaling successfully | Highland Europe, the venture capital firm that invests in growth businesses, wanted to produce an accurate picture of the challenges facing businesses that are seeking to grow in Europe in 2017. This exclusive research was conducted in Apri... |
| 15.05.2017 | StarLeaf raises $40 million to accelerate worldwide growth in video conferencing market | StarLeaf, the world’s leading cloud based platform for enterprise video conferencing and calling services, has raised $40 million in funding from Highland Europe, Grafton Capital and the founders, marking the first time the Cambridge-founde... |
| 08.12.2016 | Announcing Malwarebytes 3.0, a next-generation antivirus replacement | I am thrilled to announce the launch of our next-generation product, Malwarebytes 3.0! This product is built to provide comprehensive protection against today’s threat landscape so that you can finally replace your traditional antivirus. O... |
| 25.10.2016 | Talentsoft ranked as a "Core Challenger" | Fosway, Europe’s leading independent HR analyst, have rated Talentsoft a “Core Challenger” in their latest 9-Grid™ (www.fosway.com/9-grid) report on Integrated Talent Management systems. The Fosway 9-Grid™ allows organisations to compare so... |
| 05.10.2016 | Highland Europe wins Growth Fund of the Year award | Highland Europe won the award for the “Growth Fund of the Year” at the 2016 Investor Allstar Awards, held in London on the 29th of September 2016. Full details as well as the complete list of winners can be found on: http://www.gpbullhoun... |
| 20.09.2016 | Growth stage funding picks up in Europe | This is an article by Tony Zappala that originally appeared in VentureBeat. Growth stage or growth equity tech investing is on the rise in Europe. According to Invest Europe, growth investments rose 11% year-on-year in 2015 to reach €6.5 b... |
| 20.09.2016 | ‘If you’re looking for a quick flip, find a burger joint’ | This is an article by Fergal Mullen that originally appeared in Tech.eu Photobox, Privalia, and myOptique have all exited recently for a combined value in excess of $1 billion (£770 million). The investments delivered meaningful profit to... |
| 19.09.2016 | Here are three things you should think about when fundraising for your company | [Note: This is an article by Laurence Garrett that has previously appeared on BusinessZone] At Highland Europe, one of the things we’re most often asked about is how to fundraise successfully. From selecting the right investors in the firs... |
| 16.08.2016 | Essilor broadens online footprint in Europe by acquiring MyOptique Group | Charenton-le-Pont, France (August 16, 2016 – 8:30 am) – Essilor has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MyOptique Group Ltd., a leading European online prescription glasses, contact lenses and sunglasses business. The transactio... |
| 15.08.2016 | OUTFITTERY closes $22M funding round | Berlin, 15. August 2016: Europe‘s leading curated shopping service OUTFITTERY has raised $22 million in new funding. The backing comes from London and New York-based VC firm Octopus Ventures, which is leading the round, as well as the U-Sta... |
| 21.06.2016 | JUNIQE Raises €14m to Become Europe’s Leading Marketplace for Curated and Design-led Art | JUNIQE, Europe’s leading marketplace for curated art from around the world, has raised €14m in an investment round led by Highland Europe, alongside previous investors Vorwerk Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Redalpine. From wall art t... |
| 20.06.2016 | Condeco Raises $30m to Power New Era of Workplace Tech | Announcement comes as London Technology Week highlights home-grown tech Global software company Condeco today announces that it has raised $30 million (€27m) to consolidate its position as the world’s leading provider of workplace manageme... |
| 14.04.2016 | vente-privee.com strengthens its position in Europe by buying Privalia | · This operation will allow to vente-privee.com to realize important synergies to innovate and provide its partner brands and its members the best service and the best deal · vente-privee development in Europe is confirmed also by the acqu... |
| 13.04.2016 | Nexthink Raises $40 Million Gearing up for IPO | Capital earmarked to further innovation in End-user IT Analytics and open US headquarters in Boston Boston, MA – Nexthink®, the unique provider of End-user IT Analytics, today announced it has raised $40 million in new investment, led by H... |
| 06.04.2016 | German consumer loans marketplace Finanzcheck closes €33M Series C | In Europe, London tends to grab most of the fintech limelight but other tech hubs in the continent are producing their fair share of fintech companies with comparative success, not least in Germany. Enter Hamburg-based Finanzcheck, the cons... |
| 08.03.2016 | Intersec Group raises $10m in funding from Cisco and Omnes Capital | French private equity firm Omnes Capital has co-led a $10m new financing round for Paris-based fast data analytics specialist Intersec. The round was co-led by software group Cisco Systems and backed by Harbert European Growth Capital and ... |
| 03.03.2016 | Oro raises $12m of growth funding from Highland Europe | Oro, a leading global provider of open-source business platforms focusing on CRM and B2B e-Commerce has today announced $12 million in funding from Highland Europe. Oro has been bootstrapped to date and this first investment will accelerate... |
| 28.01.2016 | NewVoiceMedia secures $30m investment to accelerate rapid international expansion and innovation | NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud technology which helps businesses sell more, serve better and grow faster, has secured $30m in a new round of funding. New investor BGF Ventures joined existing investors Bessemer Venture Pa... |
| 25.01.2016 | Malwarebytes Raises $50 Million Investment from Fidelity | Malwarebytes, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round from Fidelity Management and Research Company. Malwarebytes surpassed $100 million in annualized billings ... |
| 25.01.2016 | Cisco and Intersec partner for Big and Fast Data Analytics | Intersec, the leading vendor of real-time streaming analytics software today announced a strategic partnership with Cisco. Intersec’s next-generation software and big data technology solutions allow its clients to improve their operational ... |
| 16.11.2015 | LoveCrafts announces $20M in new funding | Craft community and marketplace, LoveCrafts attracts $20M in funding led by Highland Europe. LoveCrafts, recently named as one of the fastest-growing start-up companies in the Sunday Times Start-up Track 15 Company list, has announced $20m... |
| 13.11.2015 | GetYourGuide Bags $50M To Grow Its Travel Activities Booking Platform | GetYourGuide, which plays in the global travel space with a desktop and mobile platform for finding and booking holiday activities to make it easier for people to put meat on the bones of a forthcoming trip, has announced it’s closed a $50 ... |
| 09.11.2015 | WeTransfer Snags Troy Carter For Its Board During SMASHD Labs And Breaks New Record: 1 Billion Transfers Per Year | Fast-growing company teams up with entertainment powerhouse and tech investor Troy Carter after seven weeks of working together during Atom Factory’s startup accelerator NEW YORK (November 4, 2015) — WeTransfer, the simple file-transfer se... |
| 29.10.2015 | Brandwatch Raises $33 Million to Fuel Social Intelligence Growth | Brandwatch to deepen tech and expand global reach with Series C round. Brandwatch, the social intelligence company, today announced it has completed a $33M Series C financing led by new investor Partech Ventures, with participation from ex... |
| 27.10.2015 | Talentsoft Closes €25m Investment Round Led By Goldman Sachs | Leader in cloud-based talent-management software strengthens its global ambitions, as well as product innovation and talent acquisition Paris, France – October 27th, 2015: Talentsoft, a global, privately held leader for cloud-based Talent ... |
| 22.10.2015 | NewVoiceMedia selected as one of the world’s most valuable cloud computing companies by Insights Success Magazine | NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud technology which helps businesses sell more, serve better and grow faster, today announced that it has been named as one of Insights Success Magazine’s “20 Most Valuable Cloud Computing Comp... |
| 21.10.2015 | adjust raises $17M in funding from Highland Europe to become the unified mobile data platform | BERLIN and SAN FRANCISCO (October 21, 2015) — adjust, the leading business intelligence firm for mobile apps, has received $17M in funding from Highland Europe. The funding round takes the company to a total of $30M raised since it was esta... |
| 20.10.2015 | Exponent and Electra snap up PhotoBox for £400m | PhotoBox, the venture-backed photo printing company, has agreed a sale to private equity firms Exponent and Electra for about £400m. The deal comes a year after the ecommerce company pulled back from plans for initial public offering with a... |
| 14.10.2015 | Highland Europe raises new €332M fund | Highland Europe II will invest in rapidly emerging European growth-stage tech companies 14th October, 2015, London. Highland Europe, the prominent growth-stage technology investor, has raised a new €332m tech growth fund, Highland Europe T... |
| 30.09.2015 | ShopFully receives €10M in funding from Highland Europe | London, 30th September 2015: ShopFully Group, headquartered in Italy where it operates under the national brand DoveConviene, has received €10m funding from Highland Capital Partners Europe. The round takes the company’s total funding to ov... |
| 11.09.2015 | Intersec and Red Hat Deliver Performance Boost for Capturing Value in Fast Data | Intersec, leading editor of real-time streaming analytics software, and Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, have demonstrated their ability to deliver significantly faster results and go beyond state-of-the-art d... |
| 09.09.2015 | NewVoiceMedia recognised as one of the UK’s fastest growing tech firms by the Sunday Times | NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud technology which helps businesses sell more, serve better and grow faster, has been recognised in the prestigious Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100, reflecting its rapid international expan... |
| 09.09.2015 | Glasses e-tailer MyOptique sees bright future after acquisitions | Consumers are becoming increasingly willing to buy their glasses online, according to the CEO of glasses e-tailer MyOptique Group, which has today announced two major European acquisitions. CEO Kevin Cornils said shoppers are purchasing op... |
| 03.09.2015 | AMCS acquires P&L Software | UK waste management software provider P&L Software System, has been bought by AMCS. In August, AMCS announced new investment funding of £33m, part of which was earmarked for acquisitions and strategic growth. P&L managing director... |
| 24.08.2015 | Poised for growth, AMCS receives €45 million funding from Insight Venture Partners, supported by Ireland Strategic Investment Fund | LIMERICK, IRELAND, -- AMCS, the global leader in end-to-end, integrated software solutions for the waste and recycling industry, today announced a €45 million investment, led by Insight Venture Partners (Insight), a New York-based private e... |
| 17.08.2015 | A Fashion Trailblazer’s Stylish Leap From Touch to Touch Screen | In a small house in South London, five executives of the high-end fashion retailerMatchesFashion.com sat around an oval conference table, discussing a coming event. From outside, the house looked like any sweet two-story London cottage, wit... |
| 17.07.2015 | HomeAway helps families enjoy their vacation with GetYourGuide integration | AUSTIN, Texas, June 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - HomeAway, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWAY), the world leader in vacation rentals, today announces its mobile app will now make it easier for families to find child care and purchase tickets to ... |
| 07.07.2015 | Brandwatch - Our New Mission: Connecting Social to Dollars | Today we’re sharing our new mission for the company. In a nutshell, we’ve been thinking about exactly what marketers need. What if you could use the social web to easily get fast, reliable, insightful answers into which marketing activiti... |
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| 29.08.2024 | Cobalt and The Midtown Group: Rising Stars in the Business Landscape | In the ever-evolving world of business, two companies stand out: Cobalt and The Midtown Group. Both have made headlines recently, showcasing remarkable growth and leadership changes. Their stories reflect resilience, innovation, and a relen... |
| 29.08.2024 | Cobalt, Leading Offensive Security Solutions Provider, Appoints Sonali Shah as CEO | Shah joins at pivotal moment as successful product expansion drives new growth opportunities SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cobalt, the pioneer of Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) and leading provider of offensive security s... |
| 14.08.2024 | EQT Private Equity to acquire a majority stake in AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries | EQT Private Equity to acquire a majority stake in AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries Wed, Aug 14, 2024 09:00 CET Report this content AMCS is a supplier of cloud-based and AI-ena... |
| 27.07.2024 | Startupland: A New Frontier for Innovators and Investors | On November 6, 2024, the Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne will transform into a bustling hub of innovation. The inaugural Startupland Conference promises to be a melting pot of ideas, talent, and opportunity. It’s a place where dreams meet do... |
| 25.07.2024 | myposter-Gründer Rene Ruhland reist ins Startupland | Am 6. November 2024 öffnet unsere erste Startupland Conference im Rheinenergiestadion in Köln die Tore. Auf die Bühne tritt dabei unter anderem der erfolgreiche Gründer Rene Ruhland. Nur für kurze Zeit: Buche jetzt Deine Reise ins Startupla... |
| 19.07.2024 | Restrictions on onboarding new customers lifted at UK fintech Modulr | UK embedded payments provider Modulr has had a temporary ban on onboarding new customers lifted but must give the financial regulator a warning when doing so. The collapse of US Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Synapse has increased the... |
| 18.06.2024 | FINBOURNE Technology Announces £55M Series B Round | FINBOURNE Technology’s solutions deliver an interconnected network of functionality and data that enables the investment community to better serve clients in a constantly evolving market. The firm has announced that it has raised £55m in Se... |
| 28.05.2024 | Startups focusing on profit sink into “zombie mode”, blasts online will writing startup boss | Startups are guilty of falling into “zombie mode” by focusing only on turning a profit, according to the co-founder and CEO of a UK startup trying to shake up the death industry. Farewill was co-founded in 2016 by 33-year-old Dan Garrett, a... |
| 31.10.2023 | Finland’s Wirepas raises €20.7M to build low-cost wireless IoT networks | Finland’s Wirepas raises €20.7M to build low-cost wireless IoT networks 31 October, 2023, 13:54 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Wirepas, a Tampere-based com... |
| 31.10.2023 | Highland Europe leads $22M funding for Wirepas' low-cost, low-energy scalable IoT networks | Tampere-based IoT firm Wirepas has raised $22 million in a funding round led by Highland Europe with participation from Amalfi and IQT, and previous investors ETF Partners, KPN Ventures, Vito Ventures and Vesa Laisi. The fresh capital will ... |
| 31.10.2023 | Finland’s Wirepas bags €20.7M to expand infinitely scalable IoT networks globally | Read this article in: Finland-based Wirepas, a company that specialises in developing scalable and reliable IoT networks, announced that it has secured $22M (€20.7M) in a fresh funding round. Wirepas says the funding will support it in expa... |
| 19.07.2023 | PVcase secures $100M investment to solve data risk challenge | PVcase secures $100M investment to solve data risk challenge By SB Staff July 19, 2023 " class="author-button">View Profile Funding EU-based solar project design software provider PVcase has secured a joint investment of $... |
| 18.07.2023 | Why We Invested in PVcase | Energize is proud to participate in the $100 million financing of PVcase, the software solution for designing, estimating and optimizing utility-scale solar assets, alongside Highland Europe and Elephant VC. Energize managing partner John T... |
| 18.07.2023 | Lithuanian solar tech startup PVcase raises $100M in a Series B | Lithuanian solar tech startup PVcase raises $100M in a Series B 18 July, 2023, 10:49 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Vilnius- and Kaunas-based solar project design... |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru... |
| 12.07.2023 | Highland Europe backs Oritain, a startup using forensic, data science to verify products | Read this article in: New Zealand-based Oritain, a firm that provides businesses with a forensic traceability solution, announced on Wednesday, that it has secured $57M (approximately €51.72M) in a Series C round of funding. The investment ... |
| 11.07.2023 | CSI cocoa? Oritain raises $57m series C to expand forensic product traceability platform | Oritain —a New Zealand-based firm deploying forensics to verify the origin of everything from cocoa to coffee—has raised a $57 million series C round. Led by Highland Europe and supported by Long Ridge, the round takes Oritain’s cumulative ... |
| 23.01.2023 | Highland Europe launches new €1 billion fund | Highland Europe has announced the close of its fifth fund at €1 billion. The London-HQ’d fund that focuses on investments in high-growth European internet, mobile, and software companies and have over €10 million in annualised revenues, pla... |
| 23.01.2023 | Highland Europe Launches €1 Billion Fund | European venture capital firm Highland Europe closed its fifth fund, raising €1 billion. The firm will double down on its strategy of backing Europe’s most outstanding founder-led teams in software and internet businesses. Highland backs ra... |
| 23.01.2023 | Highland Europe launches €1B fund despite slowdown: Know more about the VC’s investment plan here | London-based Highland Europe, a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet and software companies, announced on Monday that it has closed its fifth fund at €1B. The VC aims to double down on its strategy to back exceptio... |
| 01.12.2022 | Actor Idris Elba backs UK’s Huel in €22.9M round for its nutritionally-complete food products | UK-based Huel (Human + Fuel), a company that provides nutritionally-complete food products, announced on Thursday that it has raised $24M (approximately €22.96M) in a new round of funding at a valuation of $560M (approximately €535.83M). Th... |
| 01.12.2022 | Plant-based food brand Huel adds $24 million to the fire in new funding round | Huel, the UK-based maker of vegan, lactose-free, and soya-free nutritional bars, supplements, and meal-replacement shakes has raised $24 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $560 million. Led by existing investor Highland Europe... |
| 01.12.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: BeeHero nabs $42m for precision pollination, Wildtype reels in $7m for cultivated fish | This week, precision pollination company BeeHero landed Series B funding and US-based cultivated seafood company Wildtype caught new funding for its forthcoming alt-salmon product. Elsewhere, collaborative investment platform FoodShot Globa... |
| 14.09.2022 | After demonstrating 5x year on year growth, Podimo just keeps on going, investors pile on another €58.6 million | Copenhagen-founded open podcast platform that offers a subscription service for creators, Podimo has secured €58.6 million in a Series B extension funding round. Continuing along the path of the previous €69.4 million, the extension will be... |
| 06.05.2022 | Europe’s top investors will pitch to startups at next week’s EU-Startups Summit! | At this year’s EU-Startups Summit, taking place on May 12-13 in Barcelona, you will have the chance to meet plenty of exciting and innovative startups, inspiring speakers, influential investors and well-connected media reps. For us, startup... |
| 31.03.2022 | Driving real estate sector to reduce its environmental impact, Deepki picks up €150 million | Parisian provider of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data intelligence platform for the real estate sector, Deepki has raised a whopping €150 million funding round. The Series C round was co-led by One Peak and Highland Europe... |
| 22.03.2022 | UK luxury shopping platform threads in $12 million to transform future of luxury commerce | London’s luxury chat-based shopping platform, Threads Styling has raised a $12 million funding. The round was led by Highland Europe and C Ventures, with participation from BVYP and TriplePoint Capital. The investment will drive the expansi... |
| 22.03.2022 | British luxury fashion brand wears in £55 million to fuel expansion in the U.S. | UK-based women-led luxury fashion brand Me+Em has raised £55 million. The round was led by Highland Europe. The added capital will accelerate the company’s expansion in the U.S., followed by continental Europe, Australia and the Middle East... |
| 24.02.2022 | London-based cybersecurity firm Red Sift raises $54 million | London-based cybersecurity company Red Sift has raised $54 million in a Series B round. The company intends to use the funding to further drive global expansion efforts, highlighted by a planned opening of a US headquarter office in Austin,... |
| 03.02.2022 | Shifting focus to deskless workforce, Paris-based Snapshift logs in $45 million to become Europe’s leading HR tool | It seems like the deskless workforce has just got its due credit as an ever-increasing number of startups are rising to the occasion to cater to this category. Right after Germany's employee app Flip raised $30 million in Series A funding, ... |
| 03.02.2022 | Frontline worker HR platform Snapshift raises $45M round led by Highland Europe | With the so-called “Great Resignation” many frontline workers (nurses, truck drivers, etc.) are re-assessing their lives in the wake of the pandemic, while older companies are struggling with this new world order. Employees are also now dem... |
| 22.07.2021 | Digital workplace for deskless workers YOOBIC raises $50 million | London-based, all-in-one digital workplace YOOBIC has closed a $50 million funding round. The platform is specifically focused on frontline (a.k.a deskless) workers, offering a mobile hub to help manage daily tasks, provide training, and en... |
| 07.07.2021 | Peer-to-peer university recruitment platform Unibuddy raises $20 million | It’s been a while since my university and post-grad days, but I can quite vividly remember the selection process. “Do they have this? Is there a course on this? What’s a typical day of classes like?” Oh to have a service such as Unibuddy on... |
| 26.05.2021 | Paris-based customer experience SaaS Contentsquare raises $500 million in Series E round | Parisian customer experience platform Contentsquare has raised $500 million in a Series E round led by SoftBank Vision Fund. Existing investors Bpifrance, Canaan, BlackRock, Eurazeo, Highland Europe and KKR all participated in the round. As... |
| 22.03.2021 | Berlin-based hyperautomation software firm Camunda closes €82 million Series B round | Berlin-based automation and cloud-based open source software provider Camunda has closed an €82 million Series B round. Led by Insight Partners, the round was also followed on by Highland Europe. Terms of the deal will see Insight Partners ... |
| 08.02.2021 | Nexthink Reaches $1.1 Billion Valuation with $180M in Series D Financing Round, Names Former Adobe CEO to its Board of Directors | Nexthink, the leader in digital employee experience (DEX) management software, today announced a $180 million Series D financing round reaching a valuation of $1.1 billion. Permira, through its Growth Opportunities Fund, led a $180 million ... |
| 07.12.2020 | Highland Europe closes new £633M fund to invest in growth-stage software and consumer tech startups | The startup ecosystem in Europe is booming, and a crucial aspect of it remains the Venture Capital firms. Once the startups reach the growth stage, a significant push in the form of funding is needed to enable them to escalate further smoot... |
| 07.12.2020 | Highland Europe launches €700 million fund for growth-stage startups | Highland Europe, a VC firm with dual headquarters in London and Geneva, has closed its fourth fund, raising €700 million to invest in startups across the continent. The VC is already building on its track record of investing in consumer tec... |
| 07.12.2020 | Highland Europe Launches €700M Fourth Fund | Pan European private equity firm Highland Europe closed its fourth fund, at €700M. The fund aims to back the continent’s most outstanding founder-led teams in software and internet businesses. To this end, the firm has also strengthened its... |
| 07.12.2020 | Tech growth fund Highland Europe raises €700M to ‘double-down’, strengthens team | Highland Europe — the tech growth fund best known for backing high profile late-stage startups like GetYourGuide, Huel, WeTransfer, Wolt and Zwift — has closed its fourth fund, raising €700M in a comparatively short space of time compared t... |
| 07.12.2020 | Nou fond european de 700 milioane Euro pentru firme IT | Firmele IT europene care vor să se dezvolte și să iasă pe piețele internaționale vor putea obține noi finanțări printr-un fond de investiții de 700 de milioane de euro, lansat de o companie europeană de capital. Firma de investiții Highland... |
| 07.12.2020 | MULLEN GROUP LTD. Venture investor Highland Europe raises 700 million euros for fourth fund | The new fund brings the total raised by Highland Europe to 1.8 billion euros since it was carved out from U.S.-based Highland Capital Partners in 2012 as a standalone investor with offices in London and Geneva. Highland Europe focuses on gr... |
| 07.12.2020 | Highland Europe prepares a €700M treasure chest to help Europe’s most promising scaleups become global leaders | The European Venture ecosystem is growing with its areas of strength being healthcare, fintech, deep tech, data and analytics, and others. However, there are lots of challenges that are preventing promising tech companies from becoming glob... |
| 17.10.2020 | TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe | Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu |
| 23.07.2020 | French retail tech company Alkemics seals €21 million Series C | Paris-based, Alkemics, a platform which connects large and small suppliers with global retailers, has secured €21 million Series C round on 11th July, 2020. Backers include Highland Europe, Serena Capital, SEB Alliance, Index Ventures and C... |
| 16.07.2020 | Meditation app Meditopia secures $15M Series A co-led by Creandum and Highland | The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact us in ways that stretch well beyond our physical health, and one side effect of that in the tech world has been a surge of attention for apps that address mental health and help with mindfulness. Ac... |
| 08.07.2020 | Farewill raises £20m from Matches Fashion backer Highland Europe | Will-writing tech startup Farewill has today closed a £20m investment led by Highland Europe, tripling its funding to date. |
| 08.07.2020 | Farewill raises £20 million in a round led by Highland Europe to continue its transformation of the archaic, dysfunctional system | Since its launch in 2015, Farewill has grown to become the largest will writer in the UK, responsible for 1 in 10 wills, and has expanded its remit to probate and funerals Farewill has the UK death industry’s highest rating on Trustpilot, ... |
| 13.05.2020 | Modulr raises £18.9m (€22m) in growth funding to develop its payments platform, invest in new products and expand into Europe | Digital payments scale-up Modulr has raised £18.9m (€22m) in funding to develop its platform and expand into new product areas and markets In under 4 years, Modulr has grown to process more than £25 billion worth of payments through its pa... |
| 11.09.2019 | Online graduate recruiter JobTeaser raises €50 million with Highland Europe to transform how young people find work | The funding round, led by Highland Europe and backed by existing investors Alven, Idinvest Partners, Seventure Partners and Korelya Capital, brings the total amount raised since the company’s creation to €70 million. Alven had led the €13 m... |
| 18.04.2019 | Soylent now sells solid snack bars | Soylent is leaving liquids behind as it journeys deeper into the packaged food business with a selection of snack-sized bars. The 100-calorie bar has 5 grams of plant protein, 36 nutrients and probiotics for digestive health. Snack bars com... |
| 15.01.2019 | Chronomics secures £1.12 million in seed funding | Chronomics, developers of a pioneering epigenetic testing kit, has successfully secured more than £1.12 million in funding. This investment will act as a major catalyst for growth, helping the company to revolutionise attitudes towards heal... |
| 15.01.2019 | Chronomics secures £1.12 million in seed funding | Chronomics secures £1.12 million in seed funding 15-01-2019 Chronomics, developers of a pioneering epigenetic testing kit, has successfully secured more than £1.12 million in funding. This investment will act as a major catalyst for growth,... |
| 12.12.2018 | Nexthink Raises $85 Million | |
| 12.12.2018 | Nexthink Raises $85M to Help Companies Improve the Digital Employee Experience | Nexthink®, the leader in digital employee experience management software for enterprises, today announced it has secured an $85 million funding round. The financing was led by Index Ventures and includes participation from returning investo... |
| 27.06.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, June 27 | DATING DRAMA Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop As the competition heats up, so does the pressure. My colleague Leigh Gallagher delves deep inside Match Group to und... |
| 27.06.2018 | Highland Europe raises €463 million fund to invest in growth-stage companies | Highland Europe, a VC firm with American roots headquartered in London and Geneva, has raised a €463 million fund, bringing its assets under management to a total of €1.1 billion. While investing from the new fund, the firm will keep its fo... |
| 27.06.2018 | European Growth Stage Tech Investor Highland Europe Closes New Fund, at €463M | Highland Europe, a European growth stage technology investor, closed its third fund in six years, raising €463m. Significantly oversubscribed, the vehicle was raised in just 12 weeks, taking the firm’s assets under management to €1.1bn. The... |
| 27.06.2018 | Highland Europe raises a huge €463M fund to invest in ‘growth-stage’ European tech companies | Europe’s leading growth stage technology investorHighland Europe today announced that it has closed its third fund in six years, raising €463m to boost funding for globally ambitious European software and internet-enabled businesses. Signif... |
| 27.06.2018 | Highland Europe launches new €463 million VC fund to invest in growth stage startups | Highland Europe, Europe’s leading growth stage technology investor, today announces that it has closed its third fund in six years, raising €463 million to boost funding for globally ambitious European software and internet-enabled business... |
| 26.06.2018 | European VC firm Highland Europe closes $540 million growth-stage fund | Highland Europe, a European growth-stage venture capital firm, has closed its third fund at €463 million ($540 million). The company, which claims offices in London and Geneva, officially launched in 2012, and it went on to raise around €57... |
| 26.06.2018 | Highland Europe closes new €463M fund to invest in growth-stage tech | Highland Europe, the European “growth-stage” technology investor, has closed a new €463 million fund, the firm’s third fund in just six years. Targeting “globally ambitious” European software and internet-enabled businesses, the VC typicall... |
| 26.06.2018 | European VC firm Highland Europe closes $540 million growth-stage fund | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Highland Europe, a European growth-stage venture ... |
| 26.03.2018 | Highland Europe Adds Jean Tardy-Joubert as Advisory Partner | Growth stage investment firm Highland Europe has announced that Jean Tardy-Joubert, senior advisor, founder and head of the European practice of Qatalyst Partners, since 2009, the technology focused investment bank, has joined the team as a... |
| 29.01.2018 | ContentSquare lands $42 million so AI can track how you click, touch, and interact with brands | Understanding precisely how consumers and users interact with your website and apps is paramount to any company’s success. To handle such interactive data, SaaS digital experience insights company ContentSquare announced today that it has r... |
| 29.01.2018 | ContentSquare lands $42 million so AI can track how you click, touch, and interact with brands | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Understanding precisely how consumers and users i... |
| 14.11.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, November 14 | THREE THINGS Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop • A DFJ spokesperson told me Jurvetson left “by mutual agreement.” • Meanwhile, Jurvetson tweeted that he’s leaving the fir... |
| 13.11.2017 | Former PhotoBox CEO Stan Laurent joins Highland Europe as Partner | Operating experience is something that almost every European VC firm likes to talk up these days, as the region’s venture capital industry tries to shed its investment banker image of yesteryear. However, there’s no denying that the longer ... |
| 13.11.2017 | Highland Europe Appoints Stan Laurent as Partner | Highland Europe, the European growth capital firm focused on innovative internet, mobile and software companies, appointed Stan Laurent as Partner. Laurent has been working closely with Highland Europe’s portfolio companies and Partners ove... |
| 02.11.2017 | GetYourGuide raises $75 million Series D | |
| 05.10.2017 | A good founder’s guide to bad VC behaviour | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. Bad behaviour in the tech sector has been in the spotlight in recent months following revelations about inappropriate behaviour by VCs and founders who have created toxic corp... |
| 04.10.2017 | How to work with investors, according to the investors, with Helena Prokhorenko | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. Helena Prokhorenko is an investment associate at Highland Europe, a fund aimed at venture and growth-stage companies across Europe and globally. We asked Helena how she’d advi... |
| 20.09.2017 | Tech Advisor & Investor Gajan Rajanathan Joins Highland Europe | Highland Europe, a London and Geneva-based growth stage investor focused on internet, mobile and software businesses, has added tech advisor and investor Gajan Rajanathan to the team. In the last 18 months, Rajanathan has advised on some of... |
| 19.09.2017 | Finnish adtech firm Smartly.io raises $20 million from Highland Europe | Smartly.io, a Finnish-founded adtech company has raised $20 million led by Highland Europe. Smartly develops SaaS-based automation tools, such as Creative Automation, for carrying out Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns. According to the co... |
| 19.09.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, September 19 | VCs VERSUS ICOs Companies have raised more than $1.7 billion through initial coin offerings this year, surpassing early-stage VC funding for Internet companies. It’s easy to see why an ICO is appealing to tech founders (No due diligence! LO... |
| 30.05.2017 | Grab a Demo Table and pitch your startup at The Europas, June 13, London | During London Tech Week, The Europas Conference & Awards (in partnership with TechCrunch) will see the highest concentration of tech investors and corporate players in one place. No other event can match it. What better time to pitch yo... |
| 25.05.2017 | Harry Stebbings and more join #PathFounders at #TheEuropas, June 13, London | In partnership with TechCrunch, PathFounders is the exclusive, invitation-only, event for startup Founders at The Europas Conference & Awards. With this, Founders get a special ‘founders and investors only’ half-day, on the day before T... |
| 24.05.2017 | Just some of the investors you’ll run into at #TheEuropas, June 13, London | In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Conference & Awards, is a different kind of tech startup event which features smaller breakout sessions on key subjects for startups, as well as main-stage speakers and panels. It’s also very ... |
| 22.05.2017 | All the VIP speakers you’ll actually get to meet at #TheEuropas, June 13, London | In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Conference & Awards, is a different kind of tech startup event which features smaller breakout sessions on key subjects for startups, as well as main-stage speakers and panels. The Europas con... |
| 15.05.2017 | Vote now in #TheEuropas 2017 Awards, for the hottest European startups | In partnership with TechCrunch, The Europas Conference & Awards, is a different kind of tech event which features main-stage speakers and panels as well as smaller breakout sessions on key subjects for startups. The Europas conference i... |
| 09.05.2017 | Video conferencing company StarLeaf raises $40 million in first external round | StarLeaf, a cloud-based video conferencing platform, has raised $40 million in its first round of external capital. The funding comes from Highland Europe, Grafton Capital, and the company’s founders. The new funds will be used to grow the ... |
| 25.04.2017 | LoveCrafts raises £26 million for its crafts social site | LoveCrafts, a social platform for crafts, has raised £26 million in a round led by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) with participation from previous investors Balderton and Highland Europe. London-based LoveCrafts is an online community for m... |
| 08.03.2017 | Nominations now open for The Europas European Tech Startup Awards 2017 | Nominations are now open [update, now closed) for The Europas, the European Tech Startup Awards and one-day conference. The Europas will be held on 13 June 2017, in London at Here East, and are officially part of London Tech Week. TechCrunc... |
| 18.10.2016 | ContentSquare Raises $20M in Venture Capital | ContentSquare, a New York and Paris-based experience optimization platform for online and mobile businesses, completed a $20m Series B funding. Highland Europe made the investment. The company intends to use the funds for global expansion a... |
| 18.10.2016 | ContentSquare raises $20 million to boost its global expansion plans | Paris-based ContentSquare, a web and mobile optimisation platform, has raised $20 million in a Series B round from Highland Europe. The fresh round of funding will be used for ContentSquare’s global expansion as well as hiring new talent. T... |
| 17.09.2016 | Growth stage funding picks up in Europe | Growth stage or growth equity tech investing is on the rise in Europe. According to Invest Europe, growth investments rose 11% year-on-year in 2015 to reach €6.5 billion ($7.3 billion), reflecting the increasing number of European companies... |
| 17.09.2016 | Growth stage funding picks up in Europe | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Growth stage or growth equity tech investing is o... |
| 18.08.2016 | “We hunt in packs.” – A Tech.eu interview with Fergal Mullen, co-founder of late-stage VC firm Highland Europe | Over the summer, we’re publishing a number of audio interviews we’ve recorded at conferences and other events in the past few months for our weekly podcast. We recently kicked off things with an interview with Jacob de Geer, one of the foun... |
| 10.07.2016 | Founders: Here’s how to build an effective board | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! As an investor in high growth businesses, I’ve sa... |
| 10.07.2016 | Founders: Here’s how to build an effective board | As an investor in high growth businesses, I’ve sat on many a board, and in my experience one of the key factors in a young company’s success is the way it knits together a strong team of directors. Many a startup has veered off course by ov... |
| 27.06.2016 | These investors could be the most impacted by Brexit | Many UK-based investors have put money into other EU countries, and may have offices there The repercussions from Brexit keep on coming. Following the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union last week, causing the Pound to dro... |
| 27.06.2016 | Why we don’t believe in tech ‘themes’ | Tony Zappala Contributor Tony Zappala is a partner at Highland Europe. The tech hype-cycle works something like this: Some driver — perhaps a landmark company event such as the 2014 IPO for Lending Club in the fintech sector, or the spike i... |
| 21.06.2016 | Art marketplace JUNIQE lands €14 million led by Highland Europe | JUNIQE, an online marketplace for curated art, has raised €14 million in a round led by Highland Europe with participation from Vorwerk Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Redalpine. The Berlin startup, launched in 2014, connects artists ... |
| 21.06.2016 | Juniqe raises $15.7 million for art marketplace | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Juniqe, an online marketplace for curated art, ha... |
| 19.06.2016 | Workspace utilisation and scheduling software Condeco scores $30M led by Highland Europe | Highland Europe’s new €332 million fund promised to help fill the €10-30 million ‘growth gap’, and, true to its word, the VC firm’s latest invest sees it lead a €27 million ($30m) Series A round in London-based Condeco. The startup offers w... |
| 13.04.2016 | Nexthink Raises $40 Million Gearing up for IPO | |
| 13.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 13, 2016 | Founders Fund led investment in Affirm; Nexthink raised $40M; NodeSource secured $10M Series A CareDox, provider of a cloud platform for tracking and managing student health, closed $2.8 million in seed funding led by TEXO Ventures and Prol... |
| 06.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 6, 2016 | Bright Health secured $80M Series A; FinanzCheck closed Series C funding; CrossChx recieved $15M Qool Therapeutics, Inc., a Menlo Park, CA-based developer of non-invasive therapeutic hypothermia device for targeted temperature management an... |
| 21.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 21, 2016 | Moat bagged $50M; eGym closed a $45M funding; Mattermark raised $7.3M from Foundry Group ServisHero, a platform for finding and hiring local service providers in southeast Asia, secured a $2.7 million “pre-Series A” round led by Golden Gate... |
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