| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.10.2020 | GetYourGuide Closes $133m Convertible | “People will travel again” is the firm belief of CEO Johannes Reck and his investors, all of whom wa... |
| 26.10.2020 | Surrogate launches remote play Mario Kart Live | Go to Surrogate.tv to try it out yourself! |
| 16.10.2020 | Flux Signs with H&M | Flux has annonced a new partnership with H&M, the world’s second-largest clothing retailer, to d... |
| 06.10.2020 | Busuu named among 50 Best in Edtech! | Busuu has made it into the ‘Global Edtech 50’ by GSV capital. Congrats to the whole team! |
| 05.10.2020 | CitySocializer Pivots for Lockdown! | The company wants to become the go-to platform for virtual events. |
| 19.09.2020 | Unity Technologies goes public at $13.6bn valuation | Unity listed on the NASDAQ today, raising more than $1.3bn at a valuation of $13.6bn. |
| 24.08.2020 | Unity Technologies Files for IPO | Unity filed to go public on Monday, revealing 1.5m MAUs and over $500m revenue last year. |
| 20.08.2020 | Blueheart launches Digital Sex Therapy App | CEO Sachin says “We’re democratising access to … the world’s leading experts to help people regain c... |
| 27.07.2020 | PROfounders backs Blueheart to Digitize Sex Therapy | PROfounders has led a £1m seed round into Blueheart which looks to remove the stigma and increase ac... |
| 27.05.2020 | Busuu Raises from GP Bullhound | The new funding will allow Busuu to accelerate its growth through continuous development of its prod... |
| 25.05.2020 | PROfounders Backs Bloobirds | The fast-growing Barcelona-based company is building software dedicated to Sales Development Reps (S... |
| 02.04.2020 | Flux partners with Pleo | Flux has partnered with business spending platform Pleo, to bring automated digital receipts into ex... |
| 11.03.2020 | Unity acquires AI artistry tool Artomatix | This tool will help Unity’s customers produce and scale high-quality content, giving artists more ti... |
| 29.01.2020 | Barclays makes strategic investment in Flux | Flux has received backing from Barclays before going live with their entire UK mobile banking custom... |
| 23.01.2020 | Busuu acquires live video tutoring company Verbling | Busuu plans to use Verbling to offer live video tutoring to some of its 100 million users globally |
| 02.12.2019 | Sean Seton-Rogers named in Forbes Top Investor List | PROfounders’ own SSR enters the list at a respectable #24. Keep up the good work Sean! |
| 08.11.2019 | Festicket named in Deloitte’s UK Technology Fast 50 | Festicket has joined the list of fastest growing companies in the UK. |
| 03.10.2019 | And the winner is … | … PROfounders! We are grateful and honoured to have been named Seed Fund of the Year at the investor... |
| 27.08.2019 | Festicket acquires Event Genius and Ticket Arena | Festicket has bolstered its proposition by acquiring Event Genius, the ticketing and cashless point-... |
| 12.07.2019 | Our latest investment: Surrogate Games! | We, alongside our friends at Initial Capital, have backed Helsinki-based Surrogate with a $2m seed r... |
| 01.07.2019 | Flux Signs With Just Eat | Just Eat’s UK customers will now be able to receive digital itemised receipts directly in their Flux... |
| 31.05.2019 | Syft Acquired by Indeed | Congratulations to everyone in the Syft team and good luck as you join forces with Indeed! |
| 30.05.2019 | Leap Motion and Ultrahaptics Join Forces | Leap Motion is being acquired by UK haptics company UltraHaptics. |
| 18.03.2019 | Packhelp Secures $10m Series A | We welcome White Star Capital on board as Packhelp looks to become the European leader in custom pac... |
| 04.03.2019 | Flux Signs KFC | We are proud to announce that KFC has today partnered with Flux to launch paper receipts and loyalty... |
| 07.02.2019 | Made.com Sees Record Sales | Made.com saw group sales jump to £173m in 2018, as it looks to launch four new countries next year. |
| 28.01.2019 | Flux partners with Monzo | Flux is bringing itemised receipts and loyalty points to the Monzo banking app. |
| 10.01.2019 | easyCar Club Acquired by Turo | easyCar Club members will now benefit from a more global choice by joining Turo’s community. |
| 19.12.2018 | Flux Raises $7.5m Series A | We welcome e-ventures on board as Flux continues its mission of ridding the world of all paper recei... |
| 12.12.2018 | NDGIT Partners with Synpulse | Synpulse and NDGIT partner up to help connect banks and insurers with innovative digital ecosystems. |
| 22.11.2018 | busuu wins ‘Best Mobile app 2018’ | The German Association for Consumer Studies has just crowned busuu as the best language learning mob... |
| 12.11.2018 | Festicket Raises $10.5m Series D | Festicket welcomes on board Beringea, InMotion and Channel 4 as new investors in the business. |
| 01.10.2018 | Splash Publish Study with Harvard Business Review | Splash has partnered with HBI to release a study on how top companies are using Event Marketing. |
| 10.09.2018 | Festicket in UK’s Top 30 Fastest Growing Companies | Festicket has been ranked 21st on the 2018 list of Britain’s fastest-growing private technology comp... |
| 07.09.2018 | Itsu is the Latest Retailer to Join Flux | More and more UK retailers are joining Flux to start their journey of going paperless with their rec... |
| 30.07.2018 | PROfounders Invests in Waldo | The new direct-to-consumer contact lens brand has raised $5m to expand across Europe and the USA. |
| 23.07.2018 | Festicket Integrates with Spotify for Festival Discovery | Dubbed “Festival Finder,” the new feature requires you to connect your Spotify account to Festicket ... |
| 09.07.2018 | Flux Goes Live with Barclays and Costa Coffee | We are delighted to report that Flux is now live with Barclays Launchpad customers and is being tria... |
| 04.07.2018 | Syft Wins “Hottest Platform” Award | Congratulations to Syft who picked up the award for “Hottest Platform Economy / Marketplace” at the ... |
| 05.06.2018 | PROfounders Invests in Packhelp | This €2m Seed round, raised from PROfounders, Speedinvest x and Market One, will be used to grow the... |
| 09.05.2018 | Empires and Puzzles Wins Google Play Award | Small Giant Games takes home the prize for Best Breakthrough Hit. |
| 04.05.2018 | Syft Wins Recruitment Tech Innovation of the Year | Syft beat a host of other great companies, including Job Today, to claim the 2018 award. |
| 30.04.2018 | Pod Goes Paperless with Flux | Pod has announced the launch of a 3 month trial with Flux digital loyalty cards across its 22 shops. |
| 26.04.2018 | PROfounders Invests in German Fintech NDGIT | We are delighted to announce our latest investment in NDGIT, which is building the API platform to c... |
| 25.04.2018 | Empires & Puzzles Wins Small Screen Game of Year | Small Giant won the prize at the Finnish Game Awards 2017 for its match-three RPG hybrid game. |
| 20.04.2018 | Syft Acquires Chef Recruitment Firm PBL | The deal will add over 600 chefs to the platform and allow Syft to offer a more complete offering to... |
| 09.04.2018 | Leap Motion Unveils Project North Star | North Star is a full augmented reality platform with Leap Motion’s own AR headset and open source so... |
| 19.03.2018 | Made.com Raises £40m in Fresh Funding | “The funds raised will facilitate faster growth in existing and new markets across Europe” revealed ... |
| 20.02.2018 | Small Giant Games Raises $41m Round | The fresh capital – from existing investors EQT, Creandum, Spintop and PROfounders Capital – will be... |
| 20.02.2018 | Unity Among World’s Top 10 Most Innovative in AR/VR | Unity was chosen as #4 most innovative company on the Fast Company list. |
| 16.02.2018 | MangaHigh Acquired by Westermann Group | MangaHigh (Blue Duck Education) is excited to join forces with the German education media provider f... |
| 22.01.2018 | Flux Founders Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 | We are very proud to see the Flux co-founders recognised in this prestigious list for their efforts ... |
| 19.01.2018 | Flux First to Open Banking Authorisation | We are thrilled that Flux has become part of history as the first authorised Account Information Ser... |
| 05.12.2017 | Festicket Announces Integration with Eventbrite | The new partnership will boost choice for customers on both platforms. |
| 30.11.2017 | GYG Steps Up International Expansion | GYG adds four new languages to its travel platform with Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Mexican Spani... |
| 13.11.2017 | Flux Partners with Barclays to Deliver Itemised Receipts | The technology is being trialled by the 10,000 people on the Barclays Launchpad program before rolli... |
| 02.11.2017 | GetYourGuide Raises $75m Series D | New investor Battery Ventures leads the round with the capital going towards international expansion... |
| 09.10.2017 | Leap Motion Opens Research Studio in London | The new studio will help the motion-tracking specialists design more visions of a futuristic world a... |
| 18.09.2017 | Made.com: The New IKEA? | Read the full interview with Ning Li who explains MADE’s mission to revolutionise furniture shopping... |
| 12.09.2017 | PROfounders Leads Seed Investment in Flux | We are delighted to announce our latest investment in Flux: an ambitious team looking to rid us all ... |
| 12.09.2017 | Flux Integrates with Starling Marketplace | Flux partners with Starling to providing their customers with itemised receipts and rewards. |
| 10.09.2017 | Festicket in Top 10 of British Tech’s Fastest Growing! | Festicket was ranked #6 on the 2017 Britain’s fastest-growing private tech company list by The Sunda... |
| 08.09.2017 | Help Us Beta Test Quantum Siege | Armada Interactive is giving you the chance to win an iPad by beta testing its exciting upcoming mob... |
| 08.09.2017 | Syft Closes £6.1m Funding Round | The Syft team welcomes Johan Brenner and Creandum on board for its next chapter of growth. |
| 17.07.2017 | Leap Motion Announces $50m Series C Funding | The new investment from JP Morgan Asset Management will help accelerate global expansion and innovat... |
| 16.06.2017 | GYG Wins Hottest Travel Start-up at Europas 2017 | Congratulations to CEO Johannes Reck and the entire GetYourGuide team. |
| 24.05.2017 | New $400m Financing Round at Unity | Bloomberg announces that private equity firm Silver Lake have agreed to a $400m investment. |
| 09.05.2017 | GYG Signs easyJet Partnership | GetYourGuide and easyJet are partnering to offer customers access to more than 16,000 activities acr... |
| 04.04.2017 | Europe is a Great Testbed for Travel Startups | Sean Seton-Rogers, founding partner of PROfounders Capital, was joined by GetYourGuide COO and Train... |
| 29.03.2017 | Sage Announces Agreement to Acquire Compass | The Compass platform and team will help Sage provide its customers with quality analytics and real-t... |
| 23.03.2017 | Wundertax Launches New Employee Tax Tool | This super simple online tool lets employees in Germany file their tax return and claim eligible reb... |
| 09.03.2017 | Small Giant Games Closes €5.4m Funding Round | The new investment, led by Stockholm-based EQT Ventures, will be used to grow its latest game Empire... |
| 02.03.2017 | Empires & Puzzles Game is Officially Released! | Small Giant Games has released Empires & Puzzles, an innovative online Role Playing Game, on iOS... |
| 24.02.2017 | Charting the Course for Mobile VR | Leap Motion joins forces with Qualcomm to enhance their Snapdragon 835 mobile platform with embedded... |
| 23.02.2017 | Armada Interactive Secures New Funding | Armada has raised $7m from new investors KIP and Creandum to continue development on its first mobil... |
| 22.02.2017 | Festicket Selected for Tech City’s Future Fifty | Global festival booking platform, Festicket, joins our other portfolio companies Made.com, Busuu and... |
| 12.01.2017 | Busuu to Offer English Courses to Uber Drivers | Language learning app busuu has announced a partnership with Uber to offer free English language les... |
| 22.11.2016 | Philippe Chainieux Takes the Reins at Made.com | Thanks to Ning Li for all the hard work as he steps down as CEO and moves to an advisory role after ... |
| 04.08.2016 | PROfounders Leads Seed Round in Syft App | PROfounders leads a £2.65m seed round in temporary recruitment app Syft, alongside Lord Young and Da... |
| 16.07.2016 | Splash Announces a $7m Series B Round | Splash raises a $7 million Series B led by Ascent Venture Partners. The new capital will be used to ... |
| 14.07.2016 | Unity Raises Series C at $1.5bn Valuation | Unity Technologies has announced a $181 million Series C round led by DFJ Growth. |
| 30.06.2016 | Festicket raises €5m Series B Round | We welcome Lepe Partners on board as Festicket raises a new round to continue to scale the business ... |
| 28.06.2016 | Compass Closes $1m in Fresh Seed Funding | Compass pivots, raising $1 million to zero in on e-commerce analytics. |
| 08.06.2016 | University Study Puts Busuu Ahead for Language Learning | A University study has shown learning for 22hrs on Busuu matches outcomes from one college semester. |
| 20.04.2016 | PROfounders Invests in Armada Interactive | PROfounders is happy to announce our latest investment in Helsinki-based mobile gaming startup Armad... |
| 04.04.2016 | Accor acquires Onefinestay for $170m | Accor, Europe’s largest hotelier by room numbers, has announced that it will buy Onefinestay and inv... |
| 11.03.2016 | Rope Racers Game is Now Live! | Small Giant’s latest release Rope Racers, an addictive new multiplayer game, is now available free f... |
| 17.02.2016 | New Software and Hardware Release from Leap Motion | Leap Motion’s Minority Report-style gesture controller gets smarter, faster, and more accurate. |
| 17.01.2016 | Congrats to UK Innovators Busuu, Made.com & Onefinestay | Bloomberg’s Innovators 2016 list assembles the people changing how the UK lives, works and thinks. |
| 13.11.2015 | GetYourGuide Bags $50M To Grow Its Travel Activities Booking... | Congratulations to GYG for closing a $50m Series C round led by KKR. |
| 19.07.2015 | Made.com Raises $60M To Accelerate European Expansion | In a round led by Partech Growth Fund, Made.com has confirmed a new fundraising of $60m to accelerat... |
| - | GYG raises $484m Series E | - |
| - | Small Giant Exits to Zynga for a minimum of $700m | - |
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